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| bikingjahuty:
--- Quote from: dreama1 on June 19, 2021, 05:10:29 am --- --- Quote from: armani on May 23, 2021, 09:55:26 pm ---before this thread was even made video games were high. they have been pretty high since 2013...at least in the US --- End quote --- People were bitching back in 2008 in honesty. --- End quote --- It's all relative. I remember getting pissed at $20 Gamecube games at the Flea Market that now sell for hundreds back in 2010. That's because back then no one gave a shit about sixth gen games and per practically giving them away. A decade prior and before I began collecting people were buying NES games like Samson and Flintstones for a buck and no one cared mostly. So when someone tried to charge $30 for either of those games they were laughed at. Funny how silly those people that laughed at them feel now. |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on June 20, 2021, 12:41:52 am --- --- Quote from: dreama1 on June 19, 2021, 05:10:29 am --- --- Quote from: armani on May 23, 2021, 09:55:26 pm ---before this thread was even made video games were high. they have been pretty high since 2013...at least in the US --- End quote --- People were bitching back in 2008 in honesty. --- End quote --- It's all relative. I remember getting pissed at $20 Gamecube games at the Flea Market that now sell for hundreds back in 2010. That's because back then no one gave a shit about sixth gen games and per practically giving them away. A decade prior and before I began collecting people were buying NES games like Samson and Flintstones for a buck and no one cared mostly. So when someone tried to charge $30 for either of those games they were laughed at. Funny how silly those people that laughed at them feel now. --- End quote --- Definitely but it's no suprise considering gamecube deals where everywhere it was so easy to get those deals so why bother to spend that amount of money Still I've heard that even in the early 2000's games like Bonk's adventure nes had some value among collectors. like instead of a few $ it was 10, 20 or 30$ carts not to mention complete with boxes and manual had almost identical value. those amounts where however seen as crazy expensive back than though. obviously plenty of people who gave them away for almost nothing but for the rarest or good games there was still some niche market for it even if it's pocket money compared to now. Still that was just the easy way to get those games from resellers but at a back than premium price. |
| bikingjahuty:
--- Quote from: sworddude on June 20, 2021, 09:21:35 am --- --- Quote from: bikingjahuty on June 20, 2021, 12:41:52 am --- --- Quote from: dreama1 on June 19, 2021, 05:10:29 am --- --- Quote from: armani on May 23, 2021, 09:55:26 pm ---before this thread was even made video games were high. they have been pretty high since 2013...at least in the US --- End quote --- People were bitching back in 2008 in honesty. --- End quote --- It's all relative. I remember getting pissed at $20 Gamecube games at the Flea Market that now sell for hundreds back in 2010. That's because back then no one gave a shit about sixth gen games and per practically giving them away. A decade prior and before I began collecting people were buying NES games like Samson and Flintstones for a buck and no one cared mostly. So when someone tried to charge $30 for either of those games they were laughed at. Funny how silly those people that laughed at them feel now. --- End quote --- Definitely but it's no suprise considering gamecube deals where everywhere it was so easy to get those deals so why bother to spend that amount of money Still I've heard that even in the early 2000's games like Bonk's adventure nes had some value among collectors. like instead of a few $ it was 10, 20 or 30$ carts not to mention complete with boxes and manual had almost identical value. those amounts where however seen as crazy expensive back than though. obviously plenty of people who gave them away for almost nothing but for the rarest or good games there was still some niche market for it even if it's pocket money compared to now. Still that was just the easy way to get those games from resellers but at a back than premium price. --- End quote --- They definitely did, even Samson was like $50 on ebay back then. The difference was that so few people were after those games that if you looked hard enough at flea markets and thrift stores you'd likely find them at some point. When I got back into collecting I found good stuff at thrift stores and my local flea market all the time. Mostly because the stuff I was after wasn't sought after by many. Fastforward just a few years and games like Goldeneye, Windwaker, or Melee which I used to find often wouldn't last five minutes at these same places. More people jumped in, demand took off, resellers found a new market, and prices went through the roof. |
| Warmsignal:
--- Quote from: armani on May 23, 2021, 09:55:26 pm ---before this thread was even made video games were high. they have been pretty high since 2013...at least in the US --- End quote --- I don't think I would call 2013 prices high. There weren't dirt cheap anymore, but now it's like there's so many games that are seriously no longer affordable by standards of many. This is no longer "I don't want to pay anything for these games, they should be pocket change" it's more "I can't spend that kind of money and also pay rent or eat". |
| emporerdragon:
--- Quote from: Warmsignal on June 21, 2021, 10:07:12 pm ---This is no longer "I don't want to pay anything for these games, they should be pocket change" it's more "I can't spend that kind of money and also pay rent or eat". --- End quote --- I find it's become more "I don't feel I'm going to get my money's worth out of this" and/or "If I'm going to spend that much, I'd much rather get XXXX". |
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