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LegitHyperbole on 19 October 2024
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SvennoJ said:
LegitHyperbole said:

You're glossing over a lot. There was consoles back then that exceed the price of the PRO when you take inflation into account. Games actually were more taking the same into account. Etc. 

Eh, we had more disposable income back then, no crazy inflation. Life was generally more affordable. Middle class was doing great back then.

PS1 launched at $299 in 1995, adjusted for inflation $549 today
SNES launched at $199 in 1990, adjusted for inflation $407 today.
N64 launched at $199 in 1996, adjusted for inflation $360 today.

Games cost $50 in 1995, adjusted for inflation $91

However no extra costs, no strings attached. But yes, Nintendo cartridges were expensive.
Controllers were a lot cheaper back then and more durable (but less features)



However the main difference is, everyone was looking forward instead of backwards in the 90s. Nowadays the focus feels to be on playing older games in different ways, upscaled, higher fps, mobile etc. In the 90s there was wonder looking forward to the next generation / next miracle game blowing your mind.


Not everyone was middle class or grown at the time. I remember getting a game every few months or at Birthdays/Christmas and the like and in the mean time renting games for weekends, buying magazines to read about all the games the I wanted to buy.

I have fond memories of it indeed but sending that game back on a Sunday evening was brutal and I don't regret buying the magazines which I'd put on hold for a while if I needed to save for a really big game like MGS.

I'm not even sure how I managed to grow my ps2 library as a teenager, I have no idea how it ballooned to over 150 games. My ps1 library was no more than 30-40 of the games in the space of 5 years before ps2 which is mostly because really big sales started to happen when the ps2 released and up til release and I snatched up most of my favourites but the ps2, I have no idea how that library grew because I could barely afford my magazine addiction at that point which I had stacks and stacks of, I think I done more reading magazines than playing ps2 tbh. 

Also, some people talking about extra expenses. There were memory cards, magazines for reviews and the like, stuff we have for free now. 

Last edited by LegitHyperbole - on 19 October 2024