Nintendo systems tie ratio

[Gunstar Green]

I'm more curious why the N64 tie ratio is so low. There weren't that many great games on it, but if you liked Nintendo's / Rare's games, you were probably going to buy as many of them as you can.

I'm sure there were a lot of niche die-hards, but most people I knew who owned the N64 in its day had a very few games for it, especially compared to the stacks of PlayStation CDs they usually also had.

[ZeroAX]

Probably because N64 cartridges where significantly more expensive than PS1 or Saturn discs.

How much more expensive are we talking about? I honestly don't remember. And the difference in prices wasn't so high here

I'm sure there were a lot of niche die-hards, but most people I knew who owned the N64 in its day had a very few games for it, especially compared to the stacks of PlayStation CDs they usually also had.

But it always seemed like a niche console to me. Funnily enough I always wanted an N64 much more than a PS1, even though the PS1's library has stood the test of time MUCH better (it helps that it had so many JRPGs)

[samsonlonghair]

Probably because N64 cartridges were significantly more expensive than PS1 or Saturn discs.

How much more expensive are we talking about? I honestly don't remember. And the difference in prices wasn't so high here

Big pictures in spoiler tags. This may stretch out your browser window.
N64 games in 1997

Sega Saturn games in 1997

Sony Playstation games in 1997

Playstation already had a Greatest Hits line by 1997

By way of conversion, 60.00 US Dollars of 1997 are worth 81.73 US Dollars of 2014. 81.73 US Dollars equals 59.91 Euros.

[alienjesus]

Yeah, for what it's worth, when I got an N64 in about 1999/2000 in the UK, N64 games were anywhere from £50-70 new and PS1 games were £30. So essentially double the price of the PS1.

[Frag Mortuus]

Probably because N64 cartridges where significantly more expensive than PS1 or Saturn discs.

How much more expensive are we talking about? I honestly don't remember. And the difference in prices wasn't so high here

Big pictures in spoiler tags. This may stretch out your browser window.
N64 games in 1997

Sega Saturn games in 1997

Sony Playstation games in 1997

Playstation already had a Greatest Hits line by 1997

By way of conversion, 60.00 US Dollars of 1997 are worth 81.73 US Dollars of 2014. 81.73 US Dollars equals 59.91 Euros.

Very cool post. You should post more if you have them.

[samsonlonghair]

Very cool post. You should post more if you have them.

Thanks, Frag Mortus.
I found the scans on this site:
http://huguesjohnson.com/scans.html
I rehosted the images above on tinypic.com because I didn't want to steal this guy's bandwidth.

[ZeroAX]

aaaaaaaou......that is very expensive. Yeah....I wonder how I didn't notice that price difference. I do remember game boy games were either 20$ for the cheap ones, and 30$ for the new and expensive ones, back when I lived in the US, so I thought these would retail at 50$ at worse :S

[Jamisonia]

SNES games could be even more expensive if they had enhancement chips. I vividly remember my parents refusing to buy SMRPG because it was $90 and I had almost beaten it from video store rentals. As a result I didn't beat it until I was an adult.

I also think Star Fox was $90 which is why I didn't get that when I was younger.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

I find the fact that these days it's not so hard to less than $30 a game awesome.

I also find it amazing I had as many PS1 games as I did at the time. By the time the PS2 came out I had about PS1 games. I was getting a new game every other week. That is a LOT of money.

What I find even more amazing is that gaming still manages to be the most expensive hobby I partake in regardless of the fact that the prices have gone down dramatically.

[ZeroAX]

I find the fact that these days it's not so hard to less than $30 a game awesome.

I also find it amazing I had as many PS1 games as I did at the time. By the time the PS2 came out I had about PS1 games. I was getting a new game every other week. That is a LOT of money.

What I find even more amazing is that gaming still manages to be the most expensive hobby I partake in regardless of the fact that the prices have gone down dramatically.

I think you forgot a bunch of words brother. Maybe you were doing other things while writing this post and it ended up like this?

So how many games did you have on the PS1 by the time the PS2 was out? Also, the PS1 was an awesome system so it makes sense to have a lot of games for it

I prefer the N64 personally, but I know I will get 10-15 games for it tops.