I collect and play a lot of old games (PS1, N64, Gameboy, and Ps2 are the main ones I buy for), but the prices on retro games are rising rapidly. Many games have doubled or tripled in price since around 2020. I like to play PS1 RPGs, but a lot of them are worth way more then I'm willing to spend nowadays. I usually prefer original hardware over emulating, but I've just been priced out of most systems (PS2 is about the only one that I care about where the price is still afforable, but even that is way up). Do you guys think this is a bubble that will pop, or are these insane prices here to stay?
(P.S. if you don't belive me look up any major game on pricecharting.com and look how the prices have spiked since 2020)
Generational shift is what you’re experiencing. Fags getting nostalgic. When they die is when you see markets fall off. 20 years ago, a coca-cola icebox from the post-ww2 era would run you 5 grand. Now they’re worth a third of that because the interested parties are pushing up dasies.
Last year I sold off 20k in c64 and atari 8 bit software. I got 1300 dollars for a folded sheet of paper. The vintage comuter market is rapidly shifting to PPC era Macintosh and x86 items.
This makes a lot of sense, as I've noticed that NES, Atari, and Genesis stuff is still decently priced, it's mostly mid-nineties to early 2000s where the prices have gone crazy high. Gamecube is probably the worst one (Some like Pokemon are even going for over a hundred dollars).
I have a ton of that to clear out too. Pro tip - buy when people laugh at you because ‘no one wants those!’. In 3-5 years you’ll be sitting on a gold mine. I bought hundreds of gameboy carts for 50 cents apiece in 2015. Most have increased 50-100 times in value. Ps2 will likely never pump, they produced soooo many discs its insane. If you want to pm me any titles you’re seeking I can check my stock on 2k era, I don’t have a ton but I do have a few hundred or so ps1, dreamcast etc.
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Ill get back to you on Saturday when im back at my house. I have to pull out some cd caddies from storage