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« on: March 02, 2013, 02:13:35 pm »
I don't see why this is surprising. It's disappointing, yes, but every market does this. Even after markets reach a maturity, then become over saturated, then die down, and repeat.
If you just like collecting games, go to flea markets and thrift stores (sometimes craigslist). Those people don't know or care really what the current market value for games are (with exception of select titles), so you can get them for dirt cheap.
I got mega man X2, TMNT IV, Yoshi's Island, and Captain Commando for a grand total of $18. Someone even gave me a free copy of Intelligent Qube. Granted that's mostly luck, but pricing hikes only exist in Markets that are saturated with products like Ebay where the buyer is the one that created the price and demand for those "Rare games" in the first place. It only takes one person to pay a high price for a game on auctions sites like that to set a precedent for sellers and buyers that whatever game they are looking for is worth that high price.
If you're a re-seller. Do the same thing. As far as online/collecting markets go it's the perfect time to sell. Most games can be found for dirt cheap and turned around and sold on ebay for pure profit. The games don't even have to be in great condition to get someone to pay market price for it. It's a sellers market right now if you can find products cheap. Depending on the game a good collector can take 3-4 games out of their collection and make $200.
If anything would have effected the market right now it would be virtual consoles and roms of any game known to man. That hasn't hurt the market hardly at all. I can download every Snes game ever made for free but people are still dropping $200 on Wild Guns, Earthbound, and Megaman x3.
Nostalgia isn't going anywhere until our generation dies. Older games are most likely going to hold some intrinsic value based on that. It's not like games now where you can find a box full of Sealed GOW 3 for $50. Retro games weren't as mass produced then so their numbers are always going to be increasingly limited. Add that with Nostalgia and theres always going to be a market for it. Same goes with collecting.
Try not to take it so seriously. They're just games afterall.
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