The Simple Days

Holy crap, these are in usd? I never knew what the prices were for n64 games

Ogre Battle 64 was the most expensive N64 game I think

Multiply those prices by 2 to account for buying power back then.

Console is “only $300” but games are $100 at minimum.

Which is why looking at some of those games I kind of get why games need to charge more. Definitely not keeping up with inflation. However, I also see a much broader range in those games, and if they want game prices to go up then they also need to understand price ranges for quality.
Something like RDR2, true masterpiece, I would go to 100. Maybe 120. That game is perfect, no flaws, and several hundred hours of gameplay.
Assassin's creed could stick at 60. Very much a mid game, gets a mid price.
- Wayne Gretzky's Fighting Hockey was one of the most expensive games and it was also complete and utter trash, so the tiered pricing isn't gonna work. $60 is plenty, if the devs need more money I recommend firing executives and filler managers.
- The number of copies sold is much higher though.
  In the end if there's someone rich from the sales somewhere in the chain it's because the product is overpriced.
- Bad games will just pick high prices to trick people into thinking it's good. Having everything cost the same at launch is the only steady-state solution.

It's freaking expensive, even before inflation adjustment.

No one is gonna point out that sick skater bro riding a computer mouse??

That's Geoffrey!

And that's how Playstation won the console wars.

I wonder if that's the most expensive Doom. 75 dollars, yikes

T right, in what, 1996??!
- Yeah those prices shocked me, even though I was there 3000 years ago when they were written.

I remember playing both at a local electronics store. Turok and NFS 2 specifically. Never owned one myself, but good times.

Was die hard any good?

I remember as a kid going with my dad to toys r us to buy this right around launch day. I paid for the console and Mario 64 with my own piggy bank / birthday money. We also paid more than what’s shown on the ad, I think that was the reduced price later on. The sales person working the cage (they had all the consoles behind fencing during this era) almost didn’t give us one because we were in a “day early” which we didn’t realize. But the dude was like screw it and gave us everything anyway breaking street date. Went home and played Mario 64 straight for 2-3 weeks. One of the best gaming memories for me that is firmly engrained in my brain.

The simple days. You want the good system or the one with a number in the title?