/v/ - Video Games

>>14041513

Because they're a quick and easy stocking stuffer for grannies that know that little William likes the vidya games.

>>14041548

hmmm..well that answer is good enough for me. Thanks anon.

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Some of the modern ones sometimes are literally hackable emulation machines.

>>14041566

FUCK I MEANT 22:20

>>14041566

nice dubs but are you sure it's the same thing? The one in my link seems like it has a black and white screen

>>14041577

oh ok

>>14041578

I dunno, the Q*Bert one is literally running the arcade game for example

>>14041583

found a video of it

>>14041591

This one looks a lot simpler, ehh.

>>14041513

Becuase anyone who buys video games at JC Penney is dumb enough to pay $25 for frogger

>>14041566

I was a small child when these came out. Even then, I was severely disappointed in how different the games were from their arcade versions. I was a graphics whore until about the PS3 era, which things looked good enough. The cases of these old machines though were worth it in itself, coming off the terrible colors and toys of the 60's and 70's, these toys were so futuristic looking you felt like you were holding something of great value. As a five year old, I borrowed the pacman one one lunchtime, hid in some house's garage and skipped school for the first time.

Let's say you're the only one allowed to make these things, because of copyright and trademark law. Let's also say that charging $25 instead of $10 doesn't halve the number of units sold. Let's also say you want to make as much money as possible.

Prices are only indirectly based on what something is worth, and only if the invisible hand of the free market is having a good day. More directly, they're based on however much they can get away with charging.