>mfw when i'm looking at N64 game prices on ebay
take it as a sign that it's better to move on than to waste time and money on that stuff, seriously.
>>3269227
>being a collector
You're part of the problem.
>mfw
this wouldnt happen if there was a decent N64 emulator
>>3269292
Yeah, but still people who want to collect want to own the real thing.
>>3269250
Not an argument
>>3269227
DO
NOT
GO
TO
EBAY
Fuck, man. You can get games cheaper at other sites.
>>3269227
>tfw I got all the games I wanted before prices started rising
anything else I add to my collection is just brownie points
>>3269292
Why isn't there? Why can we get a PS1 and PS2, a Gamecube and Wii, a DS (and soon a 3DS) even a 360 emulated (or was it a PS3?) yet an N64 is too bizarre and obscure?
>>3269315
>You can get games cheaper at other sites.
Yea, let's hear them then deal hunter
>>3269290
>mfw
>>3269310
You're right, its not an argument, it's a fact.
>>3269357
What the shit, where the fuck do you live?
I kept mine since i was a kid.
>>3269352
(not him) I've found better deals on Amazon. Dunno about any other sites tho.
>>3269357
Why the fuck are you buying it from there? Just use krikz's website or somewhere like stone age jew.
>MFW I kept all the boxes & manuals of my N64 games, including Harvest Moon 64, and I'm sitting on a retirement fund.
>>3269486
You plan on selling them? Just keep them until you die, and then write in your testament that you want your games buried with you, that's what I did.
Gamestop.com started selling retro games, I got Wave Race 64, Pokemon Puzzle League, and Pokemon Snap for about $30. They came in very good condition.
>>3269227
There's like 2 games actually worth playing on the N64 that cost over $50. Most everything else is under $30.
Never got this forced meme
>>3269837
It is not a meme. Prices have gone up, pay attention more pleb
>>3269846
They went up. A game that was like $8 like Diddy Kong racing is now like $10-$12. Man what a crazy price!!!
Just because something rose by like 30-50% in value doesn't mean it's expensive.
>>3269290
This, I'm happy now cuz I'm selling my N64 games in light of replacing them all with an ED64.
>mfw anything with mario on it is easy money
Can't wait for gamecube and Xbox to get inflated next.
>>3269851
Where in the fuck are you living where DK Racing is $10-$12? It goes for around $50 here loose.
>>3269913
Live in a shithole I guess, kiddo.
That was ebay price I was talking about.
>>3269905
Gamecube's already inflated. Look at the prices of the more popular games, it's retarded.
I'm waiting for PS2 and Wii games to inflate.
>>3269917
Gonna need a screencap, famicom.
where the fuck do you buy new n64 controllers now?
i thought those hori controllers that sorta seem like gamecube controllers were the standard now, but they're going for $70....used
>>3269925
The thrift store near me has standard controllers with loose sticks for $20 or so, and you can get one of those replacement sticks for <$5. Price-wise something like that would be your best option.
Hori controllers I have no fucking clue.
>>3269923
Here you go famicom jr.
>>3269925
Should had hopped on the replacement sticks from the german guy.
>>3269921
PS2 games are inflated? I paid 20 bucks for a sealed copy of RomaSaga Minstrel Song just a few days ago.
I need to get a new PS2, but I'm gonna mod it anyway, so lol at prices. Gonna use the N64 money to buy an ED N8 and then sell my NES games, and use that money to buy some Saturn ODEs.
Good time to be getting out of collecting really, I'm glad I spent the (considerably smaller amount of) cash back when I did.
>>3269956
He's waiting for them to inflate. They're throwing them away at this point but they'll go up soon when the kids who grew up with them get jobs.
I bought 3 sealed copies of Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 to sit on. I don't expect a massive appreciation though, the PS2 and Wii were extremely popular, selling hundreds of millions compared to the SNES and Genesis. Supply and demand, etc. Lots of supply, not much demand.
>>3269975
>I'm gonna get all these PS2 games. They'll be worth money! I know it!
Absolutely not, but when you can get sealed games for $5 and they might be worth $20 eventually, why not? You take shit too seriously, my man.
>>3269982
That's a shit investment man. But your money.
>>3269989
>investment
Again, you take shit too seriously. These are video games, not stocks.
>>3269992
You're buying games with the intention of never playing them. You only want to resell it.
Do you have a mental condition or something? I mean it would be understandable then.
There's nothing wrong with buying low and selling high. Have to be real about it though. The only reason you want these games is for money.
>>3269996
So what's your problem? It's not like I'm betting my entire future on just these games, I have other shit too.
Look elsewhere for an argument.
>>3269227
I bought a flashcart the second I realized how much it would cost to get Mario Party 2, Mario Party 3, and Super Smash Bros. on N64.
Those 3 alone are the price of a flashcart.
>>3270006
Ya you're either young or just have poor reading comprehension. As I said in the other post you speculators are comedy material for me.
Even if you bought a $5 game and sold it for $20. You made what? $13 profit after ebay fees and completely ignore your time and other fees.
I thought the beanie baby collectors in the 90s were delusional. They got nothing on the modern video game and pop figure speculators and resellers.
I was having a conversation about this subject with a guy in his 70s the other day. He’s a heavy ebayer and mainly specializes in signs and house items. He can’t believe the video game shit. When he finds game shit he just throws it in lots of shit on ebay. And people pay out the ass for it. Many other points to be made also. We pretty much agreed there’s no other segment of ebay like the videogame shit.
>>3270025
>reading comprehension
Seems I'm not alone in that regard.
>not like I'm betting my entire future on just these games, I have other shit too
I sell other things besides a few PS2 games, in case that wasn't clear. I don't care about what else you have to say though, stop taking this hobby shit so seriously.
>>3270034
Oh please kid. You're on a forum for video games while saying I shouldn't take games seriously?
Please. This is some good laughs though.
>>3270039
Take your meds and stop looking for internet fights.
I'm investing in GameCube games. Gotcha force is my grail right now. shit looks hella fun
>>3270043
Looking for mentally invalid people that resell on ebay so I can laugh isn't really looking for a fight.
I'm neither of the people in this argument, but one thing I think video game investors should realize is that games almost never beat inflation in the long or short term. That is to say that you're probably better off buying literally anything that doesn't depreciate, even a bunch of cardboard boxes. That's not to say they've never beaten inflation but it's a lot more rare than you think. Most of those $100+ games didn't either.
>>3269937
the replacement sticks suck dick. The sensitivity/range/deadzone mapping is even worse than it is on Wii VC with a gamecube or classic controller.
>>3270063
If you bought the games new at launch you wouldn't had made a dime. Buy the games new a few years later for a few bucks or a bit more. Still probably wouldn't make money.
Very few games are actually worth anything.
One the big reasons I laugh my ass off at speculators thinking PS2 trash will be worth anything. PS1 is barely worth money.
>>3270071
Things are worth however much people will pay for them. An old video game system is worthless to people who don't like video games, but can be priceless to a hardcore collector.
>>3270120
What does that have to do with anything?
>>3270120
>Things are worth however much people will pay for them.
False and over simplistic statement.
>>3269227
Not an argument
>>3270125
Everything?
>>3269227
>being this broke
>>3270128
Gold is highly coveted and scarce, hence its high value.
Carbon monoxide is unwanted and overly abundant, which is why its worthless.
>>3269227
SNES games are worse ie. more expensive then N64
you n64 babbies have it easy
also, reminder that snes was and is a superior system and has much better games in general then n64
>>3270130
The problem is he didn't dispute that supply and demand are real. He's saying supply and demand have dictated that the price of PS1 games is crap and PS2s probably will be too on that basis. Unless you plan to chuck $300 apiece at copies of Digimon World 2 it's not going to be worth anything because one person feeling that way doesn't mean anything in the grand scheme of things.
>look up price of DW2 after typing that
>$200 on Amazon
What the fuck? Whatever. Even as a DW fan I disagree with that price.
>>3270145
>2d games
>better than n64
Imagine being this delusional.
>>3270140
A person has value as a slave. However, slavery is illegal in America. A value can't legally be put on someone to be sold into slavery.
Suger has had a protected price since 1789 in America. A consumer has no option for cheaper than American sugar.
>>3270147
Yeah, I agree. The sheer amount of price gouging on new copies of old games is disgusting.
>>3269227
More like your dads face when he gets the credit card bill for toys you overpaid for on ebay.
>>3270243
more like my face when i'm fucking your mom
>>3270175
>>3270013
this, I bought one when I saw the prices on Goemon games. Also because N64 emulation is a sad joke.
>>3270147
>Digimon world
Felt like an idiot when I decided not to pick it up along with Digimon world 3 complete and black label for 5 bucks a piece. My logic was if it didn't have 2 it wasn't worth it. This was before the price
inincrease
>>3270856
>Looking at the SNES games
>Remembering that I got Mega Man X, Super Mario Kart and Zombies ate my Neighbors for $20 each in 2010 and 2012
Feels good man
>>3269227
>tfw you remember finding a tiny indie retro shop selling boxed complete snes and mega drive gaems in a small town in the Scottish Highlands circa 2000
>tfw when you picked up a few complete snes classics for £5 each 'cos nobody was buying that shit
>tfw Gamestation was selling off boxed SNES/MD games for 99p each around the same time and you picked some up
>tfw when you didn't completely clean both places out while the getting was good
>tfw when both shops are now long gone
>>3271259
Same N64 is the only flash cart I own.
I really wish people would stop saying N64 emulation is fine.
>>3271420
>tfw when
>that feel when when
>>3271459
Sorry, I got carried away with the feels.
>>3269290
It's a good feel. Fuck buying N64 games at $40 a piece when you can just get the ED64 2.5, which is just missing Pokémon Stadium and japanese Animal Crossing.
Here's a fun game for anyone interested. Open two browser tabs. Go to Video game price charts on one, and google the wikipedia article for a popular e-celeb in the other. Now find a retro game episode they did, and check the historical price on VGPC.
This game is how I found out that Game Grumps is largely responsible for the $50 price tag of Contra. Before their episode on it, the price varied between $15-$25, year after year. After their episode, the price went up to $35 in the first year, and has gone up to $50 since. You can actually see the effect e-celebs have had on retro game prices. Ever wonder why a super-common and not very popular game is suddenly expensive? Try playing this game, you might find your answer.
>>3271620
Man, this is a fun game. Kabuki Quantum Fighter was a $1-$2 game up until April 2013(I'm guessing some e-celeb reviewed it), when the price went up to about $5. After Game Grump's episode on it, the price has gone up to $10.
>>3269829
I thought they were doing that and charging crazy prices?
>>3270148
When they don't have blocky, primitive looking 3D environments and character models of course even the shittiest looking 2D games are gonna still look better than the shittiest looking 3D ones (except maybe Atari 2600 and earlier but w/e).
>>3270148
The snes by and large did have a way better library than the 64, the 64 had next to no good third party titles while the Snes had the best from Capcom, Square and Konami.
>>3269937
>just use a replacement stick
Holy fuck, those sticks are horrible.
>>3270060
Could have fooled me with all of the effort both of you mongoloids put into your replies to each other
E-Celebs on Youtube talking about "obscure" and "older games" have caused game prices to go way up. People go watch the video and start buying the games on Ebay to have.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde goes for 15-20 and more now, and it's so fucking common and so bad it's laughable.
All because of I'm gonna take you back to the past.
Game Grumps is fucking up prices, too. Basically anyone who is semi-popular on Youtube like THE GAMING HISTORIAN hehe hi I'm 25 and I read Wikipedia articles pay me on Patreon I'll make a video
Are driving up prices to insane amounts
>>3271725
Don't blame the youtubers, blame the morons who actually bought copies of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on ebay. Even when they knew full well how totally shit it was. In fact, I'm not even sure why you'd be angry about it. You're not one of those morons too, are you?
>>3271640
Surprisingly no, they have some fair and decent deals. Castlevania bloodlines is $35 compared to the 50-60 it usually goes for, that's just one good deal I remember.
I wish life actually had rules and /vr/ mods.
>>3271762
This. You couldn't even pay me to have a copy of Jekyll & Hyde on my shelf. Anyone who does should be ashamed of themselves.
>DUDE I OWN IT IRONICALLY LEL
>>3271635
There's also the AVGN effect.
>>3271635
That said, for a game as solid as Kabuki is, $10 is beyond reasonable. I remember buying KickMaster about 5 years ago for 15 bucks, and now it averages around $60 to $70.
>>3271875
I entirely agree, I'm just having fun seeing the effect e-celebs have had on games.
Hell, I'm still surprised Kabuki is less than $20.
Supply and demand. My rule is, if the emulators are good then I don't bother wasting more money on the real hardware.
I woke up at 6am this morning and went to two carboots, got 4 boxed mint condition game gear games and 9 PSP games for £11. There were also plent of xbox, 360, PS3, Wii games for cheap prices £1-2. Fallout 3 for the PS3, great game only £1, but people just buy nostalgia.
Wake up early and you can build a great retro collection for pocket change.
>>3272118
why do they hold flea markets so early
i need my sleep on weekends
>>3272151
First one starts at 7am. The other one I went to starts at 10am but I find you get more bargains at the earlier one. PROTIP: Walk around real quickly as soon as it starts, just scan both rows for anything obvious. Then after everyone has unpacked give it a good look. Don't be a cunt and go through people's cars or ask each person if they have any old games. If you buy some games from someone then you can ask if they have any more back home and give them your number.
>>3272118
Those are some pretty good deals.
I'm just worried gen 7+(and a bit of gen 6) stuff won't be quite as valuable as previous generations, barring widespread adoption of some hamachi-like system to revive online functionality(or even official revivals; One can dream...).
I mean, who will want to play blackops 2 on ps3 with no multiplayer?
>>3270071
>PS1 is barely worth money.
kek
It hasn't reached NES levels of bullshit but it's getting up there. Popular games can run you well over $30.
>>3271662
No no, a lot of late-era Atari games look much better than early 3D games.
>when someone donates 1 fucking dollar and super smash bros costs 50
>>3272219
>kek
18+ board
>$30
Man big money.
>>3272548
Considering a new 3DS game costs $40 here, it's big money for a game that came out two decades ago
$70 Bison Dollars
>>3272219
SOTN goes for at least $60-70 dollars
>>3272565
>well over
>>3272552
When you got multiple games reaching well over $100 and maybe a few getting close to a grand and over then you have a point.
PS1 library just isn't worth much.
>>3269938
>poster stopped replying
GG rekting that kiddy anon
Anyway N64 games are fucking cheap. Only two games cost over $50 that are worth owning, Smash and Conker.
>>3269921
Honestly I find the whole inflation of PS2/GC games cute. I personally don't hold any nostalgia for these games, and you can get them so easily on the PSN store nowadays.
It's also an underage radar, seriously, who the fuck holds nostalgia for GC/PS2 games, to the piont where they'll go out and spend $200 bucks on just ONE game? I mean, yeah, I was like 14 when the GC first came out, but by that time I was playing better shit on PC and emulating... only system worth spending serious dosh on is SNES, I just feel like everything else means shit all and insignificant.
That's just me tho, I'm sure you guys who collect GC/PS2 hold the same resentments to kids who have nostalgia for the Wii/PS3... shit is just a generational difference, I guess.
>>3271620
The same thing is going on with Doom 64. Bought a copy off eBay for like $15 and then the James and Mike episode came out and prices spiked. Guess I got lucky.
>>3272585
PS2 games are barely inflating... Unless it's some super niche game from Japan that sold like 10k copies.
I also wouldn't say GC games are expensive either. Only three games break the $100 mark. The problem with GC is that all the first party Nintendo stuff averages a little more than usual, but there's also plenty of dirt cheap third party stuff that helps offset the price. Even then the only thing I feel is overpriced right now is Melee and Double Dash. Everything else is probably cheaper than the average Nintendo first party N64 game.
>mfw when I passed on games a couple of years ago because i thought the price was too high, and now they've more than doubled
At least you know what you're getting
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Banjo-Kazooie-Nintendo-64-Game-Cart-Only-/282053241869?hash=item41abaeec0d:g:XfwAAOSwampXHMEE
>>3269315
Not in most countries or regions
>>3272584
It's always better to import Saturn games - they go for dirt cheap compared to their American counterparts.
That said, if you're into RPGs you're fucked.
>>3269486
oldfag here, can confirm this.
feels good man, feels really fucking good.
>>3272181
I believe most Gen 6 stuff will appreciate. It's the last gen you can just pop the game in the system and not have to worry about updates/downloads for the game to fucking work correctly.
>>3273002
TFW never, ever sold any of my games. Only had to replace a few games over the years cause retard little brother, and did that all 5-6 years ago before current bubble.
>tfw your fucking dumbass peers sold their shit to rapestop in 2004 and you picked them all up at great prices
>>3269290
Is there anything like that for the Sega Saturn?
>>3273037
The top-tier stuff will. The shovelware won't, but that's true of any generation.
There is the balancing factor that all 3 big 6th gen consoles are pretty easy to pirate on, though (Nintendont on Wii/Wii U, Free McBoot, xbox softmod). The GBA's the only thing that really needs hardware, and it's only $40.
I think the fact that SNES flashcarts are still so expensive and don't have great compatibility is propping up the market somewhat.
I've been stocking up on dual-layer PS2 games and the ones that aren't compatible with RGB/OPL. I'm not a reseller but I like to buy my games when they're at their cheapest point - don't want to regret never filling out my library like I am with SNES right now. (fucking Kirby games use SA-1 and are like $80 each)
>>3273061
Stocking up on PS2 games is fucking dumb. All the good shit has been remastered for 7th gen consoles or ported to PC. I mean for fucks sake Zone of the Enders 2 is only $9 used on eBay and the game is just the type of niche game that should be fucking expensive due to it selling poorly and being Japanese animu shit. Most RPGs have also been ported already too. The only game that will probably be worth much are the .hack games
>>3273086
you just have to wait for the youtubers to start playing ps2 stuff
>>3273091
They already are and the games still aren't worth shit.
>>3272118
Fucking this m8. I wake up at 7am on Saturdays and hit up a bunch of garage sales. This Saturday I picked up about 20 games that I paid $30 for, including PS2 games like Fatal Frame, Silent Hill 2, 3 and 4, Minish Cap for the Gameboy Advanced and I even picked up a copy of Nights Into Dreams for the Saturn. I'm leaving out a lot of shit, but I ran the numbers and I calculated that if I were to sell it all at current eBay prices, I would have made a $300 profit. The weekend before that I picked up a N64 system with an expansion pack, 3 atomic controllers and a bunch of games including Majora's Mask and Ocarina of Time for $25. The people complaining about game prices are just lazy.
>>3273180
Yeah, theres a saying.
You can do anything cheaply, but it's going to take a lot of time.
So if you want to spend your entire weekends hunting for games fine, but I'd rather sleep in, play the games I have, and buy the occasional game on ebay.
>>3273180
It really depends on what are you live in. Theres resellers that come out like an hour before these places open and clean everything out. Its disgusting.
its still possible to get lucky, but if you have enough of these vultures around its almost not worth it.
>>3269938
What country? These can't be American dollars
>>3273192
Oh, there's a shitton of resellers in my area, I live in one of the urban centers in Canada. If I go to a garage sale that's listed on Kijiji and mentions Nintendo games, even if I show up 15 minutes before the stated starting time, 90% of the time resellers will have beaten me to the punch. Sometimes it gets me a bit depressed, but if you don't give up and keep doing it, you find some good deals. It certainly beats paying eBay prices for games and I like the thrill of finding unexpected stuff in the wild.
>>3273193
These are American dollars and I see them too as an American.
>>3273180
Where do you even find these garage sales? Do you just drive your car around randomly?
>>3269506
jesus why is that game so fucking hard? the 2nd level alone with the fucking logs and horses....
>>3273186
time.- I could've sworn was money, or this just something us amerifats think?
>mfw this whole thread
>>3273193
It's American dollars. Can we stop with this whole "N64 games are expensive!" meme now.
>>3273193
Are you seriously so incompetent that you can't go on eBay and look this shit up yourself? There are barely any loose carts listed right now for over 20 burgerbucks
>>3273921
All the games people want are a little pricey. That's just economics. While DKR is a solid game. No one gives a fuck about it. I've seen games like Mario Kart,and Mario party listed from 80-100, Over 100 with box/manual.
>>3269905
not happening with xbox because of the type of people who bought one back in the day. They're the type who wants to play latest and greatest (subjectively obviously) games on the latest system (ie xbox one), and thus aren't going back to their old xbox.They're the type that would rebuy HD ports of old games instead of just hooking up their old system and playing their original copy
>>3273043
Rhea
Modchips
Pseudo-card
that's about it really.
>>3274971
>Mario Kart
Like a $40 game, famicom jr.
>>3273043
flash an Action Replay with Pseudosaturn and burn the games to a cd
>>3273041
>tfw friend was getting rid of all his old console shit and I got his entire n64 collection for free, including flat-packed boxes and manuals for the games.
feels great man
>>3269913
I know I'm a little late, but I wanna know where you live that DKR is $50.
>>3274985
Nice score. How many games, specifically? Any of them expensive-ass gems?
>>3274971
You've seen them listed that high and no one fucking buys them. Look at the sold listings on eBay. Mario Kart 64 is barely selling at $40. Super Mario 64 averages like $25. N64 games are still fucking cheap. The only people who complain about the prices are too stupid to use eBay, or live in a shithole third world country.
>>3275167
around what, 10 games? not many, but I'm not complaining.
Titles include both LoTZ games (which I haven't played cause for some reason I can't get into Zelda), Diddy Kong Racing, DK64, GoldenEye, and Perfect Dark (which I've lost somewhere in the game drawer of Purgatory) and of course my favourite game on the 64 atm, Star Wars Episode 1 Podracer.
>>3274978
>They're the type that would rebuy HD ports of old games instead of just hooking up their old system and playing their original copy
>bought FFX
>rebought FFX/X-2 HD Remaster on PS4 a few months ago
>considering re-rebuying it for the PC now
Absolutely nothing wrong with putting out the same thing with updated graphics. It's just the way I've always wanted it to be, but could never have it because tech wasn't there yet.
>>3270679
>>3273061
The wii is 7th gen. Gamecube is 6th gen.
>>3275152
>I wanna know where you live that DKR is $50
So do I.
>>3269937
I guess a replacement stick of either type is better than no stick but they are pretty shitty.
I also tried a third party controller (Chiaka) and the buttons get stuck on their way up sometimes and the stick is so stiff it's retarded, like you need to put your body into it to just go forward.
So third party controllers are shit, so are replacement sticks. That leaves attempting to find a decent first party controller or giving the Hori a go.
>>3275152
Not him but I live in Canada and I saw it for $45 in a thrift store recently. Then again the Canadian dollar is worth peanuts at this point.
>>3275267
$40 for a loose cart isn't what I'd call cheap.
>>3269227
It's not just N64, nearly all consoles' libraries are seeing inflation. I think gamecube games are getting hit the hardest right now, a lot of the good games are starting to reach the $40/$30 range even for disc only copies.
I honestly don't know what's causing all non-current game prices to rise so much. I don't think old games are getting harder to find or anything yet the difference between how much most old games are worth before and now is going up so fast. I haven't even bought a new retro game since about 2012 because of this shit.
I'm actually starting to consider getting flashcarts now, hell I've been going down the dark path of emulation pretty hard nowadays.
>>3271620
>The root of the problem lies in the e-celebs
I knew they were a cancer to video games but I didn't know the extent of their damage.
>>3279781
>using Amazon
Literally all those games except Smash are easily $10+ cheaper on eBay.
![the-punisher-genesis-complete[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/nS2Yrqf.jpg "the-punisher-genesis-complete[1].jpg")
>>3269227
>Paid $3 for a Genesis console + a few games a few years ago
>Look up the price of this today, its worth $200+
What the fuck?
>muh supply and demand
That's part of it, but some underestimate how fucking dumb people tend to be. Look up "black diamond Disney VHS" and see how uneducated speculator hype can result in a buying frenzy.
>>3282052
I think youtube and social media has unearthed a whole new level of stupidity
>>3279781
>I honestly don't know what's causing all non-current game prices to rise so much
Have you ever heard of youtube? 14 year olds that are entertained by people filming themselves playing video games just have to have what the game from the newest video. No, like, they HAVE to have it. Right now. To hell with what it costs because They don't understand free market economics(not that most of the people on /vr/ do)and they are only interested in it because it's a fad. Smarter people who have no attachment to this silicon and plastic see profit to be made so it becomes a game to them. Try and sell a Contra for $25. Oh, some idiot actually paid that? Fuck it, let's call it $30 and see what happens now. Another sale later at $35 and it just becomes fun to sellers to see how high this ceiling really is.
>>3282061
Seriously, if someone at BuzzFeed or something made a clickbait article saying "Used JIF peanut butter bottles with an expiration date of June 2016 could be worth a fortune!," I guarantee you people would start selling them on ebay and people would buy them.
And seriously, look up Beauty and the Beast VHS sold prices on ebay to see what they are going for today (and no, filter the $9,000 BS stuff) versus what they were selling for just a month ago (to make it easy, sort by lowest price first to see the ones from a couple months ago). Apparently this is a HOT NEW RARE WOW fad, so much so that snopes even has a page on it from just a week ago to tell people they're fucking dumb for buying Beauty and the Beast VHS tapes for more than a buck or so.
>>3282092
>look this up
>some sold for $10, some sold for $15K+ used
Why? What is this? Some of the ones that sold for a lot were very recent, too. Like a couple days ago. Yet now I see the same thing for $2+$4 shipping?
I have this VHS still in my possession.
>>3282092
>implying homononsapients are people
>>3282197
Sock puppet accounts to artificially raise the price
I've seen games sold for 2x regular prices and then relisted by the same seller the next day.
Ebay didn't tell you that the product was most likely never payed for, just that it was listed and sold for x amount
Pretty much anything vintage is now being blown up online
>>3282197
There's apparently been some rumor floating around lately that old Disney VHS tapes might be worth money. No one is paying the several grand sales, though. That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if the standard price of a Beauty and the Beast VHS reaches and sits at $20 (which is crazy, since almost everyone with any interest in Disney has some of these). Some of the apparent hype seems to be around the black diamond "The Classics" label which you will see mentioned in some auction titles, which is absolutely meaningless. Best equivalent I can think of is someone trying to claim that the Nintendo Seal of Quality is some mark of value.
>>3282208
I'm sure this happens like crazy, especially with the whole "trending at" thing. Hopefully ebay tosses some of these, because a handful of fake $10,000 sales can really fuck up the supposed trending price for some old under $2 VHS tape. I think it comes down to people being fascinated by clickbait. Articles that claim "Man strikes it rich after finding old weird Nintendo game in the back of his closet! Your old junk could make you rich!" tease people with what all the lazy dream of: easy money for doing nothing. They think THAT random guy's junk was worth $10,000, so MY junk should be worth at least half that, so they are easily tricked into thinking that they're sitting on gold. They try to sell high, hoping that some idiot will come along and pay. The wannabe entrepreneurs in the get-rich-quick dreamers crowd see these stories and start buying every cheap, worn Beauty and the Beast VHS tape that they can find just in case the clickbait is right and they really are (or will be) worth a fortune. People who just want to have the VHS see the rapid sales/ridiculously high asking prices, fear that this is a continuing trend, and buy without thinking clearly, resulting in someone paying $20 for what is no more than maybe a $2 tape. This happens enough and before too long this becomes an acceptable price. See: the old videogame market.
>>3271640
I just looked to see how bad they are and holy shit a lot of them are reasonable!
I'm seeing reasonable prices on Dreamcast games and actually realistic prices for usually overpriced Nintendo shit.
Fucking PC engine man. You wanna play Rondo on real hardware? And in RGB? You better take a second mortgage, bub, because you're talking half a grand after shipping. So you're stuck emulating it or playing the mediocre PSP remaster.
>>3269829
Looking at their prices, oh my god its amazing. They're mostly well priced! It's like they're trying to smash the retro market and god I hope they succeed if only to bring this rapid inflation to an end.
http://www.ebay.com/gds/Why-You-Should-Be-Collecting-Disney-Black-Diamond-VHSs-/10000000015531868/g.html
Read the comments for people desperate to know if their VHS tapes that almost every American family owned in the 90s (and many probably still own) are going to net them the big bucks. Rampant speculation and lack of common sense abound.
>>3282271
>PCE ¥500
>CD+IFU ¥2000
>opamps and connectors ¥500
>Stack of CD-Rs ¥500
>Metro there and back ¥500
You're getting fucked somewhere m8 and I don't think it's just the shipping.
>>3282279
I am taking more and more of my business to them. Got a complete copy of soul caliber and Chameleon Twist for $10 each.
>>3269829
>not available in Canada
Damn.
>>3269829Even better with the power up rewards 10% + 16% codes on all online purchases
Also nice when they run b2g1 free. I bought Legend of the Mystical Ninja and actually got box and manual somehow
>>3282221
VHS tapes will never be worth anything because the video quality is garbage.
>>3282271
PSP remake has the original version which is good to play on the go, plus the remake isn't really bad (it has a lot of extra shit, boss rush mode, custom soundtrack, etc).
Otherwise, the Wii VC version is great if you want to play it on CRT.
>>3272737
I know that feel all too fucking well.
>Bucky O'Hare for $15
>Mega Man X2 for $24
>Mega Man 7 for like $30
>Castlevania Dracula X (SNES) for $35
I'm an idiot for not getting those when I had the chance.
>>3286292
With some movies, that adds to the aesthetic appeal. Some of those are actually quite valuable.
>>3282419
>All these people stocking up on MAGNETIC TAPE media
It is literally degrading more and more with each passing day, so that VHS is worth less and less with each passing day. Are they crazy?
I'm glad I'm a Laserdisc collector. It's less convenient than DVDs/Blu-Ray's, so it doesn't appeal to the e-celeb"I'm so RETRO" crowd. Many of the people who bought LD's for quality reasons are moving on to DVDs/Blu-Ray's, so the market is flooded and demand is at an all time low. Fantastic AAA titles, complete, in mint condition, for under $5 EVERYWHERE. It's like the exact opposite of the retro console game market.
>>3286307
I was offered a working Sega Saturn with cables and a controller for $10 a few weeks ago, and turned it down since I didn't have the space for it. I'm still kicking myself.
>>3286348
Ouch, that really sucks. I bought a Japanese Sega Saturn (gray version) for $3 at a flea market a few years back with no cables. Wasn't even sure if it worked or not but I figured for $3 I could sell it for parts at worst. I tried plugging in a spare power cord I had for something else into it and it didn't turn on. I'm sure someone else could find a use for the thing though.
>>3282221
no it basically dumb cunt media hype of lol someone list this thing for thousands of dollars on ebay so it must be worth lots
>>3279789
The funny part is I originally started the game as an experiment to see if e-celebs really had any effect on the prices of retro games, or if that was just a meme. There are a few games that were unaffected by it, but about 90-95% of "targeted" games actually worth playing that I checked suffered from what I call E-Celeb Syndrome. Glad I'm not a collector.
>popular Super NES game
>$50+ for a loose cart in mediocre condition
>same game on Super Famicom shipped from Japan
>$20 complete with box + manual, nearly mint
>>3284162
Yeah this, I've already gotten some N64 carts since I don't care about the boxes, but I'm want of discs if I don't get the nox
>>3286360
check the fuse on the power board
>>3286292
>255 watching
>>3290047
Shit, I know I have a few black diamond VHS tapes. None of Beauty And The Beast though. Could I still scalp em on eBay?
>>3287467
Yeah wtf is up with snes. Prices high on some very common games
I also got a sfc for this reason
>>3290050
If you do be sure to add Black Diamond in the listing title since that appears to be what these fad hoppers are fixated on. The stupid thing is this it'd be like selling an NES game as SUPER MARIO BROS. 3 **RARE NINTENDO SEAL OF QUALITY RELEASE**!!!
what the fuck is this bullshit? why is this allowed? i just want the best port of street fighter 3rd strike why is this over $20 for a useless piece of plastic and some paper
>>3290262
>i just want the best port of street fighter 3rd strike
there's nothing stopping you from pirating it
