The State of The Graded Video Game Market - With Reserved Investments

[@GetTheGreg]

I know some people have opinions on Shawn and his views on video games or other markets. I brought him on to provide a differing viewpoint on the market and everything taking place. It is very easy to be stuck in a vacuum and only listen to opinions that agree with what you already think/believe. Hopefully, even if you don’t fully agree with what is being said today, you still listen to what is being said and understand the risks of a speculative, euphoric market such as graded video games.

[@stevenreecy6612]

Couldn't agree more. Both you and Shawn are informative....was delighted to see you guys teaming up.

[@Mrdeniro100]

I like how he knows how billionaire's think. "You were wrong Shawn" so happy you said that to him. He should be a fortune teller. He is no fan of games collecting. Only video of yours I've given a thumbs down .

[@professormancaptain4210]

You should be given an award for being the most open minded KZbinr who's currently spending within this market. Shawn's channel is a well of knowledge, and upon looking into who was fueling this market, I saw a KZbinr or two who seemed no more than a foolish rich bitch who knew zero about investing. I'm sure [perhaps] there's a percentage in yourself that's gritting your teeth, thinking "stop saying it's gonna burn to the ground, give it time," whereas others are going "shutup! It's. Here. To. STay!! You seem not blindly stubborn to the chaotic reality of investing. No doubt some others are blindly stubborn. Even if this market depreciates (not hits zero, but also not a simple retrace, where the market would just be finding itself) you'll be the one who's not a closed minded fool freak. Your channel was a refreshing find, considering the first impression received due to the prior mentioned guys. Btw, I'll sell you my CIB nes back to the future. Haha, kidding, that's a no-demand. THERES SOMETHING ABOUT CARTS THOUGH. Sold dozens of '95 jaguar cib games last year for hundreds a piece, and even a broken jagcd peripheral console for 450 usd. Received a message LITERALLY saying "oh, you sold it? Got any other video games?" ..like a drug. Because it is. Glad to see you collect tcg btw. Best to you on the channel, my friend. And your sealed product acquiring as well.

[@vgrepairs]

@@Mrdeniro100 lol Shawn is the FIRST to admit he is wrong, however he teaches fundamentals, which can never harm an investor. His point is never to invest or avoid a particular item, it's to ANALYZE the market without emotion and to avoid speculative bubbles.

[@ReservedInvestments]

Thanks for having me on. This video came out very well!

[@GetTheGreg]

Absolutely Shawn! Thanks again for coming on!

[@MaxaMillion711]

Thank you for having Shawn on! Great interview.

[@StonkOptions]

Shawn is a content beast. He's also the youngest 44 year old. I bought my dutch tulip bulbs low and sold high.

[@GetTheGreg]

I often turn on his videos and say "what's this 22 year old know about antiques!"

[@StonkOptions]

@@GetTheGreg I've been subbed to him for a couple years after finding one of first videos about VGA and Wata, He's got hours of great info on his channel, I've learned about a lot different collectible markets I've never even knew about. I also think he's right about modern video games from a long-term investment standpoint. I'm enjoying this video, love to see when different collectors collab!

[@GetTheGreg]

No lie, pretty sure I've watched 95% of his videos. It was an absolute blast to get him on and be able to personally get his thoughts on some things!

[@unstoppableExodia]

@@StonkOptions you’re on the right track there, brother. Dutch tulips will never stop being an amazing investment, the only way is up. Keep making those gilders, mah dood.

[@justsayin4632]

9:30 - 9:50 was the nail on the head. Apologists want to believe they’re gonna retire on their sealed games. Don’t let your starry-eyed hopes blind you to the manipulation going on behind the scenes. Play it smart. EDIT: Wow, he brings up SEVERAL times how people need to be cautious of the behind the scenes machinations. My respect level for this interview went way up.

[@dman8324]

Really cool to see you getting a collab and look forward to more in the future

[@SquallTheBlade]

I wasn't expecting this collab. Enjoy both of your work a lot!

[@cohenbews8392]

Thanks for coming on and sharing, Shawn!

[@ReservedInvestments]

You're welcome!

[@leeartlee915]

Shawn is the man. I think he is a voice of reason in this otherwise insane field we find ourselves in (well, “are observing” as it is with me).

[@superbn0va]

I follow ReservedInvestments from 2019. Awesome that you did a collaboration with him! Good and informative video

[@umairtarar4997]

Stellar Content as always guys. You guys are blessings to the collecting communities, thank you

[@GetTheGreg]

Much appreciated!

[@fuzzywuzzy3841]

FUCK YEAH... SHAWN IS AWESOME, WATCH HIM IN 2X SPEED!!!

[@GetTheGreg]

Watch damn near everything in 2x speed haha, 1.5x minimum👌

[@migueldias8546]

1:01:19 There are also guys like me, that are older (same age as Shawn) that discovered the videogames and immediately loved it (like many others). But for a bunch of us, this is a passion that we use as a distraction, to relieve stress from our successful life. I have been playing and collecting since I am 6 (I would never resell any game or any system at the beginning). Because I have a busy life and responsibilities, my time is limited. At 45 now, you can imagine that I have been collecting a lot of stuff. My collection has more than 4000 games, over 100 systems. I have almost nothing loose. Worse case it's CIB but at least 25% of my items are new and sealed... Nobody knows about my collection. Even among people that know me, very little people know about my collection... Being educated, I follow what is going on in the secondary market and if that was never a goal, the amounts are so crazy that I am starting to think about selling my collection that nobody knows about. I am not the only one. Not all of us feel the need to have a KZbin channel, it doesn't mean we don't exist and will not compete with the people who fell for what is basically a pyramidal scam (the KZbinr being the guy at the top of the pyramid). And we will make a killer in term of money... I have tons of story like Shawn... I bought a sealed copy of Mario Party 2 for $1 in 2006 (clearance bin). Still have it sealed... I bought 10 sealed Neo Geo games for $220 around 2008 or 2009, etc. We were there before the hype. A lot of the newcomers are going to have bad surprises... And the group of unknown collectors, like me, is nothing compare to the wholesalers that have warehouses full of sealed videogames around the world... This is why I used with confidence the term "pyramid scheme". If you think about it, that's all it is... You add emotions, and people get blind. Like with love, it's always the people around you that see weeks or months in advance that your love story is over...

[@CryptoTwentix]

Reserved Investments is the best channel I discovered in 2020, the knowledge and the experience helped me alot to not make stupid mistakes.

[@GetTheGreg]

Yes! I've thoroughly enjoyed his channel as well. I'm really good at watching it and still making dumb decisions, though 👌😅

[@CryptoTwentix]

@@GetTheGreg I made mistakes don't get me wrong, I would just be in financial ruin if i didn't follow his mindset haha FOMO is so powerful in this market, as a 2017 crypto boom survivor, I didn't feel that much fomo until this year with video games and grading.

[@GetTheGreg]

2017 crypto gang😎 I'm still holding haha💎😅

[@Mecal00]

congrats on 3k! I remember when you were a wee lad at 120 subs 😆

[@GetTheGreg]

Haha it's kind of crazy to think that was only like 6-7 months ago. Truly, couldn't be happier with the growth and support!

[@Groglor]

Interesting listening to the conversation. I watch both channels. It keeps me grounded hearing both sides of the perspectives from reserved investments.

[@aleksejclerici]

Very very nice video. As always with yours and Shawn's ones (which he knows i agree always 100% with him)

[@raredealgaming]

Awesome video Greg, absolutely loved his perspective!

[@expensivecardboard]

Finally got around to listening to this interview. Don't know why I took so long since I do watch Shawn at reserved investment, but that chat was well put together thanks Greg & shawn

[@filthyfiery5524]

Great interview! Telling it straight is the best thing you can do in instances like this. No one’s all-knowing in these markets, but Sean’s right that the fundamentals are your stairs to making good decisions in these markets if they’ve caught your attention

[@clrodrick]

Thanks for the collab video. I've also been watching content from Reserved Investments channel. I know people roll their eyes when I say this sector will indeed be dropping by 50-70%+ in next few years, but it will happen. Best to have good amount of cash on hand to take advantage of the carnage, have a shopping list in hand and know what you want and the price point you are willing to spend (same with stocks really keep a low ball limit order in place to take advantage of the hiccups) Also, we need population reports damnit! Fully agree, and this is main reason why I have yet to grade a single game yet. I just won't until full transparency is given. I know I am costing myself $$$ in the short term in this raging bull but oh well. Also I am a few years *older* than Shawn ha ha ha. Watch out, there are a good amount of us Gen X-ers in video game collecting. We are below the radar but definitely been in the mix for quite a while. I've been collecting for over 20 years and would feel embarrassed to admit how many games I got at this point LOL. Shawn is also right that everybody should be more conservative with their wealth building. Get rich quick schemes almost always crash & burn before you actually get rich. Fund a 401(k) and Roth and also taxable account with dividend aristocrats before even thinking about speculating on graded games or pokemon cards or comics or whatever. Save up down payment for house as that is a true wealth builder if you buy in popular areas. The basics of wealth building are the same today as they were a generation ago. Let that be your foundation and then take the income everything is throwing off and start speculating a bit on games, coins, crypto, or whatever strikes your fancy. That is what I did, and I am very *glad* I did!

[@hhectorlector]

love Shawn. glad to see him collaborating with other KZbinrs.

[@DBMGaming_]

So good seeing your channel rapidly getting big. Keep it up Greg!

[@GetTheGreg]

Appreciate the support, man!🤝

[@vanzetti7]

Great work Greg - you did a great job with the interview, didn't interrupt, respectful and had some interesting questions.

[@GetTheGreg]

I really appreciate it. I was of course nervous as this was a first attempt for me. Few things I will do different next time, but it's good to hear this nice feedback!

[@miranda1068]

Awesome collab! Always interesting to hear another perspective 🤓

[@petersvideofile]

This is a very good discussion about where things are in the market cycle. Pricesly what I wanted to hear from someone in the broader collectables market. This channel deserves way more views for the open and real discussions taking place!

[@GetTheGreg]

This is exactly why I wanted him on! I knew there would be newer people to both graded games and my channel who have never heard the arguments AGAINST graded video games and what's taking place currently!

[@Stampede215]

Great conversation!!! I watch both of you guys, great insight as always! Just as the great Heisenberg said in Breaking Bad, "Tread Lightly" in this market. :)

[@unstoppableExodia]

Holy shit , I knew Shawn was the real deal from the videos he makes on his channel but when he reeled off the cases of unsold games he got cheap back in the day I was kinda stunned. And then doubly stunned when he said he’s not that motivated to liquidate it ASAP while the market is white hot. Then again I have a lot of games I could sell and get great returns on for short term holds but I can understand the lack of overwhelming enthusiasm to list every damn double I have right freakin now. For me each sale that I push to make happen feels like it’s own narrative with many steps involved. I can see why financial investments are attractive. They are so much easier to liquidate than collectibles. One truth I can never seem to escape is that getting an excellent return on most of ones item being sold takes time and patience. It’s hard to sell a lot quickly AND get an excellent return. There are certain market conditions that can allow that to happen but they’re rare. More often than not if you want to sell an store collection in one hit like when moving overseas then it’s near impossible to get buyers without a bulk discount to grease the wheels

[@extremegamercollector425]

Shawn is the man!!! Great collab

[@BoxCatKeys]

This aged very well, Great video! WATA built an impressive house of cards in a short amount of time, but at the end of the day it’s difficult to want to make any real investment knowing that the house (with near zero stability) is just waiting for the slightest disturbance.

[@Groglor]

id like to hear more about the cib market and speculation. Im a ghetto "wish" version collector lol

[@handrewmillan4293]

thank you both

[@MrBRAUNSBREWCREW]

Great discussion guys!

[@creed5]

heck yeah! love this collab

[@crimsonskullradio4200]

I'm glad people are finally starting to speak about the problems in this market instead of just pumping the numbers!

[@otaconz1147]

great content Mate- keep going!

[@chrisabril509]

Awesome video. Both sides made excellent points and it was very enlightening.

[@GetTheGreg]

Much appreciated!

[@BUYATARI]

I feel it is hard to paint an entire market with a single brush. Real estate, stocks, coins, videogames, comics, coins aren't good or bad. There are good buys and bad buys in all these markets. You need to buy the right item at the right price and you can do that in all these markets. That being said you can also buy the wrong item in any of those markets. Buying the wrong piece of real estate will cost you much more than buying the wrong video game.

[@sethinlow4038]

Great video! Thank you!! But if I’m hearing this correctly…you think there could be a couple hundred copies of a game sealed and graded? I know that video games still needed to be widely adopted as an asset class, but I’m coming from the sports card world. A pop report of 200 is astonishing low. I totally agree with market manipulation running rampant in collectibles. However, if legitimately some old console sealed games only have a pop of a couple hundred then there actually super undervalued despite the craze.

[@GetTheGreg]

For populations, MANY vintage video games are going to have populations in the 50-100, or the 100-500. Compared to other hobbies, yes, I do believe the finite supply will be quite low on most sealed *vintage* games. There are of course many outliers and objections to this, and generally speaking, the newer you go, the higher the pop counts will be!

[@pnwgamerguy8030]

Love this collab. And been subbed to reserved investments for couple years now, and finally people saying mario 64 is not rare!!

[@GetTheGreg]

I'm still not on the side that we will see a large quantity of 9.8 A++, though 😉

[@Mecal00]

@@GetTheGreg I agree with you on that, and I think a lot of people are skipping that part. This was a primo grade. I'm sure we'll see plenty of 9.4's out there, but a 9.8 a++, I'm not so sure. like you said, N64 games are easily damaged. So there might be plenty, but how many have been creased or corner damage or something like that.

[@startyde]

The grossest thing about the lack of pop reports and the auction house collusion is when the auctioneers hype the lot saying things like "highest grade you can hope to obtain" knowing full well there is no data to refute.

[@GetTheGreg]

During the SM64 sale didn't she actually say something along the lines of "2 known, none better"?

[@mattspowergarrison]

We need a video with Shawn, Greg, and Rudy now!

[@Grooveraider]

You can definitely tell by the lack of knowledge of outsiders trying to manipulate the value of NES games. "The Legend of Zelda" cartridge contains a Lithium battery Inside for the game save feature. Isn't it possible for those batteries to leak out and cause corrosion on the game's PCB if the battery is never replaced ??? Not only is the 30+ year old Zelda game sealed and placed inside a acrylic slab. How would you know wether the game is still functional ???

[@achesontrading427]

your guest said "he's selling into this mkt" and has "sealed cases" he's paid as little as eight bucks per unit, so could you provide a list of games he has avail?

[@GetTheGreg]

As far as I know he doesn't do a ton of his selling publically nor advertise the actual wares that he has available. You could attempt to reach out if you're serious in this request, though!

[@achesontrading427]

@@GetTheGreg THANK YOU for the REPLY, reached out as you suggested, but it seems he's quietly "selling into the mkt" through Heritage and won't sell directly to another investor dealer?

[@GetTheGreg]

It's very possible. I don't know much or anything about his personal collection or buying/selling activities!

[@neatuhfajita9128]

Hopper you're not getting games that cheap bud

[@BUYATARI]

He did mention the Osheas Atari titles. They had about 30 or 40 Atari 2600/7800 titles available for less than a buck for many years. Use google or archive dot org for that list.

[@jakobh6257]

Great convo guys 🔥🔥 Lots of good info here.

[@GetTheGreg]

Appreciate you taking time to check it out!

[@johncracker5217]

I love when Greg says “the merrkit.”

[@VCR_Repairman]

Great video Greg. I wish I had Shawn's advice earlier on in my collector experience. I do have a bunch of random factory sealed games I'd like to sell, but can't, it's not even worth it, to even sell on ebay, after the packing and shipping cost. Sealed games I bought from the "pit of despair" at wall mart. Anyone interested in a sealed copy of Heavenly Guardian or Falling Stars, Ps2? lol

[@charliesfit_]

I Really enjoyed this video :)

[@Shnickerman]

Great interview!

[@mikes6368]

Love your content … just a quick question, does Majoras Mask Collectors Edition have a vertical overlap seal ?

[@GetTheGreg]

Yea pretty positive it comes with both standard V seam and vertical overlap

[@mikes6368]

@@GetTheGreg thank goodness 😅 lol got a VGA 80 sealed

[@MartinvanZ]

Nice video. I Started in the video game collecting in 2009. For me it was not about making money. I just wanted to have a physical connection to the games I loved and played. This shifted to, well I can now try to buy a whole lot of games, they are cheap and awesome to have a big library. To, what stuff might be a good investment for the future (in terms of new releases) The fomo is high when you see how prices went. And trying to find that next big ticked item will be like chasing a dream. I sold almost of of my collection when I noticed it was mainly taking up space. I could made much much more money if I waited a while. In the end of the day I could not have for seen how much some items increased in price. And some I thought were good investments did not do much or are going for less now. The companies now very well that people like to collect these things. They know we have an emotional connection with them. And they will do their best to sell you as much stuff as possible. Nintendo is transforming into an ip company. Look at Disney and see where the company is going. Look at the amount of collectable stuff that company produces. And i can guarantee you, most collectables will not make you rich. Because there will be more and more of them. 1000 limited edition statue. Cool but next month there will be a new 1000 statue and a new one after that. There will be more stuff than there are buyers. Will you be able to make money out or this? Sure. You might double or triple your money on good purchases. Will you need to wait 10 years for it to happen. I don't think so. For me I just stick at buying things I like. Have it on display, and it after some years and I want to let it go and it sells for more or even that nice. That way I had a free cool thing to look at. But I also keep in mind I may not get back what I paid.

[@BenSchmerler]

You got the right guy on to talk about this. People really are too bullish on some of these games. They are slabbing PS2 games and other sealed games that are really not that rare and have questionable long term view. These are very average people often times. You even see people hoarding new sealed games that they just got from Walmart, like 3DS Pokemon games that were mass produced.

[@alex12104]

You could say the same thing about anything in the world. People buy 2021 sports cards, Pokémon cards,

[@matthuskinson]

Really enjoyed this. Keep up the good work

[@GetTheGreg]

If I could respond with a GIF, I would

[@F1AVORR]

Random question, but who makes the best tank tops?

[@GetTheGreg]

I need to make the "tank top tier list"😅

[@F1AVORR]

@@GetTheGreg LOL that would be an interesting video. I'm just trying to find a good one while summer is still around, didnt know if you recommended any

[@zacharyglatt4753]

Loved the interview, thank you both! I'd be curious to learn more about how speculative bubbles can last 20 years. At that point isn't it just an unfalsifiable claim? Since every market will eventually have some sort of downswing or slow down, calling it a bubble and then waiting for that eventual downswing decades later, that doesn't exactly sound like there's a significant "bubble." Because I mean, everyone who says prices will come down will be right EVENTUALLY if they don't set a time limit to their prediction, right?

[@vgrepairs]

20 years at the longest. Now with the internet it's a new frontier, only been like 5 years since everyone finally started constantly using the internet. There are STILL plenty of people that refuse to even make an eBay seller account.

[@Gordypow]

That's funny that you had Shawn on, I've been thinking recently how you guys have similar sounding voices 🤣 Gotta love 2 great creators collabing

[@GetTheGreg]

Hahah I'm going to go ahead and assume we both have *great* sounding voices 👌🤝 Appreciate the support, man!

[@Gordypow]

@@GetTheGreg oh, best in the game!

[@whodidit99]

Isn't the same guys who were behind the graded coin crash the same guys who are behind the video game bubble.

[@donniedarko7751]

Also, this is my favourite episode to date.

[@thepewbroswreeo5126]

Stock market and real estate are the real way to invest...We have gone through bubble after bubble with all those. At least I like comic books. Didnt a bunch of mutual funds and retirement plans get zeroed out in 2008-2009? I would love to debate Shawn about this stuff just because I think he is right on bubble part of collecting but it seems like that is every part of investing. These bubbles are just the people at the top of the pyramid making a killing off those below. Love the Show Thanks Both of You!

[@eunhwastevens]

I need a pop report, it only helps me with my atari 2600 halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre and shows the masses just how truly rare these 2 badboys are....

[@GetTheGreg]

Actually, though. Those are very likely ones that would come out as "winners" when they do come out.

[@eunhwastevens]

@@GetTheGreg thanks for the response. I do know that they have graded 2 tcm and 1 halloween. That's it. How do I know? Because when I submitted the games..neither had a stock photo. We'll they do now.....

[@xehP]

I tried to post a quote that reserved investments said but KZbin disabled it, but essentially he said he was single and Greg was making excuses like “it’s covid” etc but he is talking real words

[@xehP]

Ok I tried posting my original response but I got deleted, I should emphasise it was not toxic nor hateful in the slightest, if you don’t se a response then youtube hates it. ily both

[@GetTheGreg]

It's weird what KZbin will auto-erase and what it won't. I've learned to always hit "copy" beforehand just in case!

[@xehP]

@@GetTheGreg I did try to copy and i alternated/rephrased it as much as I could but it wouldn’t go through, thank you for this video though!

[@Shawnredfield98]

Shawn is the 🐐

[@bmaga123]

Fantastic video!

[@splugereport]

Suit fresh Shawn?

[@russianmuffin98]

Video sweet always great day then

[@SaturdayMorningGamer]

This is the Karl Jobst video before the Karl Jobst video with less finger pointing.

[@Tyejohnston]

Yes!!!!!

[@Johnnydubois]

When (RI) said limited run games I KNEW he loved video games 🤣

[@Johnnydubois]

Respect

[@Niggolodeon93]

Maybe a hint for the next time. I prefere for such "long" videos some time stamps. Maybe some points are more interested for people than others.

[@GetTheGreg]

Definitely a great idea for the next one👍👌

[@Tyejohnston]

Welcome to the channel!!!

[@RJ.MacReady]

Let me know when you need to dump some of your games before the price drops to nothing. Im looking for some Sega Games CIB. #WATAgate

[@theyugiohempire7358]

2017 was the year that started the biggest asset bubble in history. The rise of Bitcoin was the initial catalyst. Ever since late last year, however, we've been in full mania mode. We're now at the point where charlatans like Logan Paul and Gary Vee have become the faces of finance, stocks of unprofitable companies are being memed and exploding in value, and people are unironically buying literal JPGs for millions of dollars. It's absolutely insane.

[@blitzkrieg1174]

I wouldn't say that the graded video games market is in a bull market, I'd say it's more speculative and hype driven. They people selling into this speculative/hype driven market are the real winners, it's not the wealthy speculators doing the buying at these auctions.

[@blitzkrieg1174]

Shawn's right, the graded video game market does need more organic demand to really take off which he mentions at 28:48. With the way WATA Games has exposed their hand so fast and so quick it has tarnished this particular market because GREED is getting in the way of rational thinking and everybody can see it. Hopefully CGC can fix this when they get involved. The graded video games market will have to crash by 99% and the reset button has to be hit in order for graded video games to have that organic demand. Population reports alone will not be enough to convince the public at this point because who's going to believe them? WATA Games and Heritage Auctions have messed things up and people know that a 9.8 WATA Super Mario 64 clearly isn't worth $1.5 million! That's ridiculous when WE know there are many copies out there and the game isn't rare. Honus Wagner baseball cards are more rare than any Super Mario 64 video game.

[@GetTheGreg]

That's where I want people to express caution, as well. It's tough when someone comes to me and is looking to purchase a graded game and I basically have to tell them that they will have to bid either a record price for it, or damn near close if they actually want to win the item. The demand right now is insane so they market can support it, but no guarantees we still have this level of hype and demand in 1 year, 2 years, or 5 years!

[@clrodrick]

I agree with you. Things will be falling quite a lot in shocking manner before everything resets in a year or 3

[@blitzkrieg1174]

@@GetTheGreg The demand is definitely there for a tiny group of people willing to speculate by buying such high priced video games. I still believe a major correction needs to occur before trust can be established in the graded video game market, as well as population reports. Kudos to the sellers who are selling into this market as they should take profits when they can. Pondering about population reports and why WATA Games hasn't released one is because they want to see which games haven't come in and gotten graded. They are using that population report in reverse order/thinking. That gives WATA Games a leg up on all the other collectors so they can snatch up and buy the games which haven't come in, the hidden gems if you will. Over time that's how WATA Games will know which games are truly rare and if they'll find a game which nearly doesn't exist in sealed form other than the 1000's of Mario's and Zelda's that have come in and been graded.

[@hieinh]

I'm a guy who doesn't open his games until he plays them. So I have a dozen or so games I might grade but I'm not going to buy graded games because they are too high. There are certain games I will buy raw.

[@supyo1]

Let me get this straight Honus Wagner.. Mickey mantle.. action comics... very relevant and extremely valuble.! Never saw a down tick. But Zelda won’t be relevent. Let me live my whole life and wait for Zelda to become irrelevant and never own one... good advice idiot. He’s pretty much saying if Zelda drops in 1000 years... He can go down in history as being right about the bubble bursting eventually maybe in 100 decades.

[@kaysi768]

Thanks for the collab greg love uou channel and your videos, but i tried getting through this, but this guy is single minded

[@GetTheGreg]

I appreciate the support! I'm perfectly fine with you being critical of Shawn or disagreeing, just be sure to do so respectfully🤝

[@supyo1]

Wow the first video I see riddled with ads just so happens to be the first video with reserved investments... Dude cut the ads. It’s every 5 mins!! Your video has over 20 advertisements

[@GetTheGreg]

Interesting. I actually went in to go see as I was surprised to hear that, but you're right. For some reason (and this must be a thing with long videos...?) The pre-set ads were ridiculous. Sometimes in 3 minute intervals. So yea, I cut it way down, because obviously haha. That should make for a much better viewing experience 🤝

[@supyo1]

@@GetTheGreg lol ya. I remember the first time he did the ads it was the same. I think it’s just an preset setting.

[@GetTheGreg]

Yea it must be. I have them set to auto but for whatever reason KZbin absolutely pumped this video full of them. My other 1H 24M video only has 6🥴 Anyway, I'll be sure to keep an eye on it moving forward so thanks for bringing it up!

[@ReservedInvestments]

Dude, you are aware I have no control how other KZbinrs run their channel. I’m not making a penny from this. Amazing how you try so bad to tie me to algorithms I have no financial interest in or control of…🤔

[@anniemaywholesale3288]

re evaluate the word 'sold for'

[@GetTheGreg]

Well we do have confirmation from the consignor that he will be paid, so regardless of who bought it or how exactly it went down, it did "sell".🧐

[@anniemaywholesale3288]

confirmation from the consignor ----- that's all i needed i take it back!!!! i didnt know the consigner had said something

[@GetTheGreg]

Haha I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but yea, the consignor is well known in the community so hopefully if something about it goes awry or it ends up that he doesn't get paid, he will say something and we can all take a step back and re-evaluate everything

[@anniemaywholesale3288]

@@GetTheGreg wow, exciting. big money coming into the hobby

[@kleyva5292]

"ill be the first to admit I was wrong about the graded video game market" - Sean (is what he should have said) instead he doubles down.. and says "over the long term I will be right" what does that even mean? these items will eventually go down? of course. nothing goes up and up forever..

[@AlexWoahWTF]

Love finding some more Shawn content

[@GetTheGreg]

I need to get thar guy back on for another talk soon, actually!

[@AlexWoahWTF]

@@GetTheGreg you do

[@jbouchard1780]

DUUDDDEEE, HYPPPPEEEE

[@Odinoian]

19:28 Anyone feeling targeted?

[@anniemaywholesale3288]

superman will always go up but zelda is in a bubble?

[@kaysi768]

So me buying gears of war for xbox 360 sealed for 6.99 was a bad idea? I got 8, why dont you say something useful like what we should be collecting? Instead of always being negative, this is to reserved, greg is always been balanced

[@kaysi768]

Yes put money into stock market at 14 year bull run and property at an all time high lol its all in bull market the games bullrun is just starting

[@GetTheGreg]

At this point in time, what *isn't* in a bull market haha? Time to scoop up some crypto, I guess!? It's honestly hard to see "value" unless you have a strong conviction with your choices.

[@kaysi768]

True you right but there is a lot of games right now that will be valuable in 5 to 10 years as that generation grows up, gears of war, assasians creed etc, thankfully crypto has hyper cycles so easier yo get into a bear run.

[@GetTheGreg]

@@kaysi768 yea that huge Gears 1 sale definitely caught my attention. I haven't delved into 360 or PS3 myself (really, this is the absolute last gen of consoles I might buy/collect/speculate for) but I'm starting to browse around and look at prices!

[@kaysi768]

@@GetTheGreg i agree i dont go past 360 and ps3 also games like licensed games that companies no longer have rights to like spiderman and deadpool, these will get delisted digitally, so the only way to play them have to be physical, but we have understand some ips that came out for xbox 360 and ps3 will be with us for many years

[@The_Mole_47]

lol i just like Jackson Pollock - not I just like Pollock Jackson

[@DijaVlogsGames]

Yo Greg, friendly advise for your next interview: Shut the fuck up. ;) Great video, though. I liked the part about Rudy’s background. Many people like to imitate successful people’s current actions, when they should rather study what that successful person did when he/she was in the position they are currently in.

[@GetTheGreg]

Everyone loves to say someone is an "overnight" success or got lucky or whatever, without acknowledging the shit years or grind it took to get there🤷🏻‍♂️

[@whodidit99]

Graded video game market is just plain silly.

[@supyo1]

Does he not know there’s 7 95 Mario 64’s? And 4 90+ That’s Not 20 Yo I’m sick of people that speak about this stuff without any actual clue about it. I hate to break it to you, but whoever bid on the Mario 64 did research. They know the Wata pop is 2... they know the 90+’s prob won’t 9.8 cause vga doesn’t hit factory defects like wata.

[@GetTheGreg]

I agree with you in thinking that the 9.8 A++ grade on SM64 is going to be far more insulated than almost anyone is giving it credit for.

[@kaysi768]

Reserved is pretty useless he has been against collecting video games for years, he never says anything useful like trends coming up, but just fear mongers. I understand we have to be cautious but he has been putting off people collecting games for years, its almost malpractice,just seems angry, anyone who disagree he stamps as fanboys, i doubt he is a successful collector

[@neatuhfajita9128]

Last few years I've made a ton of money going against his advice so to be fair I kinda like him

[@kaysi768]

@@neatuhfajita9128 same, i did the same with crypto and stocks, against apparent pros

[@boxwi]

That's not true, he's never said not to collect games, he's said to be careful speculating as an investment.

[@stevenreecy6612]

@@boxwi Exactly right. He's even delineated the difference between short-term holds, intermediate holds and long-term holds. He makes his money off of the short term stuff and plows it into the long-term...not a bad strategy. I've learned a bit from him because he presents it point by point like a mathematical proof and I'd consider my understanding of this stuff fairly complete.

[@extremegamercollector425]

You doubt he’s a successful collector without knowing him you’re full of shit dude lol

[@kedjfj798]

if you buy wata u deserve to be scammed...

[@Mrdeniro100]

I don't like that guy.

[@supyo1]

Lol Sean is salty over atari. Atari going up then down isn’t the same as sealed Videogames. Cib Atari or cart only Atari is not the same as sealed Nintendo.

[@ericdefazio4197]

Awesome, hope you can do more crossover events! SHAWN! (I'd subscribe to both of you all again if I could double subscribe)