original retail price of the DC

SlammedNiss · Post by **SlammedNiss** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:40 pm

Me and my business partner were discussing new consoles and their prices. Well, the DC came up, and I thought the original retail price on release was $199. He was saying that it was $299. He says he remembers, because he bought one on 9/9/99.

So, which is it??

ace · Post by **ace** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:42 pm

Pretty sure it was $199... Feel free to prove me wrong.

Rand Linden · Post by **Rand Linden** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:44 pm

You and/or your friend need only to enter "dreamcast launch price" into Google for your answer.

Rand.

Zealous zerotype · Post by **Zealous zerotype** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:46 pm

I did what rand said, and I did'nt even have to click the link to get the answer.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:10 pm

Pablo · Post by **Pablo** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:16 pm

I think he has the dc confused with the saturn: didn't the saturn retail for $299?

Edit:Nevermind. I just remembered that the saturn debuted for $399 and the Playstation debuted at $299; my bad.

gamedudex2 · Post by **gamedudex2** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:18 pm

saturn was $399

it was 349 by it self and 399 with oen of its only games virtual fighter i think

segasweet · Post by **segasweet** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:22 pm

I 100% guarantee that the Dreamcast came out at $199.
I wasn't able to get mine on 9-9-99, but I got mine about a week later or so. It was most definitely $199, just like everywhere else (in the U.S.).

Post by **|darc|** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:34 pm

SlammedNiss · Post by **SlammedNiss** » Tue May 17, 2005 11:11 pm

Rand Linden wrote:You and/or your friend need only to enter "dreamcast launch price" into Google for your answer.

Rand.

I even googled it. I guess I wasnt tyoing in the right words..

thanks for everybody's answer

FETUS · Post by **FETUS** » Tue May 17, 2005 11:13 pm

I just watched one of those g4 icon shows about the dreamcast, I was so pissed they didn't mention anything of the homebrew scene it created.

Skater_dusto · Post by **Skater_dusto** » Wed May 18, 2005 12:14 am

$179, but I didn't purchase mine at launch date unfortunately. Money sucks when you're a kid.

ian · Post by **ian** » Wed May 18, 2005 12:19 am

my dc cost a shitload

i got ripped off:

$500 aud

but at least i got all my games cheap

now i won't spend more than $150 on ANY console

Post by **melancholy** » Wed May 18, 2005 12:37 am

SlammedNiss wrote:
Rand Linden wrote:You and/or your friend need only to enter "dreamcast launch price" into Google for your answer.

Rand.
I even googled it. I guess I wasnt tyoing in the right words..

thanks for everybody's answer

If you ever have a related console question, the first place you should always look is gamefaqs.com. They always will have someone that has written a guide on a particular console, including original price.

mankrip · Post by **mankrip** » Wed May 18, 2005 1:10 am

There's a South Park episode where the kids went out robbing teeth to buy a DC, and IIRC the price they mentioned in that episode was US$ 600...

Rand Linden · Post by **Rand Linden** » Wed May 18, 2005 1:45 pm

I'm not sure that gamefaqs is worth your time -- here's a sample of the reviews posted for b!DC titles.

If you happen to agree with the scoring and the comments from the reviews, then by all means, use gamefaqs are your first stop when looking for game information.

OTOH, if you think that their reviews are completely full of crap -- or at least largely so -- keep gamefaqs in its rightful place... last.

The reviews for b!DC MGS were 6/10 and 8/10.

"Slight graphical improvment will motivate some to play."

"Why play it on Dreamcast, while you can play it on your Playstation?"

"Now go get your DC graphics hat. Ready for the score? It's: 3/10
bleem! has made a great looking PLAYSTATION game look even better. With anti-aliasing and a higher resolution, Solid Snake has never looked this good...ON A PLAYSTATION"

Those for b!DC TK3 were 2/10 and 6/10

"Problem with Bleem! Tekken 3 is....well, it doesn't seem to have been done right somehow. The graphics, specifically....look pretty much just like they did on the Playstation. Especially when you add to the general look the fact that there's SLOWDOWN. And I don't mean a little - there's game impeding slowdown here, possibly the result of unfinished programming."

"And in the end, it's a pretty pathetic project. Why boot up the Bleem! disc, then get out your Tekken 3 disc so that you can play a game that's better on the original 32-bit Playstation? No reason, is the sad answer. "

Yeah, right.

Rand.

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Wed May 18, 2005 3:25 pm

Rand, kick their ass.

My friend got it for 299. I remember, cause he took my candyland money. And I do think That 70's Show got that idea from me.

Rand Linden · Post by **Rand Linden** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:37 pm

Dark Savant0 wrote:Rand, kick their ass.

My perception of the general public's reaction to b!DC is clearly at odds with the sum total of the reviews available at gamefaqs.

I'm sure that some people out there agree with those reviews -- and it's also quite possible that I'm way off base with my understanding of how the public received b!DC...

... however, it may also indicate the general "depth and breadth" of knowledge available at gamefaqs -- especially when you consider that those were the only reviews present, and there wasn't even a single one for b!DC GT2.

As always, use as many sources as possible when looking for informed answers.

Rand.

Segata Sanshiro · Post by **Segata Sanshiro** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:05 pm

Those reviews are ignorant as sh*t!!!!
Those idiots don't have any idea about what an emulator is! Maybe they expect to see a completely redone game on the DC.... like 'vanishing point' for example or 'rayman 2'.

Or maybe is just fanboy envy!!

revengeofLaEternal · Post by **revengeofLaEternal** » Wed May 18, 2005 10:01 pm

Segata Sanshiro wrote:Those reviews are ignorant as sh*t!!!!
Those idiots don't have any idea about what an emulator is! Maybe they expect to see a completely redone game on the DC.... like 'vanishing point' for example or 'rayman 2'.

Or maybe is just fanboy envy!!

Agreed. Rand, don't take it personally.