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Title: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: dreama1 on September 21, 2020, 06:30:22 pm
Is the NES going down in price?  I heard a rumour prices are decreasing recently, is it true?
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: turf on September 21, 2020, 06:50:50 pm
Common stuff is coming down slowly. Highly collectible stuff keeps going up.  There will be a bigger and bigger gap as time goes on.
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: sworddude on September 22, 2020, 02:35:02 am
who wants the common stuff anyway aside from megaman 2 contra and some others

Also megaman 2 cib 80$ contra cib 70 to 100+ $ :P

Where is the price drop for cib I thought contra and megaman 2 where common games
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: turf on September 22, 2020, 09:40:13 am
who wants the common stuff anyway aside from megaman 2 contra and some others

Also megaman 2 cib 80$ contra cib 70 to 100+ $ :P

Where is the price drop for cib I thought contra and megaman 2 where common games

Contra was going for about $50 loose at one point. It’s about $25-$30 now.
Mega Man 2 was up around $30-$40. Now, it’s less than $20.

CIB collecting is different than just game collecting. Those prices will stay high for longer.

Now, that’s just in my experience in finding stuff locally. eBay may be different.
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: wartoy on September 22, 2020, 07:30:20 pm
Somethings are droping in price but my collection value as a hole keeps going up.You can still find lots of cool stuff in the 5$ to 20$ range though wich I find pretty respectable.
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: burningdoom on September 22, 2020, 09:15:49 pm
who wants the common stuff anyway aside from megaman 2 contra and some others

Also megaman 2 cib 80$ contra cib 70 to 100+ $ :P

Where is the price drop for cib I thought contra and megaman 2 where common games

Lots of great commons. Marios, Castlevania, DuckTales, Bionic Commando, Batman, etc.
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: bikingjahuty on September 23, 2020, 12:04:42 am
Thank freakin god! It only took 10-years :p
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: armani on September 23, 2020, 12:55:08 am
I have noticed that NES stuff is getting cheaper. Hard truth, but it's about time people realize that most of the NES's library (regardless if the games are licensed or not) are complete garbage lol, and a lot of those games aren't even worth $10 to me. Might go back to collecting NES stuff soon, haven't bought an NES game since around the time they went way up in 2014.
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: sworddude on September 23, 2020, 02:54:52 am
who wants the common stuff anyway aside from megaman 2 contra and some others

Also megaman 2 cib 80$ contra cib 70 to 100+ $ :P

Where is the price drop for cib I thought contra and megaman 2 where common games

Lots of great commons. Marios, Castlevania, DuckTales, Bionic Commando, Batman, etc.

obviously just giving some examples, still shocks me how even ducktales and mario bros 3 cib in nice shape are over 50$.

as common as those are supposed to be
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: Cartagia on September 23, 2020, 08:03:05 am
who wants the common stuff anyway aside from megaman 2 contra and some others

Also megaman 2 cib 80$ contra cib 70 to 100+ $ :P

Where is the price drop for cib I thought contra and megaman 2 where common games

Lots of great commons. Marios, Castlevania, DuckTales, Bionic Commando, Batman, etc.

obviously just giving some examples, still shocks me how even ducktales and mario bros 3 cib in nice shape are over 50$.

as common as those are supposed to be

Because almost nothing that is CIB can be really considered common.  The CIB status is what gives it value.  You will almost certainly never see CIB drop in value.  You are completely ignoring burningdoom's previous statement about CIB Collecting being different than normal collecting.
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: sworddude on September 23, 2020, 08:18:34 am
who wants the common stuff anyway aside from megaman 2 contra and some others

Also megaman 2 cib 80$ contra cib 70 to 100+ $ :P

Where is the price drop for cib I thought contra and megaman 2 where common games

Lots of great commons. Marios, Castlevania, DuckTales, Bionic Commando, Batman, etc.

obviously just giving some examples, still shocks me how even ducktales and mario bros 3 cib in nice shape are over 50$.

as common as those are supposed to be

Because almost nothing that is CIB can be really considered common.  The CIB status is what gives it value.  You will almost certainly never see CIB drop in value.  You are completely ignoring burningdoom's previous statement about CIB Collecting being different than normal collecting.

I didn't ignore it. i even replied obviously since I'm aware that plenty of other great common titles exist, many of wich i own.

as some here replied, cib drops slower in value wich i have rarely seen that is why I commented on even such games as mario bros 3 and ducktales having such prices for cib. those prices where cheaper some years ago yet they didn't drop like cart only or even went up. again some people did reply that cib drops but slower wich I hardly notice.

Also this topic didn't state where only talking about cart only. cib also applies here. For nes cart only and cib collectors exist after all.

also I'm aware that the cart to cib ratio is low as in 1 - 10/20 and that probably less than 50% of those cib examples could be considered collectible. but still even if you'd include that. if prices drop it means less interest meaning less people who collect for nes and price drops even for cib.
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: Cartagia on September 23, 2020, 08:33:10 am
I never said we were only talking about cart only, but this is the second post in the thread:

Common stuff is coming down slowly. Highly collectible stuff keeps going up.  There will be a bigger and bigger gap as time goes on.

I'd drop anything CIB in the "highly collectible" category.  At this point it's not open for a reason - and the reason is to help retain value and collelctibility.  And based on everything you just said, you are aware of that.

Also, I previously misspoke, and attributed something turf said to burningdoom.
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: sworddude on September 23, 2020, 08:35:57 am
I never said we were only talking about cart only, but this is the second post in the thread:

Common stuff is coming down slowly. Highly collectible stuff keeps going up.  There will be a bigger and bigger gap as time goes on.

I'd drop anything CIB in the "highly collectible" category.  At this point it's not open for a reason - and the reason is to help retain value and collelctibility.  And based on everything you just said, you are aware of that.

Also, I previously misspoke, and attributed something turf said to burningdoom.

I quote his 2nd reply

"CIB collecting is different than just game collecting. Those prices will stay high for longer."

Wich means price drop but slower.
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: pzeke on September 23, 2020, 10:00:51 am
You are completely ignoring burningdoom's previous statement about CIB Collecting being different than normal collecting.

Who, sworddude?

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Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: mrkonasoni on September 24, 2020, 01:54:51 pm
I dont think so, also you should consider CIB or just loose console.

A few years ago the system was 50$ in my country and nowadays you cant find one for less than 120$
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: necrosexual on September 25, 2020, 10:32:35 am
browsing ebay and shop goodwill indicates to me that the overall trend is the NES (loose cart, loose console) is going down, and prices of DS are creeping upwards, and GBA continues to creep up while gameboy seems to be going down (except pokemon, naturally). this indicates to me personally that it's just the next wave of nostalgia, tho arguably we've been able to predict this with DS software for some time thanks to gamestop case gutting practises...

snes, n64 and gamecube especially continue to be very expensive with no end in sight, sometimes outrageously so (lol @ super mario world loose cart going for more than the cost of a quality paperweight).

i think most people who are nostalgic for NES and want to collect casually have already done so by now. CIB is an exception, but of course it is for ANY games packaged in cardboard boxes, they usually were tossed out or ended up ruined (bugs, moths, high humidity zones, unforeseen disasters, pets, etc...), but that wasn't necessarily what this thread was about so...

anyway i still find the price for NES consoles to be absolutely bonkers but it certainly seems to be plateaued as an overall trend.

edit: as a general disclaimer it's worth pointing out that i don't keep up with NES actively so this is very much watching from afar~
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: Warmsignal on September 25, 2020, 11:37:37 am
who wants the common stuff anyway aside from megaman 2 contra and some others

Also megaman 2 cib 80$ contra cib 70 to 100+ $ :P

Where is the price drop for cib I thought contra and megaman 2 where common games

Lots of great commons. Marios, Castlevania, DuckTales, Bionic Commando, Batman, etc.

I was gonna say, who doesn't want the commons? Most of the good games are relatively common.


I look for most cart systems to fall, at least the non-rare. Many are realizing the appeal of an Everdrive. We got into this telling ourselves what we really wanted to was to play the games on actual hardware, nowdays that couldn't be easier or cheaper to do. These carts are quickly being reduced to shelf-porn now. Fewer are finding that to be worth the cost, by the day. I've wrestled with this idea a dozen times in the past year. What really is the point in all of this? Just something to look at on the wall? I suppose it does beat scrolling through a list of executable files, but for the price does it really? Quiet the conundrum.
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: oldgamerz on September 25, 2020, 01:54:36 pm
I'm glad the NES prices are going down, but I don't really want more NES games at this point. I only like the sports games for the NES and Zelda, For some reason I find NES sports games to be a lot of fun, but I don't like the NES platformers as of today I find them too  challenging and frustrating


NES Sports titles are the only NES games I enjoy
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: pzeke on September 25, 2020, 02:02:30 pm
I've wrestled with this idea a dozen times in the past year. What really is the point in all of this? Just something to look at on the wall? I suppose it does beat scrolling through a list of executable files, but for the price does it really? Quiet the conundrum.

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Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: astralsoul on September 26, 2020, 12:32:09 am
Yup! and as someone who is just getting back into NES collecting finding commons for cheap has been a godsend as of late! Just picked up 21 games for just over $100 recently. Nothing rare obviously but I'm happy with the Marios, Disney Capcoms, and other lesser appreciated games like Friday the 13th and Monster Party. I held off on buying for NES because of the price but everything else seems to be going up while NES is stagnating. So I'm happy about that! One thing to note though is while games seem to be going down (except rares) the consoles themselves seem to be going up a bit especially the top loaders. I had a top loader some 10 years ago and I hate that I sold it, I think I paid $75 for it back then. Now they're running $150-200. The front loaders seem to have gone up a little as well, though not as much.
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: oldgamerz on September 26, 2020, 01:37:42 am
Yup! and as someone who is just getting back into NES collecting finding commons for cheap has been a godsend as of late! Just picked up 21 games for just over $100 recently. Nothing rare obviously but I'm happy with the Marios, Disney Capcoms, and other lesser appreciated games like Friday the 13th and Monster Party. I held off on buying for NES because of the price but everything else seems to be going up while NES is stagnating. So I'm happy about that! One thing to note though is while games seem to be going down (except rares) the consoles themselves seem to be going up a bit especially the top loaders. I had a top loader some 10 years ago and I hate that I sold it, I think I paid $75 for it back then. Now they're running $150-200. The front loaders seem to have gone up a little as well, though not as much.

I only use my "Hyperkin RetroN 2" today, since my original NES I bought, is hard to get working. I like the "Hyperkin RetroN 2" but mine only has AV cord hookups, But it  instantly plays both Super Nintendo and Original NES Nintendo games on it as well., and the "Hyperkin RetroN 2" let's you play. Using either an original or off brand, NES and SNES controller with use to all of it's games.

So far the only thing my"Hyperkin RetroN 2" can't play is Rad Racer II
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: eva01 on October 10, 2020, 11:20:20 pm
As someone collecting for 34 years now, I have seen almost all of it. Commons pricing is stable or slightly decreasing only dependent on the title. Almost all CIB regardless of there scarcity are going up in price as they are all highly desired. There are collectors dropping their complete loose sets to get complete CIB sets. Same goes for sealed and sealed/graded but to an even higher degree. Many of those "collectors" are not just doing it to keep but also as investments. While they hurt the hunt for the little guy, they keep raising the prices now into the thousands for even common sealed & graded games. It truly is nuts to see what some of the prices are.
Title: Re: Is the NES going down in price?
Post by: Warmsignal on October 11, 2020, 01:39:51 pm
I picked up a couple NES games the other day for $15. Of course, those are the prices that my local store has always had. They priced all their stuff several years ago and they don't bother to update prices when they rise, so a lot of their NES games are sub $10.

VGPC says NES average has gone up to $31 this year. About half of the games are going for more than $10. That's still pretty inexpensive when you consider a lot of other systems at this point.