/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7793914
Antique Dealer here, I've specialized in many different categories over the years- I'm not sure if this helps or not but here goes.

My dad collected antique furniture and early electronics in the 1980's-early 2000's. At the time the market was insane, prices were going up as his generation were buying their childhood toys and memories, fighting each other for items that "were becoming rarer every day".

What eventually happened was that his generation slowed down their collecting habit and prices stagnated, then dropped. Then continued dropping for 20+ years, as supply was far greater than demand. Items people thought were rare came up in large amounts as the hoarders and speculators died off or dumped their stock. When prices were rising this seemed impossible as so much was off the market.

I already see NES games dropping in value (minus sealed/boxed/graded items) and believe despite youtube/speculators the market will eventually have to drop. That doesn't mean they won't go up another 5+ years, it doesn't mean that prices won't continue to rise and youtube won't help prices, but it does mean that the younger generations will not care.

Imagine trying to sell an Atari system to a zoomer, they are not going to have the same experience as someone who grew up with it. The same goes with NES. SNES, and eventually XBOX etc.