A dude named Polar Bear created a thread and was trying to hype it up, saying how awesome the game was, posting screenshots, basically doing an infomercial in thread form. When challenged on it, he would say, "Hey, I'm just talking about the gameplay." Nevermind he posted it in Collector's Corner instead of Gaming Gauntlet.
A dude named Polar Bear created a thread and was trying to hype it up, saying how awesome the game was, posting screenshots, basically doing an infomercial in thread form. When challenged on it, he would say, "Hey, I'm just talking about the gameplay." Nevermind he posted it in Collector's Corner instead of Gaming Gauntlet.
One of the sellers I frequent is liquidating and changing businesses after the holidays.
He says it's the changing collecting scene that's prompting his decision. He claims to know multiple big collectors who are unloading their collections. This, plus the sales slump he's in, has him convinced that the bubble will burst soon.
I can tell ya prices sure ain't coming down around my parts.
You will see more rarez in game shops these days. The best way for a store too acquire a good assortment of bulk games that will sell is to buy from a collector.
Flea markets and yard sales have dried up in my area. And there is more competition then ever with reselllers and new collectors.
This is the current state retro game collecting is in which is very far off from bursting.
I never understood how collecting is even a bubble. Do people just say that because they hear other people say it about the 2008 housing crisis?
Its not like peoples collections are purchased with shady loans, and they are going to default on their collection payments.
Flatten out? Sure.
But the bottom can't and will not fall out of the desireable game market. Rare, quality games will be always sought after unless the ENTIRE Economy collapses in event of some major war or natural disaster-then no one will care about any "collectibles" period.
I've seen Rockin' Katz, Bomberman II, Shatter Hand, NGIII, and multiple Dark Wing Ducks in the past few weeks. There was a Zombie Nation awhile back too. Most desirable stuff gets picked up pretty quickly. The uncommon stuff from $5 to $20 seems to sit like a log.
As the collecting demographic enters the back 9 of life, more supply will hit the market again. It's a cycle and any bubble would be counteracted by people re-entering the market. With that said, another recession could really change things.
He did it with another game, too. I forget which, but when he got called out, he tried to change the thread title to pretend he was talking about another game (one already hyped, I think Aerofighters) and played innocent.
Recession is really the only thing i can see putting a dent in this hobby. I just can't see interest completely dropping out. It is a pretty fun and entertaining hobby with a lot of history and appeal, and i think while it may slow down one day, maybe, it is never going to just plummet. So at most it might cool a bit down, but this whole bubble idea i just don't understand. What do people think is going to cause the whole hobby to just collapse?
I never understood how collecting is even a bubble. Do people just say that because they hear other people say it about the 2008 housing crisis?
Its not like peoples collections are purchased with shady loans, and they are going to default on their collection payments.
Flatten out? Sure.
But the bottom can't and will not fall out of the desireable game market. Rare, quality games will be always sought after unless the ENTIRE Economy collapses in event of some major war or natural disaster-then no one will care about any "collectibles" period.
I never understood the whole bubble bursting theory either. I understand supply and demand and rising and falling prices on any type of collection hobby. People are going to pay whatever if they want said item bad enough. It could be 10 cents and somebody shell out 20$ because they just got to have it. It's always been that way and will never change.
I never understood how collecting is even a bubble. Do people just say that because they hear other people say it about the 2008 housing crisis?
Its not like peoples collections are purchased with shady loans, and they are going to default on their collection payments.
Flatten out? Sure.
But the bottom can't and will not fall out of the desireable game market. Rare, quality games will be always sought after unless the ENTIRE Economy collapses in event of some major war or natural disaster-then no one will care about any "collectibles" period.
I think the logic by people using the "bubble" term is that the market is a ballon. Prices = air. Prices get so high, and then the balloon pops. Just doesn't work like that though. People may lose interest, but it's not going to happen suddenly overnight. It would be a long drawn out process over years and years.
Just start saying you think prices have peaked and will start to come down. That's a more reasonable thought. Probably wrong, but more reasonable.
He did it with another game, too. I forget which, but when he got called out, he tried to change the thread title to pretend he was talking about another game (one already hyped, I think Aerofighters) and played innocent.
I'm like this. If you want to buy into the hype bullshit take it to YouTube. There's plenty of douchey wannabe gamers making hidden gems videos. Lol
Recession is really the only thing i can see putting a dent in this hobby. I just can't see interest completely dropping out. It is a pretty fun and entertaining hobby with a lot of history and appeal, and i think while it may slow down one day, maybe, it is never going to just plummet. So at most it might cool a bit down, but this whole bubble idea i just don't understand. What do people think is going to cause the whole hobby to just collapse?
Whenever people say something the US government is doing will lead to total financial disaster, I get a little excited. On one hand, the country will be in desperate shambles. On the other hand, I might save a few bucks on a Caltron 6-in-1.
Picture a line going up diagonally to the right (positive slope). As you go further to the right (through time), you're always higher than you were before/earlier, so you'll always see it as a peak and wonder when you'll start to go down. But in reality, we can't see what the line is doing ahead of where we are in time. Maybe the current prices will seem low in 5 years. As long as there are many people making threads about video games though, the bubble can't truly burst. As someone said earlier, people would just buy everything up at the new prices since they would be lower than what we have come to see as market value, and the fact that those prices would be considered a good deal would negate the idea that market value even went down (or else a deal wouldn't be considered a "good" deal in the first place).
Game prices have peaked and have been dropping fairly constantly with some exceptions. The game prices would have been increasing this time of year already if this was a normal cycle. The supply of games has been limited by owners, but more so by resellers purchasing large amounts of stock, but as they see the prices dropping people are leaving faster and faster before their horde is devalued. So his will speed up the decrease in prices. I'm glad I have a player's collection. I'm still buying because I only want 10 or 12 more games, but it is probably better to wait.
I can see if Sony, Nintendo, or Microsoft ever elect to let you carry over your digital purchases, the retro market taking a huge hit. I believe some games when released digitally stopped climbing, and have now leveled out.
They are beginning to rerelease games which I feel will have a bigger impact than people realize now.
Why pay $100 for a nes or snes cart which you'll likely have to replace the battery instead of a copy you can download and (potentially) own forever on your network account? This won't happen for all games as they will never be able to rerelease full library's, but like someone above said, the common games will surely devalue. There will be just collectors left who want the super rare stuff.
But I'm no way do I think a "burst will occur or values will suddenly plummet. But I can see in 10+ years someone asking themselves why'd they pay $10k for SE when they have no nastalgia or fun from the game
Your not getting it. There are many copies of most of these games. They were all over the country in the 80's and 90's. Although some copies were destroyed most are still here because their durability There are less people who play these games now then played in the 80's and 90's. Although there was a surge in vintage gaming industry the popularity pales to when the systems werr originally available. The reason the prices rose so high is because resellers needed inventory and people saw the value of gamrs moving upward and purchased ganes for entertainment and as an investment. so were continually purchasing video games.
The market was inflated because consumer demand was not real. Now resellers aren't as willing to purchase inventory at higher and higher prices so the prices are dropping. Yes the consumer; us, were effected, having to decide whether we wanted to pay higher prices for a game or not, but our purchases are generally not as needy and large as persons needing inventory. (Also on a side note, because resellers were paying high costs for inventory, they had to mark up the cost of ga.es to make a profit. Because games were held by many as inventory and the supply was somewhat tight people played the higher prices. This is now crumbling.
The market was inflated because consumer demand was not real. Now resellers aren't as willing to purchase inventory at higher and higher prices so the prices are dropping. Yes the consumer; us, were effected, having to decide whether we wanted to pay higher prices for a game or not, but our purchases are generally not as needy and large as persons needing inventory. (Also on a side note, because resellers were paying high costs for inventory, they had to mark up the cost of ga.es to make a profit. Because games were held by many as inventory and the supply was somewhat tight people played the higher prices. This is now crumbling.
I can see if Sony, Nintendo, or Microsoft ever elect to let you carry over your digital purchases, the retro market taking a huge hit. I believe some games when released digitally stopped climbing, and have now leveled out.
They are beginning to rerelease games which I feel will have a bigger impact than people realize now.
Why pay $100 for a nes or snes cart which you'll likely have to replace the battery instead of a copy you can download and (potentially) own forever on your network account? This won't happen for all games as they will never be able to rerelease full library's, but like someone above said, the common games will surely devalue. There will be just collectors left who want the super rare stuff.
But I'm no way do I think a "burst will occur or values will suddenly plummet. But I can see in 10+ years someone asking themselves why'd they pay $10k for SE when they have no nastalgia or fun from the game
The opposite could also occur where the games they make digital are those rare games, so more people have the chance to experience them.
The joke is that you can't see it happening. And the degree does matter, to earn a business degree with an emphasis in accounting i studied eonomics and markets. Tell me were there is a hole in my logic.
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Who's hyping isolated warrior?! That's blasphemous behavior......
A dude named Polar Bear created a thread and was trying to hype it up, saying how awesome the game was, posting screenshots, basically doing an infomercial in thread form. When challenged on it, he would say, "Hey, I'm just talking about the gameplay." Nevermind he posted it in Collector's Corner instead of Gaming Gauntlet.
Glad that troll was banned.
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=142128
Who's hyping isolated warrior?! That's blasphemous behavior......
A dude named Polar Bear created a thread and was trying to hype it up, saying how awesome the game was, posting screenshots, basically doing an infomercial in thread form. When challenged on it, he would say, "Hey, I'm just talking about the gameplay." Nevermind he posted it in Collector's Corner instead of Gaming Gauntlet.
Glad that troll was banned.
Ah good, now we speak no more of this. Lol
Here ya go
http://nintendoage.com/forum/mess...
Wow nice
Here ya go
http://nintendoage.com/forum/mess...
man that is some bullshit right there.....
He says it's the changing collecting scene that's prompting his decision. He claims to know multiple big collectors who are unloading their collections. This, plus the sales slump he's in, has him convinced that the bubble will burst soon.
Time will tell, I guess.
Sounds like the bubble is gonna burst if you ask me.
I hope it does, then after I get all the gamez, it blows back up again.
man finally, been waiting for that bubble to burst for years now I can finally play little sampson
Is that the crazy expensive weed dealing game?
The doctor said I need a back-y-ottomy.
You will see more rarez in game shops these days. The best way for a store too acquire a good assortment of bulk games that will sell is to buy from a collector.
Flea markets and yard sales have dried up in my area. And there is more competition then ever with reselllers and new collectors.
This is the current state retro game collecting is in which is very far off from bursting.
Its not like peoples collections are purchased with shady loans, and they are going to default on their collection payments.
Flatten out? Sure.
But the bottom can't and will not fall out of the desireable game market. Rare, quality games will be always sought after unless the ENTIRE Economy collapses in event of some major war or natural disaster-then no one will care about any "collectibles" period.
As the collecting demographic enters the back 9 of life, more supply will hit the market again. It's a cycle and any bubble would be counteracted by people re-entering the market. With that said, another recession could really change things.
Here ya go
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadi...
man that is some bullshit right there.....
He did it with another game, too. I forget which, but when he got called out, he tried to change the thread title to pretend he was talking about another game (one already hyped, I think Aerofighters) and played innocent.
I never understood how collecting is even a bubble. Do people just say that because they hear other people say it about the 2008 housing crisis?
Its not like peoples collections are purchased with shady loans, and they are going to default on their collection payments.
Flatten out? Sure.
But the bottom can't and will not fall out of the desireable game market. Rare, quality games will be always sought after unless the ENTIRE Economy collapses in event of some major war or natural disaster-then no one will care about any "collectibles" period.
I never understood the whole bubble bursting theory either. I understand supply and demand and rising and falling prices on any type of collection hobby. People are going to pay whatever if they want said item bad enough. It could be 10 cents and somebody shell out 20$ because they just got to have it. It's always been that way and will never change.
I never understood how collecting is even a bubble. Do people just say that because they hear other people say it about the 2008 housing crisis?
Its not like peoples collections are purchased with shady loans, and they are going to default on their collection payments.
Flatten out? Sure.
But the bottom can't and will not fall out of the desireable game market. Rare, quality games will be always sought after unless the ENTIRE Economy collapses in event of some major war or natural disaster-then no one will care about any "collectibles" period.
I think the logic by people using the "bubble" term is that the market is a ballon. Prices = air. Prices get so high, and then the balloon pops. Just doesn't work like that though. People may lose interest, but it's not going to happen suddenly overnight. It would be a long drawn out process over years and years.
Just start saying you think prices have peaked and will start to come down. That's a more reasonable thought. Probably wrong, but more reasonable.
Here ya go
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&thr...
man that is some bullshit right there.....
He did it with another game, too. I forget which, but when he got called out, he tried to change the thread title to pretend he was talking about another game (one already hyped, I think Aerofighters) and played innocent.
I'm like this. If you want to buy into the hype bullshit take it to YouTube. There's plenty of douchey wannabe gamers making hidden gems videos. Lol
Recession is really the only thing i can see putting a dent in this hobby. I just can't see interest completely dropping out. It is a pretty fun and entertaining hobby with a lot of history and appeal, and i think while it may slow down one day, maybe, it is never going to just plummet. So at most it might cool a bit down, but this whole bubble idea i just don't understand. What do people think is going to cause the whole hobby to just collapse?
Whenever people say something the US government is doing will lead to total financial disaster, I get a little excited. On one hand, the country will be in desperate shambles. On the other hand, I might save a few bucks on a Caltron 6-in-1.
They are beginning to rerelease games which I feel will have a bigger impact than people realize now.
Why pay $100 for a nes or snes cart which you'll likely have to replace the battery instead of a copy you can download and (potentially) own forever on your network account? This won't happen for all games as they will never be able to rerelease full library's, but like someone above said, the common games will surely devalue. There will be just collectors left who want the super rare stuff.
But I'm no way do I think a "burst will occur or values will suddenly plummet. But I can see in 10+ years someone asking themselves why'd they pay $10k for SE when they have no nastalgia or fun from the game
Sounds like the bubble is gonna burst if you ask me.
I hope it does, then after I get all the gamez, it blows back up again.
man finally, been waiting for that bubble to burst for years now I can finally play little sampson
Is that the crazy expensive weed dealing game?
The doctor said I need a back-y-ottomy.
He slept with my MAMA! WHYYY?!
The market was inflated because consumer demand was not real. Now resellers aren't as willing to purchase inventory at higher and higher prices so the prices are dropping. Yes the consumer; us, were effected, having to decide whether we wanted to pay higher prices for a game or not, but our purchases are generally not as needy and large as persons needing inventory. (Also on a side note, because resellers were paying high costs for inventory, they had to mark up the cost of ga.es to make a profit. Because games were held by many as inventory and the supply was somewhat tight people played the higher prices. This is now crumbling.
Do you have any proof to back up your claim?
I can see if Sony, Nintendo, or Microsoft ever elect to let you carry over your digital purchases, the retro market taking a huge hit. I believe some games when released digitally stopped climbing, and have now leveled out.
They are beginning to rerelease games which I feel will have a bigger impact than people realize now.
Why pay $100 for a nes or snes cart which you'll likely have to replace the battery instead of a copy you can download and (potentially) own forever on your network account? This won't happen for all games as they will never be able to rerelease full library's, but like someone above said, the common games will surely devalue. There will be just collectors left who want the super rare stuff.
But I'm no way do I think a "burst will occur or values will suddenly plummet. But I can see in 10+ years someone asking themselves why'd they pay $10k for SE when they have no nastalgia or fun from the game
The opposite could also occur where the games they make digital are those rare games, so more people have the chance to experience them.
Hard to argue with "no proof but I have a degree"
Burn!!! :-)