Dominance9
Pleasure Goal
- Joined
- Dec 12, 2015
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Seems like lately certain game prices across most all the systems are getting out of hand.... Making it quite easy to regret not buying certain games when they seemed "reasonably expensive". Reading the posts on the recent Pulstar sale thread here mentioning collecting for investment made me wonder if this is why the game market (for select games / systems) has driven the prices all nuts and shit?
Is there really a movement there?
Is there anyone here that does?
If so, What would be your time frame for a exit since it is a "investment" and we are in a apparent "bubble" ?
The realistic 1/2 of my brain wonders if thats a wise idea. Most games were made in the 10's to 100's of thousands, some in the millions. Being "rare" and or "scarce" is possible, but for a majority of games does not apply. So just for a purely random example: Why is Super Smash bros. for gamecube still expensive? Its not rare by any means. That game will come down, hard in the next few years. (you'd think)
So will we really still be looking for complete MVS kits, CIB games, Saying fuck no to multi carts or emulation and still looking for Legit carts and games in 20, 30, 40 years?
Will next generations actually give a fuck about old games? Cause if they dont, values will be left to us...but we will be, well, old and probably senile and or dying off. Which actually thinking about it will obviously destroy the market either way if we all hold on to our games untill the end.
Atari and pre 8 bit games suffered, what will stop the same from happening to 8, 16 32 etc bit games?
Or will the game market live on like Old comic books?
My main question: Is it possible to hit a tipping point? Take that $400 Pulstar cart for example. Most that posted said thats a nuts price, but it sold. I wouldnt pay it and most said they wouldnt either. Will the cheap ppl eventually pay up or will the collectards collect themselves out of the picture eventually?
Genuinely interested in all's opinions.
Is there really a movement there?
Is there anyone here that does?
If so, What would be your time frame for a exit since it is a "investment" and we are in a apparent "bubble" ?
The realistic 1/2 of my brain wonders if thats a wise idea. Most games were made in the 10's to 100's of thousands, some in the millions. Being "rare" and or "scarce" is possible, but for a majority of games does not apply. So just for a purely random example: Why is Super Smash bros. for gamecube still expensive? Its not rare by any means. That game will come down, hard in the next few years. (you'd think)
So will we really still be looking for complete MVS kits, CIB games, Saying fuck no to multi carts or emulation and still looking for Legit carts and games in 20, 30, 40 years?
Will next generations actually give a fuck about old games? Cause if they dont, values will be left to us...but we will be, well, old and probably senile and or dying off. Which actually thinking about it will obviously destroy the market either way if we all hold on to our games untill the end.
Atari and pre 8 bit games suffered, what will stop the same from happening to 8, 16 32 etc bit games?
Or will the game market live on like Old comic books?
My main question: Is it possible to hit a tipping point? Take that $400 Pulstar cart for example. Most that posted said thats a nuts price, but it sold. I wouldnt pay it and most said they wouldnt either. Will the cheap ppl eventually pay up or will the collectards collect themselves out of the picture eventually?
Genuinely interested in all's opinions.