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| Video Game Inflation - Prices then and now - Minor Rant |
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| Moviefan2k4:
I think a small amount of inflation is reasonable, but when 20-year-old games cost more than they did new, its gone too far. I think the most I've ever paid for a retro title is $20, and that was twice: "Ocarina of Time" and "Super Metroid". |
| wiggy:
I think Forte makes a good point. I mean, I'm 34 and I'm buying a lot of what I never had when I was younger or things that I DID have, but got rid of for one reason or another. Also, I really don't like NintendoAge. That place irks me. But, on the brighter side, the piqued interest in the retro market does mean that a lot of cool new ideas and products relating to all things 8 & 16-bit are popping up all over the place. I think it's a really exciting time to be a collector, even if it is a tad expensive. |
| Forte:
--- Quote from: wiggy on August 11, 2012, 08:41:02 AM ---I think Forte makes a good point. I mean, I'm 34 and I'm buying a lot of what I never had when I was younger or things that I DID have, but got rid of for one reason or another. Also, I really don't like NintendoAge. That place irks me. But, on the brighter side, the piqued interest in the retro market does mean that a lot of cool new ideas and products relating to all things 8 & 16-bit are popping up all over the place. I think it's a really exciting time to be a collector, even if it is a tad expensive. --- End quote --- If it wasn't for NintendoAge I never would have completed my Mega Man and NGPC collections. There are a lot of awesome people on there, don't let a few rotten eggs spoil the bunch (just as this site has a few "rotten" members, I don't hold the community at fault). I'm really excited about the future for retro gaming. At the time, when NES and SNES carts were 70 dollars a pop, and technology lagged, we simply couldn't do the things we're capable of now (rom hacks, entirely new games that run on old hardware, etc). Even if Nintendo and the like won't support us, the community can step in and bring these consoles back to life. I don't need to see NES games on a shelf in WalMart to know I can still get my fill, even 27 years after the fact. |
| Mick Dundee:
--- Quote from: Moviefan2k4 on August 11, 2012, 08:34:35 AM ---I think a small amount of inflation is reasonable, but when 20-year-old games cost more than they did new, its gone too far. --- End quote --- I wonder if you complain about not being able to get a Coke for a nickle. |
| Forte:
--- Quote from: Mick Dundee on August 11, 2012, 12:32:16 PM --- --- Quote from: Moviefan2k4 on August 11, 2012, 08:34:35 AM ---I think a small amount of inflation is reasonable, but when 20-year-old games cost more than they did new, its gone too far. --- End quote --- I wonder if you complain about not being able to get a Coke for a nickle. --- End quote --- We can't bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for m'shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you'd say. Now where was I... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion tied to my belt, which was the style at the time. You couldn't get white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones... |
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