Retro Game Price Gouging Thread

[MrTroll]

Konami won't even bother to re-release it for it's 20th anniversary I bet nor acknowledge the anniversary at all even.

I remember reading around the time the HD Collection came out that they had lost the final retail code for SH2/3 (and a bunch of other old games), and only had unfinished pre-release development versions for both games, which is what the HD versions are based on (hence their terrible state). So unless somebody finds an old hard drive with all these missing assets someday, all the early SH games are probably gone forever.

 

[Marissa Moira]

Bought all the Silent Hills in 2007, can't remember what I paid for them but I'm sure it wasn't much.

Considering Silent Hill 2 is the Citizen Kane of gaming the fact that the best version of the game is out of print and expensive is absurd.

Konami won't even bother to re-release it for it's 20th anniversary I bet nor acknowledge the anniversary at all even.

Considering that it now looks like Konami is bringing everything Silent Hill related back, I wouldn't really be lamenting.

 

[NoonmanR]

You don't really need the source code to produce a competent HD remaster, alot of the first party PS3 ones were made using the final compiled game. It's just cheap and easier to use source code, and one thing that was absolutely consistent about Silent Hill HD collection is Konami wanted to be as cheap as possible with it.

 

[Nick Gars]

The retro market is just packed to the brim with grifters or people just overvaluing what they have and this is why I've been sticking to modding older consoles rather than buying games for them. I like having a collection, but I can't justify paying $50+ for an old game that very, very likely doesn't justify it's price tag.

 

[Jeff_the_Thriller]

I'm glad I got into collecting before this started. People on Facebook Marketplace are the worst with this.

This is just an example. What does this knob think makes this worth $209. I was trying to get a copy of of the Resident Evil light gun game for the PS2. He was selling it for $70 and wouldn't budge. I don't know if he ever sold it but that game isn't worth more than $20 or $30. I guess $70 is reasonable compared to this on ebay.

 

[Marissa Moira]

what tends to cause shit to skyrocket is when a youtuber makes a popular video on a game.

 

[Judge Dredd]

I ranted about this in the collectors market thread, so I won't repeat most of that. Short version, scalpers are the worst, and I don't understand why companies pander to them.

People thought the market would return to normal after covid. Nope.

I'm glad I got into collecting before this started. People on Facebook Marketplace are the worst with this.

I was looking at Samus Returns a few months ago, and added it to my wishlist for when I next get something from Amazon. Seeing the price go from £30 to £54 in the last few months is crazy. I partially blame the reveal of Metroid Dread for that.

 

[silverstacks]

Unopened Super Mario 64 game from 1996 sells for $1.56M

DALLAS (AP) — An unopened copy of Nintendo’s Super Mario 64 has sold at auction for $1.56 million. Heritage Auctions in Dallas said that the 1996 game sold Sunday, breaking its previous record price for the sale of a single video game.

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Unopened Super Mario 64 game from 1996 sells for $1.56M​

DALLAS (AP) — An unopened copy of Nintendo’s Super Mario 64 has sold at auction for $1.56 million.

Heritage Auctions in Dallas said that the 1996 game sold Sunday, breaking its previous record price for the sale of a single video game.

A spokesman did not immediately respond to an inquiry about who purchased the game.

Super Mario 64 was the best-selling game on the Nintendo 64 and the first to feature the Mario character in 3D, the auction house said in a statement.

The sale follows an unopened copy of Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda selling at auction Friday for $870,000. Valarie McLeckie, Heritage’s video game specialist, said the auction house was shocked to see a game sell for more than a $1 million two days after the Zelda game broke its past record.

In April, the auction house sold an unopened copy of Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. that was bought in 1986 and forgotten about in a desk drawer for $660,000.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

I will never forgive scalpers who tried to boost the price of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door to over $160+ dollars.

Same thing applies with Wario World and having to boost up the prices for that as well.

Spoiler

And I still have the instruction booklet for the game after all those years.

 

[Marissa Moira]

I will never forgive scalpers who tried to boost the price of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door to over $160+ dollars.

Same thing applies with Wario World and having to boost up the prices for that as well.

Spoiler

And I still have the instruction booklet for the game after all those years.

I'm just glad I own both versions of Skies of Arcadia.

Dreamcast has been ignored for awhile so prices went down on a few games. But stuff like Elemental Gimmick Gear is still kinda up there.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Dreamcast has been ignored for awhile so prices went down on a few games. But stuff like Elemental Gimmick Gear is still kinda up there.

I’ve noticed that as well. Power Stone 2, in particular, has gone up in price range (more so, up to $300+ dollars the last I check.)

At least the first Power Stone game has moderately gone down in price, even if it is still expensive. The PSP version is afforadable, though.

 

[Madre Muerte]

My favourite games are 100 plus usd.

 

[Jeff_the_Thriller]

I ranted about this in the collectors market thread, so I won't repeat most of that. Short version, scalpers are the worst, and I don't understand why companies pander to them.

The best thing people can do about scalpers is to not buy from them. A little off-topic but I don't get why these consoomers would pay $1000+ for a PS5. It's not like Sony isn't going to make more.

The case is a little different for retro games because there is a finite supply. There must be some dumbasses out there paying $500 for a gently used copy of Mega Man 3 or else people wouldn't be selling for that much.

I think the most I ever payed for a retro game was Time Crisis 3 for PS2 for around $70. Even with the packaging, Guncon2 and necessary hookups, I thought that was a little high.

 

[NoonmanR]

My favourite games are 100 plus usd.

Lucky bastard. Mine are all twice to god knows that.

 

[Dom Cruise]

I will never forgive scalpers who tried to boost the price of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door to over $160+ dollars.

Same thing applies with Wario World and having to boost up the prices for that as well.

Spoiler

And I still have the instruction booklet for the game after all those years.

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door is one of the games I regret the most about not buying before it got really expensive.

 

[NoonmanR]

Oh wait, here's something extra retarded. You can't play this game on the vast majority of consoles, it's region locked. You have to track down the ultra rare and stupidly expensive Japanese Xbox 360 just to get it to run... WHY THE FUCK IS IT ALMOST A HUNDRED BUCKS.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

I think the most I ever payed for a retro game was Time Crisis 3 for PS2 for around $70. Even with the packaging, Guncon2 and necessary hookups, I thought that was a little high.

The most expensive thing I bought was Tales of Phantasia, new, $120. That didn't go up in price.

...then I bought an untouched copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga, still wrapped and I know there's been discussion about if the plastic is original or not, but it was. Bought it from a guy that used to work at SEGA US, he threw in a bunch of extra shit as well for other Sega games, E3 promotional items, release candidates, just shit he found while cleaning out his attic.

 

[tehpope]

Its weird. Japan doesn't have this markup on their games used. Probably cultural difference. Before the coof, I would import Saturn games from Japan. I got Saturn Bomberman for like $15-20. Goes for insane prices in the states (us version). D was like $1. IIRC, its like $70-100 in the states. Japan Post stopped shipping to America when the coof started and they still haven't started service back up. it was like $10 shipped.

I bought a ton of 360 games a few years ago. Broke my case for Persona 4 Ultimax. I think I payed like $20-30 for it. Now its like $70-100. I got a case for like $10 not too long ago.

The most expensive used game I've bought is Champions of Norrath and its sequel. Each like $50-60. Not too long ago. Those will def soar in price in the future. My prize game in my collection is PSO Ep. 1&2 plus. Got it brand new when it came out with the GC BB adapter. IIRC, it was $30-35. Now they're both uber expensive.

The funniest thing about collecting is the Xbox. The original xbox is uber undervalued. Why idk. 95% of the library is still like under $20. there are games above that price, but its still hella cheap. I got a ton of games in the last few years. most of the cheap heavy hitters. Most of the multiplats on the system are the definitve versions of that game (GTA nonwithstanding). And it was the most powerful console of that gen. But no one wants to buy. Scott the Woz is correct when he called the Xbox "The Joke of the Collecting World".

 

[Tuxedo_Zemus]

Took me awhile, but I finally got one of these for a reasonable $120, which is about as much as I was willing to pay. I very rarely consoom (I have a little over a dozen "keepers" from over the years) but I've wanted one of these for years.