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| oldgamerz:
I was going to post the following somewhere else but didn't know exactly where The Gamecube in my memory was once the cheapest console to buy used at GameStop. I remember it used to cost $60 USD while the PlayStation 2 and Xbox origional was still more than $100 USD around Christmas time the year in one of the following years 2003 2004-2005. Also it was not really highly praised at that time, games were cheap for it Also during this time a used Nintendo 64 at my local gamestop was $20 USD with all hookups. and the games were all less than $20 USD a piece including games like StarCraft 64. all extra controllers were only $10 USD a piece at GameStop also. Gamestop was a great store to go to during this era. Now before anyone gets mad most of my games growing up were purchased and given to me brand new but as I got older funds were not there so I went to used video game stores. |
| 98dgreen:
--- Quote from: Cartagia on September 25, 2019, 05:23:20 pm ---GameCube titles are odd like that, but it is important to remember that even though these games are the best selling on their consoles that GC was still easily the lowest selling console of the generation, so compared to their PS2 and XB contemporaries these games are harder to find. --- End quote --- Actually, I believe that Xbox and Gamecube sold about the same. |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: 98dgreen on September 25, 2019, 06:09:57 pm --- --- Quote from: Cartagia on September 25, 2019, 05:23:20 pm ---GameCube titles are odd like that, but it is important to remember that even though these games are the best selling on their consoles that GC was still easily the lowest selling console of the generation, so compared to their PS2 and XB contemporaries these games are harder to find. --- End quote --- Actually, I believe that Xbox and Gamecube sold about the same. --- End quote --- gamecube sold about 30% less than xbox in the states and europe. in japan on the otherhand xbox is uber rare compared to gamecube. |
| pzeke:
Most Pokémons stuff still retains its value. Some Kirby and Metroid games, too. --- Quote from: hoshichiri on September 17, 2019, 09:29:49 am ---I tend to use the Ebay test for true rarity- basically, look up a game and see how many listings there are. If you can find a dozen copies for sale at any given time, it's not really that rare. There's several dozen Earthbounds up once you scroll past the obvious fakes. Then on the flipside, you have something like Video Whizball, an old Channel F game that most people won't have heard of. That one's rare enough that most days, there are zero copies available on Ebay. Most games like that, that are truly rare, have no set value becuase there's no past data to really pull from. In the case of Whizball, in the year I watched Ebay, lamenting listings I missed by minutes, I saw it go as low at $5 and as high as $200. I ultimately paid $40 on a different forum. --- End quote --- I often do that, too. Some good examples of this include Forever Kingdom, MS Saga: A New Dawn, Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam, Graffiti Kingdom, Steambot Chronicles, and OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast for PS2, and The Kore Gang for Wii. On the import side both 10,000 Bullets and The Sword of Etheria for PS2, as well as Dynasty Warriors Gundam: Reborn for PS3 come to mind. There was a time where I would search for Sub Rebellion and would often only get around 6-8 results, most being for disc only. I also used to have difficulties finding AirForce Strike Delta for the PS2; I would usually get listings for disc only or for complete copies in god-awful conditions. Just recently did I finally managed to find a copy I'm quite content with. |
| ferraroso:
At least here in Japan, it is pretty easy to find any game in the King of Fighters franchise released from 1994 to 1998 to the Neo Geo AES, and yet, they rarely can be found for less than the equivalent to US$100.00 or so... Akumajo Dracula: Chi no Rondo for the PC-Engine CD is another one that is farely easy to find, but never for less than ¥17,000 (around US$155.00)... |
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