Did something happen recently that it's jumped from £300 to £600?Every generation up to the fucking PS3, major second-hand sellers like CEX and faggots on ebay are selling (or trying to) every remotely "retro" consoles at triple digit prices. Who the fuck IRL is buying PSPs and PS2s for insane prices?I went to Japan recently and found that this disease has spread over there as well but I could still find retro games at reasonable prices compared to here. (I wish I could read japanese).
This stupid thread again
This also seems to extend to electronics in general, like every 2nd hand place I've been to in the UK are selling outdated 22" plasma (not even CRTs) screens for £50+.Japan on the other hand has an actual function 2nd-hand market with reasonable prices for everything (except console/games below a certain generation).Like what the fuck?
>>11394817>PALAre we sure he isn't offering to pay you for the pick up?
>>11394827Seriously how the fuck are PAL games worth anything?If I was unfortunate enough to be European, I would emulate everything.
>>11394838There are no reasons to buy physical games beyond collecting. NTSC or PAL
>>11394838>Seriously how the fuck are PAL games worth anything?Cos they play like how I remember them? At 50hz.
>>11394838A lot of Sega games are World roms, so PAL games could play at 60hz on an NTSC system. And some 50hz games are better converted than others.
>>11394843I actually like having limited options and a level of investment in certain games so I have motivation to play stuff for more than 2 minutes before compulsively loading another game from a menu.Once prices become insane, though, people should just emulate.
>>11394843Is US market better than the Europe market for retro?
you can list things for whatever price you want. that doesn't mean it will sell for that much.
>>11394817>Asking priceLook for sold items. Anyone can ask for any price they want, doesn't mean it's selling for that cost.
>>11394903>>11394817Looked up the actual price. It sells for between £350 and £450.Not £600.
>>11394817How many times are we going to have this thread? Retro game prices shot up during the pandemic and while some have come down a bit since then, they're still higher than they were five years ago and will continue to be. Interest from scalpers, news reports about how your copy of Mario might be worth a fortune, and increasing actual rarity of physical retro games over time all mean prices will never actually go back to where they were in 2008. Pay the late tax or emulate.
>>11394963Motherfucking PS2 costs £90 in CEX. A PS3 costs £80 and a PS4 costs £120.What are these fucking prices?
>>11395606>>11394963Game collecting used to be a bulk buying hobby, which is why trying to get full sets of NES or SNES used to be a common (relatively speaking, in the "community") pursuit; the overwhelming majority of games were very cheap, with only a small handful of heavy hitters, most of which topped out at maybe a couple hundred bucks back then. Nowadays it's a selective pursuit, where newfag collectors and nostalgiafags will buy a console and a small selection of games for premium prices, which don't really impact them much, because they're dropping a few hundred here and there for a small selection of games, without the ambition, or financial ability, to snag a meaningfully sized collection. It's irritating, but you can thank the previously mentioned reasons and people for it shifting from a poor man's trash collecting hobby to a luxury pursuit infested by literal multimillionaire investors.
>>11395606Mate of mine just gave me back my old PS2 for free after I sold it to him 15+ years ago
>>11395654>It's irritating, but you can thank the previously mentioned reasons and people for it shifting from a poor man's trash collecting hobby to a luxury pursuit infested by literal multimillionaire investors.I don't understand what these faggots are getting out of it. It's not like they're collecting classic sports cars which have always been coveted by normalniggers. It's gaming consoles, almost every single normalfag I know does not have their old consoles anymore. It's either been sold or given away or even trashed.
>>11396047Investment. There's obviously a lot of people, even wealthy ones, who buy expensive games because they like having them and/or to show them off to other game collectors, but there's also ones who collect games as a means to an end. You can typically suss out these types when their response to collectors complaining about game prices is something along the lines of that you should be happy that your collection is worth more. Of course that only matters if you're selling, and if your end goal is to cash out and buy some unrelated asset, like a sportscar or whatever, because otherwise all it means is that you're paying more for other games.
I sometimes make burner accounts and message sellers that I've doxxed them, I know where they live, that I'm coming to break into their homes and set their hoarded shit on fire while they're at work. I've probably singlehandedly inadvertently sold a lot of home security systems and rents on storage units, maybe even a few bank deposit boxes. Which is why I tell them that the police and fire response would never make it on time to save their shit or to arrest me (which is true, smash and grab burglaries rarely result in arrests).
>>11394817Nintendo recently put the deathnail in emulation. Buy and download what you can soon.
>>11396967>Nintendo recently put the deathnail in emulationHow?
>>11397041Nintendo has put like 50 deathnails in emulation over the years.Anyway, I'm off to emulate some games now, see you later.
>>11397125>Nintendo has put like 50 deathnails in emulation over the years.But that's like the new stuff right? Everything up to gamecube should be decent. I mean, NES and SNES emulation should be perfect at this point.
>>11396963t. every emulatorfag who says they’re not jealous of people with money
>>11394903That's top of the market. Sellers will always try to hold for the highest amount, they don't want to acknowledge the bottom of the market.
>>11397041They put up a page on their website with some lies about it being illegal. For a fragile zoom zoom that's like a """jumpscare""" that's so shocking it can cause instant death.
>>11397503>For a fragile zoom zoom that's like a """jumpscare""" that's so shocking it can cause instant death.Are they also scared of torrents?
>>11397497>That's top of the market.In the last few months Knuckles Chaotix has sold for £450+. For the PAL version. For some reason the US version is much cheaper. I could've sworn the 32X did better here.
>>11399241>Are they also scared of torrents?Deathly afraid. One time I emailed a torrent file to a zoomer and when they/them saw it theys/thems head exploded. You can get the same results by making eye contact with one.
>>11394817wtf youre righti have a collection of about 200 psp games where i bought them for cheapest possible price like 1-2 buck per piece on ebay with free shiping when i was bored at work mamy years ago. maybe i should sell them for profit kek
>>11394817Money laundering.
>>11394848*because euros are retarded
>>11396963Sure little buddy.
>>11399265>For the PAL versionAnd why would that matter to someone who doesn't play video games but merely financially spectates on them. The game being unplayable garbage actually makes it easier to put it in a dark airtight space and forget about it for a few years.
>>11394821In Japan they're not allowed to just throw things away. You have to pay someone to collect your old junk. I think this is why retro gaming stuff is so common over there.
>>11399241Zoomers mostly don't understand torrents, the few that do never seed so they end up killing torrents
>>11394817ROUNDHOUSE KICK I-KNOW-WHAT-I-HAVERS SLICE THEM IN HALF WITH A KATANA
>>11395606Is anyone actually buying those though?
>>11394817This is just speculators. Once the market crash comes, these games will all crash down with it. Asset prices are majorly inflated right now.
>>11396047You don't understand the power of the nostalgia bug. Once those people get that itch and have money, they may be willing to part with money for the nostalgia trip. Drugs cost money, so does nostalgia and trips back to your childhood.
>>11396967Nintendo has no power here. The internet finds a way.
>>11400706>The game being unplayable garbageFuck you, it was fun as a kid and has a great soundtrack.
>>11394838it is precisely because nobody wants to play them that the only people buying them are collectors
>>11402914>are collectors"Investors" you mean.
Just emulate, don't waste your money
>>11397503It's legal if you delete the rom within 24 hours
>>11397503How many re-releases are just an overpriced rom+emulator gui?
>>11400403What do you think runs in the blood of Americans?
>>11394817lel I love threads like these.>I don't believe I should have to pay what you're asking"then don't buy it, free market economy. If you can find someone selling it cheaper buy it from them">RRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>11405045Freedom and cholesterol.
Hey, wait a second... wasn't the bubble supposed to pop, guys? What gives?
>>11405542Your mind is broken
>>11396967No, they hampered switch emulation for the time being and scared the Internet Archive.
>>11405550You're broke in general
>>11405542and i love seeing a "350 dollar" crt go for free on facebook once you joomers realize nobody is paying for your shit.
>>11406269Are basic ass crts even that rare to be 350? I still have a couple in my basement.
>>11406269>your shitI'm not selling anything schizo, props on you for not being a complete retard and finding a cheaper alternative unlike faggot op.
When is it time to sell my childhood collection? The bubble will pop soon right? Should I sell now or wait a bit more?
>>11407147It's millennials chasing nostalgia and driving prices up. Barring an economic crash, demand is not going away anytime soon.
>>11396967This.I don't think emulation's dying any time soon... I do think it'll become harder to emulate though, so back up all that's important to you, on HDDs and SSDs, flash drives, SDs and micro SDs... just about anything you've got, just to be safe, I've done it recently and I'm pretty much set for life.
>>11407157>Barring an economic crashWhat about a nuclear holocaust?
How many generations have pixel perfect emulation at this point?
>>11411097I think almost none of them. I remember it being a big deal when a perfect NES emulator launched, but it was way more resource intensive than you would expect.
>>11411101>I think almost none of themNot even Master System?
>>11411125Certainly not.
>>11394874USA had a much bigger console market, I feel. When I was a kid, someone else having a console was a mark of being rich or getting a hand-me-down.My neighbour's one and only videogame console was a Master System 3 well into the 2000s, another kid got a playstation in 98 after the price drop and the only games he could ever get were Platinum or clearance. It didn't help that Gameboy games, while cheaper in the USA were JUST as expensive as proper console games here. Can you imagine shelling out big bucks for Soccer on Gameboy? Because you had to.On the other hand, lots of people had PCs. Parents needed them for work or they were just an investment, and game piracy on them flourished. My biggest memories from back then were people grabbing these thick CD/floppy cases with dozens of old pirates games. I'm not Brazilian by the way, western European.
>>11411149What part of Europe did you live in? Where I lived in the UK video games were cheap as fuck, especially used games
>>11411149>Master System 3You mean 2 right? Unless they released another version in Europe that I'm not aware of.
>>11411168There was a Master System 3
>>11411168It could have been a 2, I'm not entirely sure. It was the one with the sliding cover and it had Alex Kidd in the system memory, that's why I think it was a 3. It belonged to his big brother before it was handed down.>>11411150I live in Portugal. North, therefore poor. Even my own PS1 was a hand me down in 2001 with nothing but pirated games. When I bought a PS3 the PS4 had already been announced.
>>11411225>It was the one with the sliding cover and it had Alex Kidd in the system memory, that's why I think it was a 3. It belonged to his big brother before it was handed down.That's 2. I have it. Somewhere. Other versions had Sonic The Hedgehog.
>>11394821I think a lot of it for businesses is real estate. In Tokyo shops are cheap to run so stock is plentiful and stores don't need to have insane profit margins. The property market in Britain and most western countries is fucked beyond repair.
>>11411991>fucked beyond repair.And in turn the 2nd hard market is also fucked beyond repair?
