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[Anonymous No.25540274]

>physical vidya isn’t a viable investment strate-

[Anonymous No.25540285]

>>25540274
an opened version of it is worth like 85% less

[Anonymous No.25540326]

I could try sell a copy of super Mario Allstars for 2k doesn't mean anyone will want it.

[Anonymous No.25540403]

>just put your money in stonks bro
>just buy real estate bro
https://kotaku.com/holy-grail-of-rare-video-games-found-in-a-goodwill-fo-473730982

[Anonymous No.25540487]

>>25540274
Get back to me when someone actually buys it at that price. Only then will you have something of substance to say.

[Anonymous No.25540577]

It's viable, but risky since you have to really pay attention to the reception of the game and the amount printed. Investing in core sets of MtG and Pokemon TCG sealed booster boxes is more of a sure thing imo, be careful with MtG sets that had collector's boosters though.

[Anonymous No.25540627]

>>25540487
>>25540326
>they parked their quid in shitcoin
lol

[Anonymous No.25540719]

>>25540274
the real mindfuck is Pokemon cards from 1998-2006
if you were a good little autist like me and never played with your holo cards and kept them in protective sleeves you stand to make $5-$50 per card on ebay, I even sold my rarest two for ~$500 each. Offers were coming in within minutes of listing. People really go bananas for these things lately.
Also most Pokemon game boy games complete in box will net you $100+ each easily.

[Anonymous No.25540721]

>>25540274
who knows if anyone ever buys it, + its the best JRPG ever made and scarce, doubt there are more examples of this

[Anonymous No.25540737]

>>25540627
Fair enough. Coming from an outsider to this, is there any particular rhyme or reason to which games fetch high prices like this? Like is it exclusively sealed, top tier games or is there more nuance to it?

[Afiii666 No.25540754]

Stop fudding idiots, just check fucking Base and see who is your Daddy now!
>I will make money here and you will die poor faggots

[Anonymous No.25540784]

>>25540737
imagine bitcoin but its at max supply at the start and miners are children snapping discs

[Anonymous No.25540786]

>>25540274
>tfw have hundreds of rare JRPGs I’ve collected over the years fully boxed/cased

[Anonymous No.25540832]

>>25540274
It probably wouldn't hurt picking up an investment grade game like Final Fantasy or something just out of the lens of normies. It sucks that you'd have to pay ebay like 15% in fees or whatever. What I'm sure some people do like Alpha Investments is buy a shitton of the product he's shilling and make a youtube channel around it.

[Anonymous No.25541159]

>>25540737
There are. Generally speaking for your typical North American copies from snes onward through PS2 era, games specifically of the Japanese rpg genre command an extremely fanatic but relatively small share of game players. The smart publishers know this and produce enough copies to meet demand without having bulk inventory that goes unsold to your typical gamer. Not all JRPG are created equal. Some like Final Fantasy enjoy brand recognition and have larger production runs to meet the demand from more casual audiences, others like the game I’m posting have little cross over appeal but when the game itself earns credibility among that hardcore fan base there’s little left over inventory. However it’s usually not these fans who are paying top dollar down the road as they have their copies. The true market is autotistic speeds with overbearing parents who never let them play as children. When they become successful as a result they go overboard and literally seek out the entire library of games for the generation of consoles they were denied. But as I stated when they go seeking these jrpg’s they can generally only find sellers who still cover them and the price spikes.
TL:DR find jrpg communities online, discover which games they absolutely love, buy and store cases of the games for 10-30 years as retailers liquidate their old inventory and finally enjoy your 5000% ROI

[Anonymous No.25541180]

>>25540786
Were gonna make it JRPGbros.

[Anonymous No.25541192]

>>25540274
ofc its weeb game no one played so they hardly made them

[Anonymous No.25541233]

>>25540721
Earthbound, Lunar series. Anything on Sega Saturn

[Anonymous No.25541301]

>>25541159
*autistic spergs
My fault for phoneposting but I’m distracted with FF7R so little time to proofread.

[Anonymous No.25541309]

You should check out the Silent Hill game prices. Even used copies of the first 4 games sell for 100+ sometimes.

[Anonymous No.25541336]

>>25540487
is that adam sessler wtf

[Anonymous No.25541368]

>>25540627
This is like jewish money laundering or something like they do with art

[Anonymous No.25541387]

>>25540719
Zoomers are retarded spastic children.

[Anonymous No.25541389]

>>25541336
based sess. I met both Adam and Morgan at a Tokyo game show. this was back before the ps3 was released also met Kojima such a fucking good day I was smashed as fuck off tory highballs even beat the Hudson soft booth girls at bomber man. good times.

[Anonymous No.25541415]

>>25541159
Get a life faggot you are depressing

[Anonymous No.25541469]

>>25541309
Yep. You’ve already missed the PlayStation 1 bus. PS2, Dreamcast, GameCube, Xbox and PS3 is where the meat is going to be. Newer consoles are switching to digital copies so what physical copies are produced may become extremely rare. Who knows. I wouldn’t automatically assume it’s the JRPG genre that will do well this generation as they aren’t as popular with kids, but find that niche that modern zoomers are obsessed with and apply the principles I’ve taught you. Got to get back to my game now. You can either bump this for other anons or let it slide and keep it to yourself. I don’t really care because I got mine lmao

[Anonymous No.25541501]

>>25541309
The Room deserves every dollar it gets Henry Townsend is a fucking mad cunt.

[Anonymous No.25541502]

>>25541180
Yes we are, fren. What’s the rarest one you own? I’m trying to profit off JRPGs through YouTube right now as well. Started a JRPG focused channel last year and am up to like 500 subscribers now, it was a real slow start but it’s finally starting to pick up a bit

[Anonymous No.25541537]

THIS IS A WARNING OUT THERE FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COLLECT FOR ANY CARTRIDGE BASED CONSOLES. DONT THE CHINESE ARE MAKING REPROS FASTER THEN YOU CAN SAY "OH HEY EARTHBOUND". STAY AWAY FROM THEM.

[Anonymous No.25541542]

>>25541502
RPG’s from the publisher Working Designs. Thank me later

[Anonymous No.25541580]

>>25541502
Sorry read that wrong. Who knows Suikoden II and Earthbound are my most valuable but I think the Working Designs games are likely rarer. This one if I had to guess.

[Anonymous No.25541621]

>>25541542
I have a lot of these already. Lunar 1 and 2, Arc the Lad Collection, etc. Also have some other real rare ones like Valkyrie Profile. GameCube JRPGs are starting to skyrocket as well, luckily I already have most of them. Got lucky with finding Baten Kaitos Origins for $40 fully boxed last year and now I see it goes for over $100

[Afiii666 No.25541634]

I'm so glad I swung this x2 and cashed out $4500. Still have 20k Base tokens just for the laughs.

RBASE IS NEXT ONE

[Anonymous No.25541681]

are there any products like Pokémon cards coming out today that we should preserve for the future ?

[Anonymous No.25541811]

I agree OP

[Anonymous No.25541829]

>>25540737
>>25541159
If you’d actually played a lot of JRPGs as a kid like I did, you’d understand that the value is based a lot around how good the game is and how rare. Suikoden II is actually a really fun game, and not easy to find, so it’s worth a lot. Same with Valkyrie Profile, etc.

The reason PS1 JRPGs are worth a good amount for good condition ones is because when we were kids, these discs/cases/paperwork were incredibly easy to fuck up and damage in comparison to the cartridge generation that came before it. Pretty much everyone fucked up their games, so the number of good condition ones is really small.

[Anonymous No.25542422]

>>25540274
It's not though, the market has been in a bubble for the past 6-7 years. Games like Suikoden are cool, but they are only sort after by a small percentage of the general gamer demographic. If you want to make money in the future off vidya game stuff you should be buying up actual rare shit that has a large consumer demographic (see pic related)