My nephew made out like a bandit and I blame Microsoft

[TWRoO]

axumblade said:

TWRoO said:

That's a lot of expensive presents.... Christmas is really getting overblown, especially in America. When I was that age the sum total of my presents at Christmas would have come to about the worth of 1 launch GameCube, and I am including presents from aunts/uncles/grandparents.

Unless kids are getting no pocket money these days instead?

(for reference, I got half of my launch GameCube paid for as one of my birthday presents, I paid for the other half [albeit using money given to me as pocket money])

Christmas has always been expensive depending on who you are. I know I had gotten all of my Nintendo consoles when I was a kid. I'll admit I was a spoiled brat. But it was always a great feeling opening up a new video game system/console.

 

Well I have only had 4 consoles.

Megadrive was 2nd hand, I bought it myself with 7 games and 2 controllers for £70

N64 was new (but not launch), bought for me in Sainsbury's for £75 as a birthday present

GameCube was new at launch, £70 was put towards it by my parents for my birthday, the remaining £60, plus money for Wave Race was my money.

The Wii I bought with my own money a couple of months after launch.