I don't think anyone credible is saying that. At best the argument is that productivity is increased. Sometimes people connect the dots and argue that this will make our service economy cheaper. But at no point did capitalism promise you that you won't have to hustle anymore.

The economy is being carefully managed by Wharton School graduate.

And other games didn't get updates that severely needed them, like The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind for the original XBox.

I guess it's a chicken and egg problem:
Which came first? Bethesda releasing buggy or incomplete games under marketing pressure, or frequent software updates?

Only the ones I write myself. That's how copyright works. I don't own any books either, although I do have copies I can sell, I don't have the right to reproduce them.

A lot of people pay $50 for a game, and some games people will log hundreds of hours into them. It can be more economical than other forms of entertainment. Certainly better than movie tickets. But also better than a fee months of a streaming service. (assuming someone might watch Netflix heavily, say 15 hours a week for 3 months)

Give me a book that has all the answers, and isn't going to change its mind down the road. Nobody wants science, you can't build a foundation on its shifting sands. I'll take the certainty of an authority figure over reality any day of the week.

We will deny the economic problems until it is impossible to deny them. This unfortunetly means we will continue screwing this up and setting ourselves up for a very difficult recession.

First rule when you fibd yourself in a hole is to quit digging.
Instead, everyone is ordering more shovels.

You inply and interesting question. What place will luxury goods and services like overpriced videogames and premium online memberships have in next year's economy?

I would pay that much for a finished game on durable media like DVD, BR, rom cartridge (I guess if anyone wants to publish for my SNES, I'm buying because the console still runs)

Over the air updates have perverted development schedules to release in marketing timelines and backfill bugs later. The era where game development is about creating a carefully crafted experience, at least the games from the more respected studios, is over.

Wonderful time to be alive. We are no longer ruled by a superstition minority.

I paid between $7 and $55 per BTC. Sold most of it at $300 / BTC (almost 8 BTC total). Tidy little profit in a short time and I didn't have to play musical chairs or hang out with people who are "too" into crypto trading.
Got into NVDA before some of the splits at effectively $0.80/share. I got a fair amount of it because it seemed like a solid investment. I should have bought more, then I could have retired, but I don't actually have a crystal ball. (something a crypto bro would never admit)

If I had $1 in NVDA on Jan 2006, it would be worth over US $550 today.
If I had $1 in GM in 2006, it would be worth $0 today (pinklisted in 2009)
If I spent $2 on the numbers for Powerball back in 2022, it would be worth US $2 BILLION today!

Unlikely to have any consequences for the administration. Most Americans roll over and take whatever the government does to then. There is always some vague rationalization that help us accept it. Terrorists, the economy, "unfair" trade, etc.

If we accept the Patriot Act, Real ID, and GitMo. Then surely we will accept that cheap beauty producta from Temu cost more (tax) and there is a much smaller selection available. Pack of cigs in my area has been over $10 for years, and no riots. As long as we have a right to bitch about it, there doesn't need to be any serious resistance.

That was a bit like putting a tsunami alert in a bottle and chucking it into the ocean behind the wave.

Last month I bought two guitars from Aliexpress and a bunch of pedals from Japan (effects bakery). I've got some gear to play with while the Mango Mussolini plays games with our economy, most likely resulting in a decades long crash of the US economy.

Speaking of games, I received "Trump: The Game" as a gift back in the early 90's. My friends and I played it maybe 4 or 5 times. Absolute trash, the only fun we had was ripping on how bad it was. Sadly, Trump was laughing all the way to the bank for putting his name on yet another piece of shiny garbage.

Why arm the scammers with better tools, then make excuses to encourage the continued development of those tools? It's a behavior that is either pro-scammer or pro-rube.