Yeah, the PSX was more or less $300 when it was new, in each of their own countries. But when it was first released in Japan, I couldn't sit here and twiddle my thumbs in the U.S. with only a SNES. I wanted it IMMEDIATELY. (:buck <--obsessive gamer) So I bought one off of a private importer for the $700 ($600 for PSX, 1 game for $100). Less than a month later, the package price dropped to $500. Oh well, I had bragging rights for owning it before a lot of people in Japan did, and the mkI PSX could play foreign and copied games (NOT THAT I DO!
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