Past questions (Original PoP prices?)

[Emiliano]

Hi there some of you will be able to answer, some others won't
I would like to know:
How much did Prince of Persia cost when it was just released?

[Norbert]

How much did Prince of Persia cost when it was just released?

Probably one way to find out is to check magazines, particularly ads for the game.

[Norbert]

How much did Prince of Persia cost when it was just released?

Probably one way to find out is to check magazines, particularly ads for the game.

Here, I actually looked through them, and now have the prices.

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Original prices of PoP1
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*** In dollars ***
- Apple II: $34.95 - Sources: 1 (under boxart), 2 (lower left)
- Amiga: $39.95 - Sources: 2 (lower left), 3 (lower right)
- IBM PC: $39.95 - Sources: 2 (lower left)
*** In pound sterlings ***
- Amiga: £24.99 - Sources: 4 (lower left), 5 (lower left), 6 (middle left), 7 (top right), 8 (middle right)
- IBM PC: £29.99 - Sources: 4 (lower right), 5 (lower left), 7 (top right)
(Some sources incorrectly say £24.99: 11 (middle left), 12 (top right))
- Atari ST: £24.99 - Sources: 5 (lower left), 7 (top right)
- Game Boy: £24.99 or £29.99 - Sources: 9 (top right), 10 (lower left)
- Sega Master System: £29.99 - Sources: 13 (middle right), 14 (middle left)

Later, it was available for £7.99. Sources:
https://popuw.com/images/magazines/cuamiga/078.jpg (lower left)
https://popuw.com/images/magazines/amigaformat/098.jpg (middle left)
https://popuw.com/images/magazines/amigapower/099.jpg (middle)
https://popuw.com/images/magazines/amigaaction/091.jpg (middle)
https://popuw.com/images/magazines/amigaaction/079.jpg (lower right)
https://popuw.com/images/magazines/amig ... ng/138.jpg (middle)
https://popuw.com/images/magazines/theone/091.jpg (top middle)

[1] https://www.popot.org/comics_art/magazine/0002.jpg
[2] https://www.popot.org/comics_art/magazine/0001.jpg
[3] https://popuw.com/images/magazines/amigaworld/086.jpg
[4] https://popuw.com/images/magazines/raze ... azine4.jpg
[5] https://popuw.com/images/magazines/zero/035.jpg
[6] https://popuw.com/images/magazines/zzap/feb1991.jpg
[7] https://popuw.com/images/magazines/theone/089.jpg
[8] https://popuw.com/images/magazines/cvg/CVG11000103.jpg
[9] https://popuw.com/images/magazines/zero ... e34-78.jpg
[10] https://popuw.com/images/magazines/ace/ACE5500067.jpg
[11] https://popuw.com/images/magazines/ace/ACE4200073.jpg
[12] https://popuw.com/images/magazines/gamesx/017.jpg
[13] https://popuw.com/images/magazines/sega ... e07-13.jpg
[14] https://popuw.com/images/magazines/segapro/12802.jpg

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Original prices of PoP2
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*** In dollars ***
- IBM PC: $69.95 - Sources: 1 (lower right)
*** In pound sterlings ***
- IBM PC: £39.99 - Sources: 2 (top right)

[1] https://popuw.com/images/magazines/cgw/ ... d110-1.jpg
[2] https://popuw.com/images/magazines/cvg/141-page-070.jpg

[Emiliano]

fortunately it is abandonware now, because it seems too expensive for me
Thanks for searching

[David]

(Moved from "Off-Topic" to "General Stuff".)

[VelCheran]

Here, I actually looked through them, and now have the prices.

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Original prices of PoP1
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*** In dollars ***
- Apple II: $34.95 - Sources: 1 (under boxart), 2 (lower left)
- Amiga: $39.95 - Sources: 2 (lower left), 3 (lower right)
- IBM PC: $39.95 - Sources: 2 (lower left)
*** In pound sterlings ***
- Amiga: £24.99 - Sources: 4 (lower left), 5 (lower left), 6 (middle left), 7 (top right), 8 (middle right)
- IBM PC: £29.99 - Sources: 4 (lower right), 5 (lower left), 7 (top right)
(Some sources incorrectly say £24.99: 11 (middle left), 12 (top right))
- Atari ST: £24.99 - Sources: 5 (lower left), 7 (top right)
- Game Boy: £24.99 or £29.99 - Sources: 9 (top right), 10 (lower left)
- Sega Master System: £29.99 - Sources: 13 (middle right), 14 (middle left)

And we can translate these prices to 2020 US dollars (or pounds sterling), taking inflation into account (thanks to this website and this website):
- Apple II: $72.27
- Amiga: $78.37 / £47.88
- IBM PC: $78.37 / £57.97
- Atari ST: £45.86
- Game Boy: £44.88 / £53.85
- Sega Master System: £52.55

[Norbert]

Yeah, it really was expensive. When reading through the magazine scans, I noticed that many reviews that scored various aspects of the game separately gave the game's price a D grade.

[atrueprincefanfrom18]

Isn't price for Apple II really too expensive? I mean it was a dying platform and it's in the second rank of pricing...

[VelCheran]

Well, it looks to me like regular prices for a video game today (at least in France, it probably varies from one country to another), so I'm not surprised.

[Norbert]

Well, it looks to me like regular prices for a video game today (at least in France, it probably varies from one country to another), so I'm not surprised.

Regular for triple A games.
Sure, its fluid/realistic animation was unique at the time, but Prince of Persia was not a triple A game.
Final Fantasy VII (1997), according to Wikipedia, "had a staff of over 100, with a combined development and marketing budget of around $80 million".
I think Prince of Persia was strikingly/too expensive.
Again, you can also tell by the bad grades it got for its price.

[Edit: Attached some price grades I could find. The one on the very right is for PoP2.]