Game Console Launch Prices, A History in Graphs

Posted on Saturday, September 15 @ 19:14:12 Eastern by Heath_HindmanThe pricing of the Wii-U has brought with it widespread discussion of "the right price" for a new game machine, as the announcement of any new console tends to do. Gamasutra to the rescue, satisfying our curiosity that is so frequently impaired by our lack of ambition.

First up, here are game system prices exactly as they were upon release, from Atari 2600 to Wii-U:

But how expensive were they really? Here they are, adjusted for inflation, then flipped around and ranked:

And if you still wanted those in order of their releases:

I remember hearing about the 3DO and being really interested, but then seeing the price tag and realizing my parents would never be down with that. Even today, $700 would be punching a ticket to Segatown.

(As a huge Dreamcast fan, that last sentence hurt me to type.)?

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Source: http://www.gamerevolution.com/manifesto/game-console-launch-prices-a-history-in-graphs-15065

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