Seeing how expensive new games and consoles are, I'm glad to be a patient gamer

[MrChester]

I don't want to read the full thread but I'd be the devil's advocate and argue that even in the SNES days games were expensive (even without inflation rate).

Addressed in the thread. TL;DR - Prices were high back then because it was niche and distribution costs were high, then prices droppped from the mid 90s to early 2010's(ish) because distribution became more streamlined, and then increased again. The prices don't align with inflation; the SNES comparison is really just limited to the early 90s