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ITT games ruined by eBay

>> No.2526020

I want to play this with the Enforcer one day.
In fact, I vow to never play it again until I can do that. I'll miss you snatcher ;_;

>> No.2526024

>>2526019
ITT: retards that don't understand how supply/demand works

>> No.2526046

>>2526024
If Kojima didn't make the game no one would care.

>> No.2526048

>>2526019
you can just burn an iso, the sega cd has no copy prote-
>collectors
oh in that case you deserve to get fucked

>> No.2526067

>>2526048
>2015
>copying that floppy

not even once, shitlord.

>> No.2526213
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>>2526067
Hey, that's uh...well, that's some nice shit posting you got going on over there. Just thinkin', maybe you should pack it up, do it somewhere else. Is that something you could do?

>> No.2526361

This got me curious what its going for, but just checked and there's not even a legit used copy of Snatcher for sale right now. Just cd prints and a sealed copy for over $2k.

>> No.2526453

Not OP but why was the first attempt at this deleted? Why was my ebay thread last night deleted? Is this not allowed?

>> No.2526671

>>2526067
https://youtu.be/mmsBqxzSg7A
The faking is worse then you think

>> No.2526702
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2526702

I would love to make myself some good fake Sega CD, Jaguar CD, 3DO, CDi, TG/PCE fakes for my own collection or I would probably pay $100+ for giant sets of them, even if I had to source my own cases. Chinese pirates take note.

On topic, Snatcher is awesome and it makes me sad when I think about the turn modern VNs have taken, possibly in part due to the lackluster reception of these 90s mystery style graphic adventure games while the erotic ones continued to be popular.

Maybe the insane inflation they're seeing will signal that the West DOES still want games like this.Bernie Stolar does NOT retresent us!

>> No.2526708

>>2526453
my theory is that /vr/ has NO MODS.
mods from other boards will see reposted posts, without context, and mass delete.

either that or we actually have one mod who is severely autistic.

checking the archive, there's so many ON-TOPIC threads deleted...

>> No.2526736

>>2526671
>buy printable silver cdrs
>sell as "repro" cds
>???
>profit

>> No.2526743

>>2526671
these guys are autistic losers; with the cd ring code anyone can stop a fake in mere seconds

>> No.2526754

>>2526024
It's less supply and more so demand. We don't know how much there truly is out there except that it's finite. It's a free market so people can do whatever they want. People can ask for 500 for a game, and people are willing to pay it, so that's the norm. If people stop paying for that price, you lower it and see what catches.

Snatcher did sell like shit though so it deserves the price since it's actually rare

>> No.2526757

>>2526743
I bought some very obvious Playstation bootlegs at Salvation Army (had to pay $2 each) that have ring codes pressed into them. Unfortunately I still don't have a Japanese console to test if they boot in unmodified systems.

>> No.2526759

>>2526754
Your Earthbound PTSD is showing. I know that feel.

>> No.2526762

>>2526759
What about earthbound? Never bought it, playing it though

>> No.2526776

>>2526762
Ehhhhh... Don't get me started on Earthbound but it's the grand bull moose example of the real topic of this thread, market manipulation.

>> No.2526778

>>2526024
sup scum

>> No.2526824

Suikoden II
Valkyrie Profile
The fact the every used games store sells FF VII for $45 instead of $10 (I mean this game is in no way rare.)

>> No.2526835

>>2526824
Nowhere in my city does anyone sell FF7 for $45. They're $20 at the very most, and I live in a state where nu-metal is still popular.

>> No.2526837

>>2526835
Buy me one, anon? ;-;

>> No.2526847

>>2526778
>GIMME MY TOYS THAT RIGHTFULLY BELONG TO ME BECAUSE I SAY SO
>GIMME GIMME GIMME NOW NOW NOW!

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>> No.2528689

>>2526835
Can you name where you're from. I live on the east coast next to a major city in the northeast and literally any RPG on PS1 is $40+.

>> No.2528705

>>2528689
Suburbs and sub-suburbs are literally the worst places for collectible prices. Inside the big cities there's so much turnover that it's not hard to find stuff at good prices and in smallish cities, shit might sit on the shelf for months at ebay high prices but in areas like yours, there's no shortage of serious collectors from the city with money to spare making the short drive to find particular titles that are likely to be sold out at their neighborhood vidya store.

If you want shit cheap, head into the city and shop the smaller stores and thrift stores regularly

>> No.2528721

ITT People who don't know how to use an emulator

>> No.2528985
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>>2526824
>>2528689
>mfw there's a store near me with somewhat reasonable PS1 JRPG prices

>> No.2528998

>>2528689
https://www.estarland.com/Playstation.product.6632.html

Based in Chantilly, Virginia. Legend of Dragoon for $22. You're a liar.

>> No.2530174

FFVII where I live is $50 greatest hits, $100+ black.

>> No.2530193
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2530193

PCs in general. Literally only expensive on ebay because of scamming reseller shits. They're fucking worthless in the real world and literally everywhere, specially factories and schools, even PC/XT stuff. I got a pallette of P100 boxes for free because a school was throwing them away. They probably would've paid me to take them if I pushed, still wouldve been cheaper for them than sending them to recycling.

>> No.2530196

>>2530193
I really need a userscript to filter out listings with those kind of fucking tags, they're always fucking shit.

>> No.2530197

>>2530193
that would have been a ripoff when it was new

>> No.2530402

>>2530193
I used to steal these from this old lumber yard that some crazy old lady uses to store her hord of junk

>> No.2530412
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2530412

This fucking game right here

15 years after its release, sellers all over the internet had sealed copies by the truckloads. A worthless game no one wanted that was never priced higher than a Subway. Today, nearly all copies have suddenly disappeared and it is one of the pricier PSX titles. This is where I started believing in shenanigans.

>> No.2530424
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>>2530412
Yeah, but there's a reason for that. Before Demon's Souls nobody really gave a shit about From's dungeon crawlers. Unless it was Armored Core nobody cared... hell, they were pretty castigated from what I remember. Now that From's dungeon crawlers are really popular, the new fans want to try out the old ones, and even though it had been dirt cheap before, supply wasn't exactly huge, but now that so many people are aware of Shadow Tower, King's Field, etc., they go up in price because more and more people are looking for them.

Tail Concerto's the same way. Didn't exactly sell well when it was new, so even though supply wasn't in a large amount, the game was dirt cheap for over a decade until the spiritual successor, Solatorobo, came out on the DS. As soon as that came out the price slowly started rising and now it's one of the most expensive games on the PlayStation. Funnily enough so is Solatorobo on the DS.

>> No.2530434

>>2530424
King's Field prices haven't changed at all.

>> No.2530445

>>2530412

I was completely unaware of this. I bought this brand new and sealed about two years ago for dirt cheap. Glad I did it then if this is the case. How long has this been going on?

>> No.2530453

>>2530434
Hm, I guess you're right. A bit more than the $5-ish I always used to see them go for about a decade ago but still pretty negotiable.

I dunno how to justify game prices sometimes. Mega Man's another one that doesn't make any sense. For ages the SNES games always fell into X1: $10-20, X2: $30-40, X3: $100+, and MM7 at $20-30. X1's gone up quite a bit but popular games like those going up in price is understandable, and X3's always been one of the more expensive SNES games so it's expected to inflate alongside everything else. What doesn't make sense is how MM7 suddenly became, like, a $200 game when that was a more common game than X2, which barely creeps into the $90 range these days, which is still too expensive, but still.

Glad I got X2 when I did, but I'm kicking myself for not picking up 7 around the same time. It was always an "I'll get it later" thing, and now later's never coming.

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>>2530453
>It was always an "I'll get it later" thing, and now later's never coming.

It may yet. I maintain optimism that the retro bubble will pop. In the meantime snatch up whatever's cheap now.

>> No.2530539

>>2528998
>estarland

that's still a thing?

>> No.2530543

>ITT games ruined by eBay

All of them. Now that we've sorted that out, we can go back to actually discussing video games.

>> No.2530546

>there are resellers here
>there are people who unironically defend them

>> No.2531135

>>2526046
And? That doesn't magically make it not in demand.

>> No.2531137

>>2530424
>Unless it was Armored Core nobody cared

Let's be honest, even if it was Armored Core nobody but /m/ cared.

>> No.2531173
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2531173

ill never own pic related along with Contra or Musha

I could technically buy it but it would feel wrong, id rather buy a nicely packaged repro at this point

>> No.2531192

>>2530424
>Tail Concerto
I bought the JP version of that for like 100 yen just a few months ago...

>> No.2531220

>>2530193
>Beautiful History

There is nothing beautiful about the PS/1, that's like calling concentration camp lamp shades "beautiful history"

>> No.2531419

>>2528705
Wow, this is actually some really nice advice, thanks. An MIT yard sale is coming up here, my friend said he got a SNES for $13, now I kinda believe him.

>> No.2531725

>>2526046
True but its still a good game. They couldve made a ds port out of this so easy, wouldve fit right in with games like phoenix wright and the touch controls for shooting sequences.

>> No.2531832

>>2526915

I actually own that game, it's honestly not that great.

>> No.2531849

>>2531832
I think it's one of the best games of that console generation personally. If it wasn't for the bits of slowdown it would probably be my favorite platformer/action game.

It's not perfect. The slowdown does get overblown a lot. There's only certain spots where it happens but it is annoying. The length is short also.

>> No.2532389

>>2530193
charge your shit

>> No.2532406

>>2526020
wow man my cousin had "LEthal enforcer" game with the gun accessory, he keeps everything but isnt a hardcore retroer, i bet he has this roting in some damp cardboard box in his attic

>> No.2532437

>>2530193
hey a have a working pentium s 100

it didnt come too long after the 486 sx

how much longer before i cann sell it for a lousand doras ?


had no idea ibm pc were also colectible, its not like it isnt an FRAKING OPEN architrecture, i mean, all instructions are still in my celeron im using right now

>> No.2532442

>>2530197
nah, PCs were expensive in late 870s early 90s

5 years later it would be worth $100, who would have thought that 20y would bring price back up for a useless thing huh

>> No.2532586

>>2530412
funny, you can get this on ps network now if you want it so badly

>> No.2533817
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>>2526019
Pic fucking related. I just found it in box with all manuals at a Game Exchange for 85$ I mean that was still a good deal to me but at the same time its super over priced. Just because it was a niche game and shit. I still can't believe I've owned this game like 3 times now. This time I am not selling it off.

>> No.2533846

>>2526024
No, no, I learned that when I had the "privilege" of getting close to reseller scum - those allotted supervisor style positions get to make endless demands of everyone and anyone and non-business-program plebs are a supply to milk any way imaginable, and if said plebs are less than enthusiastic about it, their degenerate attitude must be crusaded against.

>> No.2534194

>>2530546
I wouldn't call myself a reseller since I've never really sold any of my games or consoles. I have traded some crappy NES titles for better ones but that's it.

Recently though I've been selling crap at the flea market (non video game) and cfind deals I just can't say no to. Like kingdom hearts 2 for 25cents and pikmin 2 for 50cents. I'll probably keep those but it was just an example. So I don't feel bad about reselling stuff I'm not gonna play. I don't really want stuff just to look at it, if I'm not gonna play it I might as well make alittle money off them. But I will pass the savings along because I wanna price them to move.

Maybe I'm a scumbag, wouldn't be the first time I was one.

>> No.2534201

>>2530546
this is what this board has become
>>2534194
if you're just buying them to play and then selling them after its one thing, but buying them to sell is kind of a dick move, dontchathink?

>> No.2534416

>>2534201
True it's kinda a dick move but there are a bunch of ahole resellers at my flea market so if I didn't buy them they would. They jack up the prices on everything so somebody is gonna get it cheaper from me. Also I'm willing to make a deal since I got them for basically nothing. Just don't wanna be one of those douchebag resellers you run into and don't really give a fuck about games.

>> No.2534423

>>2526019
>games ruined by ebay
>snatcher
>only 7,000 copies or something
>game is pretty good so justifies it's price
It's not like saturn games, but it's not too expensive for the game either unless I missed a market bubble.