90's Toys R Us Holiday Ad

[andrew8798]

Always love looking at these old ads

[Pooh Carlson]

See, stuff like this amazes me that people these days complain about the price of games and DLC. Some Super Nintendo games were $70. So your latest gen game with graphics that are light years better than 20 years ago is $60 with optional DLC ... everybody should be thankful that the price of games hasn't gone up with inflation.

[Sponsored by Groose Wipes]

I still want that gold Nintendo 64 controller.

[Father Dougal McGuire]

Jul 28, 2014 21:24:14 GMT -5 Pooh Carlson said:

See, stuff like this amazes me that people these days complain about the price of games and DLC. Some Super Nintendo games were $70. So your latest gen game with graphics that are light years better than 20 years ago is $60 with optional DLC ... everybody should be thankful that the price of games hasn't gone up with inflation.

I always thought one reason game prices have stayed the same and even got cheaper is due to optical media. It is easier to press out a few cds/BluRays/etc than carts.

[lildude8218]

I counter with this

[andrew8798]

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$100 for Toejam and Earl

[Pooh Carlson]

Jul 28, 2014 21:30:25 GMT -5 Father Dougal McGuire said:

Jul 28, 2014 21:24:14 GMT -5 Pooh Carlson said:

See, stuff like this amazes me that people these days complain about the price of games and DLC. Some Super Nintendo games were $70. So your latest gen game with graphics that are light years better than 20 years ago is $60 with optional DLC ... everybody should be thankful that the price of games hasn't gone up with inflation.

I always thought one reason game prices have stayed the same and even got cheaper is due to optical media. It is easier to press out a few cds/BluRays/etc than carts.

In a world where pretty much every last thing has raised in price steadily over the years, though, games have stayed pretty much the same. Extra money for some extra stuff shouldn't upset people as much as it does, in my opinion. At least it doesn't upset me as much as others, and this is one of the reasons why.

Edit: If Toejam and Earl can be $98.88, I don't mind paying $80 for a WWE game plus DLC, that's all I'm saying.

[Koda, Master Crunchyroller]

Jul 28, 2014 21:30:25 GMT -5 Father Dougal McGuire said:

Jul 28, 2014 21:24:14 GMT -5 Pooh Carlson said:

See, stuff like this amazes me that people these days complain about the price of games and DLC. Some Super Nintendo games were $70. So your latest gen game with graphics that are light years better than 20 years ago is $60 with optional DLC ... everybody should be thankful that the price of games hasn't gone up with inflation.

I always thought one reason game prices have stayed the same and even got cheaper is due to optical media. It is easier to press out a few cds/BluRays/etc than carts.

That is exactly the reason. Optical discs are vastly cheaper than a cart.

[andrew8798]

[Sephiroth]

I am starting to feel so freaking ancient that I remember playing the 8 bit video games as a kid

[andrew8798]

That's why when you was a kid in the 80's and 90's you rented. I wasn't able to get a new $60 dollar game every month

[andrew8798]

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Most of the games I played were rentals. Buying Yoshi's Island was a special moment for me, because it was the first SNES game I bought myself. I remember saving for weeks, then having my aunt and uncle pick it up for me at Toys R Us on a sales weekend, because my mom was working. It's crazy how much games cost back then.

[Malcolm]

And now I know why I could never get any new games when I had an NES/SNES/Genesis as a kid: Those prices are ridiculous! Espicially $100 for Toe Jam & Earl. That's only about 50 bucks less than how much the console costs!

[Professor Chaos]

I remember playing the original Atari. What was that 2 bits?

[turkeysandwich]

I actually remember that exact ad in the OP, because that Christmas I had to decide between the N64 or the Saturn or the Playstation and I remember seeing that ad that you could get 3 free games with the Saturn, so that's what I chose, not understanding that they were giving them away because they weren't doing so hot. I think only got maybe 2 or 3 more games for the Saturn before deciding on buying the Playstation with money I saved up a few months later.

[Deleted]

Trying to find most of these games now, and they're actually more expensive some times

[Glitch]

Oh noes, the feels!

[celticjobber]

Jul 28, 2014 21:38:11 GMT -5 andrew8798 said:

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$100 for Toejam and Earl

Is that a Canadian ad or something?

Because in the US, I don't remember Genesis games being nearly $100 each (aside from Virtua Racing and maybe some RPGs).


For the most part, it seems like new Genesis games were about $50.00 on average while new SNES games were $65.00 or $75.00

That's one reason my parents usually bought me the Genesis version of games like Mortal Kombat 2 over the graphically superior (but more expensive) SNES versions.

But hell, I was just happy whenever I got a new game.

[Eunös ✈]

Thank you for reminding us that we're not getting any younger