PS3 Pricey? By at least $100

So it has been noted, even by Sony that the PS3 is very pricey. And at $600 they are right. But I was reading about the NES on Wikipedia and I saw that the games for the classic system cost $30+ dollars. Which in today's money would cost well over $70. So I got to thinking is the PS3 and its $600 package really that much? If games back then cost that much in today's terms how much would consoles be in if you bought them today.

Console	Year	Price	Adjusted Price
Atari 2600	1977	$140	$454.30
Atari 5200	1982	$250	$507.16
NES	1985	$199	$353.16
Genesis	1089	$200	311.75
Snes	1991	$200	$282.23
PS1	1995	$299	$372.01
N64	1996	$199	$241.55
Dreamcast	1999	$299	$341.02
PS2	2000	$299	$332.05
Xbox	2001	$299	$324.27
GameCube	2001	$199	$215.82
Xbox 360	2005	$399	$399
Wii	2006	$249	$249
PS3	2006	$599	$599

Average $332.71
Lowest Gamecube $215.82
Highest PS3 $599


Sources:
http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/2600/Atari_case_history.html
http://www.thedoteaters.com/p3_stage5.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/
Justin's Memory
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

So you see that while the PS3 is actually very expensive the Xbox 360 is actually right on pace with consoles such as the NES and Atari 2600. And the Wii is dirt cheap.

Now it should be noticed that many of the original packages came with games or movies or multiple controllers. This is how you had to buy it so we will not try to adjust because there is no way of removing the prices from all of these so I left them in. Also these are adjusted to 2005 prices and the 2006 consoles are a bit off.