Comparison of 1996 game and console prices to today.

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Conina said:

episteme said:

I remember that Conker's Bad Fur Day was 179 DM in Germany (the N64 was 199 DM) and Final Fantasy IX was 129 DM... New big box PC games were around 70 DM at that time.

179 DM was the recommended retail price of CBFD, the street price was much lower (119 - 129 DM). PC games which were sold for 70 DM had a recommended retail price of 89 - 99 DM.

And Wing Commander 3 (PC) also had an extraordinary high UVP (recommended retail price) of 169 DM, but was sold for 99 - 119 DM.

Oh, right, PC games were usually 70-90 DM in the late 90's/early 2000's. I never saw one for over 100 DM, maybe early CD-ROM games or special editions.

A friend bought Conker's Bad Fur Day for 179 at a Drogerie Müller, it was the only store with video games in our small city.