Next system to boom for collecting?
The next system to boom, as far as collecting, and games increasing in price I think is going to be between PS1, PS2, and GBA. Some of the PS1 games have been slowly creeping up in price. What do you guys think?
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It's due.
I see it on here, younger/new people joining to collect the NES/SNES and I bet in the next years to come the same thing will continue to happen.
Other systems just don't have the same appeal.
Saturn and TG-16 are already high and will only get higher
The AAA titles for all other platforms are already relatively high, and will continue to climb
I am not sure if there will be, I think NES/SNES/Genesis etc are just going to be the ones to collect.
I see it on here, younger/new people joining to collect the NES/SNES and I bet in the next years to come the same thing will continue to happen.
Other systems just don't have the same appeal.
Everyone who gets into collecting starts with whatever then eventually comes back and says "Where's all dem Nintendo tapes at!".
I'd say PS2 ... so many great titles..
whoa, long time no see! Maybe I'm just blind.
But I'd agree with this. It really is a fantastic library, and so huge.
I am not sure if there will be, I think NES/SNES/Genesis etc are just going to be the ones to collect.
I see it on here, younger/new people joining to collect the NES/SNES and I bet in the next years to come the same thing will continue to happen.
Other systems just don't have the same appeal.
Everyone who gets into collecting starts with whatever then eventually comes back and says "Where's all dem Nintendo tapes at!".
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I'd say PS2 ... so many great titles..
whoa, long time no see! Maybe I'm just blind.
But I'd agree with this. It really is a fantastic library, and so huge.
I don't see anyone but an absolutely hardcore fanatic going after almost 4,000 games. Maybe certain titles, but I just can't imagine the set.
PS1
Being somewhat "serious" I am starting to see a trend to PS1. Picked up all of my favorites over the last few years I can definitely see others digging in before the gold dries up.
I'd say PS2 ... so many great titles..
whoa, long time no see! Maybe I'm just blind.
But I'd agree with this. It really is a fantastic library, and so huge.
I don't see anyone but an absolutely hardcore fanatic going after almost 4,000 games. Maybe certain titles, but I just can't imagine the set.
The further removed we get from when these consoles came out (and as modern consoles become full of digital only, online-required, and multiple editions of every game) I suspect collecting full sets will be less of a thing and more people will collect subsets or just games they want. You don't have to get every PS2 game to collect PS2 after all.
Original Xbox depending on how backwards compatible the new system ends up being since the 360 struggled with some of the games that were supposed to be compatible and I don't think Xbox games jumped in price after that...but who knows!
I called it
Original Xbox depending on how backwards compatible the new system ends up being since the 360 struggled with some of the games that were supposed to be compatible and I don't think Xbox games jumped in price after that...but who knows!
I called it
Agreed
The Saturn is pretty niche but I could see it steadily increasing in value, though not "boom", and be a collection worth holding onto. This is because it really was a good system that was over looked in the US and games (even the common decent ones) hold value well because, I feel, many of them were actually really good games. The biggest issues with the Saturn is that the hardware keeps breaking (the standard SEGA caps issue and dying CD readers that are proprietary), CD rot can be an issue (supposedly, though I've never ran into it) and cheap, hard to replace cases that break when you look at them wrong.
Still, I could see the new generation that's coming along appreciating the Saturn if they are interested in a solid collecting challenge for games of that era that are actually worth collecting.
Last, my gut tells me that the Dreamcast might have a huge boom at some point. I think it's because it was a really good system, people loved it but it had a sad fate due to mismanagement at SEGA. Pretty much everyone I knew who had a Dreamcast were glad to have owned one, even after it died a short death in the US. It might be another 5 years before the boom even starts, but I have a strong gut feeling that the Dreamcast will see it's day.
So, IMHO, if you want to place a long bet, invest in Dreamcast. If you want to see steady growth, go Saturn, and if you want to get in right ahead of the curb, go N64.
Original Xbox depending on how backwards compatible the new system ends up being since the 360 struggled with some of the games that were supposed to be compatible and I don't think Xbox games jumped in price after that...but who knows!
I called it
Agreed
I'd say PS2 ... so many great titles..
whoa, long time no see! Maybe I'm just blind.
But I'd agree with this. It really is a fantastic library, and so huge.
I don't see anyone but an absolutely hardcore fanatic going after almost 4,000 games. Maybe certain titles, but I just can't imagine the set.
The further removed we get from when these consoles came out (and as modern consoles become full of digital only, online-required, and multiple editions of every game) I suspect collecting full sets will be less of a thing and more people will collect subsets or just games they want. You don't have to get every PS2 game to collect PS2 after all.
Well, that's what I said. Certain titles it could be highly collectable but I don't think a full set would be.
Dreamcast I could see rising, but could go either way I think. Same with GameCube.
I could see a HUGE rush coming to the N64. People collect in waves and what tends to work best are the systems that hit the growing adults straight in the nostalgic feels. It's already happened to those of us in our late-teens when the N64 came out, but many of my younger cousins who cut their gamer teeth on the thing are just starting to get old enough where they have enough expendable income to start investing in gaming. I see the N64 doing better than the competitors (e.g. PS1 and Saturn) because the N64 was more kid friendly so the N64 will likely have mass appeal in the next 5 years or so to the serious collectors entering the scene who are looking to reconnect with their youth through collecting.
The Saturn is pretty niche but I could see it steadily increasing in value, though not "boom", and be a collection worth holding onto. This is because it really was a good system that was over looked in the US and games (even the common decent ones) hold value well because, I feel, many of them were actually really good games. The biggest issues with the Saturn is that the hardware keeps breaking (the standard SEGA caps issue and dying CD readers that are proprietary), CD rot can be an issue (supposedly, though I've never ran into it) and cheap, hard to replace cases that break when you look at them wrong.
Still, I could see the new generation that's coming along appreciating the Saturn if they are interested in a solid collecting challenge for games of that era that are actually worth collecting.
Last, my gut tells me that the Dreamcast might have a huge boom at some point. I think it's because it was a really good system, people loved it but it had a sad fate due to mismanagement at SEGA. Pretty much everyone I knew who had a Dreamcast were glad to have owned one, even after it died a short death in the US. It might be another 5 years before the boom even starts, but I have a strong gut feeling that the Dreamcast will see it's day.
So, IMHO, if you want to place a long bet, invest in Dreamcast. If you want to see steady growth, go Saturn, and if you want to get in right ahead of the curb, go N64.
I'm really hoping the N64 doesn't boom any time soon. I can already see it sorta happening, and I'm not HUGE on the console as I mostly played PS1 by around that time, but still... I have a reasonable little collection and wouldn't mind picking up more of the games I played growing up like Goemon, Resident Evil 2, etc.. I may have to pick up my pace though, as I do agree with you about where this is going.
I could see a HUGE rush coming to the N64.
Tsunami already hit, its going mad crazy, lol im glad im already out of that wave
So, IMHO, if you want to place a long bet, invest in Dreamcast. If you want to see steady growth, go Saturn, and if you want to get in right ahead of the curb, go N64.
I agree, Dreamcast is still a pretty steady stream, seems like the popular mainstream consoles tend to ride the wave first and PS1 is definitely in the running since the majority of people buying up the N64 are from the same generation. Who knows though Dreamcast could be in 4-5yrs but if it is Genesis may still be quite a ways behind N64 by then. who knows lets wait and see
Also on anonther note Gameboy is starting to pickup a bit since it is still the cheapest entry to videogame collecting (aside from Atari)
I'm really hoping the N64 doesn't boom any time soon. I can already see it sorta happening, and I'm not HUGE on the console as I mostly played PS1 by around that time, but still... I have a reasonable little collection and wouldn't mind picking up more of the games I played growing up like Goemon, Resident Evil 2, etc.. I may have to pick up my pace though, as I do agree with you about where this is going.
Hey, I hear you. I still have about 10 games from my childhood I need to collect, and I still find it tough pulling the trigger on Mario Kart 64, though I know I'm going to have to just go and spend $35-40 on a cart in the condition I want.
I agree, it'd be nice if it didn't boom, but we're already seeing the signs that it's coming. IMHO, the market is already shaking out which games will be the ones worth holding vs. those that will be nice to have (Conker's Bad Fur Day has been fun to watch in the past 9 months, for instance) and I think soon people are going to start picking it a part and in the next few years, we'll see aggressive pushes for complete sets while the more casual collectors will push up prices of SM64, Mario Kart 64, Zelda, etc. because those are the "essentials".
If we have games we want that were even semi-popular or are hard to find today, now is the time to get them. It's unfortunate, but I think it's true.