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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: Paul2 on July 28, 2014, 01:21:50 AM

Title: Cost of 1996 versus today's games and consoles
Post by: Paul2 on July 28, 2014, 01:21:50 AM

i found this thread from a vgchartz forums and i thought it was interesting.  Here is the link, http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=187509 (http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=187509).

and here are some nice ads from 1996 toys r us.

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F5iab465.jpg&hash=3c0b17bb7dbfffb5a928d9d533ec2cf1bb949567)

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FggyJ4H3.jpg&hash=4b407a047fc6d5cccf11239f1e30c5433cabdcf7)

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FeTAE3UK.jpg&hash=e2b0b92bb179a6c073cc8163366de900440c7441)

PSOne price in 1996: $199.99
1996's PSOne price today after inflation: $293.28

Twisted Metal 2's price in 1996: $47.99
Twisted Metal 2's price today after inflation: $70.38

Average PS4/WiiU/Xbox One game price today: $59.99
Average game price today would have been this much in 1996: $40.91

 :)

Title: Re: Cost of 1996 versus today's games and consoles
Post by: Paul2 on July 28, 2014, 01:26:43 AM

darn it.  maybe the size of the thread border should be 1024 x 768 instead of 800 x 600.  i think its in 800 x 600, not sure though.  if its in 1024 x 768, we won't have to scroll left or right to see the pictures.  maybe scroll a little, but not by much.

Title: Re: Cost of 1996 versus today's games and consoles
Post by: Paul2 on August 28, 2014, 12:59:54 PM

when i first posted this newspaper ads pic, i was surprised that snes cost $130.  That time i didn't thought much about it.  Then just a few days ago, i thought about it.  Just now i look at my history post and remember to question it.  If it had come out for about 5 years already.  shouldn't it cost less than that?  Like $100 or maybe $80  or so?

Title: Re: Cost of 1996 versus today's games and consoles
Post by: Kurt Angle on August 28, 2014, 01:44:42 PM

Damn the US version of the SNES was ugly!  :confused:

Title: Re: Cost of 1996 versus today's games and consoles
Post by: Paul2 on August 28, 2014, 03:25:39 PM

i thought it look nice to me, very nice.  imo.

Title: Re: Cost of 1996 versus today's games and consoles
Post by: Viper_Fujax on August 30, 2014, 12:25:56 AM

i NEVER knew the uk had a different looking snes. looks boring to me  :fu:

Title: Re: Cost of 1996 versus today's games and consoles
Post by: Titan on August 30, 2014, 03:41:37 AM

Anyone care to post a picture because I'm too lazy to type it into Google?

Title: Re: Cost of 1996 versus today's games and consoles
Post by: Paul2 on August 30, 2014, 06:51:17 AM

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F1%2F18%2FWikipedia_SNES_PAL.jpg%2F800px-Wikipedia_SNES_PAL.jpg&hash=e5145ad773f107d8d64bdcf05615bb1130049256)

There.  so that is what the European or PAL SNES look like.