/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7795624
>I believe the novelty a video game is much different
>It's much more complicated to make an apples to apples comparison as a result.

This is true, video games and furniture are nothing alike. That being said the main principles of business, speculation, the market etc remain the same.

What I think will happen is that the graded, sealed, perfect top of the line specimens will increase in value, and will be speculated on for a long time by rich collectors and others looking to make money, long after the decrease in Millennials collecting.

What people forget is the vast majority of video games will eventually drop/crash- the loose, not mint, even mint or graded but common items that may not be desirable cannot sustain/continue the current values. At some point something will give, and a lot of speculators will get hit. That does not mean that prices will not increase in the short term though.

> the video game itself can be played and enjoyed as an art form that it is, forever preserved as the version it was released as in addition to the collection value of the former examples

True as well, although how many people are buying them in box and not playing but worshiping, A lot of younger people can get the emulator for free, or get a SNES classic/ knock off that you can play with a friend on your TV.

A good example I can think of is Japanese Robots from the 1950's-1970's. After WW2 Japan was ashes and a lot of kids worked in factories making toys for American children overseas. In the 1980's many of these kids became Salary-men/businessmen, and had cash to blow, spending $1000-10000 on these robots. As they got older/Japans bubble burst, and the "Boomer robots" dropped significantly in value. The absolute best ones of course are very valuable as only the rich can afford them anyway.