Historic pricing of all consoles from Atari 2600 to PS4/X1 adjusted for inflation.

[TripleAgent]

Where did you get yours? I swear when I had a subscription to GamePro they used to have the best looking games advertised for the Jaguar & I could never find one...

This of course was waaaaaaay before eBay... but I never seen one in Funcoland or Toy's R Us or Best Buy, nothing...

Pretty sure it was EB Games. I knew people there, so I would get the heads up on stuff. This is before preorders.

 

[itsyoung!!]

I dont like how inflation works on something... it just sides the argument in a bias way..

how about we look at it as for 20 years (1986-2005)

the main consoles:
nintendo
Sega genesis
Super nintendo
Nintendo 64
playstation 1
Dream Cast
Game Cube
Playstation 2
Xbox


these are the only consoles people actually bought on that list. Very few people had atari. No one had any of those other $700 type consoles. The main consoles for 20 years were the same price range ($200 with the occassional $300). Which is fair.

20 years at the same price range and now they all sudden double and triple

consoles need to stop trying to being computers and just go back to being consoles at the $200-300 price range to begin with and drop down to $150 after a year or two and then $200 with a game. They'd sell even more if they did this in the long run. Use worse equipment anyone who really cares about graphics is on a PC anyway

I dont even wanna see inflation pricing for PCs

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

I dont like how inflation works on something...

wow.

 

[itsyoung!!]

wow.

its not accurate in cases in like this... 20 years.. same price.. even with inflation going up ..

or do you think inflation did not exist between the time period of regular nintendo and game cube?

both released at $200

 

[Smooth3d]

I dont like how inflation works on something... it just sides the argument in a bias way..

how about we look at it as for 20 years (1986-2005)

the main consoles:
nintendo
Sega genesis
Super nintendo
Nintendo 64
playstation 1
Dream Cast
Game Cube
Playstation 2
Xbox


these are the only consoles people actually bought on that list. Very few people had atari. No one had any of those other $700 type consoles. The main consoles for 20 years were the same price range ($200 with the occassional $300). Which is fair.

20 years at the same price range and now they all sudden double and triple

consoles need to stop trying to being computers and just go back to being consoles at the $200-300 price range to begin with and drop down to $150 after a year or two and then $200 with a game. They'd sell even more if they did this in the long run. Use worse equipment anyone who really cares about graphics is on a PC anyway

I dont even wanna see inflation pricing for PCs

First that isnt a knock on any consoles. Second inflation does matter. $200 in 1993 bought more than $200 in 2013. Pay was less overall. I remember when I saved (wasted) $150 on the Sega 32x. That was a lot of money back when I was still in high school working part time min wage making 4.25 an hr.

Actually PC's have went against the trend, even accounting for inflation they have gotten considerably cheaper over the years.

 

[itsyoung!!]

First that isnt a knock on any consoles. Second inflation does matter. $200 in 1993 bought more than $200 in 2013. Pay was less overall. I remember when I saved (wasted) $150 on the Sega 32x. That was a lot of money back when I was still in high school working part time min wage making 4.25 an hr.

Actually PC's have went against the trend, even accounting for inflation they have gotten considerably cheaper over the years.

thats what I mean (about the PCs) PCs in the late 80s/early 90s were like $2000-3000

Now they are like $400

 

[Liquid]

thats what I mean (about the PCs) PCs in the late 80s/early 90s were like $2000-3000

Now they are like $400

its impossible to build anything worthwhile that can sell at $200 today

 

[itsyoung!!]

its impossible to build anything worthwhile that can sell at $200 today

but they sell it 2 years down the line at $200 anyway

consoles need to stop trying to being computers and just go back to being consoles at the $200-300 price range to begin with and drop down to $150 after a year or two and then $200 with a game. They'd sell even more if they did this in the long run. Use worse equipment anyone who really cares about graphics is on a PC anyway

 

[Lord Beasley]

is the TurboGrafx-16 on that joint??? (i cant see the picture)

i remember when i broke my shyt on accident, the end of the controller cord got stuck in that slot i may've cried that day, my moms never got it fixed.

 

[Liquid]

but they sell it 2 years down the line at $200 anyway

 

[King Crimson]

Neogeo, 3do, and cdi were ridiculous in terms of pricing

And that's why nobody that I knew had one.

 

[beenz]

Was the launch price of the PS3 start at $499?

the original 20GB non-wifi ps3 was $500. it didn't have card readers. thats the one I had.

 

[Lord Beasley]

damn, back in the day----saw that 3DO thinkin it was better than PSOne

 

[TheNig]

Figured the NeoGeo would be the most expensive.

 

[Smooth3d]

Figured the NeoGeo would be the most expensive.

When I was in middle school the NeoGeo was that mythical console that only rich white kids had. lol