Hunting down a good deal on a classic game always feels great. I think I remember black-label FF Tactics being more expensive, but I imagine the price went down when SE suddenly flooded the market with FFT on every platform it could!
Collecting PS2 games
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 On 03/20/2013 at 11:20 AM by leeradical42 See More From This User » |
As alot of you may or may not know im a collector of ps2 games now im very selective of what I collect and I collect rare ps1 games to, mainly im into srpgs and rpgs,im not interested in many of the other generes, but let me say ps2 games especially NIS and Atlus and Shin Megami Tensie and the more expensive games of the srpgs and rpgs,when buying ps2 games I usually try and find them at garage sales,some gamestops,Craigs list is a local online posting where I also find games and lets face it most games that people sell with the exception of gamestops,have no clue of the value of these games,
So heres an example of prices on Amazon Devil Summoner 2 cost at gamestop if you can find a copy cost you $30 used, on Amazon it will cost you $79.99 in very good shape with original cover and manual,so you see the difference I would pay this amazon price for the simple reason 4 months from now its going to be much higher in price,
Heres another example of good buying, I paid $70 for a used copy of Tctics Ogre in excellent condition whit original case and manual and this was a year ago,its now in used accetable condition with case and manual,$108.99 and for a brand new copy unopened its $329.00 and up see very expensive and very collectable,
So here you can see why black label is prefered over the greatest hits version the difference is price for instance the green label is the greatest hits release and is like $15 used in acceptable condition versus the black label used original release and in acceptable condition is $40.00 so as you can see collectig can be tricky.
So now you know why I enjoy my ps2 collection not only do I have a very expensive ps2 collection, have you ever wondered why srpgs and rpgs are the main ones that the prices go up in,its because of me and you buying these generes,there is a very lucritive market of srpg and rpg gamers out there that collect on certain systems and these are the people thats buying these games which in turn is raising the price and making them rare.
So it really doesnt matter what system your collecting on but just remember that hard to find game may be pricey right now but its not going to get cheaper cause they will be double that in a year or so,so next time you have that hard to find gme in your hands buy it cause it cause like me you will regret it later.
). But, I never set out to buy games that I personally didn't want in order to sell them later on. That said, I'm still careful about the games that I buy just in case I ever need to sell them. It's quite frightening to think about what some of our games are worth (even complete used games in great condition are worth a ton) and how demand for them keeps rising. Within my own collection, I think it's my GBA collection that's worth the most. I have over 80 games all in their boxes, including ones I can set my own price for like Car Battler Joe.
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