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| bikingjahuty:
--- Quote from: dreama1 on April 18, 2014, 11:09:46 pm --- --- Quote from: theflea on April 18, 2014, 11:01:19 pm ---as the players get older and have nostalgic memories of the games they played on PS2 it is a possibility that some games will shoot up in value due to the demand. There's already games valuable on PS2, GC and XBOX. And if 6th Gen games start to become Nostalgic then it wouldn't surprise me if the games that hold some value today might triple in cost in 20 years. --- End quote --- I heard today's games are produced in the millions. And that games back then would be in much smaller quantities, sometimes the games wouldn't even get an offical release date just sold when the game ships in? --- End quote --- That is a major factor, as well as many games getting little to no press, and of course the internet wasn't around for people to spread the word on obscure games. That is a big reason why there is so much fascination with many 8 and 16 bit games because many of them had such small and unannounced releases, barely anyone bought them. There are games like this on systems as new as the PS2, but not nearly as many. |
| kamikazekeeg:
A raise in price for sure, especially the good ones, but I don't think we'll be seeing near the same kind of thing anymore as we do with the old systems, particularly cartridge based stuff. I think the amount of games might play a part also, I mean, how many PS2 games are out there? Over a thousand? These old consoles with like 700 games are a lot, but that's a more manageable number for a collector to me. And as Argyle says, the cartridge stuff has a longer lasting form than the disk ones, where one bad scratch can ruin an entire game. Even now with games just a couple years old, I'm seeing these games just get trashed by folks and there are just so many more of these games around as Dreama1 brings up. |
| dreama1:
--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on April 18, 2014, 11:11:53 pm ---I think prices will rise overall once the now 16 to 24 year olds that grew up with the system get careers and start using all their disposable income to relive their childhood. That is what is happening with the NES, SNES, TG16, and to a lessor degree the Genesis right now. It happened with Atari 2600 about a decade ago as well. Like the NES/SNES some common games will become inflated, but for the most part the uncommon and rare stuff will likely skyrocket as it has on 8/16 bit consoles right now. Look at what PS1 prices do in the next three years, that will be the PS2 in about 10-years most likely. --- End quote --- You think the PS1's prices will go crazy in the next 3 years? My counter point would be if it was the cartridge based systems that were driving the prices, and that the same conditions couldn't be met with a disc based system. Will ps2 discs even work in 10 years? The disc as good storage has never been tested. |
| bikingjahuty:
--- Quote from: dreama1 on April 18, 2014, 11:16:45 pm --- --- Quote from: bikingjahuty on April 18, 2014, 11:11:53 pm ---I think prices will rise overall once the now 16 to 24 year olds that grew up with the system get careers and start using all their disposable income to relive their childhood. That is what is happening with the NES, SNES, TG16, and to a lessor degree the Genesis right now. It happened with Atari 2600 about a decade ago as well. Like the NES/SNES some common games will become inflated, but for the most part the uncommon and rare stuff will likely skyrocket as it has on 8/16 bit consoles right now. Look at what PS1 prices do in the next three years, that will be the PS2 in about 10-years most likely. --- End quote --- You think the PS1's prices will go crazy in the next 3 years? My counter point would be if it was the cartridge based systems that were driving the prices, and that the same conditions couldn't be met with a disc based system. Will ps2 discs even work in 10 years? The disc as good storage has never been tested. --- End quote --- PS1 games have already started to rise, and yes, many of the people that grew up with the PS1 are now at the age where they are getting careers, mlre disposable income, and have yet to be burdened with family responsibilities so they will start increasing the demand for these games and the prices will go up. I have been trying to knock out as many PS1 games on my list for this exact reason. In regards to discs working in 10-years, as long as they are well cared for and housed properly, there is no reason why they shouldn't work in that time period. Hell, I was buying music CD printed in the 80s up until a few years ago, and as long as the discs weren't completely scratched, I never had any issues with them. Sure, they won't last forever (nothing ever does), that goes for carts as well. |
| dreama1:
--- Quote from: kamikazekeeg on April 18, 2014, 11:16:05 pm ---A raise in price for sure, especially the good ones, but I don't think we'll be seeing near the same kind of thing anymore as we do with the old systems, particularly cartridge based stuff. I think the amount of games might play a part also, I mean, how many PS2 games are out there? Over a thousand? These old consoles with like 700 games are a lot, but that's a more manageable number for a collector to me. And as Argyle says, the cartridge stuff has a longer lasting form than the disk ones, where one bad scratch can ruin an entire game. Even now with games just a couple years old, I'm seeing these games just get trashed by folks and there are just so many more of these games around as Dreama1 brings up. --- End quote --- My brain can't process the kids today sitting around in 20 years talking about the classic xbox 360 console, and how badly cod has aged. My mind draws blanks when I think in this direction. Maybe in 50 years the ps2 games will be ultra expensive as most discs stopped working, and to play you would need sealed copies or something. I'm just speculating but the life span of a disc is suppose to be like 20-30 years it's insane. |
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