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| darko:
Watch the US economy too. When everyone has enough money to start traveling again at home entertainment is going to take a big hit. Sure, collecting video games can be expensive, but considering most other hobbies out there it comes with a very low barrier of entry. For example, I spent a lot more money on speakers, receivers, TVs, etc when I was really into film. One of my TVs constitutes about a year's worth of collecting for most people (the pricey one was ~ $2000 when I bought it). Not bragging, just making a point. |
| matt:
I miss the days where I could buy an random lot on eBay for $10 and get 20 or so NES or SMS games. |
| soera:
I miss that too. When NES carts were just found in boxes at thrift stores ... where you could drive around to a garage sale and the person having it wasnt googling every item they are trying to get rid of ... when retro stores were actually that ... I also agree with the cost of collecting games vs collecting other shit. Some people collect cars. Games are still at least affordable on almost any budget. |
| jcalder8:
I wish that I had been collecting during those days. I figure that the prices will start to drop over the next 5 years and then be at a holding level in about 10 years. As the age group changes we are starting to get into the N64 era but I think that when we hit the PS2/Gamecube/Xbox era there are too many games and they produced too many for there to be a real drive to get them. Also the internet has been around for too long and that there aren't as many unattainable games. When I first started collecting I went out and bought a bunch of games that I had never gotten to play for the NES because I had never seen them but they are all readily available online where I could buy them today with no problem so a child growing up today can get any game they want and the only thing holding them back is money. |
| kingrat101:
I think another reason why demand has risen a lot is also due to the inevitable fact that all video games will be digitally distributed sooner or later, making physical copies more in demand. |
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