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| Warmsignal:
I was recently thinking about the phenomenon of games that have no value, suddenly being worth something over night. It led me back to thinking of the PS1, which is a console that still has a lot of cheap games on it. One such cheap, rather obscure game is Punky Skunk. When I researched the PS1 library this year and drew up my battle plans, Punky Skunk was definitely a back burner title and I jotted down that the average value at the time was $5. Something happened around July and now this random obscure PS1 game is going for $25 - $30. :o Something had to happen. People didn't just decide to start paying more for it overnight. Someone must have hyped it up. I suspect it was probably a popular YouTube channel, but I don't know which. I present you with exhibit A from April of 2014 where a few vultures were seen duking it out over $5 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Complete-Punky-Skunk-PlayStation-1998-Used-/161264938088?rmvSB=true&nma=true&si=flsrKaVE2ZBXOF%252BnAxN%252FzkM54K0%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Now I present you with exhibit B, a current auction where several vultures are now duking it out over $20 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Punky-Skunk-Sony-PlayStation-1-1998-/271718791507?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3f43b3b953 So why, I ask the jury of VG Collect... why, are five people currently duking it out to pay $20 for Punky Skunk? We simply don't have a legit reason, and that is why I ask you to find eBay sellers guilty. Guilty of shill bidding in the second degree! I bothers me because I know this doesn't just decide to happen. Someone, or something, makes it happen. Now there is one less $5 game in PS1 the catalog. I just hope my local game store hasn't done inventory and updated their price, because I'm pretty sure they've had a copy for some time. |
| razorbeamz:
I think I heard about it on Game Sack. This video made it look interesting. I don't know if that's what's responsible for it though. Mod abuse: Fixed Youtube embed. |
| Warmsignal:
Damn you GameSack! Must the world know of every nook and cranny? :-X I need to personally thank Joe for killing off another hidden gem. |
| bikingjahuty:
This has been happening with a lot of pS1 titles. While it was never worth under $10, XMEN vs Street Fighter used to be a $20 game, not people are paying $60 to $70 for it. The PS1 is rapidly becoming the next SNES; people are looking for the next thing to collect for since the SNES is becoming too expensive for new collectors and old collectors are equally tired of having to pay a premium for the more obscure titles. The PS1 is in many ways the spiritual successor to the SNES, and it wouldn't surprise me to see games like Strider 2 or Castlevania Chronicles go for over $100 in a couple of years. There are a good 30 games on the PS1 I am after and want to get them out of the way ASAP before this happens. |
| Warmsignal:
--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on December 30, 2014, 06:02:41 pm ---This has been happening with a lot of pS1 titles. While it was never worth under $10, XMEN vs Street Fighter used to be a $20 game, not people are paying $60 to $70 for it. The PS1 is rapidly becoming the next SNES; people are looking for the next thing to collect for since the SNES is becoming too expensive for new collectors and old collectors are equally tired of having to pay a premium for the more obscure titles. The PS1 is in many ways the spiritual successor to the SNES, and it wouldn't surprise me to see games like Strider 2 or Castlevania Chronicles go for over $100 in a couple of years. There are a good 30 games on the PS1 I am after and want to get them out of the way ASAP before this happens. --- End quote --- You are scaring me. Basically, what I need to do right now is go on a PS1 buying spree of all the dirt cheap ones I've yet to get. Seems like a good idea. Surely they won't stay under $10 forever. It's strange because I seem to recall a PS1 collecting craze back in the mid to late 2000s with games like FF 7 that were going for $80, and stories of people hoarding copies of an Easter bunny game because it was one of the last releases, then it all kind of crashed, basically as everything Nintendo was starting to take off. Strider 2 confuses me. My local store has one and he's asking $100 for it already, but he's usually on par with current online prices. When I checked eBay, it's kinda all over the place but still going for $50 - $60. |
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