Google-fu failed - How much was the NES on UK release?

[VincentHanna]

Just discussing prices for toys after my sister spent £400 on an Ipad Mini 4 for her 6 year old daughter in addition to all the other stuff my niece got.

I seem to recall getting an NES around the same age with the R.O.B robot and Duck Hunt, laser gun and Mario Bros

Any idea how much this would have cost around 1988/1989?

 

[glenimp617]

There was a neowin post which listed all consoles, release date, launch price and price in todays terms. It's not that old, maybe within the last month

I'm sure most consoles were around £400 in todays money. My memorys not great, but I think the cheapest was the original xbox and the most expensive was the ps3

 

[glenimp617]

https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1193433-36-years-of-console-prices-inflation-adjusted/

Can't find the one I was thinking about, but this is ok

 

[VincentHanna]

Thanks

That's all in dollars though, and as we well know the UK was often more expensive

 

[JoeBoi]

Thanks

That's all in dollars though, and as we well know the UK was often more expensive

I would put money on it being £200 if the US was $200 at the time.

This seems to be a common reoccurring theme in todays console market.

 

[robfosters]

I remember at school that 3DO's and Neo Geo's were like mythical magic machines that everyone dreamed of getting one day but you knew you never would.

Fair play to my Dad though, any normal console I asked for I got, sometimes it weren't even my birthday or xmas, he'd just have a big win on the horses, get drunk and then promise me I could go and get it the next day. I think he regretted it in the morning lol but he never let me down.

I went from zero to hero in my school when I was the first to get a SNES streetfighter 2 pack. Everyone else had to wait 9 months till xmas

 

[Semiskimmed]

In new money, the new would have been about £400 if released today according to some website I read a few months back.
Can't help on launch price though

 

[snapdragon]

Wish I hadn't clicked that link, at my gaming peak I had The Neo Geo, 3DO, Jap Mega Drive, Jap Super Famicom, Atari Lynx with a good few games for each (barring Neo which I think I had 4 due to cost and the 3DO due to lousy releases) approx 30-40 imported titles each for the rest, sold it all for buttons down the road.

sob.

 

[rebel rebel]

NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM (1983)
Launch price: £179.99 (est.), $199.99

Adjusted launch price: £515

Units sold: 62 million

Average annual UK wage at time: £6087

http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/xbox-one-and-ps4-launch-price-compared

Not sure how accurate this is but 179.99 sounds about right.

 

[robfosters]

NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM (1983)
Launch price: £179.99 (est.), $199.99

Adjusted launch price: £515

Units sold: 62 million

Average annual UK wage at time: £6087

http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/xbox-one-and-ps4-launch-price-compared

Not sure how accurate this is but 179.99 sounds about right.

It didn't get its UK launch until 1986 though. Also that annual wage seems quite low for the mid 80's.

 

[rebel rebel]

Yeah I think you're right, ignore my previous post.

 

[rebel rebel]

Ok I think this might be it's first appearance in the Argos Catalogue.

 

[mattf]

I remember being in toys r us I think either xmas 87 or 88 and trying to get my parents to buy me a nes and my brother asking for a master system. My bro won and we got the master system as our joint xmas present which he hogged for that xmas

 

[VincentHanna]

Ok I think this might be it's first appearance in the Argos Catalogue.

That's very helpful, thanks. Looks like the exact bundle I had.

 

[rebel rebel]

No problem. That page came from the spring 87 catalogue.