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| 90snostalga:
Anyone remember when Baseball Cards were very popular to collect in the 90s? Now, they're not worth a lick. That bubble popped... |
| sin2beta:
--- Quote from: burningdoom on February 13, 2014, 12:23:57 am ---Yeah, it'd be nice to buy NES & SNES games at those prices. But when those prices were listed (in the 90s), that was just last-gen for then. And we can get last-gen games at those kind of prices right now. PS2, Xbox, and GameCube games are dirt-freaking cheap at the moment. That's something that's always been a trend in gaming. I'm just saying that NES games really aren't as bad as people are making it in this thread. I mean it's not like Saturn, TurboGrafx-16, Sega CD, or SNES games. Those are the wallet-killers to collect for. --- End quote --- It wasn't last gen. Those prices were on the cusp of the dreamcast. The NES was 2.5 generations old. It has to be looked at in multiple ways to try and minimize the apple to oranges comparison. First, compare with contemporaries. Have most other consoles at that time experienced a similar jump in prices. Not really. The Master System and Atari are still fairly cheap. The TG-16 only recently began climbing in price. If you look at the collecting trends, people have been finishing their NES collections and moving to TG-16 or SNES primarily. It's the same group causing most of that cost increase. You also have to look at it in terms of percentage of price then and price now. Ultimately, a cart only game from 25 years ago is 25% the cost of a brand new retail game. It is 50%-75% the cost of a new retail game approximately 1 year after release. To me, this is fairly telling. You also have to look at it in terms of inflation. In 1998 Mario 3 was $3. In 2014 it is $15. The best that I can find reliably is 2013 dollars, so we have to go with that. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics $1 (1998) = 1.42 (2013). This implies Mario 3 should be $4.26 absent outside market influences. I stated earlier they were twice what they should be. That was taking into account some level of nostalgia driving the price up for people. 200% seems reasonable. A 352% increase from the inflation adjusted price seems overpriced. So, comparing them to both the older consoles and modern consoles, the NES ranks on the high end. |
| turf:
--- Quote from: sin2beta on February 13, 2014, 06:44:49 pm --- You also have to look at it in terms of inflation. In 1998 Mario 3 was $3. In 2014 it is $15. The best that I can find reliably is 2013 dollars, so we have to go with that. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics $1 (1998) = 1.42 (2013). This implies Mario 3 should be $4.26 absent outside market influences. I stated earlier they were twice what they should be. That was taking into account some level of nostalgia driving the price up for people. 200% seems reasonable. A 352% increase from the inflation adjusted price seems overpriced. So, comparing them to both the older consoles and modern consoles, the NES ranks on the high end. --- End quote --- I love math people. Keep on my brother. Keep on. |
| tripredacus:
--- Quote from: 90snostalga on February 13, 2014, 03:44:57 pm ---Anyone remember when Baseball Cards were very popular to collect in the 90s? Now, they're not worth a lick. That bubble popped... --- End quote --- Actually this is incorrect. The entire market is smaller than what it was then, but Baseball cards are the #1 market for cards right now. Those cards from the 80s and 90s are pretty much junk but current cards are very much in demand. |
| burningdoom:
--- Quote from: tripredacus on February 14, 2014, 01:44:20 pm --- --- Quote from: 90snostalga on February 13, 2014, 03:44:57 pm ---Anyone remember when Baseball Cards were very popular to collect in the 90s? Now, they're not worth a lick. That bubble popped... --- End quote --- Actually this is incorrect. The entire market is smaller than what it was then, but Baseball cards are the #1 market for cards right now. Those cards from the 80s and 90s are pretty much junk but current cards are very much in demand. --- End quote --- #1 card? Magic: The Gathering is what I see dominating the card racks at my local comic shop. They're freaking everywhere with gigantic ad posters and stuff. |
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