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Diablo 4's new mount costs more than the actual game (www.pcgamesn.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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And have we come full circle to god damn horse armor.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 9 months ago (26 children)

I love the "blame the consumer" mindset so much! It always leads to change and reform

[+] Dra -14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (14 children)

This whole attitude of "its not their fault they can't help but hand over their money and buy overpriced shit" has got to stop

Economics is very simple here: there is supply, there is demand. If demand outstrips supply, the price will rise. This includes when is artificially restricted (or the market is flooded with alternatives by the same vendor to give the feeling of scarcity).

The demand for streaming services is the same. People will take the hit, so the price goes up until they can't anymore.

The generation is contributing to inflation because of inability to restrain themselves from buying frivolous shit for extortionate amounts of money, because they can't psychologically cope with doing without something, then complaining that no jobs pay enough while they try to launch an onlyfans career. Every generation has it's flaws.

This then makes prices rise for everyone. The infantilzation to suggest they cant help themselves is astonishing. Companies are not going to stop making profit without intervention.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Did you seriously just write that zoomers buying horse armor caused my groceries and rent to get more expensive