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General / Re: DK Oldies? A scandal, or just another smear campaign?

« on: April 09, 2023, 01:37:22 pm »

I have bought stuff from them and it has been fine sometimes they have reasonable prices and they used to be a good place for random manuals, cases etc., but their stock is almost non existent now or outrageously priced. In general they are more/have become more expensive than many other options, so I have not been buying recently. As many have stated no pictures and pricing mostly make eBay a better option (assuming you are buying from listings with pictures). I personally like eStarland over gamestop and DkOldies because you can pick what the game comes with (manual case etc.) assuming different options are in stock. The thing that gets me with DkOldies is they post prices and when you click through it is the "cosmetically flawed" price and the FOMO on their email campaign is outrageous. I hope they learn from all of this and recover, I hate to see any option to buy games go away even when they are almost always my last choice.

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Classic Video Games / Re: Classic Games That Are Hard To Find Physical Copies Of Now

« on: November 05, 2022, 12:09:26 pm »

From my personal experience I'd say TG16, Saturn, Sega CD, Virtual Boy, Neo Geo (all of it), Jaguar, and 3DO stuff is the hardest to find. I rarely come across it and when I do I generally take notice. I'd also throw imports for pretty much any console into the category as well.


As far as specific titles go, there are always rare or uncommon games that at least in person you'll struggle to find.


But as others have said, ebay and the internet have made it relatively easy to find any game, save maybe and NWC or something ultra rare along those lines. But in person it's a whole other ball game.

"TG16, Saturn, Sega CD, Virtual Boy, Neo Geo (all of it), Jaguar, and 3DO"

I would add the Dreamcast to that list. These were all produced in such low quantities that it only takes a small amount of demand to push prices up especially for anything that is complete. I think it is funny to think the WII-U and PS Vita look like huge successes compared to these consoles. (PC Engine and Saturn did well in Japan and those releases are much easier to find).

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Classic Video Games / Re: Classic Games That Are Hard To Find Physical Copies Of Now

« on: November 05, 2022, 12:01:19 pm »

Most consoles and games follow a rather predictable cycle. Prices drop ~2 years after the new consoles are released as adoption increases and continue to drop for about 1.25 console generations ~8-10 years after the console was replaced. At this point the people that got rid of the consoles are working their first "real" jobs in their mid 20's and get nostalgic for when "games were good" demand goes up and the stock of stuff that was dumped off because it was old and outdated and the newly active market is buying and selling. There are about 2 years where prices are stable and selection is good and it is a good time to fill out your collection. At this point the stores are mostly only replacing their stock from people that see value in the stuff and start to have to pay more to get people to trade it in.

PS3, X360 and Wii demand is going up now and stock is depleting. GC, XBOX and PS2 stocks are fairly depleted (less so for PS2 because there were so many games released) as these are 2.25 generations out but still rarely get "turned back" into the market. Anything older than that has already been sold off or dumped at goodwill etc. and only gets replenished by collectors outside of rare occasions and the price to get people to part with their stuff really starts to go up.

The next few years is the time to grab PS4, XONE and WII-U. I do not think 3ds is seeing the "purge" we typically see and to a lesser extent WII-U has already passed the cheap phase because there were so few made and we have already seen the stock depleted. Vita was not replaced and the price drop happened after it was discontinued and has already gone up. Much like the Wii-U there were so few produced the supply was depleted once modders cracked it.

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General / Re: Travelling abroad with your videogames

« on: July 23, 2022, 04:20:11 pm »

Who has experience with travelling abroad with their videogames? I'm about to go on a trip to the Philippines and I packed two large suitcases full of video games and movies. My landlord saw this and told me she's afraid they might deny me entry because I'm packing too much video games and that it may look suspicious. I am under the weight and dimensions limits for my airline company but would immigration care that I'm bringing so many stuff into the country? I couldn't find any info about that on the Philippines ambassy website.

I doubt you would be denied entry, but if customs decides you are bringing stuff in for resale you might have to pay import duties. If you are going for a few years and then headed back you could always just take the discs/carts with you and store the boxes at home. That would probably look less suspicious and less like someone importing to sell. Also might be a good time to focus on ps+ and games with gold games if you have been "collecting" those over the years or subscribe to one of the game passes. When I travel abroad, I kind of enjoy hunting down games that were not released at home. I went a little nuts on Vita collecting and there were quite a few Asian English releases for that console that were not released anywhere else.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings and rejected edits 2019

« on: July 12, 2019, 01:05:01 am »

This is in the wrong category. It was a Region 3 release, this was never released in North America.
https://vgcollect.com/item/122534

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings and rejected edits 2019

« on: June 05, 2019, 04:57:03 pm »

https://vgcollect.com/item/138209

This does not exist in Physical form. Should be moved to PlayStation Network Vita [NA].