Re: The Death of the Video Game Industry - It Could Happen!


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"Mattinglyfan" <kyler.jackson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1438b9b1-b99c-4200-9e70-e7797407c01d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On May 29, 11:58 am, "alvinstraigh...@xxxxxxxxxxx"
<alvinstraigh...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Increasing Prices

Remember when $200 bucks was a lot to pay for a console? The greed of
M$ will be their downfall. Cmon, $100 bucks for a crappy Xbox hard
drive? If M$ was smart, they would lower the arcade version to $250
and insert a hard drive. The gaming industry is simply going to get
too expensive for the average consumer.



Am I remembering wrong or does anyone else recall that consoles 10+
years ago cost more than today? I could have sworn there have been at
least 2 - $500+ systems in the 90's (not accounting for inflation). I
could have even sworn that games were darn near $100 or even more. I
could be wrong. I am not Paul Heslop old but I am getting up there in
age ;) J/K Paul

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Good point, remember the 3DO system?, one of the first 32bit CD gaming devices. I bought into it, and it cost me $400 back in 94, (it's launch price was $699!). Biggest gaming mistake I ever made as the system was all but dead a year later, though it had some cool games. I still have it now.

Quarantine (totally warped game)
Return Fire
Alone in the Dark
Myst (awesome on that console then)
Pebble Beach Golf
Flying Nightmares

I paid $599 for it at Babbage's in a bundle deal.

I gave mine to my parents to use when their grandkids visit. They have it hooked up in their basement.

Do you remember or did you play:
Way of the Warrior (still one of my favorites) Do you remember who made that game?
Need for Speed
Road Rash
Crash
Madden
Shockwave 1 & 2 (I loved this series)
Oh man I can't remember the party game. Do you know it? Was it "Twisted"? (something along those lines)
There were quite a few decent games on that system.

My favorite old expensive system was Neo Geo. Now that system and those games use to cost a fortune. I paid nearly $300 for Samurai Showdown 2

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