What are my NES games really worth? HELP!

[aaron]

If your games are boxed, ignore vgpc.

It can still be useful for a vague idea. Just remember that by default it only lists loose stuff. You need to specifically click on the CIB or NEW on the graph legend to turn them on. In this case, the CIB Cherub seems to be bunk information unless some tools are just selling the same copy to each other for $300 over and over in hopes of inflating the supposed value.

you really need to inspect the listings that VGPC aggregates for each category to get the full picture, though. lots of times the "loose" price will be more than the "complete" price due to errors in how the games are snagged from the auctions.

[mjmjr25]

A real concern is with limited items - there aren't a ton of documented sales of some games, so if a game sells only one time in a period, it lists the game for that price, regardless if that sale was extremely high or extremely low.

Not to knock the service - it's extremely handy, particularly for most all disc-based and loose cart, but for anything limited (TG16 / AES / Boxed cart games) I would hesitate to use that as your go to barometer.

[bryan_65]

How is selling Chubby Cherub complete (and a dozen others) at less than half their value a good deal for the seller? That is one of the rarer boxes for NES and has solid / consistent value. Take it out and sell the others for $100, sure, I guess. Otherwise, really poor advice.

Take the the time to part em out man, it won't take as long as you think. Being w/box you should reach $100 quick and still have games.

[GirlGamer55]

How is selling Chubby Cherub complete (and a dozen others) at less than half their value a good deal for the seller? That is one of the rarer boxes for NES and has solid / consistent value. Take it out and sell the others for $100, sure, I guess. Otherwise, really poor advice.

It's good for the seller so he isn't one of those assholes who mark up the price just because the game is "rare". It's a game...it holds no value other then what gamers put on it. It is otherwise worthless. So if some gamer says it's a rare game, that jacks the price up. Do you know how many "rare" games I have seen? Too many. Just because someone thinks it's rare, doesn't mean it is. Same with price, just because someone thinks it's worth a lot doesn't mean it is.

By pricing games to where only real serious collectors can afford to have them, we stick it to the collectors who are just starting out, who might not have 100 bucks to blow on a single game. Or has everyone forgotten that some people no longer have jobs and thus no money?

It's just an endless cycle. Jerkass seller A looks up a price of a game and lists his game at the top price, seller B sees that and goes to jack his price up because he doesn't want to be ripped off. And so on and so forth, when the original game back when it was in the bargain bin cost maybe 5 bucks?

Supply and demand, I get it. These games are no longer being made which does give them value but not the value everyone thinks. I have watched games in the last few years just jump up and up and up. Look at Earthbound. No game is worth 400 bucks.

Besides that...if this was being sold on ebay or if the OP had a lot of games he was going to be selling soon, he might want to make a good name for himself in being reasonable and keeping the price down. That would make any buyer happy, and more willing to come back and buy from him again.

[Hobie-wan]

*price stuff*

Protip: The person that offered $100 is very likely not just some person looking to acquire the games for themselves.

[mjmjr25]

It's good for the seller so he isn't one of those assholes who mark up the price just because the game is "rare". It's a game...it holds no value other then what gamers put on it. It is otherwise worthless. So if some gamer says it's a rare game, that jacks the price up. Do you know how many "rare" games I have seen? Too many. Just because someone thinks it's rare, doesn't mean it is. Same with price, just because someone thinks it's worth a lot doesn't mean it is.

By pricing games to where only real serious collectors can afford to have them, we stick it to the collectors who are just starting out, who might not have 100 bucks to blow on a single game. Or has everyone forgotten that some people no longer have jobs and thus no money?

It's just an endless cycle. Jerkass seller A looks up a price of a game and lists his game at the top price, seller B sees that and goes to jack his price up because he doesn't want to be ripped off. And so on and so forth, when the original game back when it was in the bargain bin cost maybe 5 bucks?

Supply and demand, I get it. These games are no longer being made which does give them value but not the value everyone thinks. I have watched games in the last few years just jump up and up and up. Look at Earthbound. No game is worth 400 bucks.

Besides that...if this was being sold on ebay or if the OP had a lot of games he was going to be selling soon, he might want to make a good name for himself in being reasonable and keeping the price down. That would make any buyer happy, and more willing to come back and buy from him again.

You make a lot of good points.

[GirlGamer55]

*price stuff*

Protip: The person that offered $100 is very likely not just some person looking to acquire the games for themselves.

Do you know that for a fact? If I had money and saw the same ad as that person I would offer about 100 bucks myself, because I think it's worth that. And i'm a collector so...they could be doing the same thing.

[GirlGamer55]

You make a lot of good points.

Whoa whoa...back up...someone actually agreed with me on this forum?! Or are you being sarcastic?

[oxymoron]

Wait 2 weeks, take pictures, and list on racketboy.

+1

[Nyukki]

Unless they are all doubles, don't sell them. Otherwise, come one rainy day, you'll find yourself staring out the window sobbing uncontrollably...... (obviously, I'm talking from personal experience)