If anything, gaming is technically cheaper nowadays, at least when it comes to owning games.
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Back in the 90s at least we had Blockbuster or a local rental place to ease the strain, but this advertrecently posted on Redditshows that owning games, even then, was pricey.
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“Every Friday after school, trip to Blockbuster for a weekend rental. Good old days.” said cptcitrusin replyto the thread.
The ad shows a selection of PlayStation and Nintendo 64 games. Titles like Die Hard Trilogy for the PlayStation were priced at 54.99, and if you think that’s a lot, DOOM 64 was 74.99.
This advert from Toys ‘R’ Us is likely from the US and if we adjust for inflation, that would mean that DOOM 64 costs the equivalent of $150 today.
“Now I remember why I didn’t have many video games growing up, holy s**t that’s expensive,”said RBarron24 in reply.
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I remember buying my PlayStation in 1996. I could only afford one game to go with it and Woolworths didn’t have a great selection, so I went with DOOM. It was £55.
I got it home and had the worst motion sickness while playing it as I wasn’t used to the graphics. Thankfully I could return it and not lose out on a chunk of cash.
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At least consoles were cheaper back then, $150 for aPlayStationis a steal.
Topics:PlayStation,Nintendo,Retro Gaming
