Games that are too expensive

[razorbeamz]

Dirt cheap CD/DVD based games include:

Xbox
PS2
360
PS3

That is all.

Sega CD and Saturn can also be dirt cheap but they're harder to find.

[darko]

Dirt cheap CD/DVD based games include:

Xbox
PS2
360
PS3

That is all.

Sega CD and Saturn can also be dirt cheap but they're harder to find.

I probably should have qualified that with the word "good".

[disgaeniac]

Dirt cheap CD/DVD based games include:

Xbox
PS2
360
PS3

That is all.

Excluding the smaller-runs of niche (J)RPG's (moreso on the Sony systems (ex. Baldur's Gate 2 has been significantly more expensive for the PS2 version than the Xbox version for years now)), I agree.

[burningdoom]

I can still easily find dirt-cheap GameCube, Wii, and PS1 stuff, even cheap Dreamcast stuff sometimes. And I go to the usual places: Goodwill, used music shops, eBay.

However Saturn and Sega CD is a different story.

[scott]

This is an interesting question for someone who doesn't really have a limit on collection items (not bragging, just saying). I probably look at things a little differently. What it comes down to for me is - am I willing to spend $x on x? If the answer is yes, then I buy it. If it's no, then I don't. Market value has very little relevance unless I smell that something's off. For instance, I purchased The Death and Return of Superman on SNES CIB last weekend for ~ $75. Did I know that I wanted it? Not really. Did I want it when I saw it? Yep. Would I recommend anyone else pay that much for a garbage SNES title? Nope. It's all totally relative and is simply restricted by the limits of your personal confines/restraints.

As far as items I feel are terribly overpriced in comparison to supply/demand issues:

Earthbound
Mega Max X2 & X3
Panic Restaurant
Little Samson

I'm willing to bet that a part of the reason why the prices of some of these items are so outrageous (comparatively speaking) has to do with people like me. However, I also feel like many people who associate with this hobby in some form or fashion forget to use common sense a lot of the time. I paid $25 for a MINT & Complete copy of Bee 52 not too long ago (even has the baggie with the red sticker that came with it). Little Samson CIB for over $1000? GTFO.

I was this way when working on my Castlevania stuff. I watched for deals, but when it came down to the last few it was more of a matter of is $x worth x to myself?