Episode 4: The Price of Everything Has Gone Up

Video games? $80. Consoles? $1,000. This is the new reality we're living in as Grand Theft Auto VI raises the barrier to entry while locking content behind an even higher price tag. Steam Machine staggers the mind as even the lowest packages that do not include a controller exceed four digits. Xbox continues its inability to catch a break by raising the price of their consoles even higher. The good news is that we have a complete onslaught of video game releases coming imminently and backlogs that trail for miles. We won't go without content, but being there early is likely to result in a second mortgage.