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Yeah. People don't get this, but what you want to collect is what kids are having fun with today that they'll want to have fun with again when they're older. N

Yeah. People don't get this, but what you want to collect is what kids are having fun with today that they'll want to have fun with again when they're older. Nostalgia and natural rarity. If it weren't for emulators, I'd wager that old Nintendo systems would be the rage right now.

kgwgk 8y ago
Nintendo has sold over 10 million units of the NES Classic Edition and Super NES Classic Edition.
- moate 8y ago
  While this shows the demand is there, it also shows that the "if it weren't for emulators..." part of OP's comment is important. Stashing a mint NES back in 93 with the hopes of making fat stacks today would have been a folly because of how people are valuing the whole thing(they value the game/experience, not the console/object).
  - einr 8y ago
    So maybe not the NES console, those are still only moderately pricy even in mint condition due to the extreme number of consoles made, but certainly if you bought a stack of Little Samsons and Mr. Gimmicks and Panic Restaurants for $39 each in ’93 and sat on them until today you would be set for a while: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F233057313810 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eb... Yes, the ROM can be had for free and the experience of playing the game is identical. No, a collector doesn’t care.
    - moate 8y ago
      But a game is not a system...There are def individual GAMES that are bananapants expensive (I'm looking at you Super Copa!) but the systems aren't as expensive. Maybe I'm just being pedantic?
      - 3pt14159 8y ago
        No I think you get it even better than I laid it out. The extreme or rare ends are where nostalgia meets numismatics. The casual nostalgics are happy with emulators, hence the systems not being expensive. Still enough SNESes out there to placate the the small number of people that want the original.
      - behringer 8y ago
        I think you need to check the prices on mint unopened nes consoles.
jowsie 8y ago
Old gaming consoles and their games have had their prices sky rocket over the last 5 years or so. There is a huge retro gaming community and a whole industry or after-market emulators, addons, old console modifications, upscalers, etc etc
einr 8y ago
NES and SNES games in good condition or of higher rarity regularly fetch hundreds of dollars on eBay and the like, and retro game collecting has grown enormously popular compared to ten or fifteen years ago.
the_watcher 8y ago
> People don't get this, but what you want to collect is what kids are having fun with today that they'll want to have fun with again when they're older. LEGO would certainly fit the bill

kgwgk 8y ago

Nintendo has sold over 10 million units of the NES Classic Edition and Super NES Classic Edition.

moate 8y ago
While this shows the demand is there, it also shows that the "if it weren't for emulators..." part of OP's comment is important. Stashing a mint NES back in 93 with the hopes of making fat stacks today would have been a folly because of how people are valuing the whole thing(they value the game/experience, not the console/object).
- einr 8y ago
  So maybe not the NES console, those are still only moderately pricy even in mint condition due to the extreme number of consoles made, but certainly if you bought a stack of Little Samsons and Mr. Gimmicks and Panic Restaurants for $39 each in ’93 and sat on them until today you would be set for a while: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F233057313810 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eb... Yes, the ROM can be had for free and the experience of playing the game is identical. No, a collector doesn’t care.
  - moate 8y ago
    But a game is not a system...There are def individual GAMES that are bananapants expensive (I'm looking at you Super Copa!) but the systems aren't as expensive. Maybe I'm just being pedantic?
    - 3pt14159 8y ago
      No I think you get it even better than I laid it out. The extreme or rare ends are where nostalgia meets numismatics. The casual nostalgics are happy with emulators, hence the systems not being expensive. Still enough SNESes out there to placate the the small number of people that want the original.
    - behringer 8y ago
      I think you need to check the prices on mint unopened nes consoles.

jowsie 8y ago

Old gaming consoles and their games have had their prices sky rocket over the last 5 years or so. There is a huge retro gaming community and a whole industry or after-market emulators, addons, old console modifications, upscalers, etc etc

einr 8y ago

NES and SNES games in good condition or of higher rarity regularly fetch hundreds of dollars on eBay and the like, and retro game collecting has grown enormously popular compared to ten or fifteen years ago.

the_watcher 8y ago

> People don't get this, but what you want to collect is what kids are having fun with today that they'll want to have fun with again when they're older. LEGO would certainly fit the bill