• HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth
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    16 days ago

    I wish charts like these could “adjust for inflation.” Not the inflation of money I mean, but the inflation of the industry. The number of video game players globally has increased dramatically since the heyday of Super Mario Brothers. It was a much “smaller world” back then, so the success of SMB is likely more impressive than the success of e.g. Skyrim, and the success of Tetris would look just absolutely ludicrous lmao.

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      16 days ago

      Okay but only if we also account for the increased variety of game options. SMB was the only game back then. lol