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| NickAwesome:
I don't understand why this is such a shock. It's a universally loved game and because most copies were sold as a pack-in, the supply of boxes- whether original print or later prints is not high enough to meet the demand of collectors and enthusiasts that want a complete copy. It's not always some conspiracy- this hobby has become exponentially more popular in the last 5 years- more people want to become videogame collectors- prices go up. |
| bikingjahuty:
--- Quote from: NickAwesome on May 07, 2023, 02:57:26 pm ---I don't understand why this is such a shock. It's a universally loved game and because most copies were sold as a pack-in, the supply of boxes- whether original print or later prints is not high enough to meet the demand of collectors and enthusiasts that want a complete copy. It's not always some conspiracy- this hobby has become exponentially more popular in the last 5 years- more people want to become videogame collectors- prices go up. --- End quote --- It sold 20-million copies, and I'd be shocked if the standalone release didn't outsell many common games on the SNES. I've personally seen it both as a new game back in the 90s and throughout the years since I began collecting. This is not some ultra rare game as a CIB game. People were just as likely to throw away their DKC or Mario Kart boxes, yet those games are not even close to as valuable as complete games. And both are highly beloved games just like Super Mario World. I'd get it if this was some rare or even uncommon game or edition, but it frankly is not. It was a flagship title for the SNES and one of its best sellers, pack in or not. And no, i don't believe there's some secret cabal of deep pocket video game investors cornering the market on CIB Super Mario Worlds to drive the values up. Rather, I believe somewhere on the internet (a reddit forum, a big youtuber, or just someone with a lot of reach in the retro gaming community) information was spread that Super Mario World was a rare standalone release, leading people to scoop them up feverishly, therefore increasing the demand and prices. I've seen shit like this happen before, albeit with games far less well known or common. This one doesn't make much sense to me outside of mass speculation and internet induced collector fomo. |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on May 07, 2023, 04:46:19 pm --- --- Quote from: NickAwesome on May 07, 2023, 02:57:26 pm ---I don't understand why this is such a shock. It's a universally loved game and because most copies were sold as a pack-in, the supply of boxes- whether original print or later prints is not high enough to meet the demand of collectors and enthusiasts that want a complete copy. It's not always some conspiracy- this hobby has become exponentially more popular in the last 5 years- more people want to become videogame collectors- prices go up. --- End quote --- It sold 20-million copies, and I'd be shocked if the standalone release didn't outsell many common games on the SNES. I've personally seen it both as a new game back in the 90s and throughout the years since I began collecting. This is not some ultra rare game as a CIB game. People were just as likely to throw away their DKC or Mario Kart boxes, yet those games are not even close to as valuable as complete games. And both are highly beloved games just like Super Mario World. I'd get it if this was some rare or even uncommon game or edition, but it frankly is not. It was a flagship title for the SNES and one of its best sellers, pack in or not. And no, i don't believe there's some secret cabal of deep pocket video game investors cornering the market on CIB Super Mario Worlds to drive the values up. Rather, I believe somewhere on the internet (a reddit forum, a big youtuber, or just someone with a lot of reach in the retro gaming community) information was spread that Super Mario World was a rare standalone release, leading people to scoop them up feverishly, therefore increasing the demand and prices. I've seen shit like this happen before, albeit with games far less well known or common. This one doesn't make much sense to me outside of mass speculation and internet induced collector fomo. --- End quote --- if price charting is to be believed the cib usa version of supermario world was worth around the 100$ mark for quite a long time. which does imply it's somewhat uncommon at the very least because that's allot of money for the average cib snes game in the early 2010 era. hype can only do so much. the other 2 where far lower back than. I can imagine the price hike if it already had such a value to the right person back than. That being said, how many old collectors on here didn't manage to snag a cib copy of super mario world back than. that might be decent proof if the game was actually easy to get for the average collector or just for the people that tried. how common was a cib super mario world in cheap sets. I can personally definitely recall which games where actually hard to get back than for europe and got huge price hikes even if you'd think they should have plenty of sales on paper. XD gale of darkness or kirby air ride on cube are some nice examples in europe. very hard to get even way back when prices where way way cheaper. especially for the pokemon game you'd think supply was nice. it was hell,only got both of those a couple of times in cheap sets. very easy to miss titles for the average collector that didn't want to buy them at the going rates and hoped for a cheap set or copy to pop up. meanwhile ye have games like windwaker or double dash melee etc which had plenty of sales and didn't get super insane prices in current era because those where actually piss easy to get back in the day for cheap. I can't imagine a game worth an average 100$ (which would imply higher prices for a nice copy) being that easy to get back in the day. In my neighbour hood people would look at you funny if you where to spend 40$ for a path of radiance. I'm just saying 100$ is a pretty sizable amount in those era's. For that money you'd be left with a very small group of super hardcore collectors that would buy stuff like a cib wild guns for the snes in nice shape at the time. In europe's case super mario world wasn't 100$ back than maybe 30$ and it was fairly easy to get a cheap nice cib condition copy, doesn't have a crazy 500$ price tag in current era as a result. if it was 100$ back than it might have had such insane prices in europe aswell nowadays since it would be uncommon enough plus hype factor of said iconic game. it wouldn't have such a price if it was easy to get back in the day. |
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