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| sworddude:
--- Quote from: Warmsignal on June 21, 2021, 10:07:12 pm --- --- 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". --- End quote --- While your certainly right for the actual pricy stuff, I've heard this far to much with values below the 50$ range |
| Warmsignal:
--- Quote from: sworddude on June 22, 2021, 06:53:04 am --- --- Quote from: Warmsignal on June 21, 2021, 10:07:12 pm --- --- 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". --- End quote --- While your certainly right for the actual pricy stuff, I've heard this far to much with values below the 50$ range --- End quote --- The more expensive the games get, the less feasible it is to collect them, independent of whether $35 seems a "reasonable" price tag for any given title. When retro prices start to mirror that of new release prices, the budget for retro collecting gets way tighter. How many new releases are you dropping full MSPR on each week? Each month? Your retro game pick-ups will start to look very similar to that in pace. Some folks can't swing both, and understandably so. Remember that a lot of collectors jumped on this wagon initially because buying old games was a cheap alternative to buying new games, and it's fun to collect things easily and inexpensively. But when many old games start to trend between $20 and $50 let alone all the really expensive ones now, the story changes. |
| oldgamerz:
If the CIA and the FBI can get involved we yet may still be able to collect NEW AND OLD games for our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren to play, in the future, instead of them gaming industry taking away the games when they feel like it. The earth has limited resources and we don't need them PS4 PS5 consoles in landfills because SONY (as an example) would/might refuses to support them in the future when they want the new gen to take in effect. That is bad planning and it is down right hazardous even for the economy world wide Let's have digital and physical or else all is lost, and I am crazy for making this post and I know it :-\ why this obsurd post? what are we doing and what do you think will happen to all those digital license only discs when the servers are shutdown or can no longer run for any kind of reason :'( |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: Warmsignal on July 01, 2021, 11:07:33 pm --- --- Quote from: sworddude on June 22, 2021, 06:53:04 am --- --- Quote from: Warmsignal on June 21, 2021, 10:07:12 pm --- --- Quote from: armani on May 23, 2021, 09:55:26 pm ---before this thread was even made video games were high. they have been pretty high since 2013...at least in the US --- End quote --- I don't think I would call 2013 prices high. There weren't dirt cheap anymore, but now it's like there's so many games that are seriously no longer affordable by standards of many. This is no longer "I don't want to pay anything for these games, they should be pocket change" it's more "I can't spend that kind of money and also pay rent or eat". --- End quote --- While your certainly right for the actual pricy stuff, I've heard this far to much with values below the 50$ range --- End quote --- The more expensive the games get, the less feasible it is to collect them, independent of whether $35 seems a "reasonable" price tag for any given title. When retro prices start to mirror that of new release prices, the budget for retro collecting gets way tighter. How many new releases are you dropping full MSPR on each week? Each month? Your retro game pick-ups will start to look very similar to that in pace. Some folks can't swing both, and understandably so. Remember that a lot of collectors jumped on this wagon initially because buying old games was a cheap alternative to buying new games, and it's fun to collect things easily and inexpensively. But when many old games start to trend between $20 and $50 let alone all the really expensive ones now, the story changes. --- End quote --- It happens a hell lot more during new releases who says I was just talking retro ;D It's hilarious when people tell they had to cancel pre orders because they otherwise had to live on cup noodles for the next month. I get money can be tight but why post it, That's just asking for laughter because it's usually written in the most dramatic way. I guess there are allot of people in this hobby that are less fortunate but at such small amounts you only look dog-poor towards the rest when you post such things. Still speaking of retro, comments about people having to sell organs or mortgaging their house to get 100$ games. It's obviously a joke but those comments always make my day. I have rarely seen people make those comments with the actual grails lol. it happens a hell lot more with the lower end stuff that people can actually reach (and in most cases easily afford or planning to buy in the near future ) ::) |
| wolff242:
--- Quote from: oldgamerz on July 02, 2021, 02:43:11 am ---If the CIA and the FBI can get involved we yet may still be able to collect NEW AND OLD games for our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren to play, in the future, instead of them gaming industry taking away the games when they feel like it. The earth has limited resources and we don't need them PS4 PS5 consoles in landfills because SONY (as an example) would/might refuses to support them in the future when they want the new gen to take in effect. That is bad planning and it is down right hazardous even for the economy world wide Let's have digital and physical or else all is lost, and I am crazy for making this post and I know it :-\ why this obsurd post? what are we doing and what do you think will happen to all those digital license only discs when the servers are shutdown or can no longer run for any kind of reason :'( --- End quote --- Aaaaand back. The CIA and FBI have no interest in preserving video games, music, or anything like that. it's not their job. Most younger people now don't care about preservation sadly, they prefer the convenience of digital, streaming, etc. There are no stores where I live, outside a few small specialty shops, that cell CD's anymore. Movies are headed that same direction, and video games as well. It;s the sad reality, but it's the reality. No crimes are being broken here. |
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