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    Quote Originally Posted by BydoEmpire View Post
    That's just not true (in the States). Most Atari games were $20-$40. Even the NES launch titles were $30 - it wasn't until later that they crept up to $50. Only a few cart games went beyond $50 (SNES RPGs, *some* N64 titles, etc) in the 16-bit era.

    I've had my 360 for almost two years and haven't bought a single full-priced retail game. I also just joined GameFly a month ago, and that's been great. Even though I think games are a good value for the money, I have a hard time justifying $50 or $60 for a game these days when there are so many other options.
    You're right, a lot of games were twenty-forty dollars. Usually after they'd been out a while. Atari 2600 cartridges later dropped in price as well, as White Knight pointed out in 1982 the average price was 40.00. (Also keep in mind that this was 1982- one year before the spectacular crash that completely obliterated gaming. Hell, you could find cartridges going for a dollar or two in some places). That was due to a lot of things- all the sudden the software was cheaper to produce and there was increased competition from a lot of different console makers.

    But like I said, in 1979 when Atari was the big kid on the block, the cartridges ran 49.99. If my camera was up and running, I could show you the K-Mart price tags on my boxed games.

    Also, if the NES launch titles were 30.00 at launch, they didn't remain that way. My parents payed 39.99 for Excitebike in 1989.
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