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General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: razorbeamz on August 20, 2014, 01:33:05 pm
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I wonder if I'm sitting on any goldmines.
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If I knew I wouldn't be posting it on a forum :-X
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Games are much more mainstream than they used to be. It's harder to get a rare game nowadays. Pretty much those that had low-print runs are the ones you're looking for.
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If I knew I wouldn't be posting it on a forum :-X
Why? It's no different than making market speculations.
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We actually discussed this quite a bit several months back here: http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,4612.0.html
I think the summary was that no one knows, but obscure JRPGs, especially limited/collector's editions of them, are about the closest thing to a safe bet you can get.
But as it's been said many times before, if you're in this hobby solely as an investment, there are much better ways to see a faster & greater return on your money. ;)
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We actually discussed this quite a bit several months back here: http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,4612.0.html
I think the summary was that no one knows, but obscure JRPGs, especially limited/collector's editions of them, are about the closest thing to a safe bet you can get.
But as it's been said many times before, if you're in this hobby solely as an investment, there are much better ways to see a faster & greater return on your money. ;)
My advice in these kind of situations: Just hold on to as much from your childhood that you still have. Because it's that childhood stuff that goes up in value when the kids grow up and have a disposable income and get nostalgic. Not all of it will be worth money, but if you hang on to a lot of it, some of it will likely be worth money.
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Oh boy lol
There is really no telling, but here are a few indicators that point to a game becoming valuable later on:
-limited release
-small print run
-is it a good game? if yes, more likely to be sought after
-console exclusive
Game prospecting if very risky and much of the time it is a total crap shoot. Very few games end up being worth what they went for new or more. Keep that in mind.
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i would say all those download only console games.
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i would say all those download only console games.
I could see a console or hard-drive with some old download game that you can't get on disc, and is no longer available on the modern consoles, going for a bit more online down the road.
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I could see Diamond Trust of London becoming pricey eventually. Since it was a Kickstarted, low-ish print run DS game.
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Obscure RPGs, and more recently horror/survival games that aren't Resident Evil or Silent Hill. Random games that are good, but sold under two or three hundred thousand which is small by today's standards.
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Speaking of, I noticed The Orange Box had a price raise at Gamestop, up to about $35 now (though you can get it cheaper on Ebay of course). I'd say that would probably retain it's value? Wish I would've kept my copy. >.<;
Pertaining to the JRPGs, Lost Odyssey and Resonance of Fate, perhaps? I've heard both are quite good. Need to pick up a copy of each sometime.
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Oh yeah, that reminds me when I was in GS the other day, I saw a copy of Fire Emblem for Wii, and it was a pre-owned copy and they were asking like $65. That game is going to be a future high dollar Wii game.
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Speaking of, I noticed The Orange Box had a price raise at Gamestop, up to about $35 now (though you can get it cheaper on Ebay of course). I'd say that would probably retain it's value? Wish I would've kept my copy. >.<;
Pertaining to the JRPGs, Lost Odyssey and Resonance of Fate, perhaps? I've heard both are quite good. Need to pick up a copy of each sometime.
That's why I snatched the $20 copy I found when I was out of town a couple weeks ago. Ditto with Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 which I got for $28 but GS sells for $45 I believe. Unfortunately I didn't grab the first MUA because it was the same price as GS & I had seen it at one of my local stores, so I figured I could use a GS coupon I had to knock a little off of it. Literally the day I went to pick it up from the local store it was at, an employee there had decided to buy it. The really sucky part is I was *going* to go the day before, but I forgot the coupon that day. :'(
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Didn't that One Piece 3DS game have a limited run? You might want to check that one out.
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I'm definitely eyeing Tales of Hearts R right now... another Gamestop-exclusive, and if it goes the way of Xenoblade Chronicles... hoo-boy.
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You know all those Wii shovel wear games? Those ones, at least one of them. There will be one of them that will be worth 2K monies! Better buy them all just in case.
I honestly doubt that anything out today will go up in value in 15 years. Look at comics and cards. The modern stuff doesn't go up in value the older ones just keep their value.
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Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt
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Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt
Remember when those were 50ยข everywhere? Times have changed. I don't even see it as much as I used to.
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Speaking of, I noticed The Orange Box had a price raise at Gamestop, up to about $35 now (though you can get it cheaper on Ebay of course). I'd say that would probably retain it's value? Wish I would've kept my copy. >.<;
Pertaining to the JRPGs, Lost Odyssey and Resonance of Fate, perhaps? I've heard both are quite good. Need to pick up a copy of each sometime.
That's why I snatched the $20 copy I found when I was out of town a couple weeks ago. Ditto with Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 which I got for $28 but GS sells for $45 I believe. Unfortunately I didn't grab the first MUA because it was the same price as GS & I had seen it at one of my local stores, so I figured I could use a GS coupon I had to knock a little off of it. Literally the day I went to pick it up from the local store it was at, an employee there had decided to buy it. The really sucky part is I was *going* to go the day before, but I forgot the coupon that day. :'(
Yeah, and there's a Spyro game on the 360 that's worth quite a bit as well. 0.o; Around the $45 area.
I used to have the first one (that came packaged with the 360), but I had traded all my 360 games in one time to buy a Vita... I've traded to GS in the past, and in a nutshell, I've learned my lesson. xD Though I'm fine with OTHER people doing it, since I go there relatively often during the summer. >3>;
It's actually been the opposite with me. xD Two different times, I've bought a game from GS and the employee has told ME that THEY wanted to try it. x'D It's probably a good thing I don't work there, I'd be snatching all kinds of good things up with an employee discount. x'D
Ended up picking up a copy of Resonance of Fate, and I think my local Gamestop has a complete Lost Odyssey. I really should pick it up. >.>;;;
As for the One Piece game, it's price went down pretty fast at GS for a used copy. I guess it flopped pretty hard?
Also, if anyone made it this far (congratulations!) I did think of something. I was at a Gamestop, and noticed in the PS3 section that there was a VERY thin, clear plastic PS3 box with cover art and a game, but it looked like something from the PSN store. If it was a loose game, they would've just used an extra black or clear box (like this - http://images.meritline.com/images/product/1/5/3/-/1/full/153-110_3_.jpg )... does anyone know what this might be? It wasn't an 'official release' box, but I also doubt it was a loose game that someone bothered to make up that nice. I should've picked it up, but I had absolutely no idea what it was. Unfortunately, I didn't take a pic, and can't remember the name.
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I'm curious about what will happen with the Playstation TV, if that will be an odd little thing that people will want later down the line after Sony gives up on it.
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Will the retro-collecting scene be as big as it is now in 15 years? I know I've seen the retro-scene blow up to huge proportions in the last few years. It seemed I used to be the only guy in town seeking out old NES, SNES, and Genesis carts back in the day. Then about 2008-2009, everybody was snatching them up. So this is just a fad for a lot of people. Once that fad wears off, hopefully some of these prices will go back down to more reasonable amounts.
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Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt