/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7863545
I think yes because physical games are becoming a collector niche these days. People are less and less buying physical games even for old consoles, both due to laziness and general lack of interest, and much prefer the models that Steam, GoG, and console storefronts provide. Not to mention that many people have space concerns.
I still buy physical games when I can but honestly I just prefer the convenience of downloading roms and using flashcarts and modded systems. Better for the wallet and allows me more freedom when it comes to modding roms and backing up saves.
I would also say to not invest in these things. Collector markets are basically random and everything I've said is speculation and you'd have much better luck with actual stocks or crypto. Buy a grands worth of gold if you're concerned about long term investments, not plastic, silicon, and cardboard.

>>7863545
It will peak depending on the spending power of the generation that played it as kids. That's all there is.

>>7863545
Sounds like you just care about the financial aspect. You should ask this in /biz/ to get a more unbiased perspective as discussing here is gonna have the original hardware vs emulation baggage that /biz/ wouldn't give a fuck about
Best advice is to diversify, don't put all your money in buying video games

>>7863591
Checked. I'm already a silver chud. I was curious if my retro collection (which is more of a personal passion) would ever be an unexpected viable asset. If the cards were just right I might actually come of it instead of saving it as my kids inheritance.

If you got the money and genuinely like it, then get the stuff you wanna get. Here’s a couple games I got in the last year. Some of my favs as I grew up playing them at a friends house.

>>7863604
Now it's a good time to sell but if you have PS2 or PS3 games hold on to them

>>7863613
Does CIB have a greater appeal to most collectors? I know that if I added anymore to what I have I would just be shelf collector at this point.

>>7863630
Usually, but only good games. Anything disc needs to atleast have the case and artwork

>>7863545
>Do you think physical Media (specifically video games) will only go up in value as time goes on?
Of course not. Anyone but the newest of newfag bandwagoners has seen prices go down as well s up.
>Is it too late
It's never too late to invest in something if you know what you're doing. So the answer, is yes. You missed the bandwagon.

>>7863586
This, it's a bubble.

>>7863545
Never know. But I do know emulators kind of suck and the colors are all off for them too

>>7863737

>>7863683
I remember as a kid when Sony was phasing out of long box titles. I went to my local Walmart and they had like 15 copies of kings field sitting in the $5 dollar bin. I'm glad I kept my copy but had I had foresight I would have bought them all and stored em away. They go for 150 CIB used now

>>7863716
They missed it. I didn't. What collection tracker do you guys use? I use gamevaluenow. Their prices are a little off but for the most part accurate

>>7863586
>It will peak depending on the spending power of the generation that played it as kids. That's all there is.

This. Only prestine rare examples will be worth a ton when the orginal players start to die in their 60s.

How many of you are going out dropping 1000s on broken kites, bikes and 100 year old board games?

Unless is is rare enough, it will not hold its value long term

"YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY ABOUT IT".

Likely, because worthless onions boys have popularised "digital media", essentially giving in the the Great Reset and really owning nothing, as per steam contract you merely have a license to own it. Of course you can ignore this part, who's to say what these monopolies will start doing in the future.

And jewgle have now started their own console, where everything is streamed. Just like how normalfags use netflix instead of owning films, retards are now giving in to arguably the most detestable corporation of this century, and owning nothing.

Hopefully physical media becomes popular again, as a library of pirated media just isn't the same.

>>7865110
I dont think the op was asking if digital vs physical is better, though zoomers not wanting to own anything and have apartments that look like hotel rooms is a growing concern for the future of many antiques.

Zoomers dont like stuff because they are too lazy to clean. They will also have to move more for work because companies are no longer loyal to employees, forcing job changes and relocations. Again, zoomers are lazy and hate moving, so they try to own less stuff.

Be sure to teach your children how to take care of their things, how to sort and pack for a move and how to low stress move. Otherwise they will be like this too, putting lots of sellable stuff in the trash just out of laziness.

>>7865123
I just felt like going on a rant to be honest. All this stupid streaming faggotry really enrages me. I just don't understand how people can be like this.

>>7865123
This. My son is big into Lego super Mario. I make him keep the boxes and documentation and keep them organized by set. Not necessarily for a move but because it's just good character to take care of your belongings and establish pride in ownership in a physical thing. Hell had I the mentality I have now as a child I would be living pretty fat considering how much the things I just threw away and destroyed as a child are worth now.

>>7863545
Yes it will go up in value. Right now my Evil Dead game for Dreamcast is super expensive to buy complete in box on eBay.

>>7863737
It's a bubble, but it's going to last longer than most others. At least twenty years. If not closer to Forty.

>>7863613
This I dont care about trends or when to buy what system, I'll pay any price for a game that I truly enjoyed, Im not a fucking CEO running a company, it's my own collection

I've noticed within a month of buying some saturn games that their median prices have gone up $10

>>7865272
Bruh Gameboy advance games have gone through the roof in the last year

>>7865281
There's that Zoomer Portability thing. You can fit an entire collection into a Shoe Box. It's amazing and I feel foolish for not thinking about that years ago.

>>7865281
>>7865272
everything has, a lot of ten gamegear games on ebay will cost more than an everdrive, now is the time to emulate on OG hardware and just wait for the cart prices to fall so you can have a shelf of goodness!

>>7865290
Nah, get em while you can and enjoy reliving the days of renting games, except also enjoy being paid in interest to hold onto them for a few months even more.

Seriously though just within 1 (one) month my Saturn shelf has all raised in value. Didn't get in "too late" like everybody is saying.

>>7865308
pic of shelf!

>>7865330
It's not much. Sold the NiGHTs box recently (the oldest thing I bought for my Saturn, it valued over $120 from when I bought it). I traded in my American saturn for an import so I'm gonna sell Croc too since the only reason I owned it was because of a glitch in the game itself that doesn't work on pseudo-saturn, and the legit disk isn't gonna work on my new system. Not that I really care because Croc isn't that good of a game. The others I'll hold onto for a while.

>>7863545
No guarantee, just old =/= value in the eyes of "modern consumers." I really think the kids today will have no real nostalgia for consoles the way that we do.

>>7865702
Nobody is immune to nostalgia. There are middle schoolers and high schoolers today making minecraft nostalgia videos.

It's harder for them to get into physical media in general, but I bet you there will be people 5 years from now who value owning physical copies of the same games they originally "only experienced" through an online download shop.

>>7865752
I guess so. To counter my own point, kids these days do have the Switch, PS5, Xbox whatever etc. so like you say I guess I can see them pursuing the scarce few physical cartridges of games they played digitally on the Switch. I think the generation that grew up with the DS have only just begun to have the disposable income to buy 'rarer' games they never owned as a kid/used to own, hence why the DQ remakes I bought for £10 back when they were semi-new are going for triple or even five times that nowadays (more than their original RRP).
But for instance with original Gameboy, Game Gear, hell even NES or other cart-based older systems I think it's going to inevitably reach a point where the youngins do not care for these games or for keeping musty old paperweights in their houses. They'll be passed down from parents to kids, etc. and perhaps a dedicated and even more fringe 'fanbase' will remain for /vr/ games in the distant future, but to consumers at large they'll be mostly worthless. Supply will likely be low and/or disorganised, and demand won't be large enough to experience the massive price inflation that we do right now.