I'm vary angry, because they stopped producing (no need for internet connection) retro games, and the cold hard fact that the supply I think will eventually be taken up quickly. People are smart since physical copies are now a thing in the past. Now for the most part game discs are just a license to play, instead of a game you can go back and play 20 years later. after you bought it. and the fact that none seem to care. Until let say something happens to our. stuff like if a house fire or a flood or a theft we may never see those games again
I know there is the Nintendo Switch with SD cards/cartridges but the system is more like a handheld then a powerful game console as far as I can tell.
One of the games with I think will be unavailable shortly if not already.
how many units sold of Conker's Bad Fur Day (according to google)
23,000 units (regions unspecified)
Sources close to Nintendo have told IGN64 that Rare's M-rated 3D platformer Conker's Bad Fur Day has sold impressively under expectations. The game, which released on March 5, debuted with slightly more than 23,000 units sold -- a laughable unveiling by Nintendo standards -- and quickly dropped off the list. Apr 6, 2001 data inquiry
Why is Conker's bad fur day so expensive?!
Because it's a classic N64 game and they haven't produced N64 games in like 15+ years so... High demand, low supply drives the price up. It came out pretty late in the N64's lifecycle, so not a lot of people picked it up back then. Apr 27, 2019 data inquiry
I'll tell you what I buy lots of Music CD's brand new and I'm thankful that movies and Music is still a thing being produced today on music CDs and and movie Blu-rays
you can also just get conkers live & reloaded on xbox. way cheaper
Original, better grapics and an extra conkers game wich is pretty decent aswell. you don't need to buy the n64 version. the censorship is a thing but it's not that notable.
Also where talking N64 any modern console can run conkers easily. not to mention the 3ds is far less powerfull than a switch and that ran N64 games with improved grapics.
Don't get that excuse of a modern console being to weak to play old games. not to mention controllerwise you have more options than ever on switch. N64 controllers are not known for being great. Better to use a gameucube or pro controller instead.
Still emulation and everdrives have been more accesble than ever. and with legit ways. more and more devs see value in old games bringing out collection or mini consoles.
Your not forced to go original. Heck there are so many advantages nowadays for not going original and that includes saving a ***** ton of money.
Also pro tip don't always look at the literal peak of sought after stuff naturally prices will be sky high than. Look around for games that people care less aboutwich is pretty easy especially compared to stuff like conkers bad fur day wich is one of the few games with to much hype surrounding it. Kinda like earthbound.
It's far from the best title on the system really. Looking at the most hyped stuff with sky high prices won't do any good if the price is to high just move on to something else complaining about high prices won't do anything.
Also thanks to sky high prices acces to old era content is getting easier and easier let alone the improved options to play them on modern displayes. You've got to look at things from the bright side. if prices where low all these options that we had now where probably garbage in comparison because not many people cared about it.
Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64) sold about 530,000 copies in North America. That should make very common and not rare.
https://www.vgchartz.com/game/395/conkers-bad-fur-day/?region=America
Rarity depends on the size of the market. in comparison to allot of sought after N64 games it's low. still conkers bad fur day especially pre corona times never had a price like an actual rare game. Cart was only 50 or 60$ wich is just pretty uncommon. actual rare games sold for a hell lot more. eartbound sold 140K copies in the US wich is 25% of the supply of conkers. simular hype lvl's and over double the price for a lose cardridge.
In europe conkers was actually a bit rare and the price reflected on that. cardridges only even pre corona times have always been 100 + or well above in europe.
If you where to have those numbers in say GI joe toys than yes prices would be low. but there are allot more people that collect nintendo games. you can't compare the quantity of one market to another. In allot of collectible markets having more than 1000 or even 100 copies makes it already common simply because the market is far smaller.
Supply and demand. Still videogames have always been on quite a big scale plus allot of names still being active in the present era it's not to farfetched to see how allot of people want to relive their past. you'll never get those numbers in say figurine collecting, model kits board games model trains toy cars you name it.
