The History of Console Prices (Absolute and Adjusted)
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The History of Console Prices (Absolute and Adjusted)
First, the Absolute Prices (aka obvious prices):
... and now ... Adjusted for Inflation:
Wow. NeoGeo and 3DO would be nearly $1000 in todays money! No wonder they were such big hits!
On the flip-side, I still can't figure out why Dreamcast wasn't more popular. Technologicaly superior to it's competition, and much cheaper. Was it simply ahead of its time?
And finally, you're a fucking idiot if you buy a PS3
http://curmudgeongamer.com/2006/05/h...-500-aint.html
... and now ... Adjusted for Inflation:
Wow. NeoGeo and 3DO would be nearly $1000 in todays money! No wonder they were such big hits!
On the flip-side, I still can't figure out why Dreamcast wasn't more popular. Technologicaly superior to it's competition, and much cheaper. Was it simply ahead of its time?
And finally, you're a fucking idiot if you buy a PS3
http://curmudgeongamer.com/2006/05/h...-500-aint.html
i still want one thou
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Nice find soopa, but I will be buying a PS3, just not when it comes out.
My PS2 still has a long life ahead of it, and I will wait for the prices to drop ($600 is too rich for my blood)
The games will make the PS3, hands down.
My PS2 still has a long life ahead of it, and I will wait for the prices to drop ($600 is too rich for my blood)
The games will make the PS3, hands down.
No wonder my mom was so pissed when I fried it!
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Originally Posted by soopa
On the flip-side, I still can't figure out why Dreamcast wasn't more popular. Technologicaly superior to it's competition, and much cheaper. Was it simply ahead of its time?
From what I remember, there wasn't a killer game that caught peoples attention like the other systems had. I don't remember there being many games at all actually. I just played that bass fishing game all the time.
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Originally Posted by BEETROOT
From what I remember, there wasn't a killer game that caught peoples attention like the other systems had. I don't remember there being many games at all actually. I just played that bass fishing game all the time.
Marvel vs Capcom was crazy on that system. I think thats the only gameI ever played on it
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Originally Posted by BEETROOT
From what I remember, there wasn't a killer game that caught peoples attention like the other systems had. I don't remember there being many games at all actually. I just played that bass fishing game all the time.
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Originally Posted by srika
my favs were Soul Calibur, Virtua Tennis, Crazy Taxi... to name a few.
- Tech Romancer (still one of my fave robot games of all-time for ANY system)
- Chu-Chu Rocket
- NFL and NBA 2K series
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Originally Posted by Yumchah
Other kickass titles:
- Tech Romancer (still one of my fave robot games of all-time for ANY system)
- Chu-Chu Rocket
- NFL and NBA 2K series
- Tech Romancer (still one of my fave robot games of all-time for ANY system)
- Chu-Chu Rocket
- NFL and NBA 2K series
i remember the demo disk had this one with some cartoony bubbly thing that you could launch off of little pads and stuff...it reminded me of sonic and i bought it...wtf was that game called
soul caliber was tight for dreamcast
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This topic is interesting.
Here's another thought. What about game pricing? IIRC, back during the NES era, games were priced about the same as they do now, no more than $50. Based on inflation, that means a game in 1987 is equivalant to $90 now.
Here's another thought. What about game pricing? IIRC, back during the NES era, games were priced about the same as they do now, no more than $50. Based on inflation, that means a game in 1987 is equivalant to $90 now.
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Originally Posted by srika
my favs were Soul Calibur, Virtua Tennis, Crazy Taxi... to name a few.
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I remember back then... I'd always end up buying the "odd ball" console... when people were buying the Atari 2600... I went with something.... I think, it was called "the Odyssey"... it actually had a keyboard... which I never understood why... well, you can use it to... say... enter your initials when you scored high or something... which is totally redundant, I think they were trying to make it look like a computer or something... it was a POS,
...then when everybody were gettin' the Nintendo... I went with 3DO...
...then when everybody were gettin' the Nintendo... I went with 3DO...
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Originally Posted by Ken1997TL
Heh.. my first computer was $3,000 bucks back in the late 80's... I bet thats around 5 or 6 grand now.. i spent a 1/10th to build my own today 
to this day... when I hear the term "DOS" I just get the cringe
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Originally Posted by soopa
On the flip-side, I still can't figure out why Dreamcast wasn't more popular. Technologicaly superior to it's competition, and much cheaper. Was it simply ahead of its time?
Also, the PS2 could play PS1 games, which was big (GT2 was the title to have).
I went with Dreamcast and to this day I haven't upgraded. Although with the PS3 coming out, I'm considering a cheap PS2
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Originally Posted by Colombiano
The Dreamcast had a total of 26 games who wants to play a total of 26 games only shit I have more nintendo cartridges than that playstation wiped them with there ass dreamcast sucked bum
Um, I don't know where your dumbass got the number 26, but there are more than that, that simply start with the letter C http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/dreamcast/
Look it up before you go spouting off at the shit fountain you call a mouth.
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Originally Posted by Minch00
Um, I don't know where your dumbass got the number 26, but there are more than that, that simply start with the letter C http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/dreamcast/
Look it up before you go spouting off at the shit fountain you call a mouth.
Look it up before you go spouting off at the shit fountain you call a mouth.
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Originally Posted by Colombiano
FU little man Ill whip youre soft ass up anyday Orlando is wack yall niggas come over here to chill anyway my bad if 26 was the wrong number it was a total of 36 big whip sorry I offende you but Dreamcast was WACK!!!!!!!
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