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3806304 No.3806304 [Reply] [Original]

How would I go about creating false demand for a game that would otherwise go for nothing?

>> No.3806317

1) Buy up every copy you can.
2) Be/have an e-celeb make a video about it praising the absolute shit out of the game
3) Start selling copies on ebay for outrageous prices, and have a friend or dummy account purchase them all so it appears its legitimately worth that much.

That should be about it, really.

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>>3806317

>> No.3806328

>>3806304
Watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKHk5U8tmfw

>> No.3806330

>>3806304
Just look at what happened to Hagane. Make up some bullshit story about a niche game that it was a rental exclusive and people will believe you without even doing any research.

>> No.3806338

>>3806304
fuck off reseller scum

>> No.3806351

>>3806304
OP here. I'm going to do an experiment. I'm going to spend the rest of this year buying up every copy of Qix for the gameboy and more or less follow the steps that is listed in this post >>3806317

hopefully by next year sometime, you'll see this game going for serious dosh. screencap this.

>> No.3806427

>>3806351
I'm glad I already bought my copy for $2 then.

>> No.3806460

>>3806351
Some guy actually did this as an experiment with some random game and the results are that he actually raised the price of the game even among other sellers. I heard about it on CUPD.

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>>3806351
I'm reporting you to the video game police.

>> No.3806470

>>3806460
it was Rampart on game boy. Even after he emailed the podcast and told them he did it purely for the sake of driving up the price it still goes for about 20 bucks when it went for under 5 a few years ago.

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loved Qix on PS1

I remember in the early 2000s at the mall there was a "game stop" and it had ridiculous prices, even compared to the upstairs store I'd used for a couple years, Babbages. They had Super Mario RPG for over $100 and Chrono Trigger over $70.
Were they really worth that much?

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