mjmjr25 wrote:The N64 stuff is just speculators. People are hoarding and buying up. There are literally millions of copies of some of these still in perfect working order and fine condition. I am certain the majority of people buying them already own them and they are looking at them as investments. It's poor thinking, but each his own.
As an example - I sold Sculptor's Cut CIB about 18 months ago for $500. A guy I was pm'ing on NA said I should keep it, but he'll give me the $500 if I want it. As we discussed, his theory was that it was going to be a $2,000 game so he's buying each one up as they come up. He sent me a pic - he had 7 copies CIB at the time of a game "impossible" to find CIB. That is a very small example on a rare game. There are people with dozens, nay hundreds of some of these extremely common but now pricey games and they are just investing.
Agree, even though a Block Buster rental exclusive which has merit of value due to low chance of finding CIB, will the game hold value twenty years from now? The knowledge of the exclusive drives the market along with the frenzy of what is is currently popular to collect. That said, how many will know or care decades later about paying so much more for a demised rental company exclusive game?
The game market is so huge which also spreads out what is the current "hot cake" highly sought exclusive game. As for investment, that is rose colored glasses if one is planning to retire after selling off the "stock".
An alternative to the investment resell concept,
buy the game while inexpensive to play as posted by many here so many times. I recently bought
SNES Super Genjin 2 CIB here on Racketboy, surprised no one else snagged it. A Japan exclusive to just the SNES console. A really great game and so much cheaper then "investing" in a TG16 console. Oh, the translation of that game is Bonk 2 that is inspired as well as expands on the originals. Any SNES owner should have this in their collection, easily bought for under twenty bucks shipped.
