It happened to everyone at one time or another. Whether it's because of a changing lifestyle or curiosity, many of us will be looking at our video game collections and wondered how much more we could earn. We've interviewed collectors in the past and stared at the line of rare gems, but most of our sportsmen make a very small selection of carts that are either smashed in the cupboard or included in Billy's bookmark. Most of us do not have integrated copies of Japanese muscle massage or single prototype hardware, either. Nope, our most popular copy Super Mario Bros. 3 they wouldn't download much, not that we've ever lost it.
You can see it on eBay … the seller simply increased the number of games they received by $ 60.
However, sometimes the downside of slowing down and selling bits and pieces takes us. This author, for example, has decided that it's time to sell a few dusty games and free up space on the shelf. Assuming the revised version of the power switch probably didn't have it, it seemed a waste Killer7 for GameCube as well Metroid Prime Trilogy disc for Wii just because, so eBay they go.
Apparently, they were shot and three days later they were moving to new homes and I was left with a small injection of money and finding more temporary space on the shelf. The money I had just received was quickly swallowed up or by the gasoline or other car I was not pursuing and I immediately wondered if I had made the right decision.
In the end I have no regrets – I'm still sure we will see them on the Switch ahead of time – although I'm glad I didn't follow that first train of thought and sell my NES again. However, with retro games getting more useful each year and digital distribution which means there are so many different ways to play those games, the desire to cash in on one another may be appealing. While video games remain one of the best forms of entertainment available, it's easy to look at a collection and think of dollar signs that correspond to the thousands of years you've spent.
You can see it on eBay; Large collections are set to get the highest possible price, and even though the lot contains an incredible amount of value, it seems that the seller simply increases the number of games they get by $ 60. For the most part for good wishful thinking. You wouldn't expect the same if you were selling your DVD collection, would you? It seems tricky to rely on pulling one trace of collectors to end your retro game stack with five or six checks.
Then again, crazy stuff do it happened. Copy of mint Super Super Bros. sold for record breaking $ 100,150. The upcoming sale of the Nintendo PlayStation is expected to fetch well over $ 1 million. Full libraries there is sold thousands to collectors who want to get the whole game out of the system without having to argue with each and every one of them. Whales are there, even though we don't have the money to catch them. So, what treasures do we have on our shelf?
Not much, it turns out. At the time of writing Computer Exchange – a large European retailer of used media – would pay us £ 812 per mint copy PAL for Snow Children 2 thanks to its availability. It's a shame, though, that we do not own it. Why oh why didn't we take the sequel to one of our favorite N64 games? Our original mint copy can fetch as much as £ 29, though it & # 39; mint & # 39; it may be a generous explanation. It's in good condition, but opening the N64 boxes has led to cardboard entry, even if you were careful. Very few of our NES or N64 games will receive an A ++ rating.
Any good box title that is in good shape is likely to return its original RRP, however, it is not overly optimized. Delivering our shelves, pristine copy It's a bad day for Conker you would bring in over $ 100 accordingly Price Planning, and we can get the same values Selector on the NES, Lake-Robo and Majora's Mask. Not bad, but we're not going to beat the Seychelles on those investments.
A survey around the Nintendo Life Towers office yields better results, and some staff have no author restrictions when it comes to storage or small family members stating a nearby copy Battlefields & Double Drake before spitting the remainder of the cat box.
Walking around the office are many games designed to pay for a good night out. The attacker because GBA can deliver $ 250, California II: The Belmont Restoration Game Boy has a travel rate of $ 150 (not bad for a 12 year investment back in 1998) and San Francisco Rush 2049 it can cost us about $ 500. Lovely NL video chap Zion has 400 DS DS games in her collection so far (you've all seen that beautiful game wall on his videos), which can download something, no?
Perhaps most surprising, though, is that over the years we have had the privilege of periodically meeting the spotlights with your heroes. It's hard to put a price on a 3DS signed by Charles Martinet, not to mention the 3DS signed by Martinet, Takashi Tezuka and Shigeru Miyamoto, but they should have something worth it. Then there are game-related encounters. The full set of Sanrio x Animal Crossing cards for me brings in about $ 300, and how about K.K. Slider amiibo signed by Hasashi Nogami? Your guess is as good as ours.
The thing is, however, that we're not talking about a life-changing sum here, and nobody is planning on selling and selling video games. We may be able to get a rental for a few months, but even though the special collection does not qualify for the nest egg to retire and the time and effort required to find the right buyer for your gear is also eating its value. The Internet makes things easy, but you will still find someone who is willing and able to pay for your game whether it's a Black Box NES title, Sporting Events, winner of the Championsendo World Championship or a copy of Editor Damien & # 39; s Mega Drive California: Bloody blood (costs $ 300- £ 400 "depending on who you ask"). Sometimes the needs are, and it may be worth it to sell real estate to finance a new console or to fill your gas tank, but no one lives by selling their retro collection for long.
The media libraries we have built over the years will eventually be included in the loss of a land where our descendants have little regard for it.
Satisfying our chosen curiosity (with Price Planning) the value we get from selling our PAL GameCube collection – that's 26 games, plus console, Wavebird, white controller and DK bongos, all in CIB and in good condition. Apparently, the going rate for all GameCube-related items is $ 670.46. We use dollars because they look so amazing in dollars, even though maybe we should switch to yen. Your reaction to that figure will obviously depend on your circumstances – in some of the more expensive ones, and in others if it doesn't include paying the monthly bills. We were not sure what to really think. It's a decent wodge for money that would cover car insurance for a year, but somehow it feels less given the years of incredible happiness we have had on our Cube.
All of these are academics though – we don't sell. We may have been drinking our collection down in the past, but tying it all over the boxes on our shelf is a reminder – not just to play the game, but by opening it, we read this booklet because we weren't allowed to play until after dinner, carefully cutting the bottom mark of the box to attach to the back of our cart's case -Nintendo-with the N64 cart brand ISS 64
Even though we had a way to buy all the libraries, we're not sure we would find one. Easy to use aside, it eliminates the thrill of hunting that makes collecting at any level so addictive. There is something it's fun about beating your local retro game shops or stocks of his cars looking for wealth. Finding a dusty artefact amidst the questionable aroma and junk food of a craft shop makes us feel like a modern-day Indiana Jones digging through the museum's ancient treasures. Strictly building and assembling a collection is attractive to most people, not moving and selling all libraries like stock.
When we talk about & # 39; our privacy & # 39 ;, we have no basis for storing lost items. It should be clear that we do not have such gems, but we are in the camp of video game historians looking to save as much distribution as possible – people like Frank Cifaldi more Video Games Base and conservationists combined to buy and dispose of the Satellaview version of Cooly Skunk. No, our museum is truly & # 39; personal & # 39; full of our tokens. It's nice to have a small library, isn't it?
Keeping our Ocarina copy is like keeping Tolstoy or Shakespeare on the shelf
That kind of thinking goes on in the past. The media banks we have built over the years will eventually become full when our generations see nothing in them, as most of us have removed our VHS tapes to make room for DVDs, which have already been released. on Blu Rays or a hard drive. In the end, it's all about storing data, and the smaller, the better.
So, our copy of Conker and other common suspects – Marios, Zelda, etc. – they are temporary reminders, testaments to digital experiences and record form; proof that we did not grow up our youth & # 39; Keeping our copy Ocarina it's like keeping Tolstoy or Shakespeare on the shelf – even if you haven't read it for years, who in their right mind sells it? All those memories!
Maybe that's why $ 670.47 feels a little more acceptable compared to the personal price we put on our GameCube. Maybe that's why people expect to earn tens of thousands through their collection of games. You can't add a dollar amount to memory, can you?
What is the most important game in your collection? Would you regret buying it for a hefty price, or can you reach other means? What are you ready to let your collection go? We'll be looking at some of the most expensive Nintendo games on the market soon, but until then let us know your sales stories – and regrets – below…