PS1 $299 at launch N64 ??? I only remember that it was delayed many times and by Christmas after launch it was nowhere to b seen. But it surely was $299 or $399. But the cartridges were poisonous! $70+ !!!!
I payed $84.99 (TRU) for Goldeneye and RE2 on their respective launch days and $89.99 (Blockbuster) for Perfect Dark when it came out... those cartridge-based games were expensive back in the day...
Pricing, unlike today, back then it wasn't consistent. Not everything was at $50 or $60, it went all over the map. PS1 titles would go from $10 to $70, and N64 games would go from $40 to $100. It was all very random and chaotic. It wasn't until last gen when everybody decided $50 was the standard price for a new game.
I don't remember PS1 games being that expensive. I think it was between £30 and £40, while N64 games were a good bit more expensive. I remember paying £60 for Goldeneye, but most of them were a bit cheaper than that.
PS1 games were usually $40 USD. N64 games were frequently released in the $60-70 range due to the fact that they used expensive ROM chips for the cartridges.
Games varied so much it wasn't even funny. My parents did pay $80 for OoT though.Ibacai
Yeah for N64 games a lot of publishers released based on the number of ROM chips needed, which depended on how big the game was. So a huge game like OOT was big bucks.
[QUOTE="Ibacai"]Games varied so much it wasn't even funny. My parents did pay $80 for OoT though.Teufelhuhn
Yeah for N64 games a lot of publishers released based on the number of ROM chips needed, which depended on how big the game was. So a huge game like OOT was big bucks. It just amazes me at that price. What would that equal today due to inflation? Scary..... :|
I kind of miss varied prices, then short games like ODST or Heavenly Sword would cost less for the time you get from them. The downside is that MW2 would be insanely overpriced (thank you, Activision) and games like Killzone 2 or Halo 2 would be up to the $100 mark.
[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"][QUOTE="Ibacai"]Games varied so much it wasn't even funny. My parents did pay $80 for OoT though.Ibacai
Yeah for N64 games a lot of publishers released based on the number of ROM chips needed, which depended on how big the game was. So a huge game like OOT was big bucks. It just amazes me at that price. What would that equal today due to inflation? Scary..... :| $120 easy if not $130-$140, games are cheap compared to the old days, people are just cheap.
It depended where I went. Keep in mind that I was a kid back then, so I didn't know everything about gamind as I do now ;). I know I got a few PSone games for $30, some were $50, and I'll always remember Tomb Raider, because that sucker costed me $70...I kid you not. I was small back then, ok? I thought that the more it costed, the more awesome it was :P. Never buy games for Kay Bee stores, people!
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