Diminished Value

[ZeroAX]

agree with most people on this thread. I wanted a hard copy of every Sonic game for the mega drive cause I love it. But I wanted the games for me, to play them.

This isn't the freaking stock market, where you buy something for cheap and sell it for a profit. Really a game being rare, doesn't make me any happier about owning it. A game being excellent makes me happier about owning it.



also rare games, are usually rare for a reason (aka bad. just look at some of the most rare games the avgn has. it's the crappy ones)

[Inazuma]

also rare games, are usually rare for a reason (aka bad. just look at some of the most rare games the avgn has. it's the crappy ones)

Well, if a game is bad then chances are it won't sell as many copies, therefore it will be more rare down the line. However, when a game is rare and also expensive, it seems to be mostly good games from my experience on Ebay. For example, Zenki on the PC-FX is rare, expensive and a good game.

[Pulsar_t]

And there's of course inflated pricing

[V3rtigo]

ff7 was overpriced to begin with. how many million copies did it sell?

even still, a patient owner will still make money on it, assuming their copy is in mint condition. the problem has been, that before digital downloads, everyone charged $50+ for any condition. now you will see separation based on quality.

a collectible copy will be worth more than $50 later, and gamer-condition will stay cheap, as they should. its no different than cars, on anything else "collectible". i can buy a crappy '69 camaro for $500 or a mint-restored '69 Camaro SS for $100k.