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That's how much it would cost today the most famous of the past console

Atlas has recovered the launch prices of a series of console and has adequate current inflation them, so they understand what has been the outlay required in comparison to more modern systems. The data has been updated on the eve of the launch of the new VR platforms, considered here the same way as more traditional gaming platforms.



It is interesting to understand the outlay required on the basis of the real economy and the power of consumers today purchase. Some gaming systems at the dawn of the video game, in fact, had the price almost prohibitive.

Much has been made of the Oculus Rift prices, HTC Lives and Sony PS VR, but according to the Atlas of the chart are not priced so high compared to some previous launches of the gaming world. Although it remains true that some users will be forced to buy a more powerful PC or a PS4, the launch price of the first VR viewers do not differ much from those of some gaming platforms of the past.

Some of the early 70s gaming systems costing much more of modern consoles, with the famous case of the NEO GEO that, according to this statistic, is the most expensive console of the past 40 years. Adjusting the current inflation rate, in fact, it costed about $ 1.200 to buy a NEO GEO. Follow 3DO (1993) and Intellivision (1979) and only after these HTC Vive. Then Atari 2600 (1977) and Sega Saturn (1994), followed by Oculus Rift.

Note how in the ranking positions of being tucked you put the Nintendo gaming systems, which historically has always been very careful to make its affordable console to the mass audience. low production costs result in list prices within the reach of the pockets of a wider audience.

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