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


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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?

Got around to looking your question up, and Way of the Warroir was developed by Naughty Dog (who did quite a few games for the 3DO system) and published by Universal Interactive (never heard of them before)..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_of_the_Warrior_%28video_game%29

I know. I was just asking you because it was one of Naughty Dogs very first games and the fighters in the game were model / motion captured from ND employees. It was a hoot to play and it looked incredible for the time it was made. I liked the game so much that anything that had a Naughty Dog stamp on it after that I purchased. Now look at them.

The Neo Geo I sold off a long time ago. I actually made out on it then because of it's rarity. I would have sold it now I would be able to purchase a car for the money I could get. *SIGH* The things we sell that could have made us rich today. Like my 67 Camaro my wife made me part with because I didn't have a garage to keep it in and she didn't want to pay for storage.

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