>>720102826
The best kind of research in primary source research. Don't watch a youtube "documentary" (they are patently shit especially if someone with a lilt English accent is there - all they know and look at everyone else in the world is through their Commodore 64, Amiga, and ZX Spectrums)
> Start with magazine scanes of any magazine published in the 1990s and 2000s
> Again watch any VHS rips uploaded to Youtube or Internet Archive
> Do some inflationary price comparisons from what was advertised in toy advertisements or general product store franchises that sold consoles like here in California we had Service Merchandise
> Talk to people that had those systems and not just collectors that are of the same game age group because the "casuals" of the time were usually people that only could afford 1 or 2 games at the time back then (like me) because it was expensive but you'll hopefully a non-nostalgic and not social media influenced opinion.
Oh and play the games! Play them. even if you don't finish them, play them for research and you'll understand, first hand, why they were considered fun by older people like me anyone else of the time even older (going into Gen X).
Because I can give you my opinion but I'm biased to say "yes" because the terms and conditions for buying games were very different from today. I think many young people today are being ripped off with sometimes not knowing how exactly. But you guys seem to be getting around to figuring it out.
Good luck anon. Remeber primary sources. No cutting corners with social media intermediares.