ott0bot wrote:
Thats nuts! I guess I know what games to bring to Japan to sell if I visit. Maybe it'll pay for the trip!
Well, they have to be the Japanese version though....
You won't get much for the American ones...
Oh. I guess I misunderstood when he said "imports" in Japan I guess he meant they are selling Japanese games not US "imports". oh well I was joking anyway.
(Just woke up). Actually I did mean imports as in US games simply sold/imported in Japan; the straight up US versions - not localized. Just like what we do in the states with Japanese games.
Pink Godzilla was claiming that these games are so rare in Japan that they have sold for $300-$500 USD
Batman Forever
Justice League
Maximum Carnage
Somehow I find that hard to believe considering they are easily found in other regions dirt cheap.
Flak Beard mentioned he saw a Batman game at Super Potato for about 11,000 yen (a little over $100 USD) so I'm thinking that might sound more reasonable for Batman Forever.
What is your insight one this?
I speculate that the main reason that they're "rare" is because that during the MD/SNES/TG era, US/EU games released in Japan were often regarded as inferior and shunned simply based on that they were foreign or un-Japanese. So then possibly people and/or stores were ET'ing them when they realized they couldn't sell them. And simply they are "rare" because they are now scarce for a JP region published title.
Just because the number of copies remaining or printed is low doesn't make it a good game~
I've seen plenty of US games that I would see for a few bucks at EB going for $40~$90 simply because they're imported; here at least.
Flak seeing Batman Forever for $100 doesn't seem unreasonable at Super Potato... They over-charge for their "imports" IMO especially if he went to the Akihabara (only Tokyo) location. I supposed they're appealing to the Japanese collector with super common US games but uncommon in Japan... Or foreigners that truly haven't a clue. Meh, go figure~
I still remember when I bought Shinobi Legions for the Saturn in Japan long ago for $5/500yen and bringing to my local import store (when I got back to CA) and them giving me $40 for it. What's rare one place could be ridiculously common elsewhere. Just like good pizza in the states, ain't none to be found here.
well I heard Acclaim actually dumped a few remaining copies in Japan because they had too many sitting around
Anyway, what do you think the "going rate" would be for them?
I'm not really sure as American-made games are kinda off my radar but from the American import-versions I've seen of other games, anywhere from $60~90 if it was something we'd see commonly for $5~10 in the states or ridiculously higher like $120~$150 for Mike Tysons Punch Out... Then again, since I never sell my games, I don't know what they'd actually give you if you sold a MTPO here. I really should check into that. Crap damnit, I'm not much of an entreprenuer am I?
On a good note, I got Gunstar Heroes JP ver for $15 CIB - mint, the other week. The art is so much nicer (and I'm not even a manga/anime fan so that's not it for me~).
