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| sin2beta:
--- Quote from: patrickmeansly on May 01, 2013, 03:13:58 pm ---some are not rare and still expensive. examples: earthbound snes, flintstones nes, etc --- End quote --- Flintstones has two releases. One is common and cheap. One is very rare (blockbuster rental exclusive) and very expensive. At least this is my understanding. It's just dinosaur peak that is expensive. Is there another one? Or am I confused? I'm not a Nintendo collector... so... |
| soera:
Yeah its dino peak thats expensive. Im not too sure its a BB rental only game as it was advertised in Nintendo power quite a bit ... but it was a weirdly timed release (really late in the systems life a full 3 years after the SNES was live in US (August of 94 for the game vs August of 91 for the SNES). The price of games will forever fluctuate. The one thing that is consistent in game collecting is that the variables will continue to change whether it be people selling out, people getting in, people finding multiple copies of something, copies of other stuff getting into a permanent collection, etc. |
| patrickmeansly:
--- 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??? |
| patrickmeansly:
--- Quote from: sin2beta on May 01, 2013, 04:36:27 pm ---I will take the opposite opinion and say that prices will stabilize as time goes on. Fluctuation, although always present, will become virtually unnoticeable. John "Gamester81" does a series of fantastic interviews with the Joe, owner of atari2600.com. In fact, the latest episode talked specifically about pricing. He mentions that most of the old games have stabilized in prices. He just started carrying NES stuff and those prices fluctuate a lot more right now. Now even the atari 2600 has some rare games that sell for very little. But it also has games that sell for insane amounts. But the prices are fairly constant. For current stuff, I imagine the only games that will sell for ridiculous amounts are rare AND good games. Panzer Dragoon Saga and Snatcher come to mind. Panzer Dragoon Saga will become much more expensive is my guess due to only being on the saturn. Also, it seems that finding it on virtual console or XBLA will be slim due to various things like "losing the source code". Here is the Joe interview Excellent video!! Appreciate the link! Very educational. Per Panzer Dragoon Saga, I'm saving up for that one now lol. I know I gotta save about 500 --- End quote --- |
| kingrat101:
I think prices for these games that are in demand will stay about the same. With all games eventually becoming digital, I think the prices will go down slightly however there will always be a market out there that want the original retail release. A perfect example is Radiant Silvergun, I remember looking for it before it was released on PSN and Xbox live and it was at least in the $250 range, however now with those releases it hovers around the 180 range. Still expensive but not ridiculous |
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