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| bikingjahuty:
From my personal experience I'd say TG16, Saturn, Sega CD, Virtual Boy, Neo Geo (all of it), Jaguar, and 3DO stuff is the hardest to find. I rarely come across it and when I do I generally take notice. I'd also throw imports for pretty much any console into the category as well. As far as specific titles go, there are always rare or uncommon games that at least in person you'll struggle to find. But as others have said, ebay and the internet have made it relatively easy to find any game, save maybe and NWC or something ultra rare along those lines. But in person it's a whole other ball game. |
| trinkenwir:
Most consoles and games follow a rather predictable cycle. Prices drop ~2 years after the new consoles are released as adoption increases and continue to drop for about 1.25 console generations ~8-10 years after the console was replaced. At this point the people that got rid of the consoles are working their first "real" jobs in their mid 20's and get nostalgic for when "games were good" demand goes up and the stock of stuff that was dumped off because it was old and outdated and the newly active market is buying and selling. There are about 2 years where prices are stable and selection is good and it is a good time to fill out your collection. At this point the stores are mostly only replacing their stock from people that see value in the stuff and start to have to pay more to get people to trade it in. PS3, X360 and Wii demand is going up now and stock is depleting. GC, XBOX and PS2 stocks are fairly depleted (less so for PS2 because there were so many games released) as these are 2.25 generations out but still rarely get "turned back" into the market. Anything older than that has already been sold off or dumped at goodwill etc. and only gets replenished by collectors outside of rare occasions and the price to get people to part with their stuff really starts to go up. The next few years is the time to grab PS4, XONE and WII-U. I do not think 3ds is seeing the "purge" we typically see and to a lesser extent WII-U has already passed the cheap phase because there were so few made and we have already seen the stock depleted. Vita was not replaced and the price drop happened after it was discontinued and has already gone up. Much like the Wii-U there were so few produced the supply was depleted once modders cracked it. |
| trinkenwir:
--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on November 04, 2022, 12:48:45 pm ---From my personal experience I'd say TG16, Saturn, Sega CD, Virtual Boy, Neo Geo (all of it), Jaguar, and 3DO stuff is the hardest to find. I rarely come across it and when I do I generally take notice. I'd also throw imports for pretty much any console into the category as well. As far as specific titles go, there are always rare or uncommon games that at least in person you'll struggle to find. But as others have said, ebay and the internet have made it relatively easy to find any game, save maybe and NWC or something ultra rare along those lines. But in person it's a whole other ball game. --- End quote --- "TG16, Saturn, Sega CD, Virtual Boy, Neo Geo (all of it), Jaguar, and 3DO" I would add the Dreamcast to that list. These were all produced in such low quantities that it only takes a small amount of demand to push prices up especially for anything that is complete. I think it is funny to think the WII-U and PS Vita look like huge successes compared to these consoles. (PC Engine and Saturn did well in Japan and those releases are much easier to find). |
| undertakerprime:
One popular game that I know was fairly common back then but expensive now is Conker’s Bad Fur Day. I don’t know if it’s expensive more because of demand or rarity, but from working in the game section at Toys R Us I know we had piles of them back then. We also had a few copies of Misadventures of Tron Bonne on clearance, and still no one would buy them. I wanted to get one but never did, which naturally I’m kicking myself about now. |
| bikingjahuty:
--- Quote from: undertakerprime on November 05, 2022, 01:04:11 pm ---One popular game that I know was fairly common back then but expensive now is Conker’s Bad Fur Day. I don’t know if it’s expensive more because of demand or rarity, but from working in the game section at Toys R Us I know we had piles of them back then. We also had a few copies of Misadventures of Tron Bonne on clearance, and still no one would buy them. I wanted to get one but never did, which naturally I’m kicking myself about now. --- End quote --- Other than its relation to the Mega Man franchise I will never understand why this game is worth so much. It's a very mediocre game that gets boring after just an hour of playing it. I found it for a really good price probably 10-years ago and thought it must be incredible since its so expensive. I've since learned that a huge portion of these types of trophy games are mediocre at best and pretty shitty at worst. Makes me wonder how they ended up getting the reputation they have as rare "hidden gems" in the first place. Oh, and I sold my copy of Tron Bonne a few back for probably 4x what I paid for it. |
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