TurkTurkle t1_jeaclay wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:57 PM

Without online/digital stores, local stores were free to price gouge. Especially on hyped new releases.

I paid 85$ for final fantasy 6(us 3) for snes when it was new. And thats only because i convinced my mom to drive to a big mall 30 minutes away. All the local stores wanted $100. Thats $170/200 respectively in 2023 money.

KC_ToyBeast t1_jebso0s wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:30 PM

One thing about the expensive games back in the day, I can't think of a single one that wasn't worth it.

limejuiceroyale t1_jebb2pt wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:38 PM

I paid like 90 for secret of mana back in the day. Those RPGs were so pricey since they were pretty niche at the time. The US didn't really have the rpg explosion until ff7, up until then it was still a few amount of people playing.