For those who complain about the high cost of gaming..........

[dunno001]

80s_gamer said:

I totally agree.  I stated the same thing in a forum a few months back. 

A few to remeber:

Maniac Mansion - Nes: £59.99

Street Fighter 2 - SNES: £64.99

Virtua Racing - Megadrive: £69.99/£64.99

I remeber Starfox being pretty expensive and most Super FX games
There was also a couple of higher priced master System games.

The cost of CD production compared to Cartidge is a big factor.
As is the mass production of some of the components used in Disc based systems like the drives, wireless and USB connectivity.

Also Moores Law with regards to components.

Oh and i saw petrol for 114.9 the other day and that is cheap here in the UK.  That's nearly $2.00 per LITRE(slightly less than a Quart) never mind a gallon.  But i guess expensive is relative to what your used to paying.

Yeah, and as has been mentioned already, N64 games were ridiculous. But there were a few that got pricey here, too: FF3 (or FF6) and Chrono Trigger for the SNES retailed for $80, and Phantasy Star 4 for the Genesis ran $90! Japan wasn't any better, either, as I remember hearing about some SFC games running about ¥10,000. So yeah, prices have actually come down from the savings in disk replication, let alone inflation. (Though I may be wrong, I thought I remembered a bunch of PS1 games coming out at $40?)

Oh, and a minor correction- a liter is slightly more than a quart. (33.8 oz to 32 oz.) Usually when people ask me about liters to gallons, I tell them 4 liters = 1 gallon and a small paper cup (7.2 oz). And it makes the price of gas over there seem just that much more scary...