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| DreamsDied13101:
--- Quote from: tripredacus on February 12, 2014, 01:16:45 pm ---I'm not sure if game prices are indications that the bubble will burst. I was thinking the other day when I read that Amazon is going to release a game console similar to OUYA. It might be true that the 80s crash could be related to the upcoming one based on the number of consoles available. Too many options and people's limited attention spans are what will probably cause it. Now you can play games on PC, in a browser, phone, OUYA, PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii, WiiU, Xbox 360, Xbox One, retron clones, Steambox, this Amazon thing. Heck I think I can even play games on my satellite box. Too many companies getting in on the market and I don't think the demand is there to keep it up. It might even burst when the Retron5 comes out, presuming it actually works on HDTVs like they say it will. Nintendo stuff might even go higher in price than it is now! --- End quote --- For newer games the bubble has already burst in a way. Game prices have not really gone up much in the past 30 years although inflation has. With more and more free games on phones and multiple "gaming systems" available we see games come down in price from $60 to $20 normally in a matter of months. This same trend is happening to movies. Only tentpole games are able to prosper in the retail marketplace now at full price. (Same thing is happening with movies) As more and more of the new generation of gamers are raised on IOS, android, web browser games, etc... we will continue to see the dwindling of new retail games and the prices they are able to maintain. It would be interesting to see what would happen if a company like Nintendo catered to the retro market and actually produced a vintage style NES game in original packaging and everything. It will never happen because the cost to manufacture a NES cartridge will not yield the same kind of return as producing a DS game or something similar. |
| sin2beta:
--- Quote from: burningdoom on February 11, 2014, 07:12:29 pm ---But that's crazy he said he wouldn't collect NES games anymore due to price. No doubt prices have been rising on them. But the stuff he has way outclasses NES games. He spends a small fortune every week, I'm sure. --- End quote --- That's my point. The dude has crazy stuff. Granted he may be more of a hardware collector than anything. But it certainly tells me that the NES is overpriced. |
| exonerator:
I'd be lucky if I get much more than the 250 NES games I have within the next 2 years. |
| burningdoom:
NES games aren't expensive, though. Unless you're going for the World Championship Cart or something. One of the best games on the system, Super Mario Bros. 3, goes for around $15: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00004SVV9/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1392253712&sr=8-1&keywords=super+mario+3&condition=used Legend of Zelda - $20 http://www.ebay.com/sch/Video-Games-/139973/i.html?_from=R40&LH_BIN=1&_sop=15&_nkw=legend+of+zelda+nes Metroid - $15 http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=mega+man+3+nes&LH_BIN=1&_sop=15&_osacat=139973&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR10.TRC0.A0.H0.Xmetroid+nes&_nkw=metroid+nes&_sacat=139973&_from=R40 Dragon Warrior - $6 http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=legend+of+zelda+nes&LH_BIN=1&_sop=15&_osacat=139973&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xdragon+warrior+nes&_nkw=dragon+warrior+nes&_sacat=139973 Castlevania - $15 http://www.ebay.com/sch/Video-Games-/139973/i.html?LH_BIN=1&_sop=15&_from=R40&_nkw=castlevania+nes&_pgn=3&_skc=100&rt=nc Gradius - $10 http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=castlevania+nes&LH_BIN=1&_sop=15&_osacat=139973&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xgradius+nes&_nkw=gradius+nes&_sacat=139973 Mega Man 3 - $20 (not super cheap, but for old-school Mega Man games, it is) http://www.ebay.com/sch/Video-Games-/139973/i.html?_sop=15&_nkw=mega+man+3+nes&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1 Double Dragon - $9 http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=metroid+nes&LH_BIN=1&_sop=15&_osacat=139973&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR10.TRC0.A0.H0.Xdouble+dragon+nes&_nkw=double+dragon+nes&_sacat=139973 |
| sin2beta:
Everyone of those games are expensive. Mario 3 is not a $15 dollar game. It is not that rare. Dragon Warrior is not a $6 game. The Game X Change in Tulsa used to have stacks of those. Dragon Warrior is a $2 game. A world where Mario Bros Duck Hunt is $5, is a world with expensive NES games. $5.34 shipped seems to be the cheapest. http://www.ebay.com/itm/99-Cent-Game-Super-Mario-Bros-Duck-Hunt-Nintendo-NES-1985-/221368285599?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item338a93f99f For a comparison: check out Funcoland http://1-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/vr/image/1376/97/1376977095816.jpg Mario 3 = 2.99 Stadium Events = 0.39 That's the way it should be. 8) OK Stadium Events is an oversight (kinda). But Mario 3 at $2.99 is dead on. Today it should be $5-$8 max. Most NES games are twice what they should be. Honestly, $15 for one of the most popular cart only games on a popular console from 30 years ago is insane. It may not be a lot of money. But it is overpriced. $100 should buy more than 8 of the classic NES games. |
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