You know, everyone’s getting pissed off at seeing these numbers but it is over many years.
They’ve already lost 20% of their buying power just in the last 4 years, and that’s if you go by the fake CP lie. Reality is you need food and shelter and transportation a lot more than you need a new smart phone (my phone is from before covid), so cost of living has gone up a lot more than it says for actual people.
It isn’t really the company’s fault that inflation went so high, but as a defense contractor they are one of the beneficiaries of The extreme government spending that led to the inflation. The fact that they’ve mismanaged themselves into Oblivion isn’t really material here, that’s entirely self-inflicted. Every time one of the Frontline workers tries to speak out they get assassinated…
I think I’ve played NFS1 the most, the original one for MS-DOS. The non-circular tracks felt like they were set up for the love of driving, and I really enjoyed driving those tracks without even worrying so much about winning the races.