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Holy shit buying old games is expensive as fuck. What happened?

>> No.10553816

>>10553798
Everything else today

>> No.10553819

Coomlectors evolved into Goonlectors.

It is over.

>> No.10553824

There's a thread for this already retard, also this >>10553819
This shit was already unmanageable for years but 2020 was the point of no return. I've been keeping an eye on one ps2 game and it went from a silly amount like 50-80 bucks to almost fucking 200-300 now. Thankfully all coomlectors will be rounded up one day

>> No.10553826

You say this as if it's a new problem. I remember being unable to find smash 64 or either zelda for a decent price 15 years ago

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10553831

I thank god every day since I first discovered emulation in the early 00s

>> No.10553883

>>10553798
If you just want to play them you can just emulate or use a flash cart, actually better in some (most?) cases

>> No.10553995

>>10553798
>What happened?
A zoomie shitposted this thread again

>> No.10554114

Every normal person emulates and only OCD auties who like to hoard plastic are prepared to pay very high prices which is why retro vidya became so expensive.

And many people don't realize the vast majority of old games and consoles are just in people's basements and attics in some cardboard box with a huge layer of dust. The stuff you see on ebay or in someone's collection is at most 10% of all existing consoles/discs/casettes etc

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10554146

>>10553798
Supply and command, Bubs. Supply and command.

>> No.10554160

>>10554146
Kino collection.
Needs: KI Gold, Smash, Mystical Ninja, F-Zero X and a bunch of others

>> No.10554167

>>10553995
Zoomies will emulate rather than buying because they don't have noostaligia with a lot of retro games

>> No.10554186

Proliferation of ebay
Proliferation of smartphones
Articles talking about how your old [thing] could be worth thousands
Growth of mainstream collector communities on sites like reddit
GameGrumps/other ecelebs who focused on old games
WATA/Heritage Auctions
Investors entering the market
Articles now saying your old game could be worth hundreds of thousands, as a result of above
COVID
COVIDbux
FOMO kicking into overdrive

>> No.10554187

>>10554160
It's my childhood collection, minus some games my brother had. KI Gold, Shadows of the Empire, Extreme-G, Rogue Squadron, Majora's... probably some others. He has them. We got those other games too, plus Sculptor's and almost the whole collection as lose carts. eBay and swap meets around 2001-2003 was insane for N64 games.

>> No.10554313

>>10554167
Zoomies will emulate because they're casual poorfags. But they spend most of their time crying about being unable to afford the toys they want instead of emulating.