Comparison of 1996 game and console prices to today.

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Tamron said:

Farsala said:
And that is without purchasing power. Inflation went up, but also people do not make as much.

Memory cards also add to a consoles price in PS1s case. Need at least two imo. Interesting that controllers got so much more expensive compared with games. 25----->60. vs games 40-60------->50-60.

A lot of the controller price increase is down to complexity, old controllers were just a pcb with either no controller IC at all (direct wired to plug) or a simple cheap PIC controller doing the job, every button was a rubber gated switch.

Now we have analog sticks, complex charging/IC components, connectors, wireless functionality, batteries, variable resistors, motion sensors and so on.

Yes but one coudl argue that each of those components in a controller have decreased over the years.  Just as someone showed a 32 mb hard-drive cost 3,500 back in the day and now you can buy a much smaller 1 tb hard-drive for $100.  Wireless tech and other features in a controller should and have decreased over the years.