Do you think that the Atari surge could be a result of the increase in arcade interest?
I do think the classic systems killed values on more common games, especially popular ones like Contra and SMB3. I hope the trend continues. I remember when you could get SMB for $0.25.
Do you think that the Atari surge could be a result of the increase in arcade interest?
I do think the classic systems killed values on more common games, especially popular ones like Contra and SMB3. I hope the trend continues. I remember when you could get SMB for $0.25.
Be careful what you wish for. Values drop too much and all of a sudden stuff ends up getting thrown away when discovered rather than ending up at the thrift store/garage sales.
Heck, as well known as Beanie Babies are for the market completely bottoming out, there are still a small handful worth multiple thousands.
I almost starting buying them. I see them all the time at yard sales/flea markets, people trying to give them away. Still in the packaging. Im thinking “one of these must be worth something still”.
Not the ones you see at the flea market anyway; they don't have any worth beyond being a stuffed toy. The super money ones are harder to find early 90s ones like the original dinos, the one bee, blue Peanut, etc.
Originally posted by: Archon 1981
The genuinely rare will stay expensive, while the not genuinely rare will fall off. When you have a handful of copies of something, the people who own those copies have a vested interest in keeping the value up and are a small enough community that they are able to control the market. Even the 2600, while most games are like a dollar, the genuinely rare games are still expensive as fuck.
I sold more Atari than loose NES and SNES combined this last show.
really?
Yep. Same as the show before it as well.
Atari has had some odd resurgence lately. NES and SNES Classic completely murdered the loose cart markets on anything R4 and under.
Atari was my first system I played, and believe it or not, if memory serves me, back in the early 80s, there was a store that sold video games "loose", in fact I can't remember ever buying a sealed box of those games, and i think I was paying 40 dollars a pop for loose atari games.
Contra and Pitfall are still my favorite games ever. But today it's just too much of a hassle to get what I need to play those games.
Heck, as well known as Beanie Babies are for the market completely bottoming out, there are still a small handful worth multiple thousands.
I almost starting buying them. I see them all the time at yard sales/flea markets, people trying to give them away. Still in the packaging. Im thinking “one of these must be worth something still”.
Not the ones you see at the flea market anyway; they don't have any worth beyond being a stuffed toy. The super money ones are harder to find early 90s ones like the original dinos, the one bee, blue Peanut, etc.
Originally posted by: Archon 1981
The genuinely rare will stay expensive, while the not genuinely rare will fall off. When you have a handful of copies of something, the people who own those copies have a vested interest in keeping the value up and are a small enough community that they are able to control the market. Even the 2600, while most games are like a dollar, the genuinely rare games are still expensive as fuck.
I sold more Atari than loose NES and SNES combined this last show.
Approx. age range of people buying the Atari? Has the uptick correlated to the Retron 77? Or, how about the correlation of raising other markets(like GC/Dreamcast).
I'm wondering if some collectors and shifting into cheapo Atari with the Retron77 making it easy to play them.
Heck, as well known as Beanie Babies are for the market completely bottoming out, there are still a small handful worth multiple thousands.
I almost starting buying them. I see them all the time at yard sales/flea markets, people trying to give them away. Still in the packaging. Im thinking “one of these must be worth something still”.
Not the ones you see at the flea market anyway; they don't have any worth beyond being a stuffed toy. The super money ones are harder to find early 90s ones like the original dinos, the one bee, blue Peanut, etc.
Originally posted by: Archon 1981
The genuinely rare will stay expensive, while the not genuinely rare will fall off. When you have a handful of copies of something, the people who own those copies have a vested interest in keeping the value up and are a small enough community that they are able to control the market. Even the 2600, while most games are like a dollar, the genuinely rare games are still expensive as fuck.
I sold more Atari than loose NES and SNES combined this last show.
Approx. age range of people buying the Atari? Has the uptick correlated to the Retron 77? Or, how about the correlation of raising other markets(like GC/Dreamcast).
I'm wondering if some collectors and shifting into cheapo Atari with the Retron77 making it easy to play them.
40s it seemed? Definitely not people in their 20s, so I would say mid 30s on up.
The Retron 77 would make sense. Seemed for a few years there it was like pulling teeth to move them and the last several shows I have sold a bunch across the board (commons and uncommons)
Do you think that the Atari surge could be a result of the increase in arcade interest?
I do think the classic systems killed values on more common games, especially popular ones like Contra and SMB3. I hope the trend continues. I remember when you could get SMB for $0.25.
Be careful what you wish for. Values drop too much and all of a sudden stuff ends up getting thrown away when discovered rather than ending up at the thrift store/garage sales.
Fair enough, I wouldn’t want things thrown out rather than discovered. I just would like to collect things at more reasonable prices. I’m not in it as an investment. I’m mainly trying to just build my game room and be nostalgic.
It will deminish yes. It will always have the lets say an objective novelty of something that is old and interesting to certain people but the larger subcultural aspect will fade away when those that grew up with the games start losing interest. The e-shop will keep the games themselves afloat but the newer generations won't really be seeking the physical shit out, and by the same token it's very possible that the games too will draw less and less interest from those gamers eventually falling to the wayside.
It will deminish yes. It will always have the lets say an objective novelty of something that is old and interesting to certain people but the larger subcultural aspect will fade away when those that grew up with the games start losing interest. The e-shop will keep the games themselves afloat but the newer generations won't really be seeking the physical shit out, and by the same token it's very possible that the games too will draw less and less interest from those gamers eventually falling to the wayside.
I don't associate the e-shop with retro game collecting, but I do agree that systems that have e-shops will make it less appealing to hunt down a physical copy. For nintendo, I think the gba and back is retro game collecting. The ds is on the fringe and everything after the ds won't be retro collectible in my opinion.
Heck, as well known as Beanie Babies are for the market completely bottoming out, there are still a small handful worth multiple thousands.
I almost starting buying them. I see them all the time at yard sales/flea markets, people trying to give them away. Still in the packaging. Im thinking "one of these must be worth something still".
Not the ones you see at the flea market anyway; they don't have any worth beyond being a stuffed toy. The super money ones are harder to find early 90s ones like the original dinos, the one bee, blue Peanut, etc.
Originally posted by: Archon 1981
The genuinely rare will stay expensive, while the not genuinely rare will fall off. When you have a handful of copies of something, the people who own those copies have a vested interest in keeping the value up and are a small enough community that they are able to control the market. Even the 2600, while most games are like a dollar, the genuinely rare games are still expensive as fuck.
I sold more Atari than loose NES and SNES combined this last show.
really?
Yep. Same as the show before it as well.
Atari has had some odd resurgence lately. NES and SNES Classic completely murdered the loose cart markets on anything R4 and under.
CCAG? This year there was a ton of Atari, not as much uncommon NES as I had seen in the past.
It will deminish yes. It will always have the lets say an objective novelty of something that is old and interesting to certain people but the larger subcultural aspect will fade away when those that grew up with the g. ames start losing interest. The e-shop will keep the games themselves afloat but the newer generations won't really be seeking the physical shit out, and by the same token it's very possible that the games too will draw less and less interest from those gamers eventually falling to the wayside.
I don't associate the e-shop with retro game collecting, but I do agree that systems that have e-shops will make it less appealing to hunt down a physical copy. For nintendo, I think the gba and back is retro game collecting. The ds is on the fringe and everything after the ds won't be retro collectible in my opinion.
E-shops keep the games vital that's what i meant. A kid with a Switch will probably not pick up a GBA or NES but there is a small chance that he might buy the games online and then decide to hunt them down. It's hard to say though because as you mention the exposure he got to it is also making it unneccesary to hunt it down physically to play.
It will deminish yes. It will always have the lets say an objective novelty of something that is old and interesting to certain people but the larger subcultural aspect will fade away when those that grew up with the games start losing interest. The e-shop will keep the games themselves afloat but the newer generations won't really be seeking the physical shit out, and by the same token it's very possible that the games too will draw less and less interest from those gamers eventually falling to the wayside.
I don't associate the e-shop with retro game collecting, but I do agree that systems that have e-shops will make it less appealing to hunt down a physical copy. For nintendo, I think the gba and back is retro game collecting. The ds is on the fringe and everything after the ds won't be retro collectible in my opinion.
That's a very subjective statement.
How a person collects and plays retro video games is up to them. Not all people want to have tons of consoles and tons of various medias for those consoles. Whether you prefer a digital collection or physical collection doesn't really matter other than the amount of room it takes up. Physical collecting of old games is just one aspect of retro game collecting. Nor can a person just slap a "retro, not retro" label on games. The Xbox360 came out 14 years ago. Are you saying that the people in 2000 weren't retro collecting NES games? 15 years from the release of the NES was the year 2000. Psone came out in 95', DC 99' and N64 96'. Are you telling me all those people, the first generation of physical retro NES collectors...were not actually retro collectors? They just magically got the term once some person decided buying NES was retro?
Once a console is no longer active...it's assigned to history.
To me, there is something about collecting in general. For years I wanted a NES. It was the only good thing about my childhood. My wifey bought me an Atari, one of those pre-loaded deals. It was cool to see and play, but something was missing. She bought me an NES and some of my favorite games like Contra, Paperboy, and Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt. That was it. I wanted more. That's how it started. My daughter looks at my gaming stuff and asks questions. I can answer her by showing her. She gets it too. I believe if we share with our kids, that we can show them there was more to it than how gamers are today. I believe maybe we cherished things a bit more? I buy my son Call of Duty and a month later it's ancient to him and he wants to trade it. He digs the original characters that are still a part of Nintendo universe now with the switch, but NES is where it started for some.
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I do think the classic systems killed values on more common games, especially popular ones like Contra and SMB3. I hope the trend continues. I remember when you could get SMB for $0.25.
Do you think that the Atari surge could be a result of the increase in arcade interest?
I do think the classic systems killed values on more common games, especially popular ones like Contra and SMB3. I hope the trend continues. I remember when you could get SMB for $0.25.
Be careful what you wish for. Values drop too much and all of a sudden stuff ends up getting thrown away when discovered rather than ending up at the thrift store/garage sales.
Heck, as well known as Beanie Babies are for the market completely bottoming out, there are still a small handful worth multiple thousands.
I almost starting buying them. I see them all the time at yard sales/flea markets, people trying to give them away. Still in the packaging. Im thinking “one of these must be worth something still”.
Not the ones you see at the flea market anyway; they don't have any worth beyond being a stuffed toy. The super money ones are harder to find early 90s ones like the original dinos, the one bee, blue Peanut, etc.
The genuinely rare will stay expensive, while the not genuinely rare will fall off. When you have a handful of copies of something, the people who own those copies have a vested interest in keeping the value up and are a small enough community that they are able to control the market. Even the 2600, while most games are like a dollar, the genuinely rare games are still expensive as fuck.
I sold more Atari than loose NES and SNES combined this last show.
really?
Yep. Same as the show before it as well.
Atari has had some odd resurgence lately. NES and SNES Classic completely murdered the loose cart markets on anything R4 and under.
Atari was my first system I played, and believe it or not, if memory serves me, back in the early 80s, there was a store that sold video games "loose", in fact I can't remember ever buying a sealed box of those games, and i think I was paying 40 dollars a pop for loose atari games.
Contra and Pitfall are still my favorite games ever. But today it's just too much of a hassle to get what I need to play those games.
Heck, as well known as Beanie Babies are for the market completely bottoming out, there are still a small handful worth multiple thousands.
I almost starting buying them. I see them all the time at yard sales/flea markets, people trying to give them away. Still in the packaging. Im thinking “one of these must be worth something still”.
Not the ones you see at the flea market anyway; they don't have any worth beyond being a stuffed toy. The super money ones are harder to find early 90s ones like the original dinos, the one bee, blue Peanut, etc.
The genuinely rare will stay expensive, while the not genuinely rare will fall off. When you have a handful of copies of something, the people who own those copies have a vested interest in keeping the value up and are a small enough community that they are able to control the market. Even the 2600, while most games are like a dollar, the genuinely rare games are still expensive as fuck.
I sold more Atari than loose NES and SNES combined this last show.
Approx. age range of people buying the Atari? Has the uptick correlated to the Retron 77? Or, how about the correlation of raising other markets(like GC/Dreamcast).
I'm wondering if some collectors and shifting into cheapo Atari with the Retron77 making it easy to play them.
Heck, as well known as Beanie Babies are for the market completely bottoming out, there are still a small handful worth multiple thousands.
I almost starting buying them. I see them all the time at yard sales/flea markets, people trying to give them away. Still in the packaging. Im thinking “one of these must be worth something still”.
Not the ones you see at the flea market anyway; they don't have any worth beyond being a stuffed toy. The super money ones are harder to find early 90s ones like the original dinos, the one bee, blue Peanut, etc.
The genuinely rare will stay expensive, while the not genuinely rare will fall off. When you have a handful of copies of something, the people who own those copies have a vested interest in keeping the value up and are a small enough community that they are able to control the market. Even the 2600, while most games are like a dollar, the genuinely rare games are still expensive as fuck.
I sold more Atari than loose NES and SNES combined this last show.
Approx. age range of people buying the Atari? Has the uptick correlated to the Retron 77? Or, how about the correlation of raising other markets(like GC/Dreamcast).
I'm wondering if some collectors and shifting into cheapo Atari with the Retron77 making it easy to play them.
40s it seemed? Definitely not people in their 20s, so I would say mid 30s on up.
The Retron 77 would make sense. Seemed for a few years there it was like pulling teeth to move them and the last several shows I have sold a bunch across the board (commons and uncommons)
Do you think that the Atari surge could be a result of the increase in arcade interest?
I do think the classic systems killed values on more common games, especially popular ones like Contra and SMB3. I hope the trend continues. I remember when you could get SMB for $0.25.
Be careful what you wish for. Values drop too much and all of a sudden stuff ends up getting thrown away when discovered rather than ending up at the thrift store/garage sales.
Fair enough, I wouldn’t want things thrown out rather than discovered. I just would like to collect things at more reasonable prices. I’m not in it as an investment. I’m mainly trying to just build my game room and be nostalgic.
It will deminish yes. It will always have the lets say an objective novelty of something that is old and interesting to certain people but the larger subcultural aspect will fade away when those that grew up with the games start losing interest. The e-shop will keep the games themselves afloat but the newer generations won't really be seeking the physical shit out, and by the same token it's very possible that the games too will draw less and less interest from those gamers eventually falling to the wayside.
I don't associate the e-shop with retro game collecting, but I do agree that systems that have e-shops will make it less appealing to hunt down a physical copy. For nintendo, I think the gba and back is retro game collecting. The ds is on the fringe and everything after the ds won't be retro collectible in my opinion.
Heck, as well known as Beanie Babies are for the market completely bottoming out, there are still a small handful worth multiple thousands.
I almost starting buying them. I see them all the time at yard sales/flea markets, people trying to give them away. Still in the packaging. Im thinking "one of these must be worth something still".
Not the ones you see at the flea market anyway; they don't have any worth beyond being a stuffed toy. The super money ones are harder to find early 90s ones like the original dinos, the one bee, blue Peanut, etc.
The genuinely rare will stay expensive, while the not genuinely rare will fall off. When you have a handful of copies of something, the people who own those copies have a vested interest in keeping the value up and are a small enough community that they are able to control the market. Even the 2600, while most games are like a dollar, the genuinely rare games are still expensive as fuck.
I sold more Atari than loose NES and SNES combined this last show.
really?
Yep. Same as the show before it as well.
Atari has had some odd resurgence lately. NES and SNES Classic completely murdered the loose cart markets on anything R4 and under.
CCAG? This year there was a ton of Atari, not as much uncommon NES as I had seen in the past.
It will deminish yes. It will always have the lets say an objective novelty of something that is old and interesting to certain people but the larger subcultural aspect will fade away when those that grew up with the g. ames start losing interest. The e-shop will keep the games themselves afloat but the newer generations won't really be seeking the physical shit out, and by the same token it's very possible that the games too will draw less and less interest from those gamers eventually falling to the wayside.
I don't associate the e-shop with retro game collecting, but I do agree that systems that have e-shops will make it less appealing to hunt down a physical copy. For nintendo, I think the gba and back is retro game collecting. The ds is on the fringe and everything after the ds won't be retro collectible in my opinion.
E-shops keep the games vital that's what i meant. A kid with a Switch will probably not pick up a GBA or NES but there is a small chance that he might buy the games online and then decide to hunt them down. It's hard to say though because as you mention the exposure he got to it is also making it unneccesary to hunt it down physically to play.
It will deminish yes. It will always have the lets say an objective novelty of something that is old and interesting to certain people but the larger subcultural aspect will fade away when those that grew up with the games start losing interest. The e-shop will keep the games themselves afloat but the newer generations won't really be seeking the physical shit out, and by the same token it's very possible that the games too will draw less and less interest from those gamers eventually falling to the wayside.
I don't associate the e-shop with retro game collecting, but I do agree that systems that have e-shops will make it less appealing to hunt down a physical copy. For nintendo, I think the gba and back is retro game collecting. The ds is on the fringe and everything after the ds won't be retro collectible in my opinion.
That's a very subjective statement.
How a person collects and plays retro video games is up to them. Not all people want to have tons of consoles and tons of various medias for those consoles. Whether you prefer a digital collection or physical collection doesn't really matter other than the amount of room it takes up. Physical collecting of old games is just one aspect of retro game collecting. Nor can a person just slap a "retro, not retro" label on games. The Xbox360 came out 14 years ago. Are you saying that the people in 2000 weren't retro collecting NES games? 15 years from the release of the NES was the year 2000. Psone came out in 95', DC 99' and N64 96'. Are you telling me all those people, the first generation of physical retro NES collectors...were not actually retro collectors? They just magically got the term once some person decided buying NES was retro?
Once a console is no longer active...it's assigned to history.
It felt diminished at my local comic con yesterday. Less vendors and much smaller selections.
Thanks for the heads up. I'm ooooooouuuuuuuuuut!!!