$500 US plus tax should be around $530 plus live at say $35 per year comes to $800 over 7 years without games.

Luckily for our sakes we always buy products with inflation adjustment in mind!

If i was being paid $1200 a month in 2006. guess what? im still getting paid $1200 a month in 2013.


$500 is still $500

The bank of england and private federal reserve should stop inflating. More money is circulating but wages are stagnant.

Inflation doesn't mean they're less expensive. That's only true if wages have risen in line with prices - and they definitely have not.

Why don't you adjust for how much the price of mainstream electronics have dropped since 2006.  Then the situation is uglier, not better.

ok.. so the ps3 price in 2006 stays static at$599 (the more expensive model of course) but you can adjust the price of the One back to 2006 prices?  Why not tell people in 2013 a 599$ PS3 would cost $519 dollars?

Loyality does strange things to people i say.

Crucial thing is though that the PS3 came out before the massive recession which has crippled most of Europe, £430 feels just as expensive (if not more) to people in the UK as it did in 2007 which is what really matters. Really disappointed with the price; with the extra live fee, no confirmation that any of the TV/sport extras will be available in the UK, no used games to lower the costs... myself and a lot of other people in Europe will not be able to afford this console. If the PS4 is cheaper/ the same price then the Xbone could be DOA in mainland europe, it will do better in the UK but that price inflation is a massive slap in the face for one of their most loyal markets.

$600 to the folks that bought the PS3 7 years ago is still $600 today if not more, should be harder today for people to spend $600. That price is ridiculous no matter the console.

Maybe in USA, not over here.

And LOL @ the attempts to make the Xbox 1 price seem lower than it is by trying to point at inflation and mixing currencies. It's somehow cute when Microsoft fans get so desperate they're coming up with such bizarre arguments.

Sorry man, there's just no denying that UK's Xbox One's price tag is even higher than that of the PS3 at reveal.

stagflation