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http://www.wired.com/2015/09/akihabara-4/?
More at the link, but I guess this was bound to happen one day..Visitors to Akihabara, Tokyo痴 famed home of nerd culture, looking to mine the district痴 renowned cache of mint-condition classic videogames might be disappointed. As game collecting continues its meteoric rise in popularity around the world, Akihabara is being scoured clean, and what痴 left commands astronomical prices.
A visit to the delightfully named Super Potato (mascot: a potato with a face), one of the district痴 most well-stocked and delightfully decorated classic game emporiums, turned up many empty shelves. In particular, the growing popularity of the TurboGrafx-16, known in Japan as the PC Engine, has virtually cleared out that section of the store.