wraggster
June 30th, 2013, 21:48
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2013/06/arstechnicalaunchgraph.png (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/29/xbox-one-ps4-launch-prices-compared-to-inflation-adjusted-launc/)The Xbox One (http://joystiq.com/tag/@xbox-one) and PlayStation 4 (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/@PS4)'s $500 and $400 launch price points (respectively) aren't necessarily what we'd call "svelt," but they're also not as expensive as consoles have been in the past. Even ignoring last generation's $600 PlayStation 3 launch, the annals of video game history are riddled with consoles that, when adjusted for inflation, make this holiday season seem like a bargain in comparison.
The Intellivision (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision) cost $300 when it originally launched in 1979, which doesn't sound all that out of the ordinary – adjust for inflation, however, and that's the equivalent of $849 in 2013 dollars, according to Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/06/are-the-ps4-and-xbox-one-really-that-expensive-historically/)'s breakdown of console launch prices and their respective histories.
The Panasonic R.E.A.L. 3DO was far and away the most expensive console in history with its $700 launch in 1993, which translates to $1,127 in today's skrilla. Hit up the source link below for more graphs comparing the cost of each console over its lifetime, both as a percentage change and a dollar figure adjusted for modern inflation.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/29/xbox-one-ps4-launch-prices-compared-to-inflation-adjusted-launc/
The Intellivision (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision) cost $300 when it originally launched in 1979, which doesn't sound all that out of the ordinary – adjust for inflation, however, and that's the equivalent of $849 in 2013 dollars, according to Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/06/are-the-ps4-and-xbox-one-really-that-expensive-historically/)'s breakdown of console launch prices and their respective histories.
The Panasonic R.E.A.L. 3DO was far and away the most expensive console in history with its $700 launch in 1993, which translates to $1,127 in today's skrilla. Hit up the source link below for more graphs comparing the cost of each console over its lifetime, both as a percentage change and a dollar figure adjusted for modern inflation.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/29/xbox-one-ps4-launch-prices-compared-to-inflation-adjusted-launc/