- See also: Price cuts
Launch prices (adjusted for inflation)
The Launch Price is the initial price for a video game system. The cheapest was the GameCube and the most expensive was the Neo Geo ($990 inflating to 2006 dollars), accounting for inflation[1]. The Atari 5200 cost $683 in 2006 dollars.
Launch Prices
Consoles
| System | Released | U.S. price | Japan price | UK price | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo Entertainment System | October 18, 1985 | $199 $249.99 |
£79.99 | 1. Pack-in game (Super Mario Bros.) 2. R.O.B. accessory, NES Zapper, and 2 games, Duck Hunt and Gyromite | |
| Super Nintendo Entertainment System | August 13, 1991 | $199 | £150 | Pack-in game (Super Mario World) | |
| Nintendo 64 | September 29, 1996 | $199 | £149.99 | ||
| Nintendo GameCube | November 18, 2001 | $199 | ¥25,000 | £129 [2] | |
| Wii | November 19, 2006 | $249 | ¥25,000 [3] | £179 | Pack-in game (Wii Sports) except for Japan |
| Wii U | November 18, 2012 | $349 | Pack-in game (Nintendo Land) | ||
| Nintendo Switch | March 3, 2017 | $299
$199 |
£280 | ||
| PlayStation | September 9, 1995 | $299 | £299 [4] | ||
| PlayStation 2 | October 26, 2000 | $299 | ¥39,800 | £299 [5] | |
| PlayStation 3 | November 17, 2006 | $499 $599 |
¥49,980 / ¥59,980 | £425 (60GB only SKU) [6] | 20GB / 60GB models |
| PlayStation 4 | November 15, 2013 | $399 | |||
| Xbox | November 15, 2001 | $299 | ¥34,800 | £300 [7] | Included 8GB hard drive |
| Xbox 360 | November 22, 2005 | $299 / $399 | ¥29,000 / ¥39,795 | £209.99 / £279.99 | No hard drive / 20GB hard drive |
| Xbox One | November 22, 2013 | $499 | Included Kinect unit. Price dropped to $399 after Kinect was dropped. | ||
| Master System | September 1986[8] | $200 | ¥16,800 | ||
| Sega Genesis | August 1989 | $189 | |||
| Sega Saturn | May 11, 1995 | $399 | £399 [9] | ||
| DreamCast | September 9, 1999 | $199 | £199 [10] | ||
| Atari 2600 | July 1977 | $199 | |||
| Atari 5200 | November 1982 | $269 | |||
| Atari 7800 | May 1986 | $139 | |||
| Atari Jaguar | November 1993 | $249 | |||
| Mattel Intellivision | 1979 | $299 | |||
| ColecoVision | August 1982 | $175 | Pack-in Game (Donkey Kong) | ||
| TurboGrafx-16 | August 1989 | $199 | |||
| Neo Geo | 1990 | $649 | £600 | ||
| 3DO | October 1993 | $699 |
Handhelds
| System | Released | U.S. price | Japan price | UK price | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game Boy | July
1989 |
$89 | £69.99 | Inc. Pack-in game (Tetris) | |
| Virtual Boy | August
1995 |
$179 | |||
| Game Boy Color | November
1998 |
$69 | |||
| Game Boy Advance | June
2001 |
$99 | |||
| Nintendo DS | November
2004 |
$149 | |||
| Nintendo 3DS | March
2011 |
$249 | |||
| PSP | March
2005 |
$249 | |||
| Playstation Vita | February
2012 |
$249 | |||
| Atari Lynx | September
1989 |
$179 | |||
| Sega Game Gear | April
1991 |
$149 | |||
| Sega Nomad | October
1995 |
$180 | |||
| TurboExpress | December
1990 |
$249 | |||
| Game.com | September
1997 |
$69 | |||
| Neo Geo Pocket | August
1999 |
$69 | |||
| WonderSwan | March
1999 |
¥4,800 | |||
| N-Gage | October
2003 |
$299 |
External links
- History of console prices
- Console prices
- Most Expensive Video Game Console
- Most Expensive Handheld Video Game System
References
- ↑ http://most-expensive.net/video-game-console-system
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1976825.stm
- ↑ http://wii.ign.com/articles/732/732644p1.html
- ↑ http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=64356&page=2
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1038613.stm
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6474045.stm
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1936791.stm
- ↑ Computer Entertainer, February 1987
- ↑ http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=64356&page=2
- ↑ http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=64356&page=2