Have video games become unaffordable?

Marketplace Tech

American Public Media

Technology, News

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Video gaming can be an expensive hobby. Nintendo’s latest Mario Kart game, Mario Kart World, released in June, costs $80, and it’s widely expected that Grand Theft Audio VI, coming out next year, will top $100. So are games becoming unaffordable … or do gamers not know how good they’ve got it? The BBC’s Will Chalk breaks it down.

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1:22.8	Video gaming can be expensive, hundreds of dollars for hardware, rising prices for game titles.
1:27.1	Grant Theft Auto 6 coming out next year could top $100.
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