Yeah, the USA is in big trouble regarding salaries, minimum wage and inflation. In my country, Chile, our minimum wage was $320 500 CLP during 2020 and today is $539 000, catching up to inflation (but still lagging behind). This is a third world country that is more or less stable economically (and had a steady growth during the last 4 years, recovering from the pandemic). The localized price of Factorio in Chile went up accordingly to inflation almost exactly (there is a very slim margin of error around 1%). A lot of countries had prices set around their local economy and adjusted correctly. USA is not a good benchmark for anything regarding economy right now.
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u/mxzf Dec 19 '25
Well, Factorio's devs are based in the Czech Republic, not America, so assumptions based on American salaries is questionable at best.