5 days into the month for a thread. We are all slacking.
I personally think the market for retro stuff is going downhill.5 days into the month for a thread. We are all slacking.
haha my thoughts exactly. I've noticed a general slowdown not just here, but all over the place when it comes to purchasing new games, especially retro games.
5 days into the month for a thread. We are all slacking.
haha my thoughts exactly. I've noticed a general slowdown not just here, but all over the place when it comes to purchasing new games, especially retro games.
5 days into the month for a thread. We are all slacking.
haha my thoughts exactly. I've noticed a general slowdown not just here, but all over the place when it comes to purchasing new games, especially retro games.
The thread is only 5 days old that aside retro adds weren't that plentyfull for most members on the forums here to begin with if i'm honest. Modern games dominated the threads only very few people actually post retro adds aside from xbox and ps2 that is.
Maybe It's slow because of the start of the new year and the spendings from the holiday season in December Christmas etc because even modern adds have not been posted yet
5 days into the month for a thread. We are all slacking.
haha my thoughts exactly. I've noticed a general slowdown not just here, but all over the place when it comes to purchasing new games, especially retro games.
The thread is only 5 days old that aside retro adds weren't that plentyfull for most members on the forums here to begin with if i'm honest. Modern games dominated the threads only very few people actually post retro adds aside from xbox and ps2 that is.
Maybe It's slow because of the start of the new year and the spendings from the holiday season in December Christmas etc because even modern adds have not been posted yet
The slowdown has been happening for a while, like over a year. Sure, people get lucky and score big occasionally, but the amount of pickup posts, especially for retro titles, is significantly down from a couple years, and especially 4 or 5 years ago. It isn't even speculation at this point since most collectors seem to agree that things have dried up a lot over the last few years.
It's not just retro gaming. The internet has hurt collecting in general.
I'm a big movie collector. I used to come across people just practically giving away their VHS on a regular basis. Now that's very far and few in-between. People know that some of these are worth money now, and all you find anymore are the common crap like 50 copies of Titanic and a crapload of Disney garbage.
Frankly, I can't believe people still go out game hunting and find something second hand at all. I stopped doing that about 3 years or more ago. It's all retail, gaming cons, or occasional eBay now for me. But I have a really good local store with a massive selection, so it don't really miss the hunt. I've become accustom to the high prices now, don't even care anymore.
Frankly, I can't believe people still go out game hunting and find something second hand at all. I stopped doing that about 3 years or more ago. It's all retail, gaming cons, or occasional eBay now for me. But I have a really good local store with a massive selection, so it don't really miss the hunt. I've become accustom to the high prices now, don't even care anymore.
If deals really dried out you could question why retrogame stores still exist, just saying live isn't free not to mention that allot of retrogame stores have enough cash for employees and rent for the store every month. You can't live from only trade ins it has to be way cheaper than that to keep the lights on.
as far as fleamarkets etc go. Maybe stuff isn't dried up but just the simple fact that more people are hunting and picking stuff up. In the past no one hunted for certain things however if there are multiple people even 2 to 4 people looking for the same stuff on a fleamarket the good things are gone. In the past maybe some people were the only ones looking for stuff on a flea market. Stuff is not plentifull there is just a certain amount.
thrift stores, maybe only a few people looked every week through games etc yet I'm pretty sure at least dozen of people pick through certain thrifstores daily. Not even resellers but people who do it for fun wich they did not in the past thanks to the retrogame hype or that some stuff have value.
You just need one or two people to buy everthing up if the prices are low, in the past the competition was pretty minimal only for the few people that actually cared about the hobby wich were pretty rare back than.
Frankly, I can't believe people still go out game hunting and find something second hand at all. I stopped doing that about 3 years or more ago. It's all retail, gaming cons, or occasional eBay now for me. But I have a really good local store with a massive selection, so it don't really miss the hunt. I've become accustom to the high prices now, don't even care anymore.
If deals really dried out you could question why retrogame stores still exist, just saying live isn't free not to mention that allot of retrogame stores have enough cash for employees and rent for the store every month. You can't live from only trade ins it has to be way cheaper than that to keep the lights on.
as far as fleamarkets etc go. Maybe stuff isn't dried up but just the simple fact that more people are hunting and picking stuff up. In the past no one hunted for certain things however if there are multiple people even 2 to 4 people looking for the same stuff on a fleamarket the good things are gone. In the past maybe some people were the only ones looking for stuff on a flea market. Stuff is not plentifull there is just a certain amount.
thrift stores, maybe only a few people looked every week through games etc yet I'm pretty sure at least dozen of people pick through certain thrifstores daily. Not even resellers but people who do it for fun wich they did not in the past thanks to the retrogame hype or that some stuff have value.
You just need one or two people to buy everthing up if the prices are low, in the past the competition was pretty minimal only for the few people that actually cared about the hobby wich were pretty rare back than.
There's no question why this store exists, to me. Firstly, it's primarily a computer store and secondly, his massive selection came from multiple buyouts of hard to get to treasure troves that existed in the area - closed down video/rental businesses, and stock piles kept away in storage at old pawn shops. He paid big for all of that stuff, but reselling each game for an individual eBay price should net him a hefty profit. Also people still bring him old consoles and games hand over fist through the door. It's been established in the area that you will get money for bring that stuff there. So no one brings it out to a market or yard sale, or donates it anymore.
I've been at flea markets at sun rise many years ago, and would find every other seller had old games. I've tried the same experiment several times in recent years too, and every time, not a single vendor selling games. It's finished with here.
Frankly, I can't believe people still go out game hunting and find something second hand at all. I stopped doing that about 3 years or more ago. It's all retail, gaming cons, or occasional eBay now for me. But I have a really good local store with a massive selection, so it don't really miss the hunt. I've become accustom to the high prices now, don't even care anymore.
(https://i.imgur.com/E31uyE2.jpg)i almost bought this the other day, but I need the english version me thinks.
This fabulous Tingle game finally arrived!
https://imgur.com/a/JbzcS
I bought a controller from Goodwill and sorta documented it.
I really like how it looks with the white logo.https://imgur.com/gallery/JbzcS
I bought a controller from Goodwill and sorta documented it.
Looks like you need to come up with a tutorial about how to paint the back and then remove the paint so that the XBox logo looks like that!
https://imgur.com/gallery/JbzcS
I bought a controller from Goodwill and sorta documented it.
(https://i.imgur.com/BF7rq4fm.jpg)I love stumbling into Gamestops that have the retro stuff on hand.
not too bad, both were $17.99 with power up rewards.