Current Events > Shouldnt you buy all limited run games and resell them in a decade?

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Well?

Are you doing that?

Solid_Sonic posted...

Are you doing that?

Well the entire retro market value is driven by rarity. And literally in the name "limited" run means theyre already rare to a degree...

I think it really depends how much you think a PS4 copy of Spidersaurs will actually be worth in 15 years? Will there really be a market for Switch copies of Ayo the Clown? There are plenty of retro games from the "retro" eras currently that nobody cares about.

If its a game you really enjoy, then you should definitely do it, but its also entirely possible most of these games will have effectively no value beyond you personally liking it.

Proto_Spark posted...

I think it really depends how much you think a PS4 copy of Spidersaurs will actually be worth in 15 years? Will there really be a market for Switch copies of Ayo the Clown? There are plenty of retro games from the "retro" eras currently that nobody cares about.

If its a game you really enjoy, then you should definitely do it, but its also entirely possible most of these games will have effectively no value beyond you personally liking it.

Because no one wants "Spidersaurs" that means itll be that much rarer and expensive...

LordMarshal posted...

Because no one wants "Spidersaurs" that means itll be that much rarer and expensive...

But it won't have any resale value if nobody wants it.

You can find plenty of retro SNES games for dirt cheap because nobody cares about them either.

Proto_Spark posted...

But it won't have any resale value if nobody wants it.

You can find plenty of retro SNES games for dirt cheap because nobody cares about them either.

Theres tons of shit ultra rare expensive games. Go get a copy of cheetahmen.....

LordMarshal posted...

Theres tons of shit ultra rare expensive games. Go get a copy of cheetahmen.....

There are also plenty of ultra rare games that have no value. I don't think you're getting that rare =/= valuable

Just because Limited Run makes limited runs of physical games, it doesn't mean that it'll have resell value in like 10 years.

Proto_Spark posted...

There are also plenty of ultra rare games that have no value. I don't think you're getting that rare =/= valuable

Just because Limited Run makes limited runs of physical games, it doesn't mean that it'll have resell value in like 10 years.

It means exactly that.

it's not just rarity that adds to value, it's a sort of authenticity.

Lets compare to books.

A 1st Edition copy of Lord of the Rings has value as a collector's item. Yes it's rare, but it's more than rare, it's the original of something highly celebrated to this day.

Now on the flip side, say Billy Tim's e-book did juuuust well enough and got just enough of a fan base that a limited print of paperbacks through Pocket Books or Penguin House or whatever was deemed profitable at the time? Be lucky if they appreciate in value AT ALL. shit, be lucky if they even maintain value. Odds are more likely they'll be found in the fuckin bargain rack at Half Price Books in 10-20 years.

Gremlynn posted...

it's not just rarity that adds to value, it's a sort of authenticity.

Lets compare to books.

A 1st Edition copy of Lord of the Rings has value as a collector's item. Yes it's rare, but it's more than rare, it's the original of something highly celebrated to this day.

Now on the flip side, say Billy Tim's e-book did juuuust well enough and got just enough of a fan base that a limited print of paperbacks through Pocket Books or Penguin House or whatever was deemed profitable at the time? Be lucky if they appreciate in value AT ALL. shit, be lucky if they even maintain value. Odds are more likely they'll be found in the fuckin bargain rack at Half Price Books in 10-20 years.

Games arnt books so....

LordMarshal posted...

Games arnt books so....

And? They aren't special in terms of what drives value for them either.

Gremlynn posted...

And? They aren't special in terms of what drives value for them either.

Rarity drives value much more in games than books. I already listed an example that you ignored.

LordMarshal posted...

Rarity drives value much more in games than books. I already listed an example that you ignored.

and it's still an example of the cartridge being the original format, like i said above. This is that "authenticity" i spoke of but may not have articulated well.

Modern games who's initial and most celebrated release was digital don't gain that authenticity for having a physical copy released a few months later.

Gremlynn posted...

and it's still an example of the cartridge being the original format, like i said above. This is that "authenticity" i spoke of but may not have articulated well.

Modern games who's initial and most celebrated release was digital don't gain that authenticity for having a physical copy released a few months later.

Give it 10 years..

Even if I were to walk with you to this pier that you're insisting on standing on, it still won't work.

A solid 50%+ of LRGs catalog get additional, non limited print runs through other companies. PlayAsia is full of them. They stay cheap, stay on the market, and tank that resell value.

DarkBuster22904 posted...

Even if I were to walk with you to this pier that you're insisting on standing on, it still won't work.

A solid 50%+ of LRGs catalog get additional, non limited print runs through other companies. PlayAsia is full of them. They stay cheap, stay on the market, and tank that resell value.

Give it 10 years.

LordMarshal posted...

Give it 10 years.

Time is not this perfect arbiter that you think it is. Rare+time does not always equal value. For any medium. Books, toys, cards, comics, antiques, or anything else. Video games do not operate in this mystical, special space all their own, no matter what you say, and digging your heels in and saying "yes they do" does not make it so. I guarantee every ps3 game will be worth pennies in a few years, because theyll all be unplayable with the update servers shut down, rarity be damned. For every Little Samson, there's a hundred The Incredibles for gba. Or Feel the Magic on DS. Cheetahmen II is infamous among collectors, and rides to its price point mostly on its reputation alone. Jamestown+ doesn't have that.

You want an example? The Zelda Master Quest GC games were only available as part of a Nintendo power promotion, or as a pre order bonus for Wind Waker. No retail presence, big series like zelda, some would argue the best way to play two of the series most popular games. It's barely cracking the $60 retail game line, 20 years later.

And LRG game values will almost assuredly stagnate due to their Open Preorder model. Back when they truly were a limited run, with a fixed number of copies to reserve, their games held value (See: Shantae and the Pirates Curse). These days, anyone who wants something they put out can reserve it; nearly the entire market for the game gets filled, right out of the gate. There hasn't been a game from them with any meaningful appreciation in years.