/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2352946
>I shouldn't see copies of Castlevania for NES going for more than ~$20, but I regularly see them for at least $30.
I shouldn't see shiny pebbles from Sierra Leone going for $5000. But I do. Products are "worth" whatever the market is willing to pay for them. If the market is willing to pay $30 for Castlevania, then it is "worth" $30.

>>2348331
>>2348848
>>2348672
This really burns my ass. No functional integrated circuit should ever be destroyed (with exceptions for data erasure and security).

>>2352968
PS2/PS1 games are cheap, but good luck finding ones that aren't scratched beyond use. CDs and DVDs were/are awful media for video games. Cartriges/Hu-Cards/Blu-Rays are where it's at. Those things last forever.

>Prices are unfair
Whatever the market is willing to pay is a fair price, even if the market is full of 16 year old "90's kids" with a Visa card linked to daddies bank account. Demand for "rare" carts like Earthbound keeps increasing, while the supply stays the same, so prices increase.

Luckily we have stuff like flash carts, reproduction carts, and emulators so that anybody who wants to PLAY Earthbound can PLAY it. COLLECTING Earthbound just isn't as easy.

>Flea Markets are evil
In defense of flea markets, I've gotten some killer deals on old /g/ and /k/ stuff there. Same goes for yard-sales, antique stores, and Goodwill.

This is your daily reminder that things could be worse.