Will PS2's standard games become expensive in 20 years like the NES?

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argyle:

--- Quote from: Warmsignal on April 19, 2014, 06:28:13 pm ---I dunno, I've popped some really, really rough discs into my consoles before just for curiosity, and they work perfectly. I'm talking discs so scratched you can't see your reflection in them anymore. Then, I'll put a disc in that looks near perfect, and won't work worth crap.

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A lot of people don't realize that the most damaging scratches are on the label side. The bottom can usually take a good bit of damage, but a small scratch on the top will make the disk worthless.

Anyway, I hit several PS2 games in the recent Gamestop clearance that were scratched to the point that they either wouldn't boot at all or skipped badly when they did. And I have a copy of Persona that my wife got from somewhere before we met that skips pretty bad as well.

MJMaranan:
I can agree that PS2 games will reach around the same prices as PS1 games but NES? Not completely certain.

Whatever the case may be... I've been compiling and looking for games I want the most for the system right now.

90snostalga:

--- Quote from: soera on April 19, 2014, 01:24:21 am ---
--- Quote from: argyle on April 18, 2014, 11:07:01 pm ---Disk-based games are also not as durable as cartridges.

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This 110%. I know everyone says that the last 4-5 generations of games have been mass produced but simply put, a lot of them are not going to survive. Some of the ugliest fucking cartridges that look like they were unearthed from 20 years in a burial plot still play like they are brand new. These disk games can not do that. Im waiting to see what the game collector crowd is like when we are on the PS8.

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True story. I knew a guy that burried Mario 64 in the ground back in 97 or 98. He literally got a shovel, dug a big hole, and buried the crap out of the cartridge. I did not keep to much contact with him over the years; however, about a year ago, I ran into him at the library and he asked if I remembered the burying and I said yes. He said he forgot about it until a week before I ran into him, and he dug it out and it still play like new. Amazing. Bet that would not be the case with a cd game.

bikingjahuty:

--- Quote from: 90snostalga on April 20, 2014, 05:08:27 pm ---
--- Quote from: soera on April 19, 2014, 01:24:21 am ---
--- Quote from: argyle on April 18, 2014, 11:07:01 pm ---Disk-based games are also not as durable as cartridges.

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This 110%. I know everyone says that the last 4-5 generations of games have been mass produced but simply put, a lot of them are not going to survive. Some of the ugliest fucking cartridges that look like they were unearthed from 20 years in a burial plot still play like they are brand new. These disk games can not do that. Im waiting to see what the game collector crowd is like when we are on the PS8.

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True story. I knew a guy that burried Mario 64 in the ground back in 97 or 98. He literally got a shovel, dug a big hole, and buried the crap out of the cartridge. I did not keep to much contact with him over the years; however, about a year ago, I ran into him at the library and he asked if I remembered the burying and I said yes. He said he forgot about it until a week before I ran into him, and he dug it out and it still play like new. Amazing. Bet that would not be the case with a cd game.

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That is really cool! And yes, I doubt a CD could have endured that.

burningdoom:
I know this is a mean thing to say for future collectors of PS2, but, I really hope they raise in value. I have more PS2 games than any other system just because they've been so cheap. It'd be nice for my biggest set to go up in value.

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