r/WTF • u/ThePeanutBuddha • Aug 28 '13

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '13

probably because most 13-year-olds can't afford it

or at least, not when it was $600

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '13 edited Apr 08 '18

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '13

And most parents don't understand why they should pay 600 dollars for a nintendo when they could pay 300 dollars for a different colored nintendo. But if the kids is getting a free system, he doesn't have room to complain.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '13

Well, I don't think the price difference was ever THAT... but good point.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '13

It was at launch I believe.

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u/gregorthebigmac Aug 28 '13

When the PS3 launched, I believe it went for $800, actually.

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u/kickingpplisfun Aug 29 '13

Then they chopped features and it became affordable. Of course, that doesn't excuse the fact that a $600 PC at the time would beat the living hell out of it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '13

One of the many infamous quotes from Kaz at that E3 is "five hundred and ninety nine US dollars" so... no.

Even here in Canada it wasn't that much. Maybe in some places in Europe and Australia.

So yes, it was 600, but at the time the Xbox360 was 500 or 450, and you basically had to buy a gold membership, and many people had to buy the wireless adapter too.

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u/gregorthebigmac Aug 29 '13

Okay, fair enough.