Are People BUYING Graded Games Again!?

[@GetTheGreg]

And keep in mind, when doing broad statements like "the graded games market is doing good", there will always be segments within that, or examples of games within the "market" that are not doing well and/or are continuing to drop. If you are collecting Sega Genesis specifically, for example, you may not be seeing much, if any, returned strength to the market. Games like Tomb Raider on PS1 still aren't seeing any sign of returned strength as copies continue to sell lower. Just please keep in mind that any specific game or segment of the market may also require it's own deeper analysis into its own performance, but as they say, "a rising tide lifts all boats". Let me know how you feel about graded games in 2024! Also, FEELS GREAT TO BE BACK!

[@hieinh]

I'd say like grading tcg, it's a group of games that are worth a lot. A wata 9.8 A++ cod 4 sold for $8k on ebay

[@reubenruppert488]

In this auction, I actually bought the Foil cover Zelda Oracle of Ages 85+ Gold. I think it was a solid purchase, considering they don't come up for sale as often.

[@atomiswave1971]

I can't believe there are speculators out there really honestly buying this stuff. If you have 100's of 1000's of dollars to spend, buy gold bars. A cracked gold bar is still worth 1000's, you can throw it across the room, burn it, even take a dump on it and its still worth 1000's of dollars. Buy Zelda on the NES and leave it in the window for 2 weeks, its worth $150.

[@GetTheGreg]

I'm convinced. Diverting all excess funds into gold bars

[@max2dgam1ng]

@@GetTheGregbe careful. I threw my gold bars across the room out the window and my neighbor took them 😢

[@taxmoneyyy]

When you say it may not be replicable: agreed. That's what bizarre about the auction system: the next best bidder was ready to shell out a 6-figure but went home empty handed. You would think you could come to the rescue, sell the dude your copy and make everyone happy. Guess what: his rival's gone, and so is his one-man-bubble

[@GetTheGreg]

Agreed fully. Speaking to the 9.2 A Zelda and the 8.0 from earlier this year, I know for a fact the underbidder from the 8.0 wasn't even bidding on the 9.2. So not only do people leave the market after winning (usually), you also have people who may just have their financial situation change from auction to auction. Shawn with reserved investments always touches on it, but that's why you can't just take a single auction result (high or low) and immediately think that's the value of the item.

[@taxmoneyyy]

@@GetTheGreg thanks for sharing -and more generally and as always, thanks for your amazing content!

[@noahsnumismatics]

Graded coins values have been rising too. Ancient graded coins reaching crazy prices in auctions

[@questjelinek]

Film Booth man would be proud of the progression in the video editing, quality, presentation, etc. Keep it up man! Awesome :)

[@GetTheGreg]

Thanks dude!

[@Alma-B]

buy high sell low this is the way

[@dragonroot2616]

this is da wae

[@Odinoian]

Solid points and recap. IMO it seems people have been selling off for a while, to buffer their budgets, ever since CGC announces the DFW collection was heading to HA, and a lot of people were looking to bid on some of those games last round as well. And personally, I felt there weren't TOO many insane games, which we have seen in a few previous sigs. So less games, less insane grails, but overall very high grades. I like that it was a little bit less of an extreme sig this time around

[@ginobozzi3954]

Got the last metal warriors that was sold at auction before this one but it’s not a 9.8 😮 crazy

[@iNeverHadMercy]

Love it! Grading is a great part of the hobby and gaming in general! Hope it continues to grow to new comers and older fans as well 💰👀

[@garykeith8402]

but it has went down in price in fact

[@GetTheGreg]

but it has went up in price in fact

[@danielvillalpando2819]

It's the worst part of the gaming market

[@garykeith8402]

@@GetTheGreg if your paid to say so.

[@Joshsmom]

Graded games are the best… for MONEY LAUNDRY

[@xv3745]

Got to get your clothes washed

[@seijurohiko8406]

Great coverage, when next pickup/planning to grade/vg mail video 👀

[@LettuceJUMP]

Great summary video Greg the Great!

[@FaultySporkMa]

Heritage sponsored your video. 😂 I wouldn’t expect you to say anything else. 😂

[@GetTheGreg]

oh come on, I made almost 2 years worth of videos saying how bad the graded game market was tanking. Can't we have one positive video!?

[@garykeith8402]

@@GetTheGreg Its very skewed and is a sentence worth of data from an encyclopedia

[@runamuck316]

Wow, crazy we see ATH despite inflation and risk free 5% bank CD's

[@timothyj592]

Only 2.4 million?! LAMEEEEE. Wake me back up in a year

[@GetTheGreg]

Sounds like you're going to miss the panty raid

[@billy.bandit]

It’s game time baby I’m all in 💎

[@unleashed82]

Wait wasn't it Heritage that was accused of collusion, and running up prices on the graded game market? 😂

[@robertmruczek7587]

Yep...so the fact that they sponsor this video is HIGHLY suspect !!

[@GameGallerynet]

Will these numbers bring more material to the Nov, 2024 Sig??

[@GetTheGreg]

You would certainly think so!

[@TuckerBrennanNJ]

Wait just a second. The company that held the auction is also the sponsor of the video. Lmao. How am I supposed to take this even remotely seriously? 😂😂😂

[@TuckerBrennanNJ]

Oh dear lord. The average price is completely dependent on what games are being auctioned. Show a spray chart if you want to make a case that prices are actually climbing. I assume that there are a small outlier group of games that are driving that average price way up.....

[@supyo1]

@@TuckerBrennanNJYa he’s full of shit. It’s not like you can just go look.

[@garykeith8402]

@@TuckerBrennanNJ decreasing

[@TuckerBrennanNJ]

@@garykeith8402 huh?

[@GoobNoob]

Yes keep buying.

[@ArcaneSanc]

Great analysis, feeling bullish

[@PolarisPointsNorth72]

I cannot believe someone paid 118000 for pokemon red.

[@bobthebadguy6876]

He's back! Let the fomo commence!

[@thomaslehnart1374]

35k for Kirby's Dreamland 3 that's a lot...

[@supyo1]

The great flood is on the horizon

[@mattspowergarrison]

Diamond hands

[@GetTheGreg]

Early retirement here I come

[@EternalLoveAnkh]

Have you ever seen a sealed Tengen Tetris? RJ

[@GetTheGreg]

Yes! They sell at Heritage every so often and there was one that just sold August 24, 2024. VGA 85+ went for $4250

[@EternalLoveAnkh]

@@GetTheGreg I'm looking for one. RJ

[@thunderousooner527]

Total rip off that those games are worth that much

[@zensai-gaming]

i find it amusing how certain youtubers be crying about graded games and accusing the market of ruining game collecting lol. i view the graded market as a completely separate and viable market for minty sealed games. plenty of room for all types of game collectors. the hate needs to stop. nice to see you back greg.

[@GetTheGreg]

Dude, it is so tiresome at this point haha

[@timothyj592]

Bruh mute your discord DMs

[@GetTheGreg]

Hey, I just got back. I'm a little rusty.

[@kanggoo57]

"sponsored by heritage auctions" Come on man, dont shill for those fraudsters.

[@aunerdeleon8328]

Your actually Buying history with these sealed games...Its all worth it..If paintings 🖼 cost hundreds of millions why not these amazing games! 😁

[@albertsmith99]

Paintings are one of a kind masterpieces. Games are mass produced

[@jacobbaranowski]

I will nevr buy 😂

[@PhoenlxResaIe]

I don't grade for a reason

[@GetTheGreg]

Come to the dark side...

[@amberm4178]

no they arent. lol

[@GetTheGreg]

Ok. lol

[@clrodrick]

NOPE! I just sold my entire collection (over 2000 games) this year. Mark my words the world is going to enter the next depression in coming year. It will last quite a few years too until infinite money printing will cause inflation to go beserk again and that will be the time to pile into anything that has value

[@hieinh]

You mean recession and where aren't going into one

[@GameRoomGranny]

Lol. Have you even seen a depression? I have ...

[@clrodrick]

@@hieinh you mean to say 'we are' not where. And yes we are going into one sorry to disappoint you!

[@ZackMuffinMan]

:D

[@garykeith8402]

no, most are down and why would collectors want them up? So we can't get them? 99.99 percent is really low compared to even 6 months ago

[@GetTheGreg]

Dang. I'll have to wait for them to get even lower then. Thanks for the correction!

[@Jackie_Fhan]

@@GetTheGreg to be fair, waiting would have saved you every year since 2021 and more every few months youwaited to purchase. I'd like to see a video of comps on most games. How about that? cib nes, sealed raw and graded. Items out of the sig since some of these are sold a few times a year . I fail to see the point of what you are trying to convey in "graded games" just isn't accurate and looks like politics. Most games they are half or in many cases 3/4ths the price. I have tons of photographed comps and data. Funny how certain games, even Zelda were at 450 raw and are now sub 250 at 9.8 a+ The facts are very few are buying games and if you browse data long enough people are barely watching. It is 100 percent a buyers market right now

[@GetTheGreg]

@Jackie_Fhan I don't think it's exactly groundbreaking analysis to say "games are down since 2021 peaks". If that's your basis, never buy a game again because they only lose value. Hardly anything is at 2021 levels, while many games are actually selling as low as they were 2019/2020, or at least did have sales that low in the past 6-12 months. If you want to continue to wait to buy certain games because you believe they will drop lower, by all means, you do you. Find value where you can. Certain games are absolutely still falling, but by no means is it now "*everything*" is falling. That narrative has been done for awhile now.

[@Jackie_Fhan]

@@GetTheGreg should have said that in your video

[@GetTheGreg]

Replying on multiple accounts and liking your own comments only makes me not want to engage with you any more in the future, FYI. Better yet, after you were done complaining on here, that same night you listed your own graded games on Facebook for way above recent sales. You are that person. Your own behavior is exactly what you're sitting here complaining about.