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| stethebubble:
it will not die as long as people can make money selling to places like game exchange and people buy off ebay at stupid prices |
| exonerator:
--- Quote from: disgaeniac on February 02, 2014, 09:27:59 am --- --- Quote from: scott on February 01, 2014, 07:15:22 pm --- --- Quote from: burningdoom on February 01, 2014, 06:29:35 pm --- --- Quote from: 90snostalga on February 01, 2014, 05:22:06 pm --- --- Quote from: scott on February 01, 2014, 04:41:31 pm ---Nice, I'm sitting at just under 200 cds. I have a wishlist of over 100 more that need to be bought, including digital ones that need replacing. --- End quote --- May I ask, is there any special reason for the cds or is it just simply the idea of you like to take it out the actual case and put it in the cd player? --- End quote --- I can't speak for him. But being an album collector, I can say that it's no different than wanting physical media video games over digital games. You get the actual artwork with the credits, lyrics, and any extras; and it's yours forever to do with what you wish whether that be copy it, sell it, or let it sit on the shelf all pretty like. --- End quote --- Yup this. --- End quote --- This again! --- End quote --- Hear, hear! I've been starting to collect albums as well lately, because having a physical, perfect-quality version of an album is, to me, to be desired. The same thing goes for video games. It's not just for the collection and conversation piece aspect, it's because it's the perfect way to enjoy the medium; on the native hardware. Also, I agree with Hexen. I await the day the market crashes. Vintage gaming will never die, but a big price drop is bound to happen. It's only the calm before the storm. |
| turf:
How can retro collecting die if we are all the "real" collectors that will be here to pick up pieces when it finally kicks the bucket? |
| DreamsDied13101:
--- Quote from: exonerator on February 11, 2014, 02:36:58 pm --- Also, I agree with Hexen. I await the day the market crashes. Vintage gaming will never die, but a big price drop is bound to happen. It's only the calm before the storm. --- End quote --- Any reasoning behind this theory? I'm not saying I disagree, but I was just curious why this would come about? |
| burningdoom:
--- Quote from: DreamsDied13101 on February 11, 2014, 04:19:14 pm --- --- Quote from: exonerator on February 11, 2014, 02:36:58 pm --- Also, I agree with Hexen. I await the day the market crashes. Vintage gaming will never die, but a big price drop is bound to happen. It's only the calm before the storm. --- End quote --- Any reasoning behind this theory? I'm not saying I disagree, but I was just curious why this would come about? --- End quote --- Because all collector's market's bubbles have burst when a trend has made them bigger than usual. Comic books and baseball cards in the 90s are a prime-example of this. Both of those got bigger than they had ever been, and non-fan collectors hoping to make money bought a bunch of it up until the market collapsed on itself. And both comics and baseball cards are now cheap as hell to get a hold of (not counting the obvious rarities). We're approaching that point in retro-game collecting, too. Due to the popularity of internet personalities like AVGN and Classic Game Room; and the plethora of collecting websites out there; retro-gaming is more popular than it ever has been. So those that have been around for a while, and aren't re-sellers or trend-followers, are waiting for this bubble to burst. |
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