publishers had to pass these higher expenses to the consumer and as a result, nintendo 64 games tended to sell for higher prices than playstation games. while most playstation games rarely exceeded us$50, nintendo 64 cartridges could reach us$79.99, such as the first pressing of "the legend of zelda: ocarina of time". games in sony's line of playstation greatest hits budget line retailed for us$19.95, while nintendo's equivalent player's choice line retailed for us$29.95. in the united kingdom, nintendo 64 games were priced £54.95 at their time of release, while playstation games were priced at £44.95. in the united states, the typical price of a third-party game was around in the system's first year on the market, though this dropped incrementally after nintendo reduced wholesale prices on the cartridges.