Only way an old game is worth something is if it’s rare enough it needs to be preserved and its content extracted and shared, just so it’s not lost to time.
Speculation on retro gaming is bullshit. Games are meant to be played.
Everything is worth what the buyer will pay. If there’s a collector out there who will pay $20k for a shrink wrapped Chrono trigger, even though he could just buy the steam version for $15, then it’s worth $20k. You might think it’s dumb, and I agree, but it is what it is.
In retrogaming’s specific case though, it’s been completely manufactured in the last few years. A few famous or semi-famous idiots got in touch with con artists, and made some bogus transactions with massive media coverage. They engineered a speculative bubble.
And they managed to fuck up the retrogaming market for everyone, even those actually just looking for a bit of nostalgia to plug into their old consoles. Suddenly it was all assholes trying to scam each other and even common cartridges in a subpar state had their prices skyrocket.
Only way an old game is worth something is if it’s rare enough it needs to be preserved and its content extracted and shared, just so it’s not lost to time.
Speculation on retro gaming is bullshit. Games are meant to be played.
Everything is worth what the buyer will pay. If there’s a collector out there who will pay $20k for a shrink wrapped Chrono trigger, even though he could just buy the steam version for $15, then it’s worth $20k. You might think it’s dumb, and I agree, but it is what it is.
In retrogaming’s specific case though, it’s been completely manufactured in the last few years. A few famous or semi-famous idiots got in touch with con artists, and made some bogus transactions with massive media coverage. They engineered a speculative bubble.
And they managed to fuck up the retrogaming market for everyone, even those actually just looking for a bit of nostalgia to plug into their old consoles. Suddenly it was all assholes trying to scam each other and even common cartridges in a subpar state had their prices skyrocket.
good point, I wasn’t aware of any of that