Retro collecting is dying!

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soera:
I think the variation of retro definition depends on the nostalgia. If you grew up with an NES, then that ends up your retro system ... same thing for SNES/Dreamcast/PS1 and what have you.

I have only paid $100 or more for 2 games in my entire collection. One of them is actually Ni no Kuni but the other one is Suikoden II with guide. I dont like seeing games that sell for more than that either cause, in the end, it really is just a video game and when it comes to it my backlog is so huge that if I dont pick up the super expensive ones, my library wouldnt know the difference.

scott:
I still say Retro is anything that isn't manufactured any longer. :P

jcalder8:
I only put retro in the topic because I don't think current gaming is going anywhere. When collecting started to move from NES to SNES the NES collectors were still active and then the SNES collectors joined in. What seems to have happened, at least in the forums that I have gone to in the past is that the NES and SNES have moved on to other interests and there has been no major injection of N64 collectors. It seems like the majority of the community is leaving or has already left but resellers are still buying and pricing games higher than what the market will be able to hold.

insektmute:

--- Quote from: soera on January 30, 2013, 11:43:36 am ---I think the variation of retro definition depends on the nostalgia. If you grew up with an NES, then that ends up your retro system ... same thing for SNES/Dreamcast/PS1 and what have you.
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Which is basically what I was driving at. I'm in my early 30's, so I grew up mainly with the classic Nintendo, Sega, and SNK (a friend actually had a Neo!) stuff, as well as a pretty thriving arcade scene. So it makes sense that I'm mostly interested in 2D, 16-bit JRPGs, shmups, and fighting games :)

I'd imagine some of the shifts that happen in the market are old-school gamers dipping their toes into new stuff more heavily once in awhile, or newer gamers deciding to check out old stuff and having no proper frame of reference, too. Seems to also be a lot of variation between people who are OK with loose carts/discs vs. those of us who will only buy stuff in the box, near-mint, etc.

libernullmal:
I don't know because they keep coming up with machines that play snes/ genesis/nes or the atari with 1000 games or whatever. This would put them back in manufacturing in away.. but I don't believe Retro will die... because this kinda way seems to be done for years. I mean Antique Malls are still around.. an who would need an old ice pick other than to have it or holding paper towel roll.. darn you mom an your weird antique collections. You see Collecting old stuff will always be around..

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