This would be the price of video games if they were released today

Submitted by cloudhell t3_yp3d0y in consoles

Magnavox Odyssey Year: 1972 = $100, Price 2022 = $709

atari 2600 Year: 1977 = $200, Price 2022 = $977

intellivision Year: 1979 = $300, Price 2022 = $1224

atari 5200 Year: 1982 = $270, Price 2022 = $829

colecovision Year: 1982 = $175, Price 2022 = $537

atari 7800 Year: 1984 = $150, Price 2022 = $428

Nintendo Year: 1985 = $200, Price 2022 = $551

master system Year: 1986 = $200, Price 2022 = $540

turbografx Year: 1989 = $200, Price 2022 = $468

genesis Year: 1989 = $190, Price 2022 = $454

super nintendo Year: 1991 = $200, Price 2022 = $435

philips cdi Year: 1991 = $400, Price 2022 = $870

neo geo: 1989 = $110, Price 2022 = $1218

sega cd Year 1992 = $300, Price 2022 = $633

atari jaguar Year: 1993 = $250, Price 2022 = $512

3do Year: 1993 = $700, Price 2022 = $1435

32x Year: 1994 = $160, Price 2022 = $320

playstation Year: 1995 = $300, Price 2022 = $583

saturn Year: 1995 = $400, Price 2022 = $777

nintendo 64 Year: 1996 = $200, Price 2022 = $378

dreamcast Year: 1999 = $200, Price 2022 = $356

playstation 2 Year: 2000 = $300, Price 2022 = $516

gamecube Year: 2001 = $200, Price 2022 = $335

xbox Year: 2001 = $300, Price 2022 = $502

game boy advance: Year 2001 = $100, Price 2022 = $167

ngage: Year 2003 = $300, Price 2022 = $483

nintendo ds: Year 2004 = $200, Price 2022 = $314

psp: Year 2004 = $250, Price 2022 = $392

xbox 360: Year 2005 = $400, Price 2022 = $607

ps3: 2006 = Year $500, Price 2022 = $735

wii: 2006 = Year $250, Price 2022 = $367

nintendo 3ds: Year 2011 = $250, Price 2022 = $329

wii u: Year 2012 = $350, Price 2022 = $451

psvita : Year 2012 = $250, Price 2022 = $322

ps4 : Year 2013 = $400, Price 2022 = $509

xbox one : Year 2012 = $500, Price 2022 = $636

switch : Year 2017 = $300, Price 2022 = $362

ps5 : Year 2020 = $500, Price 2022 = $572

series x : Year 2020 = $500, Price 2022 = $572

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A_lost_10mm_socket t1_ivhiv8m wrote

In the store I work at we have a literal mountain of Xbox 360's we can't get rid of, even for dirt cheap.

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corbygray528 t1_ivilgfx wrote

>genesis Year: 1989 = $190, Price 2022 = $454 > >neo geo: 1989 = $110, Price 2022 = $1218

How does this work? If it's just adjusting for inflation, how does something that was almost half the cost originally now "cost" 3 times as much released within the same year?

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Gamie-Gamers t1_ivintbq wrote

I was going to post this, has to me an error

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lifeisasimulation- t1_ivje2rj wrote

Yes because the games for neogeo cost this much but the console. Console price was $650

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zeress1 t1_ivhxe48 wrote

The GBA was one hell of a deal

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lifeisasimulation- t1_ivjcm5i wrote

The thing that strikes me with inflation is just how bad things got between the mid90s and the early 00s. Money was way more valuable in the 90s

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DistanceAlone6215 t1_ivjm3yo wrote

Oh man, Neo Geo was so awesome

My friend had it and it was insane. Was also a guaranteed failure though

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Nightryder88 t1_ivk9qek wrote

I know they definitely take a loss today and make it up with subs and first party games. But the amount manufactured in those days must have played a factor as well

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tylerden t1_ivkyquo wrote

Atarri 2600 would have cost me R18000 rand equivilant. I. Had on in 1990. We were not rich.

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