I’d buy multiple houses or even just numerous lots of land because they were dirt cheap back then compared to today.
That’s awesome! It reminds me of the time that Dreamcasts were on clearance for $39.99…but I missed the deal so I bought one like a retard a few months later.
I was fresh out of high school for that gen, so I could afford all 3. Loved the Cube from Day 1. Worked next door to EB Games. I mean, they were kinda right to scoff from a commercial standpoint. My friends played Halo and Madden but we would still roll Billy Hatcher and Star Fox all night with a gravity bong. The stream and diversity of content in those days was insane.Remember when this came out in 1999 and we all scoffed?
...since they're only $50
Reminds me of the time when I picked up a Dreamcast on clearance for $39.99....and then sold it like a retard a few months later.
According to official CPI data but I bet it's more than double. Probably $140.
Got my GC for 100€ and sold it shortly after as well. We didn’t know what we had then.
Yes, that makes more sense. Maybe by 2002 it could had reached $150 or even $100 on Black Friday since it was underperforming compared to PS2?
No, you see, you don't understand, you just don't. Those were THE times, you see, world was magical in those days, you were just too small to notice.
Quit posting my friends room. He hates it.Done.
In the mainstream yes gamecube was not that popular at all, most people apparently wanted to watch dvds on their console. Although back then a stand alone DVD player was pretty expensive as it was still new tech so having a PS2 that could play DVD was a huge draw. Gamecube couldn't compete. That price in the pic was clearance price towards the end of the gamecubes lifecycle, people were already wanting to move onto the wii so places were dumping their unsold stock.
This was me in 2020 when I bought my house. Put up my NES, SNES, Gamecube, and a few other collections on eBay - and made enough money to put a down payment on a house. Explaining to my mortgage lender (a stuffy old guy in a suit) why I had nearly $25,000 enter my bank account via Paypal in a matter of months got me more than a few puzzled looks. Thankfully everything went through.
I love my GameCube, but it's also a fact that after about the first year and a half it was rarely played when compared to my PS2 and Xbox.
I know about the pre-major social media more decentralized internet, pre-2008 economy, pre occupy wall street culture, and the objective peak of the gaming industry we had during the 6th and especially 7th generation I just experienced very little of it, the early 2010s were still a magical place for me but even then I understood that I missed out on a lot
Nah bruh. 1975. You want to be 10 years old when the NES released.
Are you in Pull-Ups or have you already moved up to big boy underwear already?
