Are video games the next baseball cards?

[J T]

Most jobs are being automated or will be soon, except for the programmers and engineers who make the automaton's work. Since programmers and engineers are often nerds who like videogames, and since they will have some of the only paying jobs left in the future, I think there will continue to be a market for selling old games. In fact, after the robots steal your career away, you may depend on selling your videogames as a source of income.

[MrPopo]

Most jobs are being automated or will be soon, except for the programmers and engineers who make the automaton's work. Since programmers and engineers are often nerds who like videogames, and since they will have some of the only paying jobs left in the future, I think there will continue to be a market for selling old games. In fact, after the robots steal your career away, you may depend on selling your videogames as a source of income.

I look forward to being part of the new ruling class. Bow before me or your robots shall turn against you.

[J T]

^Notice dear readers, that his text is not in blue.

#PopoApocalypse

[PartridgeSenpai]

I feel like everything 5th gen and prior for the most part is pretty firmly going to stay at it's current price level or continue climbing since I don't see the market ever getting flooded with them again.

Really if your into collecting I recommend riding the lows each console experiences a collapse in their individual market at some point or another. If your into games for the game play there is currently a buffet of cheap but good games out there for the PS2, Xbox, 360, PS3, Wii, GB, Game Gear, GBA, DS, and etc.

This is more or less how I look at it. Go snag those cheap last-gen games now! Especially 360 and OG Xbox games, which are going for sooo little right now. One of the only things I've been "collecting" lately is 360 games because there are SO many good ones that you can get for 5-ish bucks. If you don't mind no cases, DS games are in exactly the same boat of a lot of the better, 3rd-party releases being very cheap.

[Tanooki]

Tanooki has a well known disdain for people who charge more than he thinks a game is worth. And since his notion of a game's worth is stuck in the late 90's/early 2000's for an SNES game it means he hates all resellers.

Just twist the knife eh? It's not people in particular, it's the whole goddamn setup and it's not personal on any individual. It just goes back to childhood and being fucked out of 2 of my 3 hobbies in the early 90s due to the same crap and seeing it rear it's head against the 3rd just steams me. That's it. I don't hate all resellers, but I do have a dislike for those who actively drive for the highest level possible to help cause the price curve to increase. They'll sit on crap for weeks or months until it becomes the new norm, then inch it north again.

And yes I sell too, but no I don't put it at the top of the ladder, quality for quality I'll put it under so it moves, just not enough someone else can make a buck off my back either. If you all can't stand my presence or my comments so bad, remove me. The stupid pressure tactics aren't going to change my opinion. I'd like nothing more than the normalization of things to finally hit like it did to cards and the rest. The few honest well known rare games end up staying high, and all the fraud based inflation bottoms out and that's all.

[Exhuminator]

except for the programmers and engineers who make the automaton

Well I'm glad I work in industrial automation then.

Machine learning will eventually make us programmers and engineers obsolete too though.

[benderx]

The Answer is No! Hardly any kids in next 15-30 years wont care about owning retro games cause it will be available in HD video game catalogs online. They are restoring games, music, movies in new higher resolution.

There are either corrupted resellers who want you to think it's rare now, so they can easily cash in. Games won't be on cartridges or discs in a few years. Apple removed there disc drive. Just like computer companies removing floppy disc drives. For instance trying to buy a Sega Saturn console with no controllers or connectors from game seller. The seller says $40-60, but you don't know if it works. The Seller doesn't care so he suggest keep it as shelf momento/ trophy. I'm like forget this asshole. Cause some day Sega will one day re-release some games online somehow or recreate in hd.

Also would you prefer owning X-Men series from any decade on your computer/tablet to read or have a clutter / nice shelf collection in your home. People don't have enough room to store stuff. There is no reason to own all nes and snes collection cause most won't even play all sports/terrible bad games. I tell most game sellers that it's available online in nintendo virtual console at a low cost. Who want 8-track music anyone?

[o.pwuaioc]

except for the programmers and engineers who make the automaton

Well I'm glad I work in industrial automation then.

Machine learning will eventually make us programmers and engineers obsolete too though.

From what I've gleaned teaching dystopian literature, it won't bode well for any of us.

[samsonlonghair]

except for the programmers and engineers who make the automaton

Well I'm glad I work in industrial automation then.

Machine learning will eventually make us programmers and engineers obsolete too though.

From what I've gleaned teaching dystopian literature, it won't bode well for any of us.

Imagine the Pentagon meeting when they approved the Hunter-Killer program and their associated MQ-9 reapers. I mean the names alone should dissuade anyone, right? Nope.

Contractor: "Good news General! The boys at General Atomics invented a flying robot that can kill humans."

General: "I can see no way in which this will ever go wrong."

[ElkinFencer10]

except for the programmers and engineers who make the automaton

Well I'm glad I work in industrial automation then.

Machine learning will eventually make us programmers and engineers obsolete too though.

We'll always need teachers, so I reckon I'm pretty safe. Even if we go super "student driven learning" bullshit, you'll still need a teacher to answer students' questions, explain complex issues, modify instructional material based on learning disabilities and academic level, and evaluate assessments.

People may make snide jokes like "Those who can't do teach," but people can't do without being taught. Many of us have probably taught ourselves skills, but for most people - and especially in more complicated and advanced fields - a teacher is a necessity.