Rip off prices for early adopters.

[Olympichero]

?500 for a PAL(!) PS2 at launch, its still going though so not too bad...

[BERSERKGOOSE UK]

Ah, I remember another, back in the days of the Playstation. There was a place in Leeds that used to advertise in some of the game mags, seemed to remember the logo was a smilie face or something. Anyway, I remember travelling to Leeds to pick up Tekken for ?75.00 (They never had a shop). I went upstairs in this old office block and met the guy. His business comprised of an old table and chair in a bare room with a telephone and lots of cardboard boxes, that was it. Lol, went in handed the "cash" over and dissapeared....needless to say so did his business after about 3 months.

hehe I remember him...He was on Call Lane just down from the Corn Exchange.....No shop front just a buzzer. I remember buying Daytona USA and Panzer Dragoon for my Jap Saturn from him, think about ?75 each

Oh dear

[SUMIRE]

hehe I remember him...He was on Call Lane just down from the Corn Exchange.....No shop front just a buzzer. I remember buying Daytona USA and Panzer Dragoon for my Jap Saturn from him, think about ?75 each

Oh dear

He he, yeah that was the one...small world

[Mayhem]

So everyone seems to have paid over the odds for a SF2 game then?

I actually got the original Japanse SF2 for 40 notes about a week after release. However it cost me the best part of 100 to get Turbo, which is the most I've ever paid for a game on release (as opposed to retrospect where some games just go supersonic in price).

[Hohum]

Got my JP Gamecube a couple of days after its release for ?450, with memcard & 2 games (Wave Race and Luigi Mansion). That was the first and last time I spent a silly amount of cash on gaming gear, my excuse being I was doing well enough financially at the time

Nowadays I see Argos selling PAL machines for ?39.99, and I cry inside a little

[weightgain]

I just avoid early adopting if possible. Most I paid was........ohhhhh GBA release price in the Uk with one game =)

[replicant]

Was just reading a thread on rllmuk where some guy said CEX in Leeds have a PSP for ?425. One of the posters said he paid ?800 for a DC with Sega Rallyand a VMU!
Thats the biggest rip off ive ever heard of,i paid ?480 for a SFC with SMW from Shekhana on TCR.
So own up,how much have you been stung for in the past to have the latest console?

my psp wasnt bad at 350 however

launch JPN Saturn - 500
launch JPN PSX - 650
launch JPN PS2 - 550

[RobN]

I remember shelling out 70 notes for a US copy of SF2 on the SNES same for a US copy of Starfox on the SNES .

I remember paying ?56 for a USA copy of SF2 on the snes, (had ?4 voucher), from a great little market shop at Lakeside shopping centre. Thing is, between myself, my brother and our mates it got so much use that it was well worth it. When the UK version came out some months later it was ?65 anyway. I can still remember seeing/hearing the game on a small 14" tv screen they had on the top shelf, convincing my old man that spending ?56 on a game, (he was used to spending ?17 on Amiga/Atari ST games), wasn't a complete waste of money. It was an agonising 2 hour wait before we finally pissed off our parents that they gave in and left, then another 45 mins before we got home. Still, I can't remember another game that I had anticpated so much, and fot it to actually exceed my expectations. Probably never again as a jaded 20 somthing gamer.

Lost ?100 when pre-ordered and bought an N64 only for it to be lowered in price from ?250 to ?150 a mere 2 months later. Other than that, biggest waste of money was Super SF2 for the snes, ?65, plus ?20 for anoteher converter as my original one was now incompatible. So ?85 for SSF2, and it really didn't get that much use. Was last game I bought for snes. Had got Sat job by then and was spenging money on cds, clothes, beer etc.

[Ady]

Being ripped of is par for the cause of early adoption. That and not having any decent games to play (generally).

It's why I don't ever adopt early. It's like being the first person at a party or something.

[replicant]

It's why I don't ever adopt early. It's like being the first person at a party or something.

true, but then u do get first dips on the gorgeous blond who arrives second

[replicant]

?500 for a PAL(!) PS2 at launch, its still going though so not too bad...

/me slaps oly with a large trout

[The Game]

loads of stuff, mainly new consoles at launch back in the days when there wasnt any websites....

Neo Geo AES = ?800.00 ish - Console Concepts, think it was one of the first few in the UK, some HIFI shop bought the other one.

Cyberlip = ?220.00 = Think it was a place called Supervision.

DJ Boy Megadrive = ?95.00 - Console Concepts (Pc Engine Supplies)

Needless to say, I dont jump on the early adopters bandwagon anymore....older and wiser

Sumire, i remember Supervision, never went to the shop. Always ordered over the phone, mainly megadrive games. Very fast on getting games on release from Japan. Also done Next Day Cash On Delivery which was great. I remember waiting for the posty to turn up before leaving for school, handing over ?40-50 on the doorstep, then deciding to f**k school, i've have got Ghouls & Ghosts to play.

[SUMIRE]

Sumire, i remember Supervision, never went to the shop. Always ordered over the phone, mainly megadrive games. Very fast on getting games on release from Japan. Also done Next Day Cash On Delivery which was great. I remember waiting for the posty to turn up before leaving for school, handing over ?40-50 on the doorstep, then deciding to f**k school, i've have got Ghouls & Ghosts to play.

He he cool yeah. I think I remember now as I'm sure the owners were originally from Japan or something. Lol, I remember ordering Super-go-and-goh from them as well over the phone..lol, thats how they pronounced it

[MatWoods]

Now this gets fun - hold onto your wallets.

Over ?750 for a Japanese PS with RR just after Christmas Time 1994.

?700 for a Japanese N64, including the drive from Stockport to Edge's office in Bath to get it a day before it would have come in the post.

?180 for a Japanese Mario 64 Boxset just before Crimbo 1996 and a daft amount for Starforx boxset later on.

Nearly ?900 for a Japaense Dreamcast with Arcade Sticks, VMU, VF3, Pen Pen and GODZILLA, just days after release.

Around ?800 for a Japanese PS2 with RR and SF EX 3.

Don't even get me started on the prices I have paid for JAMMA boards in the past.

Detect a trend here - more money than sense and spent that much time in Leeds and Stoke On Trent, I nearly had to start paying counil tax!

I have spent thousands on software for early adoption - usually to see the price drop with the next batch the next day - GT3 on PS2 was a prime example.

Thnakfully I'm now older, wiser and spend most of my money on my mortgate and other family commitments, but ti was fun at the time and most of my wages were 'disposable'.

Just a humble PAL Xbox now (never thought I'd say that) but still a happy man, kicking ass on Ninja Gaiden.

[nekroxide]

He he, yeah that was the one...small world

Did either of you two ever go to New Generation Consoles, just near the train station? I used to go there on my Saturday trips to Leeds and walk around, just looking at everything wishing I wasn't a broke schoolkid.

I remember playing X Men vs Street Fighter at an arcade somewhere, then seeing it for something like ?70 for Saturn there and nearly crying because all I had to make do with was PAL Marvel Superheros

Anyway, I was one of the lucky ones who paid ?250 for launch PAL n64 a WEEK before they chopped off ?100.

Seem to recall paying some stupid amount for Virtua Racing on the MD, too, as well as the other usual 16 bit prices.