Comparison of 1996 game and console prices to today.

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platformmaster918 said:
so game prices haven't gone up since then yet production costs have sky rocketed. I see why so many devs are closing

Partialy true. Catridges were very costly in comparison to discs.

"PlayStation CD-ROMs cost $1 to manufacture, while cartridges for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (the predecessor to the N64) cost $15."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_64_Game_Pak#Manufacturing_cost