Saturn Vs Dreamcast on eBaY

[bustaballs]

There was a Saturn that had been collecting dust for over a year at a locl game store in my town. I bought it for $30, grabbed a mod chip from here and never looked back. The Saturn is one of the greatest systems I've ever owned.

[gennss]

i've had to get all my stuff online its been forever and a day since anything retro has been available here.

[RackGaki]

Less people bought Saturns in the first place, so they're considered more collectible I guess. The Dreamcast is a great console to collect for as a majority of it's games are quite cheap too. I have almost every single for it I want now, barring the more expensive (£50+) ones like Under Defeat, Segagaga etc.

Yeah, the poor Saturn sales (in the Western markets), and the relative age of the system, make it a more coveted game console. Supply/demand at it's best.

It's funny you mention Under Defeat, because it's one of five Dreamcast games I actually own. The Dreamcast certainly has a ton of cheap titles, though shoot 'em ups and fighters will, on average, cost more than the system itself these days.

[gennss]

Less people bought Saturns in the first place, so they're considered more collectible I guess. The Dreamcast is a great console to collect for as a majority of it's games are quite cheap too. I have almost every single for it I want now, barring the more expensive (£50+) ones like Under Defeat, Segagaga etc.

Yeah, the poor Saturn sales (in the Western markets), and the relative age of the system, make it a more coveted game console. Supply/demand at it's best.

It's funny you mention Under Defeat, because it's one of five Dreamcast games I actually own. The Dreamcast certainly has a ton of cheap titles, though shoot 'em ups and fighters will, on average, cost more than the system itself these days.

very much so, some can be quiet expensive. some of the LE shmups are up over 150

[RackGaki]

very much so, some can be quiet expensive. some of the LE shmups are up over 150

The prices are dropping - I bought Under Defeat for $90 (sealed), and I just bought a sealed copy of Ikaruga for $51. Meanwhile, Pink Godzilla just tried to peddle a sealed copy of Ikaruga for $180 at PAX.

Border Down (limited edition) may be the most expensive game for the Dreamcast (barring the LE of Bangai-O), but the last sealed copies went for $200 and $142.50 on eBay. That's sealed. Racketboy's pricing of $220 or greater is already outdated. Sure, there are still buy it now's for $350 and up, but they aren't selling. When put to an auction, demand is dropping, and so is the price.

Good for gamers, bad for collectors.

[gennss]

perhaps economic slowdownis pushing a little in having people wanting to liquidate some of the assets.

[Mike231]

Hahaha I bought a black DC for 25 bucks.

I have a white one but I wanted the black one.
Never seen it before had to get it, and I will never sell either of them

[scottykick]

Dreamcast IMO, is the best bang for your buck system out there, if you went out and wanted to buy a system and a handful of games you could do so for like $100 and walk away with a system,vmu's and maybe 5-8 very good games.