/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Can /jp/ explain to me why retro game inflation/'hipster tax' isn't a thing in Japan?

Why can I grab something like Kirby's Dream Land 3 in near-pristine condition with box + manual for $30 on eBay from Japan while a loose cart in awful condition from the US easily fetches $80+?

>>17742257
For whatever reason, there's more stock. Maybe Jappos take better care of their videogames.

>>17742257
Because you use Ebay. Data isn't worth shit. Near the end of the times old carts were still being sold in stores they were basically being given away.

>>17742291

This is true of clothing, so I don't see why not for this. I went to a fashion thrift store when I was there last and everything was practically new. Versus here where it looks like it's been worn by a homeless person.

>>17742257

i don't buy retro games. I play them on my raspberry pi(recalbox).

paying 30 dollars for a old game makes you a retard. that's probably more than the average modern day game you can get for like 15-20 dollars

>>17742146
That's a really fun game. I play it on an SNES emulator from time to time. Very cute too.

>>17747271
>paying 30 dollars for a old game makes you a retard. that's probably more than the average modern day game you can get for like 15-20 dollars
Yet it's cheaper than when those games came out and they cost like $50 in a time when $50 was worth more.

Honestly games are ultra cheap nowadays for the amount of effort put into them. Some no effort bullshit in 8 or 16 bit era woudl put you back like $90 in today equivalent

>>17747271
thank you for coming into a collector thread and spewing shit out of your moutg that no one cares about

if you don't get why people collect, don't speak

>>17747298
>hear the heroine's pixelated Japanese voice while playing
>look up who her seiyuu was
>that life story

>>17747735
That's just a consequence of the fact that the market for games is much higher than it was back then. They were still a relatively niche product back then.

>>17753652
You never do that with old seiyuus, anon. Never.

>>17742146
>press down on the d-pad for a few seconds
>she covers into her hat and goes "Kya!"
It's so cuuuuuuuuute.

>>17742257
"hipster tax" is definitely a thing, apart from the obvious rarities always being stupid high and their being more of them due to response campaigns and stuff the price of common games has gone up by a few multiples in the past decade. it just started from a lower base.

>>17742257
What you call "hipster tax" exists everywhere, in Japanese retrogaming stores it's called "premium value". It just applies to different titles than what you're used to see.
For example:
http://mensdrip.com/money/famicon-soft-expensive5

How are you gentlemen!!

>>17755434
Oh fuck, wrong image.

>>17747846
t. butthurt retard clinging to his collection of useless plastic in a desperate attempt to relive his childhood memories

>>17759205
fucking rekt

>>17747271
>paying 30 dollars for a old game makes you a retard.
Well, paying for a raspberry pi for the purpose of emulation is also kind of retarded, just use your PC.
I like emulation, I use it, but it will never be the same as the real hardware, as close as it might get.
Also, not everyone is a "collector", many people just kept their childhood collections because they genuinely like them, and not to "cling to plastic" or whatever.
If you aren't a poorfag, you don't need to sell them.
Also, your post had nothing to do with the post you replied to, it was completely unrelated.
However, where can I subscribe to your blog? I want tips for setting up my raspberry on my HD TV to play SD games! Just kidding.
>>17742257
Collecting isn't a big fad in Japan. There are collectors, but they're a minority, and a lot of people buy the games to play, then resell them again to the stores (usually for less than what they paid for, allowing the stores to keep the same price for the game).
This is starting to change though, in the past 5 years or so, Japan has been being flocked by westerners going into akiba and other places with used retro games and buying en masse, taking them out of Japan, so we might see a raise in price as the supply decreases, but I think compared to the west Japan will still keep being more affordable.
The actual rare games in Japan are expensive as shit though.

>>17742257
actual rare carts like Gimmick! will cost you an arm and a leg

>>17755434

jesus that chart was made by one unfunny fucking faggot

>Super NES
>Retro

GTFO.

>>17761126
Even PS2 will be more than retro by 2020.

>>17761126
What is retro for you? Tennis for two?

>>17763553
rocks

>>17753652
>>17754704
Go on...
>>17742257
I will often times buy bulk in Japan, come to the U.S and sell it sometimes for 10 food what I bought it for. What i should start doing is bringing old toysbto Japan, sell there, and then buy in Japan, bring back, sell again.

I'm interested in starting a studio that translates and digitilizes old games that were not released outside of Japan but have a fan base and have copy rites to selling them on PSN & Nintendo system online.

Just take this game for example. It was originally released on Sega Game Gear and became popular enough to receive a reboot that made it onto Sega Saturn with video animation. Fans world wide like myself drool over the idea of it being released hard copy some how.