Arcade 2.0
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this explains it all
Why Do Game Consoles COST SO MUCH?
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this explains it all
forget about game consoles, are games really worth $50-70
Yes, 100%. Games have pretty much been the same price for 20+ years. With inflation, etc., they probably should go for $100 a game, if not more.
Video games are not worth $50 to 70 in my opinion, but I'm not a hardcore gamer like most here. I'm usually a year or two behind on games because I'll sometimes go 2 or 3 weeks without picking up the controller. I usually end up paying $20 to $30 for the games I want which seems about right to me.
I am surprised inflation hasn't put games over $100 though. I can see them being able to get away with it with the hardcores.
SF2 on the SNES would be 160 plus dollars today. Mufukkaz need to stop cryin
itsyoung!!
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That doesnt mean its worth that much.
Maxine Shaw
#ColiFam gave more $ 2 my students than my school
And why is a digital code the same cost as a physical CD-ROM...which can't be activated w/o a digital code?
Grand Conde
Superstar
Games have dropped in price over the years, not increased.
Grand Conde
Superstar
No but price vs value is an entirely different discussion.
You Win Perfect
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cartridges might've been more expensive to produce than DISKS
itsyoung!!
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And man im sorry , im one the oldest posters here i dont recall $80 and $90 games with exception of a few. That higher priced games is highly exaggerated here
Funco land, toys r us all that shyt was still $60
Maybe like gold cartridge zelda or something was more... but most I remember paying for a game was $75 for Hexen..
I had NES, SNES, N64, GameCube and OG xbox...
They might of been advertised as $80-90 but between Circuit City, Radioshack, K Mart, Sears (remember Sears used to be heavy into gaming consoles), Toys R Us, Funcoland, etc they would have weekly ads in news papers for discounted new games
Funco land, toys r us all that shyt was still $60
Maybe like gold cartridge zelda or something was more... but most I remember paying for a game was $75 for Hexen..
I had NES, SNES, N64, GameCube and OG xbox...
They might of been advertised as $80-90 but between Circuit City, Radioshack, K Mart, Sears (remember Sears used to be heavy into gaming consoles), Toys R Us, Funcoland, etc they would have weekly ads in news papers for discounted new games
Phantasy Star, Virtua Racer were $99 at launch. Final Fantasy 3 and Super Street Fighter 2 we’re both $74.99. Ebgames started getting competitive around this time and prices started getting down to the 49/59 range until everything changed with the psone.
Most I paid for a game was $325 for KOF 98 for NEO-GEO
AKM-95
All Star
This is what I remember but then again my dad would only cop games from kmart, Wal-Mart, and video store during the sega-SNES era.