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71726, Remember console games were priced randomly?
Posted by Soul4Reel, Tue Aug-01-06 11:48 AM
I know a lot of people were bitching about having to spend $59.99 on next gen games. The thing is I remember dropping $57 on Mortal Kombat 2 for the SNES the day it came out, and that shit was on sale. I remember Super Street Fighter 2 being $74.99 at Best Buy, and let's not get started on 8-Bit games. There were no platinum hits back in the day, anybody else remember paying random and expensive prices for games.
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71730, RE: Remember console games were priced randomly?
Posted by great1 2k6, Tue Aug-01-06 12:57 PM
that is the reason i got a playstation instead of a N64.
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71734, Yes, every SF 2 game on SNES was at least $70
Posted by Lach, Tue Aug-01-06 03:53 PM
It was crazy.
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71736, yeah, i remember the christmas my rents got me an snes
Posted by steelreserve40, Tue Aug-01-06 04:05 PM
and the only game i got was sf2 turbo, which was going for $80. i got no problem paying $40 for new games.
but question: is it cheaper to manufacture game discs as opposed to cartridges?
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71740, RE: yeah, i remember the christmas my rents got me an snes
Posted by Lach, Tue Aug-01-06 05:02 PM
>but question: is it cheaper to manufacture game discs as
>opposed to cartridges?
YES. And you're able to store way more data on disc especially DVD discs and now Blu Ray and HD-DVD discs.
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71735, I think my mom paid $50 for Zelda II on NES when it first dropped.
Posted by Triptych, Tue Aug-01-06 04:01 PM
That's probably more expensive than these $60 games after inflation and shit.
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71746, no platinum hits back in the day? sheit.
Posted by PlanetInfinite, Tue Aug-01-06 08:03 PM
cartridges used to cost more to manufacture anyway.
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71763, RE: no platinum hits back in the day? sheit.
Posted by HypeVersus, Tue Aug-01-06 10:53 PM
Carts are old school like tabletop football.
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71750, it's wild...
Posted by Dr Claw, Tue Aug-01-06 08:58 PM
because thinking of it, The Doc has copped much better versions of Street Fighter on newer systems than he has the SNES, for FAR less cash.
Some of those $70 SNES titles were just bullshit. (UMK3? That game was GAR-BIDGE on SNES.)
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