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| emporerdragon:
--- Quote from: burningdoom on July 01, 2017, 06:34:42 pm ---The baseball card market bottoming out in the late 80s is a perfect example. --- End quote --- That's my first thought too. And like with baseball cards during the crash, we're seeing a mass surplus of product happening right now, making both the current and previous generation not very valuable for collecting outside of select titles. |
| xsuicidesn0wmanx:
Wish this were actually true. The items I've been watching simply keep going up. I'd love to get a complete Super System Card 3.0 for the TGCD for $150 like it used to be, but the resellers have jacked the price up to $300-400 these days. Today I just focus on the consoles that are getting donated the most, PS2, PSP, PS3 and Wii. I can find most games on those systems for $5-10 these days, anything older than that the resellers have jacked to unreasonable prices. |
| sworddude:
I'm really wondering how it would impact ps3 and xbox 360 CE even the very rare ones wich go for insane amounts. Seems less memorable to me since there are many rereleases and multiple Ce of pretty much every game. Those would have zero value for sure after allot less time have passed if you would ask me. I'm petty sure people would be giving those away at some point. on a realistic note I think prices will or rise/drop slighlty or stay quite steady in the future. Pre 2010 era would be pretty insane in just 8 years. Especially since many 2D sega saturn and ps1 games are very simular to those of snes etc. Would also mean that gamecube ps1 sega saturn dreamcast etc would drop allot. Collectibles that did die. Atari realisticly is pretty crap even the so called good games do not entertain many people, baseball cards are just there to look at why collect those if you can collect real baseball sports memorabilia, Beanie babies I have no idea how people get into those, elvis collectibles wich was meant for collecting only. We'll see in the future what happens, would be pretty sweet to get titles in cib shape as hagane wild guns megaman x3 etc Neo geo aes should also drop if that would be the case but I don't see it happening These games are more fun than those other very niche collectibles that died out and allot bigger. I can imagine some waves going up and down but not in ridiculous huge movements. It can happen but a huge movement in 8 just years seems to good to be true. Obviously for some games this can apply like eartbound but as a whole it seems a bit much. We'll see in the near future what will happen if Bikinghatjun statement could come out in 8 years ::) |
| bikingjahuty:
The craze has already been in full swing since 2013 so it is now 4-years in. That is a lot of time to go to thrift stores, flea markets, ebay, and the like to get what you want. Very few of us are The Flea and literally collect everything. If we were than 30-years might be a realistic time table for this all to end. And whether pre-2010 prices will happen is to be seen, but it surely will not happen on everything. Things like Little Samson, Hagane, and Sculptors Cut will never go back to what they used to be worth, but I can honestly see them losing at least half their value in 8-years. And even though you do not see the value in things like baseball cards, Beanie Babies or Atari games does not mean that others can't. I have no idea how old you are, but assuming you are in your 20s or 30s, you can appreciate things like SNES or Saturn games. Likewise someone who grew up in the 50s will have a easier time getting into baseball cards because that was a big thing back then. Atari collecting was popular in the late 90s to mid 2000s because that age group was in their 20s and early 30s at the time, and it died out in less than a decade. |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on July 02, 2017, 11:59:11 am ---The craze has already been in full swing since 2013 so it is now 4-years in. That is a lot of time to go to thrift stores, flea markets, ebay, and the like to get what you want. Very few of us are The Flea and literally collect everything. If we were than 30-years might be a realistic time table for this all to end. And whether pre-2010 prices will happen is to be seen, but it surely will not happen on everything. Things like Little Samson, Hagane, and Sculptors Cut will never go back to what they used to be worth, but I can honestly see them losing at least half their value in 8-years. And even though you do not see the value in things like baseball cards, Beanie Babies or Atari games does not mean that others can't. I have no idea how old you are, but assuming you are in your 20s or 30s, you can appreciate things like SNES or Saturn games. Likewise someone who grew up in the 50s will have a easier time getting into baseball cards because that was a big thing back then. Atari collecting was popular in the late 90s to mid 2000s because that age group was in their 20s and early 30s at the time, and it died out in less than a decade. --- End quote --- I do see why people appreciate them for example atari games. It's not for me gameplay wise. Than again the NES is only 8 years younger than the atari 2600 why is there no nes crash yet. Surely many nes collectors are in the same age group as the atari collectors back than? Some years ago already actually. The same thing should happen however nes games are actually a bit better than the true basics wich is why the crash hasn't happen yet. Atari games are less fun than nes games. They are actually starting to look like something with genuinly good games. Even new 8 bit games are made since there are people who prefer these kind of games and the art style for them games. Why are so few people collecting for like colecovision, and all those other atari like systems because they are super basic in sound and grapics. Usually for the people that have these systems with some games It's more as a collectors piece wich is barely used at all. Atari is almost pure nostalgia while nes onwards is actually pretty solid attracting also other people without nostalgia. Has nice music and the grapics look nice especially in some games with it's own 8 bit style. I can't say the same thing for atari. I grew up in the 16 bit era yet I do find master system and nes games fun to play because they have something. atari however is not that interesting I do see why people appreciate it but I can't get into these games. One can appreciate things but not all things that are appreciated should be considered fun by everyone. Obviously the same thing can be said for the golden 16 bit era but at the very least it is allot more solid and a large group of people pay good money in most cases for gameplay. Obviously a collector pays more for cib stuff and the rarities but also players have to pay allot for just cart only or games with missing pieces. The big money in atari was mainly reserverd for the games wich were really rare not really for gameplay. obviously games like pacman had value in the craze but overall it was more for collectability with the high ticket items. Most of the good games on atari were not rare at all so i'm pretty sure for most players money wasn't an issue at all especially lose cart collectors unless you were going for a full set and or rarities wich is pretty impossible for atari. i'm not saying that a crash will never happen, but the nes crash should have happened by now quite some years ago if were going with your theory. |
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