I can buy F-Zero, like new for around 20€. Here it would run me for like 55€ and the box would be damaged and crummy.
And I better be quick, because these historically high prices will only continue to rise as people realize that you don't need to understand the text on most SNES games to have fun with them.
Betagam7 wrote:Do you guys ever see the prices settling back down to what they once were?
Prices are never going down.
The thing is, retrogaming was ridiculously cheap. People were buying complete, working arcade machines for 100 dollars a couple years ago and you could buy Neo Geo games by the truckload. People simply did not know old games had any worth, demand was low and those lucky, knowledgeable few that were interested in them had very little purcharsing power.
Nothing related to gaming is going to be low in price for long and as time goes on and gamers dig deeper into retro, prices will go up. A few years ago, something as niche a professional monitors went for 50 bucks, in a year they'll be the hottest retrogaming thing, every repair shop will have been raided and you won't find them for less than 300.
So if you want Phantasy Star, Shining Force or Contra, bite the bullet now because the prices in some time will be insane. I few years ago, I passed Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance for 30€ because the manual was crumpled, now it's over 130. It will happen to any game worth playing that had a moderate print run, so better check them out now.
