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| brunauss:
Don't know about actual market value, but bidding amounts seem to keep going up. Bidding for a Tengen Nintendo cartridge Tetris soared recently past $300 on GameGavel. |
| ffxik:
--- Quote from: patrickmeansly on May 01, 2013, 08:10:39 pm --- --- Quote from: insektmute on May 01, 2013, 04:13:10 pm ---I think it's too broad of a question. There are some games that will always be cheap, some that will fluctuate, and some that will always sell for obscene amounts. Original print run, platform, version differences, all this stuff can have an impact, even if a re-release is subjectively "better" than the original. I think the only area where we'll see a more strict dividing line is with hardware breaking down over time, and limiting the number of reliable units around, but we're a long way off from that. --- End quote --- When you say hardware breaking down, are you referring to the actual retro consoles eventually not working and not being able to be replaced??? --- End quote --- Pretty much, yes. |
| blipcs76:
I'm seeing prices continue to soar, not stabilize. Especially NES stuff, which is the focus of my collection and especially CIB/complete games. I've seen CIB Gargoyle's Quest 2 sell for over $200, Metal Storm and Bucky O Hare for well over $100, Castlevania for over $75, etc. The rarest games seem to seem to have doubled in the past two years. Little Samson has jumped from about $120 two years ago to almost $500 now. Others like Flinstones Dinosaur Peak have also tripled to over $500. |
| sin2beta:
It's based on the age of the system. Right now, collect for gamecube and xbox. The previous generation is always treated like trash. The amount of XBox games you can find for $1 is amazing. The wii, 360, and PS3 are getting there as well. Give it a year or 2 into the next generation. The N64 era is just starting to separate into rare uncommon and common games. But it still isn't clearly defined yet what is rare or common. The SNES era knows what is common and such but is now figuring out the prices. The NES era is really close to stabilized in my opinion. The gap between the expensive and cheap games will widen more though. The Atari era is pretty much stabilized. This is how I see it at least. |
| darko:
--- Quote from: sin2beta on May 02, 2013, 11:20:37 am ---It's based on the age of the system. Right now, collect for gamecube and xbox. The previous generation is always treated like trash. The amount of XBox games you can find for $1 is amazing. The wii, 360, and PS3 are getting there as well. Give it a year or 2 into the next generation. The N64 era is just starting to separate into rare uncommon and common games. But it still isn't clearly defined yet what is rare or common. The SNES era knows what is common and such but is now figuring out the prices. The NES era is really close to stabilized in my opinion. The gap between the expensive and cheap games will widen more though. The Atari era is pretty much stabilized. This is how I see it at least. --- End quote --- I basically agree with this. There will always be expensive titles for each system (if based on nothing more than rarity). I don't see game collecting popping completely like comic books or devaluing to nothing like a LOT of sports cards. For that to happen I think gaming in general would have to lose it's presence as a legitimate form of entertainment. I don't think that's a threat as long as Gen-Y is around. SNES prices are absolutely going through a pricing phase just like the NES did several years ago. Hagane is a really, really good example of what's going on in the SNES realm. 18 months ago you could pick it up cart only for ~ $80-100, now it's $200+ (and up to $700 complete). Will that pricing structure last? Not in my opinion. As more of the "serious" collectors get their hands on copies at these prices, demand will drop back down to reality. Will we ever see Hagane with a fair market value of $80 again? Probably not, but I could see the cart going for $125-150 in a year or so. Just today I completed my Conker's Bad Fur Day (finally found a good manual). I think those of you out there looking to collect for the N64 need to jump on that sooner rather than later. This fall/winter (before Christmas) will likely prove the most expensive time to collect for the system in it's history - depending on what games you're looking for. |
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