A Tough Question: Are Retail Video Games Too Cheap? -- CLS Side Quest

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Video games and the consoles and PCs that play them have never, ever been cheaper, while everything else around us -- from food to housing to education -- has skyrocketed in cost. How can video games continue to stagnate in price when growing development teams take increasing amounts of time crafting deeper, longer, and more engaging titles, with better and better production value to boot? And how we can rectify the inevitable price hikes that are approaching when just about everything requires more money these days? Colin's Last Stand: Side Quest is free of baked-in ads, product placement, and other obnoxious forms of advertising because of your support. Please consider subscribing to CLS' Patreon to show your support for independent content: http://www.patreon.com/colinslaststand Buy Colin's Last Stand merch, all made in the USA! http://www.declarationclothing.com Listen to the CLS podcast, Colin’s Last Stand: Fireside Chats (also available on podcast services): https://soundcloud.com/colinslaststand Subscribe to the original Colin’s Last Stand channel: http://www.youtube.com/colinslaststand Twitter: @notaxation Instagram: @clsmoriarty Facebook: /colinslaststand Colin's Last Stand is a product of Colin's Last Stand, LLC PO Box 1233 | Santa Monica, CA 90406 Still imagery come via a licensed Shutterstock account from the following contributors: LifetimeStock, Lisovskaya Natalia, Marcio Jose Bastos Silva, sezer66, Smile Studio, Tethys Imaging LLC, and Yamabika Y. Other still imagery comes via Giant Bomb. This video’s thumbnail was created using an image from Shutterstock (under license) by user Billion Photos. The following videos were incorporated into this episode of Side Quest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLGBtkKPj2U&ab_channel=yorkie2k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJNbhekKShI&ab_channel=Zantor135 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZD-siXEQ9w&ab_channel=JasonHarder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNGWh_-R1VE&ab_channel=EAStarWars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaieVt3M72c&ab_channel=Xbox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehjJ614QfeM&ab_channel=GameSpot Bibliography/Reading List: http://metro.co.uk/2016/08/14/youve-never-had-it-so-good-games-are-cheaper-than-ever-readers-feature-6065073/ https://kotaku.com/why-video-games-cost-so-much-to-make-1818508211 http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-income-consumer-spending-20170301-story.html http://www.multpl.com/us-income-per-capita https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/17/the-stuff-we-really-need-is-getting-more-expensive-other-stuff-is-getting-cheaper/ https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/20/gamers-overreacting-on-ea-star-wars-game-firms-should-raise-prices.html https://www.investopedia.com/university/inflation/inflation1.asp https://www2.census.gov/prod2/popscan/p60-117.pdf http://www.multpl.com/us-income-per-capita https://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/09/buying-or-renting-housing-affordability-just-gets-worse.html https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/16/aaa-car-ownership-costs/2070397/ http://time.com/money/4693489/us-gas-prices-rising-2017/ https://www.theguardian.com/money/us-money-blog/2014/sep/29/public-transportation-subway-tube-expensive-ticket-rich- https://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/16/why-college-costs-are-so-high-and-rising.html https://www.npr.org/2016/10/22/498590650/u-s-parents-are-sweating-and-hustling-to-pay-for-child-care https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/intelligence/fashion-inflation-why-are-the-prices-of-designer-goods-rising-so-fast https://www.marketplace.org/2017/10/05/health-care/uncertainty-healthcare-premiums-increase-2018-50-percent https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/its-expensive-to-be-poor/361533/ https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-28/how-the-top-1-keeps-getting-richer https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-average-income-in-usa-family-household-history-3306189 https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/labor-force-participation-rate http://www.mybudget360.com/cost-of-living-compare-1975-2015-inflation-price-changes-history/ http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-theme-park-prices-20170306-story.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2014/07/23/have-concerts-and-sporting-events-become-too-expensive-for-the-average-fan/#412b3bde16f7 https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/07/movie-ticket-prices-all-time-high-2016 https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/09/economist-explains-15 https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/221533/Game_Developer_Salary_Survey_2014_The_results_are_in.php