PS3 600 dollars? Sony is on crack

[Arnwyn]

I haven't gotten a system at launch since the Gamecube (oops).

[Nelson] Ha Ha! [/Nelson]

 

[DonTadow]

For those of us whom remember the Nintendo. Nintendo used to routinely have game cartridges that cost 60 to 90 dollars, especially if you were addicted to RPGs like I was. Final Fantasy 3 cost me 90 dollars. I sold my school's first homecoming tickets, faked strep throat to my girlfriend and stayed home all week to play it. ...sure half of the tickets weren't mine to sell but thats a whole nother story

 

[ThirdWizard]

I remember somebody stole my $80 Chrono Trigger. And, I went out and bought another one!

But, that was Chrono Trigger.

 

[Jdvn1]

You got ripped off DonTadow... Final Fantasy 3 cost $50-$60, tops. And I remember that being extraordinarily high at the time. Most games went for around $40.

EDIT: And, FF3 and Chrono Trigger were the same price (and, arguably, the two best RPGs ever).

 

[John Crichton]

For those of us whom remember the Nintendo. Nintendo used to routinely have game cartridges that cost 60 to 90 dollars, especially if you were addicted to RPGs like I was. Final Fantasy 3 cost me 90 dollars. I sold my school's first homecoming tickets, faked strep throat to my girlfriend and stayed home all week to play it. ...sure half of the tickets weren't mine to sell but thats a whole nother story

Ah, the good 'ol days!

I wouldn't say "routinely" is accurate, but it's close. The big RPGs for the SNES & Genesis were easily more than $60 in my area. Why? Because the local EB would only get in a few copies, most which were probably purchased by employees at cost/discount leaving only 1-2 copies for the public. I had a deal with the owner to pre-buy but I do recall FF3 costing me $75. Chrono wasn't that much for me because I didn't get it at launch, I bought it at at out-of-business Nobody Beats the Wiz for like $40.

... good times.

 

[John Crichton]

You got ripped off DonTadow... Final Fantasy 3 cost $50-$60, tops. And I remember that being extraordinarily high at the time. Most games went for around $40.

EDIT: And, FF3 and Chrono Trigger were the same price (and, arguably, the two best RPGs ever).

Yeah, the MSRP was between $50-60 but as I said in my previous post there were parts of the states where normal gamers got ripped off due to stores setting their own prices because they could. I know Don and myself aren't the only ones. Most of the people in New England faced similar problems with game shortages & rip-off prices. Then again, carts did cost a bit more overall near the end of that era.

For me, it was FF3 & Phantasy Star II that were the killers. PSII cost me $80 - at a Toys R Us of all places!

 

[DonTadow]

I remember somebody stole my $80 Chrono Trigger. And, I went out and bought another one!

But, that was Chrono Trigger.

Same thing happened to me and Final Fantasy II (75$), except the person who stole it was my locker mate/best friend. I was going to trade him ff for madden and we kept the games in our locker. He set his cousin to go into our locker take both games and claim they were stolen. How he remained my best friend for four years after that is beyond me.

Of course, back to subject. I remembered paying (actually my mom saying she paid) 80 bucks for the first Ultima. I believe the high cost of the RPGs they claimed was because of the battery needed to save the games.

Regardless, that was the early 90s and people were willing to pay that much for games then, and we were all kids then.

PLus, before cds games did cost anywhere between 55 to 65 bucks (none rpgs). CDs and DVDs drove down the costs. But we were still willing to pay higher costs for those games. Now that the average gamer is in his late 20s we can afford it even more without begging mom.

 

[Shalimar]

So is anyone but me seeing the PS3 as a good way to double their money? Pre-order it as soon as stores start taking pre-orders, and then Ebay it for $1200 when it comes ou and their are shortages going into December? I figure the $1200 is conservative since the Xbox 360 sold for that on Ebay and the PS3's base cost is so much higher to begin with.

Is anyone but me considering this or would it be foolish? Bearing in mind that I want to buy one for myself somewhere down the line so getting stuck with it wouldn't be the end of the world either.

 

[Vocenoctum]

So is anyone but me seeing the PS3 as a good way to double their money? Pre-order it as soon as stores start taking pre-orders, and then Ebay it for $1200 when it comes ou and their are shortages going into December? I figure the $1200 is conservative since the Xbox 360 sold for that on Ebay and the PS3's base cost is so much higher to begin with.

Is anyone but me considering this or would it be foolish? Bearing in mind that I want to buy one for myself somewhere down the line so getting stuck with it wouldn't be the end of the world either.

Buy two, sell one for double. Then you have a free PS3...

Really, I wouldn't even worry about being "stuck" with it, I'm sure you'll get your money back during the initial rush, it's just the profit that's "open". The real problem being pre-sells being shall we say "less than reliable", you don't want to get it way too late and no one's buying. Plus the package deals they do sometimes.

 

[reanjr]

For those of us whom remember the Nintendo. Nintendo used to routinely have game cartridges that cost 60 to 90 dollars, especially if you were addicted to RPGs like I was. Final Fantasy 3 cost me 90 dollars. I sold my school's first homecoming tickets, faked strep throat to my girlfriend and stayed home all week to play it. ...sure half of the tickets weren't mine to sell but thats a whole nother story

You must shop at the wrong stores. Alot of times if a game sells out right away, specialty shops will sell a game for much more because they can. GameStop is known for this. When Mario 64 came out, they were selling it for $90 just because they could.

I can almost assure you no standard cartridge for a Nintendo system ever MSRPd above $60. I don't even think they got that high. I think $50 was about max.