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Video game prices were absolutely ridiculous in Canada in the 90s
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Yep. I paid $135 for Chrono Trigger and $120 for FF3 as they added the GST :(
It got a little easier N64 days but still $99 dollar carts
It got a little easier N64 days but still $99 dollar carts
Lol they still are, they've been $79.99 for a while now
Can't buy Day 1 unless it was part of an E3 preorder, and even those have dried up
Can't buy Day 1 unless it was part of an E3 preorder, and even those have dried up
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In 1997 every video game bargain bin was about 90% Zoop it seemed.
Wait, were those prices standard? I didn't buy SNES games as I was really young, my parents always did. What was dkc at launch, and dkc2? What was it for the typical game? street fighter, secret of mana, final fantasy, mega man?
The prices were bad (especially third-party SNES games and RPGs) although used game prices tended to be much lower than new compared to today. I didn't buy any $80+ games.
In the early '90s, I would often buy new Japanese Mega Drive games for $60 from a local store, ten dollars cheaper than the domestic Genesis games.
In the early '90s, I would often buy new Japanese Mega Drive games for $60 from a local store, ten dollars cheaper than the domestic Genesis games.
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If you look at the smaller print, the $99.99 is the price after the rebate.
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How much was a OG SNES in 1997? That's when I got mine. It must've been new as I recall getting it at Toys R Us alongside Donkey Kong Country and Yoshi's Island. My first ever game system and games! :D
Lucked out in the State. We only had a few games hit the $80 mark. Most were $40-60 with few in the $70s and even less in the $80s.
Yup, you got your one game a year for Christmas and maybe one for your birthday, and you liked it.
Why are you looking at a Toys R Us flyer when you should be looking at a Consumers Distributing flyer.
Bart Vs The Spacemutants Acclaim handheld? Gimmie!
I love how everything is 98 cents except Donkey Kong Country.
Edit: Oh God, Bo Jackson had a 2 in one Basketball and Football Tiger Handheld. Look at that monstrosity.
Bart Vs The Spacemutants Acclaim handheld? Gimmie!
I love how everything is 98 cents except Donkey Kong Country.
Edit: Oh God, Bo Jackson had a 2 in one Basketball and Football Tiger Handheld. Look at that monstrosity.
$90 for Earthbound is a steal now lol.Why are you looking at a Toys R Us flyer when you should be looking at a Consumers Distributing flyer.
Bart Vs The Spacemutants Acclaim handheld? Gimmie!
I love how everything is 98 cents except Donkey Kong Country.
Edit: Oh God, Bo Jackson had a 2 in one Basketball and Football Tiger Handheld. Look at that monstrosity.
But man $95 for Illusion of Gaia, a much shorter game than Earthbound. Jeez.
That $89.99 for earthbound in the box is a steal. How long would it take on on average to try and increase your game collection back then cuz at $70-95 a game and with that being 30 years ago and I'm sure min wage was around $3. Would you buy one game a year or 3. Thank God prices aren't that high anymore. Google just told me that the game in 1990 for $90 would be $177.74. I guess I never realized how fortunate I wish to have genesis and snes games.
I understand there's inflation to account for but not too long ago prices here in Canada were 60 and for now nearly the entirety of this generation it's been firm at 80, and the odds of that dropping are almost nonexistent after the damage Corona will leave.
Most of the French on bilingual packaging is on the back.
Then only french on some game box fronts now is in the ESRB rating.
Bill 101 (it's a Quebec law, not Canadian) was changed in 1997 to include software manuals. Then, in 2007, a deal was signed with the ESA to include the packaging.
Funny thing, before that, games could be sold in Quebec with English only packaging and instructions, but since the law already applied to the radio, TV and cinema, ads for these games had to be in French.
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