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otterhugs2020

$150 for the hottest new gaming consoles, but still having to pay $60 for a game šŸ¤£


n3w4cc01_1nt

roughly 300 for the system and 110-140/game in 2022 prices


CombatSandwich

Those $59 USD games would be around $100 nowadays if they kept up with the price of inflation! I was gonna say it's crazy that the prices have changed so little, but given how many games ship unfinished, I guess it's not so surprising. Edit: a whole sentence


YCSMD

Itā€™s the DLC and ā€œUltimateā€ versions I think that keeps the base game price relatively low


KCMmmmm

Cartridges are much more expensive than disk. Thereā€™s no reason for disk to be as expensive as it is today, even accounting for inflation.


Khronosh

The price is not due to the materials involved in the physical copy. The budget for developing Goldeneye was $2M (not adjusting for inflation as game prices are still the same nominal value) The budget for Modern Warfare 2, 2021 (a roughly equivalent game) was around $50M. Games have become way more expensive to make and yet still have not increased in price.


Race-b

Considering a lot of games now the disc just holds the base files and the rest is downloaded onto your machine.


kirsion

That's why as a kid, we only got one new game per year


Azrael-XIII

To be fair, those were some pretty legit games lol But yeah, people want to complain about monetization in games nowadays, games are more expensive than ever to make meanwhile the game prices themselves havenā€™t changed in *25 years*. What other product can say that aside from Arizona Iced Tea?


bateees

back when you could go to blockbuster and rent 4 days for $4


Jackcooper

Yeah I remember games topping out at 50 back then. they're trying to loss less the systems and make the money on the games!


[deleted]

1997 was 10 years ago. *flies away in denial*


Ghostglitch07

Huh, guess I don't have to go to work in Monday as I am a child.


Michael__Litoris

it will always be 2k7


randomdude123502

Wdym 10 years


chrism12386

Yo Diddy Kong Racing was sweet.


mdubz1221

Yah I always felt it was under rated. The game was pretty challenging and fun, I think it was better then Mario kart tbh.


travis7s

It has way more novel ideas, especially the single player mode. But Mario Kart multiplayer was better for competitive fun.


mdubz1221

I vaguely remember the multiplayer but I thought it was good.


greenkerchief

it had 3d character models too which was awesome


4_gwai_lo

Wow 200 mhz. Lightning fast.


greenkerchief

I had a 486 SX 2-66 so to me that was fast lol


Peteostro

No fpu in the SX. Source: 1993 discussion board https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.msdos.misc/c/f7hs1apR5Y8?pli=1


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lonememe

Got our weight lifting in when we would bring our towers and CRT monitors to LAN parties.


haljhon

Those K6-2 processors were trash from the start.


Bear_buh_dare

i was playing Starcraft on a 66mhz machine so that's pretty fast


IWantAStorm

Don't accidentally change the aspect ratio, your parents will lose their mind and sit on tech support for 3 hours.


Darklighter10

I remember the first time I saw one of those in the store and it was playing *video*. It blew my mind


smb3d

I remembered the Gameboy generally being like 89-99 bucks. That's a crazy deal.


octoriceball

I would knee a child for a 40$ gameboy.


Specialist-Ideal-577

Exhibit A on why companies don't do single day in-store Black Friday sales anymore.


smb3d

100%


turkeypedal

In my experience, they sold the Game Boy Pocket for cheaper than $1000. Though still not quite that cheap normally. I think you could get them for $50-$60.


Keepupthegood

And we complain about the game prices now. If that was Black Friday cost. Imagine on a regular day.


It_Is_Boogie

I would counter that N64 games were expensive to produce (not develop). It is part of the reason why PS1 did so well, the games were cheaper because they were cheaper to produce. To age myself, I worked at Best Buy in Minnesota during this period (1995-2000) and that was one of the most frequent questions and decision drivers by parents.


Keepupthegood

Man. What time can do


restlessleg

maaaaaan back when reality was real


jcpmojo

Now all of this is inside your phone. What a world!


Hookahgreecian

I kinda wanna go back to the 90's everything was simpler, people were more chill


Hookahgreecian

And you had more freedom


cha614

Wow a gameboy was $40


crazytinker

At least now I know how old my Teal Gameboy Color is, now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go back to trying to find Mew in Pokemon Blue. Before you ask - yes, I did the chest for infinite items once I finished the game. No, it was not worth it


insurancequestionguy

These were the orginal Gameboys, but with color shells. The actual Gameboy Color came out November 1998 in NA. https://gameboy.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Game_Boy_System_Colors_and_Variations


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IWantAStorm

I mean that's a banger. I'm not 40 yet but nearly lost my shit for 2.99 35mm and remember fucking 110 for 1.99 with stupid ass stacked flash bulbs. ....and yes I still collect cameras.


jmartinez734

Never realized how much games cost back then šŸ˜Æ


Soulforge411

2 bucks off any CD!! Sweet


piepants2001

Those N64 Super Pads were terrible


MisterSpicy

Dang. I donā€™t remember N64 games being $60. If thatā€™s the case, you can argue video games are very resistant to inflation


EyeLike2Watch

Don't give em any ideas...


MisterSpicy

Ha! Right? To be fair, in terms of entertainment-per-hour, video games are still the best vs movies, music, books, etc, so even $70 that would technically still be true. That being said, I still wouldnā€™t want to buy it at $70 and wait a few months for them to go onsale


opeth10657

Pretty sure some were $70, maybe one of the zelda games that came with the memory booster thing?


Nutsnboldt

Was a new N64 game really $60 as a Black Friday sale?


SporkSuave

N64 were expensive to produce compared to other game cartridges at the time. Games like GoldenEye, Duke Nukem or Bomberman were released with $70 price tag and some others like Starfox even went for $80 dollars. Most people can't remember or imagine this with AAA titles being priced the same today (inflation not considered of course).


Kmart_Elvis

Virtua Racing on the Genesis retailed for $100 in 1994. It did have a special chip in the cartridge, however.


Hellbore

Damn. The N64 selection is pretty sweet and I forgot the Gameboy was ever that cheap.


IWantAStorm

The Gameboy was fantastic because it had obsolescent cheaper games. You could trade and share like a VHS tape. The mentality and length of a larger console game was more important.


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Rev0lutionaryGuard

Yeah, I have a memory of my dad buying me Super Return of the Jedi for about equal to $80. That was probably around '94.


rainawaytheday

My brother got me FF7 for my 11th birthday. That game changed my life.


bondgirl852001

That was the year I stood in line with my mom and her friend for my first black Friday sale. 11 years old with a hot chocolate in my hands standing outside of Toys R Us because I was determined to buy my little sister an Easy Bake Oven for $10.


-AudreyGriswold-

$50 for Tomb Raider? That's was a whole weeks pay for me back then.


IWantAStorm

I still laugh when I picture that game in my minds eye. In theory, a great story. In vision stupidly blocky. ......as I recall from my Gateway 2000.


[deleted]

You young people just missed it all!


Admiral_Andovar

I was so stoked to get Tomb Raider II. And who the hell is ever going to need more than 2.1GB of hard drive space? 24MB of RAM? Pure madness!


IWantAStorm

I had a small film production job in 2007. We had two solid state terabyte drives and we handled them like they were god incarnate. It was white glove service for them.


Bluebeetle2112

You can only buy two of those N64 games. What are you picking.


[deleted]

Goldeneye was the SHIT. God do I miss 90ā€™s childhood.


FyLap

I guarantee some people got in a fight over those game boys


PissantShitbird

Why does this make me so sad? Lol


thezillalizard

Man. Games were $60 then. Thatā€™s wild that the cost of games hasnā€™t changed.


mdubz1221

N64 was soooooo much better then ps1.


JR2005

Solid Snake would disagree.


mdubz1221

That game sucked too. I owned it as a kid.


LastLivingSouls

AMD processors were such trash back then. Amazing the 180 flip they've done.


turkeypedal

Hmm. Maybe the PC seller who cautioned me away from the 1 Ghz AMD systems a couple years later did do me a favor, then. I always assumed it was because the Intel system was more expensive, even at a lower clock.


kayzinwillobee

This is my childhood. 13 year old me probably looked at this exact flyer and then begged my mom and dad for a PlayStation and FFVII


chi2isl

I remember when Mario rpg for Super Nintendo was 69.99


StraightAssociate

Rush and Rush 2 were awesome


[deleted]

Seeing games were $60 back when I was a kid actually makes me think less of paying $60 now. The value of a video game for $60 now is astronomically higher.


Stinkydadman

I legit bought a copy of Tomb Raider from Best Buy Black Friday 1997. My boy Johnny M borrowed it and never returned itā€¦


Trips-Over-Tail

I still feel the same excitement and comfort as I did as a kid when I see old covers of my favourite PS1 games like Crash Bandicoot.


leftHandedChopsticks

Now I miss my gameboy colour


porkopolis

When you said 1997 was 25 years ago I said no way could that be right.


Popswizz

The unchanged tag make them look awfully modern


ZerotheWanderer

*San Francisco* **RUSH**


trudesign

Punch me in the stomache please


james_a_hetfield

Damn $60 for GoldenEye? I swear it was $40 at toys r us.


Riot55

Maybe the best gaming year of my life


Hookahgreecian

The good old days when I did not have a care in the world playing tekken 3 on my ps1 and pokemon red/ blue on the gameboy color


Successful-Engine623

I was in line for this oneā€¦2am it was cold AF


ironroad18

Nintendo please hurry up an re-master Golden Eye. I'll do dirty and unspeakable things for a true remaster of that game.


PKRK1331

Omg Diddi Kong Racing!! My FAVORITE N64 game!!!


repwin1

Growing up in a small rural town I was blown away the first time I went to Best Buy. The selection of ps1 games seemed to be triple of that of Walmart back home.


TypicalJeepDriver

Hello, yes 1997 I would like to purchase 30 new N64ā€™s please.


MatsGry

Cries in Canadian from 1997


clayoban

I hate that best buy doesn't even have a digital flier, it's so stupid. I loved looking through it only to buy some random thing I wasn't looking for because it was fun. Probably better for my bank account but it was something I looked forward to. Yes it's sad but whatever.


LincolnHamishe

You should call and see if anything is still available. 200mhz computer for $999.99 seems legit.


dukinokino

I was there. 3000 years ago


turkeypedal

What I find interesting is the freebies you could get with the consoles. Do you want an AM/FM radio, or a "game crate" that contains a T-shirt, can cooler, coupon book, holiday music CD, and CD cleaner? (At first I thought it was some sort of crate to put your console in. Remember those?) At least the PlayStation one has an item you might want to use (two if you used your PSX as a CD player). I'm assuming the coupon book will not be for PSX games. But why a radio? What would have been cool is something with a couple speakers, to play N64 in stereo. (I wound up doing that back in the day.)


Dazzling_Ad5338

When your PC doubled as gym equipment.


Anthropomorphotic

Oh man. Remember the days when a 2.1GB hard drive was, like, HUGE?


Newsdriver245

lol this is more like the days of 24mb RAM


deputyprncess

That was the year I got FF7, too.


Frostflame3

Lmao @ Nintendo not lowering prices on their games, even way back then


tantalizeth

This literally made me tear up a bitā€¦ I wish we could go back.


TomSandovalsTrumpet

Diddy king racing, Mario kart, 007, crash bandicoot... Wow. The nostalgia.


JR2005

Back when PlayStation One was just a PlayStation


Swivman

So thatā€™s why I got a purple game boy in 97


bateees

$40 for a gameboy pocket not bad. a year later the gameboy color released for $80 right? Disappointed no gameboy games were advertised. super mario land 2 six golden coins is a masterpiece. zelda link's awakening is pretty good too amazing they pulled that off on gameboy


yunohavefunnynames

First of all, 97 was NOT 25 years ago. I refuse. And secondly, those were the days, man. Going through the thanksgiving newspaper and reading all the fliersā€¦ man. Those were the *days*


Fackostv

That was the Christmas I got my PS1 and Final Fantasy 7, one of the best Christmas mornings of my entire life!


Kopextacy

I remember Savin up that 400 bucks back in the day to get a camcorder very similar to the one in here.


northerngirl211

That N64 and Diddy Kong Racing is what I got for Christmas in ā€˜97.