How is your classic gaming portfolio doing?
There's a lot of negative talk about prices lately.
But what about the good side of price jumps? Some of my games have increased by more than 500% since I originally purchased them.
I feel pretty okay about that.
But what about the good side of price jumps? Some of my games have increased by more than 500% since I originally purchased them.
I feel pretty okay about that.
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It is nice to see a game you paid $10 for become $500, who wouldn't?
I've done a lot of buying and selling. Most stuff I've sold, I've paid way less to acquire. Used those sales to start up a nice CIB Collection, those are already starting to pay off. I'm not investing, and I'm not making bank, I just like my games, if it's worth more now cool. If I decide to get rid of it to get something I want more, cool. My collecting goals have changed dramatically since I've started
Originally posted by: mydogsrule
I'm a normal person who enjoys seeing games I've bought become more and more expensive. Did I begin collecting years ago as an investment, no but the market demanding current prices is good for me. Who doesn't like turning a nice profit, especially when it just happened without trying. I understand people who got to the retro scene late being disappointed with current prices but that's a part of life. Either you enjoy collecting retro games or you don't. If prices take away the fun factor then move on to something else.
I dont because I dont care... I just think its crazy how quickly its jumped in a small amount of time. I bought these games for me, but when I look at my shelf I dont see thousands of dollars, I see games I want to play.
I can't even imagine starting out now, I'd probably just say fuck it and collect teh romz instead. Seriously, what kind of a fucking world do we live in where Swamp Thing is $100 cart only? LMAO.
Joking aside I'd only buy stuff if it's cheap enough and resell enough to keep things going, I've traded doubles as well, I'm not keeping score on how everything has been doing moneywise but I admit I find it amusing and a bit absurd to see how some games spike really hard like Kid Klown NES that now allegedly sells for $300+.
When they do get sold, they will be less than market value (like most of the rest of my stuff) or traded.
Penny games like Odyssey and Game Boy I rate at BUY as low risk ways to diversify your portfolio
Earthbound is SELL. Short sellers are loading up on this, cash out while you still can.
We'll have more at 5 when we do the numbers.
There's a lot of negative talk about prices lately.
But what about the good side of price jumps? Some of my games have increased by more than 500% since I originally purchased them.
I feel pretty okay about that.
I'm a big fan of fullsets. The only reason I care about prices on the games I own becomes a situation I haven't seen anyone else mention.
"Oh, XXXX went from $30 game to a $200 game? Thank god I got that earlier. It would just be painful to get now."
So, I'm not so much happy that their net value has increased, I'm just happy I don't have to worry about ever paying some of the crazy prices I see these days. I'd have nowhere near as close to complete collections as I do now if I'd just started today.
I plan on retiring next year. Just bought a Lamborghini. Starting doing blow.
Awe no way. I just sold this super rare copy of Earthbound and paid my kids college tuition. Be rollin' in sum tendo bucks.
It is pretty hilarious seeing what happened to a lot of those uncommon NES games, shit like Sqoon, Last Action Hero, Cool World, Shatterhand. Most of that stuff was unknown $10 fodder only a few years ago, now it's blown up in $50-100 each.
I can't even imagine starting out now, I'd probably just say fuck it and collect teh romz instead. Seriously, what kind of a fucking world do we live in where Swamp Thing is $100 cart only? LMAO.
It's crazy how much disposable income some people have. A couple months ago an old school collector (I assume an an old school collector) sold off a decent chunk of his collection. I was going through the winning bidders on each item. One guy won like 30+ items and dished out like 3k+. I realize 3k isn't that absurd, but when you take into account his other winnings and the fact he is probably spending that on a regular basis, i bet it gets crazy the amount he is putting into the hobby. He obviously isn't the only one with that kind of money. As long as people with money are buying the games, prizes are just going to keep rising.
I definitely miss the days when prices were within reason and there was a lot more games to go around. I had a lot of fun collecting for the most part.
It is pretty hilarious seeing what happened to a lot of those uncommon NES games, shit like Sqoon, Last Action Hero, Cool World, Shatterhand. Most of that stuff was unknown $10 fodder only a few years ago, now it's blown up in $50-100 each.
I can't even imagine starting out now, I'd probably just say fuck it and collect teh romz instead. Seriously, what kind of a fucking world do we live in where Swamp Thing is $100 cart only? LMAO.
I love this comment because for me it's 100% true. All four of those titles I snagged a few years ago in the $5-$10 range.
I'd say my portfolio is solid!
It is pretty hilarious seeing what happened to a lot of those uncommon NES games, shit like Sqoon, Last Action Hero, Cool World, Shatterhand. Most of that stuff was unknown $10 fodder only a few years ago, now it's blown up in $50-100 each.
I can't even imagine starting out now, I'd probably just say fuck it and collect teh romz instead. Seriously, what kind of a fucking world do we live in where Swamp Thing is $100 cart only? LMAO.
I love this comment because for me it's 100% true. All four of those titles I snagged a few years ago in the $5-$10 range.
I'd say my portfolio is solid!
I'm glad I got everything I wanted when I did. I don't see a crazy bubble burst coming but I bet we see less and less people jumping into the hobby because of the crazy prices and people selling off. Hell, I bought Dragon Fighter for 14 bucks and it's almost 3 hundo. If this keeps up, I'm gonna keep what I play and sell the rest.
I felt bad finishing up the end of my pre-64 collection due to prices being so out of control and spending a few more bucks on stuff than I wanted. Collecting was no longer fun so I can't even imagine getting into it today. I've sold a good number of 'heavy hitters' and still have a few left I plan on selling which will pay for a HUGE chunk of my collection. Even if the market crashed today I've already cashed in to some extent. That coupled with the strong US dollar it's a great time to sell.
I definitely miss the days when prices were within reason and there was a lot more games to go around. I had a lot of fun collecting for the most part.
Yeah those golden years are over. I definately feel bad for those just getting started. The days of threads popping up have been shifted from "Should I Sell the Games to buy the house?" to "Should I Sell the house to buy the Games?!" lol
Yeah OP, the forums have been pretty negative lately glad you could spin it even for just a moment.
Very happy I finished the N64 2yrs ago.
Nearing the end of my NES collection only a few more! Check out my Thread to help me out http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=56&threadid=172000
only need about 150-200 more SNES games to go too!
Especially all these people who had decent collections before 2010. Those guys are laughin'.
Anyone who actively sought out games before 2010/earlier are probably laughing it up in their mansions and swimming in their pools full of NES carts, ala Scrooge McDuck.
Or they're just staring at the Little Samson they paid $5 for with a huge grin on their face.
According to GVN, 4 games I paid $465 CDN for in 2012 are now "worth" approx $1,100 USD now. Would I pay that now? Hell no, I thought I was crazy dropping that much dough at the time. Good portfolio move, though.
Not looking back on selling at "all".