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The Tim Atwood Story
PinBiohazard:
It all comes down to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RC6qGiJXDA
segamer:
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It's funny, you hang on Pat the Punks opinion for everything. He's not an authority; no one is. However, examining other collectibles like stamps, civil war era items, or golden age comics, will people in 100 years desire our game collections? Yes! Working games will be lost to time and therefore, working items will be highly sought after.
Ozzy_98:
--- Quote from: PinBiohazard on May 20, 2016, 09:20:46 AM ---It all comes down to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RC6qGiJXDA
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The nes is already 31ish years old, and gaining speed for collecting. While it's not "the first" system, it completely redefined perceptions of gaming. Since we know video games aren't going anywhere anytime soon, think of the nes like early comics. They'll still be rare and desired for a long time.
larryinc64:
I like PAt, but I think he is wrong on that. The general public may not care about physical media, but video game collectors are not the general public.
One thing VG has above Vinyl, DVDs and comics is that many games are not available in 100% accurate states on new media. How many of the 900~ NES games are on Virtual console or other platforms? N64 emulation is not perfect yet.
segamer:
--- Quote from: larryinc64 on May 20, 2016, 05:12:43 PM ---I like PAt, but I think he is wrong on that. The general public may not care about physical media, but video game collectors are not the general public.
One thing VG has above Vinyl, DVDs and comics is that many games are not available in 100% accurate states on new media. How many of the 900~ NES games are on Virtual console or other platforms? N64 emulation is not perfect yet.
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Plus, we've lost a lot of companies over the years and their properties went down with the ship. Heck, Konami purchased a shitload of these little companies. They own almost the entire NEC/Hudson library and they'll never do anything with them in the foreseen future. The latest Konami games are pachinko machines.