Tag: video game pricing

This two-panel meme uses the popular Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz 'two nickels' template from *Phineas and Ferb* to joke about the recent trend of AAA video games raising their standard edition price to $79.99 (colloquially referenced as $80). The first panel features Doofenshmirtz next to the official *Grand Theft Auto 6* cover art, with text stating 'If I had a nickel every time a game's standard edition started at $79.99, I'd have two nickels'. The second panel shows a confused Doofenshmirtz next to the *Mario Kart World* cover art, with the follow-up text 'Which isn't a lot but weird that the first nickel was a Mario Kart game'. The joke highlights the unexpected rise in base game pricing, and the additional surprise that a Mario Kart title was one of the first major releases to adopt the higher $80 price point before the highly anticipated GTA 6.

GTA 6 And Mario Kart Are Both $80 Standard Edition Meme

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This is a two-panel reaction meme using a clip from the US TV series *The Office*. The first panel shows the character Dwight Schrute smiling happily, with overlaid text reading 'Everyone excited for GTA6' next to him, and 'GTA6' labeled next to background character Angela, representing widespread initial excitement for the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 video game. The second panel shows Dwight making a frustrated, dismissive gesture, with text next to the GTA6 label listing unpopular release details: a $80 price tag, no physical disc version, and bonus content locked behind a paywall. Dwight is shown saying 'F**k' in this panel, expressing common gamer disappointment and anger over these anti-consumer release choices for the highly anticipated game.

Everyone felt that about GTA6's release terms

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This is a 4-panel meme using the popular SpongeBob burning paper template. The first panel displays a public poll asking if the upcoming video game Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6) will cost over $100, next to official promotional art for GTA 6. The second panel shows SpongeBob frowning while holding the poll paper, with overlaid text reading 'me who doesn't even own a console'. The third panel shows SpongeBob casually tossing the poll paper into a small campfire. The fourth panel shows SpongeBob brushing off his hands dismissively as the paper burns, emphasizing the joke that people who cannot afford a gaming console have no stake in debates over GTA 6's high pricing, as they cannot play the game regardless of its cost.

too poor to even afford the problem in the first place

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This is a 3-panel comic meme. In the first panel, a smug blonde man wearing sunglasses, a light blue shirt and pink shorts says "THE MARKET WILL REGULATE ITSELF!" and "CAPITALISM IS THE MOST EFFICIENT —". The second panel shows a hand holding a listing for the Ubisoft video game *Star Wars Outlaws* with an absurdly inflated price of $27,832.81 circled in red. In the third panel, the same man has transformed into a muscular, shirtless revolutionary holding a red flag and a sickle, yelling the famous communist slogan "WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT OUR CHAINS", while an exasperated woman in a lab coat stands to the side saying "SIR PLS". The core joke satirizes the ridiculousness of overpriced video game offerings under capitalism, with the original title referencing that most consumers would choose to pirate the game instead of paying the exorbitant cost.

It's a pirate's life for me!

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