OLED made some minor improvements, but $150 more for the next step up is a huge ask. You act as if there are plenty of easily available cheaper handheld PCs out there. Not that I've found. Prices for old technology are going up, not down.
You know what's wild? The original Vice City was a period piece, taking place in 1986, 16 years before the year it was released. This Vice City will be released 13 years after the last GTA.
That applies as far as the dumbing down of the population, but even they didn't go for fascists as leaders. That's right, the population of Idiocracy was smarter than what we have now.
Yes, often times the base game is just the entry fee, but the point is you don't HAVE to pay more to experience the game. In Mario Kart World's case? $80 for the entry fee, and you know they're gonna pile DLC on top of that later. When the Switch 3 comes out for $750 in 2033, Mario Kart World will be $105 for the Switch 2 game + DLC version and $115 for the Switch 3 + DLC version.
Honestly, the fact that she made an effort to go somewhere she didn't have to was a win.