Why are gameboys so expensive?

[Anonymous No.9593701]

All the gameboy advance sp in my area are like $100+ and they look like they've been used by someone that was deployed in Afghanistan. They aren't even the 101 models either. Wtf is going on? I remember them being way cheaper. I've seen ds and 3ds that are in brand new condition being way cheaper than the gameboys I'm seeing.

Should I just get a ds for the backwards compatibility and homebrew?

[Anonymous No.9594490]

>Why are gameboys so expensive?
high demand from faggots
low supply of non-shit quality units

[Anonymous No.9594496]

>>9594490
/thread
Also shitty companies like DKOldies buying up obscene inventories so they can jack up the price

[Anonymous No.9594507]

>>9593701
because I'm selling mine for 60

[Anonymous No.9594980]

>>9594490
>>9594496
So is buying a ds instead of a gameboy worth it? Same shit but cheaper, although I love how the sp looks way more.

[Anonymous No.9595271]

>>9593701
Because of bandwagoners like you

[Anonymous No.9595278]

>Got an AGS-101 last year for £90
I didn't know how lucky I was even at the time.

[Anonymous No.9595282]

>>9594980
DS doesn't play GB/GBC games natively, but it does have very good emulation.
As for GBA playback, it's pretty good. There's a tiny bit more input lag and a little frame stutter but many people don't notice it and it's better than emulation at any rate.
I like the DS mainly for its own library of games because it never "feels right" to emulate the dual screen gimmick.

[Anonymous No.9595287]

all the GBA SPs are being bought to IPS mod because there are no AGS-101 models left to use after everyone gutted their screens to use in backlight GBA Fat mods

[Anonymous No.9595291]

>>9595287
I fucking hate modders bro

[Anonymous No.9595352]

>>9593701
import one from japan it will most likely work out cheaper than buying locally even with shipping and import fees etc, I get all my consoles from japan.

Watch auctions for a few days something will show up at a good price https://buyee.jp/item/search/category/2084041581?sort=end&order=a&page=1

Buy it now on mercari although a bit expensive https://buyee.jp/mercari/search?keyword=%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%89%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9SP&category_id=703&order-sort=asc-price&page=5&status=on_sale

[Anonymous No.9595354]

>>9595278
ags 101 isn't that great the third party options are better now, 90 quid is pretty crazy though where did you find one that cheap

[Anonymous No.9595362]

>>9593701
I got an sp from a pawn shop for $60 last year, maybe try beating the streets instead of surfing the information super highway?

[Anonymous No.9595367]

>>9595354
ebay, seller didn't know it was a 101

[Anonymous No.9595420]

>>9595352
thanks I'll keep an eye on that.
>>9595362
I check out thrift stores and pawn shops every now and then and haven't had any luck finding anything good so far.

[Anonymous No.9595427]

>>9595362
>>9595420
Pawn shops and stuff suck now they just match ebay pricing

[Anonymous No.9595463]

>>9595427
yeah it's kind of hard to find good stuff. Even if something is priced good someone else is going to realize and snatch it way before you come in.

[Anonymous No.9595478]

>>9595282
>DS doesn't play GB/GBC games natively, but it does have very good emulation.
what,i remember playing my GBC cart on my DS lite.

[Anonymous No.9595481]

>>9593701
>Causally causes the market price of Game Boys to go up.

[Anonymous No.9595494]

>>9595352
This is what I've been doing too.

>want to buy Saturn since I never had one
>look around in the area
>everyone selling their yellowed out, dusty consoles way over the original MSRP trying to make as much money as possible
>look on ebay for Jap sellers
>see one selling a Saturn + 3 games for half the price of a local one
>console arrives freaking impeccable, in the original box and nicely wrapped

At this point I'm scared these types of >>9595481 fags find out about JP sellers and the prices start to skyrocket, well... it's already happening in a way.

[Anonymous No.9595496]

>>9595494
yeah they really take good care of their stuff too i normally get get the cheapest i can find thats listed as junk, usually theres not even anything wrong with them and its just untested. its not like on ebay where you order something as for parts and 30 people have tried fixing it kek

he gets all his shit from japan already and shills japan reshipping services kek

[Anonymous No.9595502]

>>9595478
You remember wrong. It's on page 18 of this manual.
https://fs-prod-cdn.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/support_1/nintendo_ds_19/NDS_Manual_UK_DE_FR.pdf

[Anonymous No.9595538]

>>9595478
>my GBC cart on my DS lite.
they dont even fit in the gba slot

[Anonymous No.9595542]

>>9595352
How does shipping from those websites work? Is it really expensive? I can't imagine sending a big carton box filled with consoles to be less than 100 bucks.

[Anonymous No.9595631]

>>9595542
its varies quite a lot depending on the size/weight of what youre ordering and where you are. I live in the uk and we now have a free trade agreement with japan so we dont have to pay any customs or import fees outside of the postage unless its over a certain value. If youre in the EU I think you have to pay 20% vat for the import + extra servicing fees. Most recent thing I have ordered was a set of 13 ps2 games and the postage for those is 4000 yen or 30 usd. I ordered a white ps2 recently the shipping for that was 4500 yen or 25 dollars. I dont remember the exact value but i ordered a set of two fat ps3s and the postage ended up being something crazy like 120 dollars but it still worked out cheaper than buying locally as one was a backwards compatible model. Anime figures on average are about 25 dollars postage when i order those. Although it used to be cheaper before the russia ukraine bullshit. Japan post has a postage service called small air parcel which was very cheap and i think i used to be able to get figures shipped for like 10-15 dollars but they cant fly here anymore because they used to go over ukraine. These are all airmail and it will arrive within a week you can get seamail which is cheaper but takes like 2 months or something so ive never tried it

[Anonymous No.9595724]

>>9595631
Good to know, thanks for the informative post. I am in Europe, yes. Just one more question if you don't mind: I saw one or two sellers saying they only accept one kind of payment option (Kanto something I dunno). Will the site handle that, can I pay with my credit card or paypal?

[Anonymous No.9595728]

>>9595724
Im not sure about that, i always just use paypal. also one thing when you buy stuff there is an option for shipping insurance on the payment page its 500 yen i always set it to the 0 yen plan and have never had any problems

[Anonymous No.9595748]

>>9595728
Okay thanks. I'm going to try and buy stuff from there next month once I have my new place set up.

[Anonymous No.9595768]

>>9595748
be careful i spend way too much money on there kek end up buying stuff and not having the money for postage then i have to wait until the end of the month until i get payed

[Anonymous No.9595816]

>>9595768
Hard to resist when you see a bunch of consoles and games in mint condition auctioning for 50 cents from when they did a house cleaning after the home owner died. Of course winning the auction is not a given, there's always some fucker waiting to snipe it at the last minute.

So from my calculations on an order of like 10€, I'll have to pay around 3€ VAT + shipping of around 30-35€ then I'm guessing it's going to be retained at the post and I'll have to pay another 30-40 to release it. Still incredibly cheap compared to scalpers on local ads for what you're getting.

[Anonymous No.9595865]

>>9595816
>it's going to be retained at the post and I'll have to pay another 30-40 to release it
yeah i used to hate that it happened with all my stuff from there before brexit but now it just shows up at my house within a week. all the customs nonsense probably adds like 2 weeks to the shipping time. I dont get why they dont just deliver it to you then send an invoice later instead of holding it hostage

[Anonymous No.9595885]

>>9595478
>zoomie remember shit that never happened
Many such cases

[Anonymous No.9596170]

>>9595494
back in 2019 i got an original and two sps "broken" from a known japanese ebay seller for 30€ with shipping, they work just fine, just needed some cleaning and a charge, now i can't buy a smashed one, if i find it, for less than 20€

[Anonymous No.9596184]

Everything in general is more expensive, "90's kids" have money now and everyone wants a slice of their childhood back. I envy you zoomzooms who only notice the general inflation by checking up the jacked up prices of old toys.

[Anonymous No.9597014]

Is the Japanese market bad too? I bought a DS Lite from Japan for $30 a few months ago, and it was near mint and CIB. The exchange rate is also still pretty good in our favor.

[Anonymous No.9597290]

Just bought a pearl blue ags-101 for $90 a few weeks ago at a local auction. It's got light scratches on the outside and flawless inside. There's a stuck pixel, but it's not noticeable in most situations. I was hoping for lower, but I can't complain I guess.

[Anonymous No.9597312]

I got a 101 early last year for $70 because the back sticker was gone and the seller didn't know what model it was. Here's a pro tip: you can tell by looking at the screen when it's turned off. A light gray color is the 001 while a deep black is the 101. Honestly though I prefer to use my original GBA that I put one of those laminated ITA screens in.

[Anonymous No.9597323]

>>9596184
>I envy you zoomzooms who only notice the general inflation by checking up the jacked up prices of old toys.
Dude I'm married with a kid on the way lol. I don't see what inflation has to do with old tech that isn't even being produced anymore.

[Anonymous No.9597692]

I just bought a bunch of busted units and made a working one using a custom case.
Last ditch sort of thing but if you really want one, try that.

[Anonymous No.9597725]

>>9593701
>buying handhelds

why?
do you faggots play these on your couch? in public?
There's really no reason to have a handheld when you can emulate all these games with no noticeable issues on pc/console.

I simply do not get it

[Anonymous No.9597756]

>>9595463
>>9595427
>>9595362
>>9595420
I have a thrift store I go to often to look for consoles and games. I wait for sales and then snag anything I really want. So far I have grabbed a few PS2 games (around 5 dollars a pop), a PS2 slim with a memory card and controller (35 dollars) and a PS2 (25 dollars)

[Anonymous No.9597815]

>>9597323
nta, but if you're that retarded you should not be pissing in the gene pool

[Anonymous No.9597878]

>>9597815
Weakening currency caused the gameboy specifically to skyrocket in my area while a brand new ds or 3ds are about the same price or even cheaper?

[Anonymous No.9597970]

>>9593701
Apparently faggots on reddit and shitholes like that are buying dozens of gameboys from Japan in a single order at a time. Friend who is a normalfag linked me some of that shit and I felt a compulsion to beat the redditorfag to death with a brick in a sock.

[Anonymous No.9598032]

>>9597725
I like playing silent hill on my vita in bed.

[Anonymous No.9598054]

>>9597878
Yes. You're really not mentally competent to spend your own money. Let alone spread your defective genes.

[Anonymous No.9598069]

>>9598054
one specific thing skyrockets while everything else seems fine. sounds legit. A tell-tale of inflation is always only one thing going up. I'm guessing all of these gameboy guys are super smart. They calculated the rate of inflation and included it in the pricing while every other console and handheld seller is retarded.

[Anonymous No.9598076]

>>9598054
>>9598069
>Let alone spread your defective genes.
Also you fucking reek of turbovirgin energy and totally are the same anon lol.
What the other anons said about modders and companies buying up the supply is the legit reason.

[Anonymous No.9598104]

>>9597970
put up a craiglists ad for swingers like people did back in the day sit back and watch the chaos

[Anonymous No.9598113]

>>9593701
Not sure, since it kinda sucks

What does it have other than probably mario and tetris?

[Anonymous No.9598124]

>>9598113
mainly pokemon, a lot of the old yugioh games, golden sun, etc.
I only want one because I lost the one I had when I was younger at some point and I spent a lot of time on it. I remember playing more gameboy games on my ds than actual ds games.

[Anonymous No.9598513]

>>9598069
>one specific thing skyrockets while everything else seems fine.
Tell me your mommy buys your food without telling me.
You can stop larping now. You're not fooling anyone.

[Anonymous No.9598571]

>>9597725
The game looks better on the original screen.

[Anonymous No.9598610]

>>9598513
I’ve probably spend $500 on food in the last two weeks. Let’s go Brandon! a lot of this is from Covid shutdowns and payouts during Trump’s presidency

[Anonymous No.9599427]

>>9598513
I'm talking about consoles and handhelds in my area specifically you fucking retard. You literally agreed the gameboy itself went up because of inflation and nothing else. No one calculated the inflation rate in their pricing other than gameboy users?

[Anonymous No.9599438]

>>9595282
>DS doesn't play GB/GBC games natively, but it does have very good emulation
Nigga it literally has a GBA CPU in it
With twilight menu you can run GBA ROM's

[Anonymous No.9599465]

Daily reminder to scalpers to get a job

[Anonymous No.9600802]

>>9598610
Well you must be eating gameboys because those are the only things that've gone up in price. I have this on good authority from someone who's totally not a 12yo whose mommy buys his food.

>>9599427
>consoles and handhelds in my area are everything else
>y-y-ou literally agreed to something you didn't
Why are you still posting? You're just embarrassing yourself.

[Anonymous No.9601254]

>>9600802
>Why are you still posting? You're just embarrassing yourself.
Take your own advice.
>>y-y-ou literally agreed to something you didn't
Just because the post doesn't exist anymore doesn't mean you didn't agree. You're an actual clown. I get that you're attention starved, but go do something better with your time instead of trying to start drama like high school girl going through puberty.

[Anonymous No.9601262]

>>9600802
>>9601254
>12yo whose mommy buys his food.
Also for some reason you have a weird obsession with zoomers and little kids. Almost every post from you mentions or references kids one way or the other. No idea what's going on inside your defective brain but you should keep it to yourself kek. You call my post a larp but then continue to post in here and ironically cry like a zoomer.