Sony Online Entertainment has released an infographic detailing just how technology and the internet has progressed since Everquest launched in 1999, not to mention detailing a decade and a half of the franchise’s achievements. Do you remember when hard drives cost $25 per gigabyte? I do.
Everquest 15 Year Anniversary Graphic


I remember being happy when HD prices dropped to $1 per megabyte. That was a big milestone… in like 1994.
I remember the first generation of flash drives, 8mb. Spending $75 for “the capacity of five floppy disks with the size of a lighter,” seemed like such a great value about fifteen years ago.