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| sworddude:
--- Quote from: dreama1 on February 18, 2018, 02:59:17 pm ---You're suggesting NES prices will go down soon? I'm still finding this hard to believe. --- End quote --- Really depends. In Europe the nes didn't do to well, allot of especially boxed nes games not to many around. The US on the other hand had great sales with nes maybe prices could drop over there especially for the full set materials don't expect anything to major though. And if you really want nice price drops I mean it could take a while and if people who are waiting are really unlucky allot of us could be pretty old before those days ever come nobody knows when prices will drop or if they just retain their value or sky rocket in the future. Filler titles even many non sports games for sure but for the titles that matter that's the issue here. There is a reason why people buy games at higher prices not everyone wants to wait for 5 10 or maybe many more years before that day comes. Thankfully there are very nice flash carts these days so gameplay wise there should not be an issue for anyone. If you don't like the prices buy a flash carts and be done with it. Were even in that era that saturn can be emulated. If there were no great deals around I would personally for sure just get a flash cart and get an og xbox for emulation for cd systems and be done with it, only a handfull of nostalgic titles for me really. If a price drop ever comes in my theory it means that the majority is not interested in this hobby anymore including pretty much all people here on the forums. Still though when that time comes It's pretty pointless since a long time has passed and allot of people do not want to play them games anymore. |
| 98dgreen:
--- Quote from: dreama1 on February 18, 2018, 02:59:17 pm ---You're suggesting NES prices will go down soon? I'm still finding this hard to believe. --- End quote --- The common stuff is |
| bikingjahuty:
The writing is on the wall everywhere; retro collecting is starting to lose steam as indicated by the increased availability of retro titles at local stores, many collectors getting out of the hobby, and most of all historic pricing trend data showing that prices on nearly every retro system are either plateauing or falling. The NES and SNES are particularly plateauing for the past half year while most of the retro Sega consoles, especially Saturn is crashing hard right now. Likewise PS1 prices are coming down hard right now too. Sure, there are games here in there in each respective console library that are contradicting these overall trends, but overall reto gaming is finally hitting that same place that comics, toys, sports cards, and even Atari games hot before it. I knew it would happen, it was just a matter of time. |
| scraph4ppy:
NES and SNES hit their peak in the lead off to Christmas 2016 and then retrenched a little only recently have I noticed another downward trend with them. N64 is still going up, but that will plateau and then fall back too in the next 1 to 3 years. Oddly, Atari seems to have gone up a little bit. Thats got to be people who don't know what they are doing though, right? And yet I always have old ladies coming up to me and saying they brought an Atari recently to play childhood games again so ehh, what do I know. I don't think prices will ever collapse though (or, at least, not for decades) they will just find a non-bubbled price to sit at for a stable -not burgeoning- collector's market. Think of it in the way you would action figures or pre-1980s sports cards, some will be worth a lot, some will be worth a bit and some will be worthless. |
| hoshichiri:
--- Quote from: dreama1 on February 18, 2018, 02:59:17 pm ---You're suggesting NES prices will go down soon? I'm still finding this hard to believe. --- End quote --- It already is, dude. It's not gonna be quick, it's not gonna crash out- I think the public concept of "games are collectable & therefore valuable" has taken root too firmly for that- but we're definitely in the downturn now. I have seen the uptick in Atari as well, and in Fairchild Channel F of all things too. I think what we're seeing is a market stabilization. Basically, people jumped at the NES stuff they grew up on & ballooned the prices up. Now the nostalgia buyers are moving away entirely, while the diehards are/have branched out to systems that cost less to buy for. So we're seeing big systems start to come down & traditionally cheap systems start to go up. Do I expect to see huge trends in either? No- I don't think people will start paying top dollar for systems they picked up as a budget option. Plus, even if you're not actively buying for a favorite system, you tend to check on prices from time to time anyway- meaning once the big games start coming down, people will start jumping to buy them. Which, of course, means the prices don't drop any lower. Basically, the rush is over, and we're starting to see what the market will truly bear now. |
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