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Megatron:
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--- Quote from: wiggy on May 20, 2016, 09:06:22 PM ---Prices will fall.
ALL collectible commodities gain and lose value, and the faster and larger the gain in value, the harder and faster that they lose value. The bubble will burst. Find an instance of collectible commodities which hasn't gone through this cycle, I dare ya.
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80's Star Wars action figures. At no point in collecting history have the prices fallen, they've only increased. The comparison is similar to the collecting of vintage video games. The initial rise in price started in the early 90's due to nostalgia. 100 of millions of Star Wars action figures were produced.
It's not a bubble. A bubble is a summer of kids collecting Pogs. People have been collecting games since the 80's and 90's. Millennials entered a pre-existing world of video game collecting. Yes, many will sell of their collection and buy a car or something. That's been happening over the last decade. Only a mass exodus would cause prices to fall.
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Most of those figures have leveled out between $10 and $30 and have not seen a spike in a while. Games went from $5 to $50 in just a few years. This spike has been, really, since about 2012. I'm not suggesting game prices won't rise over time, but 5x-10x the price in a few years is a pretty big jump
segamer:
With all that debating said, if the stock market crashed and million world wide found themselves out of work, that could cause prices to fall as eBay is flooded.
@Megatron
It's not that bad 70% of most games are at stagnate prices. It's only popular franchises that have jumped, like Mega Man. To the Earth is still $5.
larryinc64:
Speaking as someone who is a around the 'next generation' and may of my collage/ late high school age friends have at least interest in retro games. Sure, not all gamers care for the old, just as some people like new pop songs, and some like classic rock.Hell, as I said, look at me. I'm 20 and probably a good 1/3 of my collection is older than me. I am not nostalgic for any retro system, except maybe the GBC a little. I
I think anything before NES is not going to ever be too sought after. The games are too simplistic and hard to hold the attention long. But I think as long as Nintendo is around making new systems, the NES, Gameboy, SNES, N64, NGC, and maybe Genesis will keep interest. Sonic is the biggest think keeping retro SEGA in the lime lite. My music channel that does chip tune music, and a large portion of my audience is 13-17, many are vary young. Nintendo keeps binging retro gaming to light for younger generations. I got into retro games after getting Mario Kart DS, then Googleing Nintendo and then found the AVGN.
It's hard to say Video Games are JUST collectables, when I think the Music or Comic comparison suits it better. Super Mario Bros. is a great game, just as Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band is a great album, and Spider Man is a great comic series. Beanie Babies are useless sacks of cotton, it can't be enjoyed much more than being put on a shelf. It was locked in it's era and no one after it's hype cares. Super Mario Bros is pushing 30 years, The Beatles and Spider Man are pushing 50 years, and none of these things are fading from the public eye, and all 3 are timeless.
--- Quote from: wiggy on May 20, 2016, 09:06:22 PM ---Find an instance of collectible commodities which hasn't gone through this cycle, I dare ya.
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Beatles LPs still hold their value fairly well.
Prices will stabilize at some point, because who in their right mind will pay $50 for a Super Mario/ Duck Hunt, but they will never 'crash' in value in our life times. The only thing that will drive prices down is a majority of the people getting priced out, even I'm at a point where I'm not adding to my collection much due to cost.
-Gah people posting faster than I can-
I think it's hard to compare figures to video games, They are making more Star Wars toys, and it's not like a kid is going to go "Oh this 2015 Luke figure is great, I wonder how they looked in the 1980s" VS "Super Mario 3D World is great, I wonder how older Mario games were like"
Megatron:
--- Quote from: segamer on May 20, 2016, 09:51:43 PM ---
@Megatron
It's not that bad 70% of most games are at stagnate prices. It's only popular franchises that have jumped, like Mega Man. To the Earth is still $5.
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Yes, but I got that game, as well as 10 yard fight, Baseball, DUck Hunt and others for $.99 a few years ago. Those were the games I would add to my cart on DK Oldies or Lukie games to get the value up to free shipping amounts. Still cheap, but those games have gone up 5x-10x their 2011 value
segamer:
I'm really done with the subject. My only point was that if your waiting for some magical bubble to pop and you think Mega Man for NES will go from $60 back to $5, it won't happen.