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[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 19 points 3 weeks ago

Remember when you could sell games you'd never play again and people less fortunate than you could have their fun with them for a much lower price?

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, but now at least the games still go on sale for a cheaper price and there isn't a rare game that you can't find anymore and if you do it's $130.

Fun fact: if you want Harvest Moon for snes the game will cost you about $400. Good condition with the box and papers will go over a grand. Snes Aero Fighters is $1,500 for an ok cartridge.

[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

True, that's a point. Though we don't know if it would be that way now too with ownable physical stuff. Gaming became waaaaaay more mainstream.

Also, steam inventory-gift-games are equally priced now. For collectors. At least thrice the original asking price for stuff you even can get for free. Last one i sold was 15 when it came out, was already in bundles a lot and it went for 100 moneyz.

[-] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

Some older ps2 games like monster inc and finding Nemo sell for like $100 last I saw. Before they mastered them for modern consoles, kingdom hearts was about $60 for ps2

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago

There's a lot of old games I still own or fondly remember across a lot of generations that got really expensive now. One of my favorite rpgs for ps1 was Lunar:Silver star story, and it goes for over $100 still.

Then of course on snes was Chrono Trigger. If you have that game and the box it's worth $500 to $1200. A lot more than that if it's an unopened copy.

[-] EveningNewbs@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Wait, these are worth something? I have so many of them rotting in my inventory.

[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

People collect things. Especially things you can't "normally" purchase anymore. So yes, they're worth something. Maybe a lot, but definately >0 😁

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah. I don't really know much at all about how or why people are buying the stuff or the digital cards or the whole booster pack things that steam does. There's a ton of little pictures I have, and for whatever reason tons of people buy them if you want to sell them off. Mostly 5 to 25 cents a piece. I've never messed with it.

[-] EveningNewbs@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I know the cards are worth a few cents each. Selling those is more trouble than it's worth.

I meant the inventory gift games being worth something.

[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago

Selling those cards is only worth the trouble if it's a lot and you automate the selling. Once sold a few thousands that accumulated and got >100 bucks.

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 weeks ago

But why are they being bought? Are people actually collecting and wanting them? Or is it like a pyramid scheme stock market and people are buying and selling thousands for bits of profit?

[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

2 reasons (pick one):

1: Raise your steam-level. Either to get more stuff to show on your profile or to be allowed to have more friends (yes, there's a limit). Up to a certain level, starting from there it's just to show how much money you got to be a famous rockstar in the steam social media. Some spend millions on that.

2: Get a badge for your profile that you really like. Or some backgrounds or chat-emojis.

It you see a steam-level >200 (i think that was the sweet spot) it's just a poser 😁

Personally i spent some thousands once for just that, but only because nerd-me wanted to absolutely optimize the automatic leveling for the sake of it. I can obsess over things pretty quickly 😂

I have not heard of someone collecting them for collecting-reasons. Only the game-gifts.

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