History of Console Prices

Teuthida · 05-18-2006, 01:47 PM

http://curmudgeongamer.com/2006/05/h...-500-aint.html

*Bottom chart is adjusted for inflation.

So really $600 isn't horrible but the highest priced consoles weren't successful either in the past. And Nintendo staying at $200 opening are really getting cheaper and cheaper. Damn my cousin paid a lot for his Atari 2600 which I now own...but still works so worth it I guess.

Dyne · 05-18-2006, 01:59 PM

Interesting.

I only personally know one person who owns a Neo Geo. Man that thing was expensive.

MuGen · 05-18-2006, 03:38 PM

i hate seeing comments on how all the high priced consoles failed so it will follow with Sony.

However the other consoles didn't have successful generations before hand. Sony has 2 generations of over-successful consoles and the fanbase has ever so grown. I don't think being a bit overpriced will create such a line that sony cannot overcome with a price drop in like 6 months because of manufacturing costs going down and sales from software.

GameMaster · 05-18-2006, 05:30 PM

I never knew Neo Geo was a console. I always thought it was just the handheld? Where's my head at?

Dyne · 05-18-2006, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by GameMaster

I never knew Neo Geo was a console. I always thought it was just the handheld? Where's my head at?

Well first it was the arcade platform. But in actuality there has been a Neo Geo, a Neo Geo CD, a Neo Geo Pocket, and a Neo Geo Pocket Colour.

bobcat · 05-19-2006, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Dyne

Interesting.

I only personally know one person who owns a Neo Geo. Man that thing was expensive.

I used to have a Neo Geo CD....it was a horrid console....but I did have KOF98 and that was a god send!