Eh, a bit of an exaggeration. I think they were just old inventory and undesired at the time, hence the price and lack of security measures

I worked fpr Walmart 10 years ago, well after this image was taken, but, with the spider wrap we only really put it on items that were above a certain price point.

Security is ridiculous now though. I was at Walmart, don't care, in the clearance section and got some Better Home and Garden, Walmart only brand, cups. They were originally about $3, got them for $1. They had this security sticker on the inside. All i could think is your a multi-billion dollar company, if someone is straling a $3 cup just let them have it. They clearly need it more than you need $3.

blockbuster was selling dreamcasts for 19.99 after they were discontinued.....

I was a little miffed when I finally convinced my parents to get me a used GameCube for $100, only for the retail price to drop to $100 a couple months later.

Wait!!!! If memory serves didn't they use empty boxes and you had to ask for one?

I think by this time, the Wii had already been out for a bit, which for the record, could play GameCube games.

Ehhh... Toys R Us used to have little sheets of paper that you had to bring to the register and they'd get you the game.

This was the 1990s.

Never saw a GC for that low but I did get a Virtual Boy for $25 at a KB Toys maybe a year after they launched. And a dreamcast for like $20 or $30 at BestBuy.

Yeah, this is a thing. After a game console had been out for a while and a new one was on the horizon, the "old" model was discounted because nobody bought them in anticipation for the new console.

Believe it or not, it still happens today. Maybe not with game consoles anymore, but you see it with cars all the time. Cars that nobody cared about 20 years ago (2nd gen Camaro, OBS Chevy/GMC trucks, certain 90s Japanese cars, etc...) are skyrocketing in price now because nostalgia and rose-colored glasses.

It's a well-established cycle. Just watch.

'Member when every game console wasn't priced like a Neo-Geo? I 'member!

Everything was truly better. That was the last good times in this world, probably ever. Only downhill since then.

Please drink verification can.

That's not "society" that's capitalism and CEO choices.

If you have poor sales in a location you chose to open, fear of union organizing, etc... you can "declare" crime and then close the store for "worker safety".

Got mine for about 80 quid. Barely used it, but couldn't really say no at that price. Worth it just for Wind Waker.

The more desperate people get, the more they steal things.