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| Since when is Little Samson worth 300$? |
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| jobocan:
I have no idea when/how this started happening. Up until early this year I could still find it easily for 120-150$ (which I find to be too expensive already), but now the latest sale on eBay (a few minutes ago, it was the only copy on there) went up to 380$... And that's with bids, though the seller started it at 299$. What is leading people to think a game is worth so much when it could be found for much cheaper not even a year before? That particularly pisses me off since this is one of the games I want most on NES and it seems there's no way I'll ever find it for a reasonable price anymore. *sadface* |
| byron:
It's been building up for a couple years now, but prices really started going stupid starting last November. The data gathered by this website is fairly accurate, and consistently shows a massive spike in all collectible / expensive games around November of last year. Why? No idea. If you really want to feel like this, use the trend of the graphs to predict where prices are going to be a year from now. |
| jobocan:
I'm still rather curious. I can see when it happened, but I don't really get why, considering I still frequently found it for 150$ even in the last few months. Something in particular must have happened to make the price go up that much. Seems my only option is buying the japanese version for a bit cheaper (at least it's under 100$) since I know I'll never find it in the wild here. |
| kingrat101:
I think in all honesty why people are willing to pay that much because they dont have enough patience, eventually you will come across a cheaper copy. Im glad I've waited to buy Guardian heroes and Radiant Silvergun, since they've been re-released, actual physical copies have gone down in price |
| turf:
There have been some serious pros and cons to video game collecting becoming popular. Pro: This website and ones like it. The community has grown and it's great Con: Prices have gone through the damn roof and I won't pay what people want for stuff. Damn impatient people with more money than good sense are making it hard to find rare stuff. When you do find something rare, the asshole at the pawn shop says, "That one goes for $300 on Ebay." I loath Ebay. I say give it a year or two and a lot of people will lose interest. It seems like we're sitting on the bubble. It's going to pop, and I think it will pop pretty soon. Then I can get my copy of Little Samson and Earthbound for a reasonable price. |
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