The Truth about Sealed Game "Investing"

[@jscotty76]

As an OG XBOX collector, I am absolutely drooling over those sealed games. Just starting my collection. Great advice also. Thank you.

[@Rmasndy]

Hi

[@danhalo1405]

One of the main reasons why sealed games today will never go up in price like those older retro games did are not only the way higher quantities of people that collect nowadys but also the games itself and how they were packed and produced on those old consoles. A lot of older consoles had games that were sold in cardboard boxes and those cardboard boxes obviously get very easily damaged or people threw the cardboard boxes immediately in the waste and only kept the cartridges. So not a lot of those old cardboard boxed games survived in good CIB condition which makes the very few still sealed copies that some people keept of those games even more valuable and sought after. And this is obviously not a big factor anymore on those new consoles that come in all plastic boxes with not even manuals, wear really is not a real big issue on those more current generation games.

[@williamRRR]

Yep Greg the gamer did a video explaining this exact point. If you collect sealed games on 6th gen and newer those games probably won’t go up in value as much as the cardboard eta games.

[@hieinh]

That's why the value will probably be popular games that didn't sell high. Your castlevania, silent hill, mario rpg/paper. Not your xbox360/ps2 games that sold 5 million or more

[@Stallzyx]

@@hieinh Still though I think the majority of them were opened with ps2 and xbox 360. I personally collect that generation as well as ps3 and a tiny bit of ps4 and ds/wii

[@hieinh]

@@Stallzyx PS2 definitely not unless it's a rare game. Sony printed them into the ground. Xbox 360 I bet there are cases somewhere of halo 3 and Gears

[@voydkid]

OnLy CaRdBoaR GaMEs gO uP

[@thevideogamebrothers3006]

As a general rule, I only 'invest' in sealed games that are in the franchises of Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon. These are iconic franchises, and are guaranteed to be highly collectible forever.

[@chrissontt1311]

Not the only franchise that are iconic but sure.

[@thevideogamebrothers3006]

@@chrissontt1311 well, like I said, it's a general rule for me. There are exceptions.

[@alexrobinson8732]

Nothings guaranteed

[@MegaMunizaga]

@@chrissontt1311 what are some other ones ?

[@heyzues5849]

@@MegaMunizaga Castlevania, Silent Hill, Sonic, Final Fantasy, and many more

[@jacobleatherwood4190]

Absolutely agree! I’ve noticed a lot of games stay around the $80-$100 mark sealed and if you’re dropping $50-$60 on a game then after fees you’re making maybe $10. Clearance games for the win. Thank you! Also that sealed Shattered Dimensions and War for Cybertron look (chefs kiss)

[@KingSlickJoker]

In all investing buy low, sell high. I’ve taught myself crypto in late 2020, and learned thru emotions such as FOMO. Also got into metals, and learned the shadow banking industry. Long story short, knowledge is power, and everything operates in similar fashion. I buy games to play but I’ve sold my collections since a kid to invest into things I needed at the time, and sometimes buy back things I’m nostalgic for. I’d say if you buy games, buy it to play unless you are really interested in the business of it. I appreciated the video’s perspective. I started collecting switch games but it’s because I grew up on gameboy and the switch is this generation version. Rather collect for it now while it’s decent priced, and can enjoy at home and go.

[@duke_8747]

Probably the best thing to do is to buy games with very low physical version prints for whatever reason. The game was mainly meant for digital only or it’s from a smaller publisher.

[@ecoao80]

I agree with the video. And it's not just "investors," a lot of collectors now collect sealed games. Way more than the 90s. Some collectors keep their games sealed on a shelf, then play the eshop version on their actual consoles. Also you have way more people who buy collectors edition and limited print run games in double or triplicate. One to use, one to hold on to for trading or selling later. And those unused versions are frequently held and transferred among collectors sealed.

[@davidbaron7388]

This is the similar situation to Star Wars action figures! Original run was super hot because everyone had them, but not many kept them in pristine condition, or were thrown out by parents. Fast forward to the 90's when they brought the line back, and everyone hoarded them. You can't go to a collectible store or show without seeing the nearly 30 old toys for less than their original resale price.

[@brentbolig]

I am relatively new to the whole re-sale / collecting side. It might not even be something I pursue, but regardless, I appreciate hearing the thoughts from someone who has experience in the industry. Thank you for the video!

[@tinaweseman502]

You got caught up in the hype of buying and grading sealed games. Glad you are back with your original business plan. Wish you luck and hope you can learn from this.

[@bocanegrageorge]

I doubt sealed games today will go up like the older games. I do buy sealed games to hold onto them but only when they are cheap. If I lose money oh well I still got the game to enjoy and it was cheap. There are niche games i will pay more for but they are usually games I'd enjoy

[@hieinh]

I will but it won't be the game of the year titles

[@thethoughtfulbeggar3266]

Great video! I like these videos almost more than your original channel. great info

[@thevaluecollab767]

I appreciate your insights this has been my first official year treating reselling like a business. It’s been awesome

[@TheFactorySealedCollector.]

Keep all of the games you still what you think the biggest hit and rarest games!

[@crashers17]

Caleb, I think you're absolutely right about it,and I hope people take your advice. Video game speculation is a tricky business,and a lot of research needs to go into it. I see videos of people going crazy buying sealed switch games,and hoping they'll go up in value. Maybe,they will but everyone needs to make sure they can take the hit if they don't. Anyway,great video and sound advice for sure!

[@ckhound1]

I think this is similar to comic collecting. Comics very rarely are worth anything for stuff printed now. Why? Because there are tons of prints of everything available. Sure, if ya get a rare or different cover, thats one thing. But some people just get every comic they see and think its gonna be Action Comics 1

[@jngx80]

@Synthetic Maniac might’ve peaked since no more stimulus and next few years with inflation will test the game market. But KZbin channels like this and others definitely keep the speculation going. If Caleb and everyone can make money reselling then people are going to try and get a piece of it. One key difference - with comics people were buying multiple copies. Many weren’t even fans of comics. They just jumped in because they heard it on the news. Stupid promotions like buying a 100 copies netted you a hologram cover, etc. my brother was a comic book fan but also got sucked into the gimmicks. Video games are more expensive and I get the sense that most people collecting play video games. Here, you get more credit if you’ve played hidden gems and what not.

[@philipdewberry8223]

I think the sealed market has some potential still but will require a much more in depth analysis of what will appreciate over the years I don't think buying certain clearance games especially when you have a bigger storage/workspace to truly tuck them up in the attic or something with no real impediment on you is still worth it especially if you want to live in the video game market for your businesses whole life. Currently with your size and workspace selling them and moving on was smart later down the road it'd be smart to hold stuff but also very few games are going to hold any appreciation from the modern era last gen was probably the last generation we could've generalized sealed collecting with most of it appreciating in 5-10 years welcome to my ramble and thank you

[@1030eev]

Coming soon Phoenix property sale!

[@duplotraci]

Do what works for you and live by your conscience. One thing I love about your channel is that you are fair and have integrity. If you know that then the hater hanks are easier to dismiss.

[@mangaboss1411]

The fact that I see sealed Gamecube, Xbox, Wii, and PS2 games still available at retail prices, tells me just how little these modern console games will appreciate. Some odd very low-printed games, or 1st prints will have the best shot at going up at all, but at the end of the day there's more supply than demand for modern. Part of the fun of collecting older games is the challenge of rarity. Not just in availability, but in condition, given how fragile the boxes and plastic used to be. To find a Mario 64 that looks like it never left the retail shelf is amazing, but seeing an Xbox 360 game like that is not surprising or exciting, it's just expected.

[@maiplaysdrums]

North Face gotta sponsor you at this point. Great thoughts as always. Your formula seems to work (invest in sealed games for consoles about to go stale). I recently flipped some sealed 3DS games whereas my sealed Switch games, which I've already priced at much lower than SRP, are still on the shelf. What I did notice though is many collectors would want to have access to the inserts and manuals, so they'd much rather pay up for pre-owned mint CIB than for sealed.

[@RickHVT]

Sponsor for what? Because he wear one hoodie all time?

[@__-xp2np]

@@RickHVT LMFAO

[@albertsmith99]

Scumbags admire scumbags

[@hieinh]

That's why popular games that sold less than a million copies will be a good start. I buy games I like but am not gonna go out and buy say pokemon colosseum for $500-$700 sealed. It's too common. Now a game like Pokemon conquest. barely sold 1,000,000 was overshadowed by black and white 2. silent hill never sold a blockbuster levels

[@waifubreaks1572]

I bought a sealed game the other day. I opened it of course haha

[@MYSTERIOUS1337leet]

when i buy sealed videogames i only do in clearance and diversify. i dont see them as flips and i dont spend as much money as i would on a flip. i see it more like a third ETF im investing in with lower share compared to my whole investings

[@mtbelley]

I paid $20 for Batman Arkham Origins for the 360 sealed.

[@AgapeGaming17]

Yes! This is EXACTLY how I think about it. Modern video games are NOT a good long term investment. I have a relatively small sealed game collection (about 30 games) mainly spanning from The PS3/Wii era to PS4/Switch. They are games I like and enjoy personally, so if I’m never able to sell them and make money, I at least like them. Every sealed game I bought (except for one or two) I’ve either acquired on clearance, or heavy discount/for free (GameStop points, B1G1, etc). For the switch, for example, when I see a game that was received well and has a cult following go down to $9.88 on Amazon, I’ll snag ONE copy and keep it sealed. Low investment, low risk. Most sealed games I’ve bought, I bought at a price where I could already sell it and make money at that moment. Therefore, I feel comfortable holding onto it for a while and see if the price goes up any. It most cases, sealed prices don’t go down after a game has been out for a couple years at least, so when you already bought the game for $10-20, worst case scenario is you break even.

[@ThatDudeArvai]

The only time I'm buying a sealed game is if it's a good deal. Can't beat 10 copies of Strike Force Bowling on the PS2 for a dollar a piece! One game I did buy a few years ago was Gran Turismo on PSP sealed for $16, and surprisingly, its over doubled in value.

[@Mrdeniro100]

I have been collecting stuff for years and people always think that there's no point collecting because too many people are doing it, it's always worth it if you know what you are doing.

[@veganforever9703]

Tips for switch games

[@Mrdeniro100]

@@veganforever9703 Don't pay too much the prices come down for the majority of games, buy games that are complete on the cart (Cop). Don't overlook games because they are too cheap new eg Sushi striker, Deadly premonition 2. .Keep collectors editions sealed. I buy most collections I see eg Syberia trilogy, Final fantasy 7 & 8 Hotline Miami collection, horror games, games by Atlus, Rising star etc. It's mainly about the price, I try to buy things that if I sell them I can at least make the same money back , use your own judgment.

[@Mrdeniro100]

@@veganforever9703 tips from me?

[@albertsmith99]

Even dust is worth collecting. There's always a sucker out there willing to buy it

[@chill_ham]

I completely agree with what you said. As someone who's lightly into the Lego investing world, the same applies. If you're going to invest in things such as video games or toys, I would recommend getting it on the cheap as well. You made a great point, their are tons of new people getting into video game investing and if you think theirs not going to be somewhat of a saturation of sealed games in the future, then you may be naive or unrealistic. I can just imagine all the Gen Z and younger audiences watching these videos and wanting to get into video game investing. For those who are wanting to resell, I personally would recommend quick flips to see a quick growth on your money, and then gradually start investing in items for the longer term while not tying up all your money into one type of asset. Ultimately, once you have enough funds, houses and land are two assets that's always going to be in demand, wether for young or old, video game enthusiasts or Joe Blow dads, everyone needs land and houses. Like Phoenix does, investing into a 401k or Ira is also something I would highly recommend as well while doing all this as borning as it may sound.

[@andrewbeczo7262]

Your very rite my friend. Its like star wars toys. Nobody kept em sealed in the 80s so those runs are astronomically expensive. So everybody in the mid 90s bought em and kept em sealed. All those mid 90s sealed toys aren't worth ten a piece shipped. Cause everybody has em

[@peterparker346]

I don’t care about sealed games I care if the games work the reason why games are sealed is so that the stores knows if you played the game or not will not refund you back how else will the stores know you used the games and movies if their not sealed I buy unsealed games from GameStop I have no problems

[@peterparker346]

Your welcome

[@Jawwaad1111]

I’ve definitely seen sealed 3DS games jump in price over the years especially with the eShop closing soon. Nintendo games especially first party and low print run games will always be a good investment but you can’t compare them to N64 games and Nintendo games before that because although there were collectors then, the video game collecting market has grown tremendously since that time. A lot of collectors are always going to keep a sealed copy of a first party Nintendo game just to have which will make sealed Nintendo games much more common.

[@hieinh]

Yep like the Mario RPGs on 3ds. some are a million copies or less

[@64KarmannGhia]

Keep in mind also that today’s games almost ALL have to download things from the network on your console. At ANY time they could discontinue/shut that off and 20 years down the road technically you won’t even be able to play the game. Whereas n64, ps1, etc was strictly off the disc/cartridge. It will work forever given its condition of course.

[@bkirk0510]

That's a fair point, but not from the angle of collecting sealed games.

[@64KarmannGhia]

@@bkirk0510 I feel that if this were to happen though there is no real value to the sealed game at that point. Essentially it’s a book end because there is no use for it. Sure if you’re keeping a game sealed it’s strictly for collecting purposes but there’s gotta be a major depreciation of it once it can no longer be used imo

[@bkirk0510]

@@64KarmannGhia Sealed games cannot be used regardless so your scenario is irrelevant to the value of sealed games.

[@leejoshua5610]

@@bkirk0510 but if i download the sealed game to my hardrive i have it no matter wht they shut dwm 10 to 20 yrs from now right??

[@64KarmannGhia]

@@bkirk0510 okie doke

[@Trently13]

another reason those retro games are so high in price is because the boxes were Cardboard. nobody other than adults was thinking oh i should keep this. so now a large chunk of all cardboard boxed games are missing its cases since kids threw them away instantly after opening their games. i was one of them... IGNORANCE. today most games come in plastic cases which are easier to store and keep games in. its that supply and demand for something that is super scarce now.

[@alexmclean7287]

What I have noticed is the opportunity to play markets so bad with sealed product. Let’s say I buy a sealed copy of a 3DS Pokémon game for $35. I put it on eBay for a $60 buy it now, a random person goes “I want this” and they purchase it. Well at that point I made a quick $15, the value then goes up as others go “I can sell mine for that”. And then prices will continue to go up. So many people use eBay sold prices to give them values on buying and selling. So its all who does what when.

[@poormansporsche744]

I also think sealed games won’t go up because for switch you can buy games online and will always be able to get the game for the rest of time. Unlike if you had sealed copies of fire emblem for GameCube where there was 290,000 copies ever made and you can’t play it unless you have one. (Computer emulators I know I know) but still.

[@mikeyounes2756]

I have about 300 sealed games. Worth imo about $10k

[@titansrule72]

love the vid. appreciate the info. if you take care of yourself and plan on having a family and being around in 25-30 years... I-Bonds are not a bad way to go either. Pretty safe way to stock money away for the future.

[@ChrisEpp]

Never saved a sealed game for the future, I agree with modern games it’s not only higher production scales but also more people saving sealed ones and making it less desired when there’s so many. It’s also tough when you don’t have an away from home place to store the games if you did wait for them to try to appreciate.

[@rickyandre7757]

Very true and great points! Now a days too many people all are doing the same thing with the same eventual goal, buy sealed product, sit on it and sell for insane money years later. That being said, if you know what to look for/get lucky, there are certainly some gems to grab either at retail, or shortly after release on a sale. JRPGs (depending on how obscure the franchise is) is a great example. Deception IV Nightmare Princess is my example. Bought for $20 new on sale, and worth about $80 today, but examples like that are certainly the minority

[@gordonjeffrey231076]

Agree with the ideas here. Most important, be selective. Don't just but lots of FIFA at $5. 1st party, especially Nintendo games. Also, low availability on a game run is another potential plus point. E.g. Wii u did not sell a huge number of consoles. As such fewer game copies were sold. Then limited physical runs of them will increase prices. Say for example finding teddy 2 or shmup collection, etc. If you can pick one of these up for a decent price I can only see them going up in price over the years to come.

[@cincyflipper]

been buying anything sealed i find from thrifts and yard sales recently, couldn't fathom paying full retail on modern stuff

[@thescorpionsy9011]

I am a collector...I like collecting sealed games fot MY COLLECTION not for Resale purposes...but if they go up in price then that's a bonus...and if they don't then it doesn't matter to me as they were intended as my private collection not be sold. Maybe I will get rid of them (for whatever price they go for) as I get older but I love having my sealed physical games and getting them digitally to play later on or used for cheaper Also, most of my games in my collection are never bought at full retail price...usually on deep sale or discount or clearance. Cheers! 👍🙂

[@donovanbradford8231]

A solid video. Given I've only been really looking at this stuff for a year I would go one step further. Looking at certain titles or types it's some what easier to predict what will go up in value. Looking at Nintendo obviously it's the well know names so Mario, Zelda, DK, Metriod more than likely will go up over time. Pokemon is another title that will go up as time goes on. Some other types are games like survival horror games seem to go up over time. But even then you don't know, games like Resident Evil are survival or shooter horror games but not all of them have value vs The Suffering which value with both of its titles. Even going an uncommon game will have value over time isn't always so. I've seen uncommon PS2 games over the last month or two many of which I've never heard of still go for less than 20 bucks. So at this point you may be able to predict certain games going for good money years later, but the rest are just gambles.

[@mikes062]

I’ve got no interest in sealed games, the only one I’ve got sealed is Sneak King because I happened to find it for almost nothing lol and Super Mario 3d All Stars because I have the games on their original systems. I want to be able to play them otherwise so unless I found Donkey Kong Country for SNES, which is the one that started it all then I don’t care. I think it’s kind of silly to collect a bunch of sealed games, but that’s the fun of your own collection so if it’s your thing that’s cool too!

[@johnfanning4275]

Problem comes in when the prices go up on sealed games there will be people resealing open games - Sealing machines are fairly inexpensive and with one of them you can make any copy of the game a "Sealed copy"

[@GibbsBro]

I really enjoyed this video today. I recently, in January, invested in a vacant lot on a canal in FL. Good luck with everything Caleb. Life is one big lesson, then you die 😆

[@masterbuilder2856]

I agree with you. The idea of sealed modern collecting, whether it's figures, collectible cards, games, or anything you can buy and keep sealed not the same as sealed vintage product. They are going to be nowhere near the value of vintage items of the same type. Ask anyone that has a complete set of the 1999 Star Wars Phantom Menace 3.75 figure collection........

[@tessa.robles.84]

Semi-financial I think was what u said, that's a great term, great term. I'm gonna use that :)

[@Plorxium]

The thing is most of us didn't care about sealed games years back or even keeping the boxes. I got Leaf Green when it came out and many friends of mine had it too. I'm guessing that I or my mom threw it out when I stopped playing it. If we had all held onto those it wouldn't be worth anywhere near as much as it is today.

[@WeAreLegendsLLC]

Super informative! Thanks for sharing 😁

[@GhostSanctuary7]

It's actually risky to buy modern sealed games second hand. I once bought a sealed ps vita game, and when I got it, I noticed something off under the plastic. So I opened it, and it definitely was not brand new. It had dust on the case, and the cart definitely had been used. Vintage video games are harder to replicate the plastic, but the modern re-seals are super convincing. I spent $80 on a $10 game, so be very cautious.

[@ivanvargas2425]

S&P 500 mutual funds with a. Roth IRA is the way to go. Please don’t buy sealed games when you got buy into stocks.

[@jngx80]

I regret not buying up more sealed ps2 games when they were sold on sale at circuit city one Black Friday. I picked up a suikoden v for $15 - $25. Sold it last year for $250 after fees I think. The buyer said they were buying it as a present for a friend. Personally I think that’s the only reason why anyone should buy an old sealed game.

[@Xx-CL_MoDz-]

I collect sealed PlayStation Tekken games only so far I have 17 in 2 years need 4 more black labels to complete the entire PlayStation collection as I have them red labels as well . I collect tekken cus I grew up playing it with my dad so I also have them all in playable condition but is it worth collecting tekken sealed games as a good investment?? If I would like to sell in the future? then again if I don’t want to sell it’s something I like so wouldn’t really care if I kept them but any thoughts of investing on the last 4 games I need as they hard to find and are kinda up there!

[@jeffderice753]

my question about his collection is how many of those sealed games are first print. wouldn't that be a huge factor in collecting sealed as well? or it does not matter?

[@ANIMNESIXS]

You forgot to mention the other side of the coin when you said that nowadays there are more people investing in sealed games, speculating and the retail printed copies are way more than 20-30 years go. All true, and for the same reasons, nowadays there are more and more people willing to build up his/her own gaming collection full of retro nostalgia games, why? Because they (we) are all grown ups with money to spend. But ultimately because 20-30 years ago, being a 'gamer' wasn't cool, now it is. So yes, more people buying, storing, selling nowadays like never before! Therefore great advice of course.

[@wilbs009]

I actually just had someone on my instagram ask me about this topic but it was about Pokemon cards. It is hard to explain the ups and downs of speculation especially in these areas. How are you to know what is going to be sought after in the next 20-30 years. Who knew we were due for a pandemic which shot up the prices of collectables in recent years? I think you did a good job because this is not a get rich quick scheme.

[@jngx80]

Correction: who knew we’d have a pandemic where the government printed money to give to everybody and almost anybody. Inflation is going to be a pain in the behind. So hope all the people who bought up video games are actually people who can afford it.

[@wilbs009]

@@jngx80 Yo man not the place. This is a simple reselling video. There was no need for this comment. Take it somewhere else.

[@willnox1]

@@wilbs009 he’s right though

[@wilbs009]

@@willnox1 you appear to have missed my point of this is not the place for that response. The question of the video is based upon the speculation of collectables. At no point in time was it political. Now I may be reading something into it that was not meant to be said but that is the fault of the medium we are using to communicate. Frankly while I am trying to shut down an unnecessary political response I still do not think the response applies to the topic. The use of stimulus checks was used to buy playable games. It has been discussed on phoenix resale many times. It was not used for the speculative market of collectables.

[@chill_ham]

Here's two scenarios I think about. 1rst, buy a sealed game for let's say 30$, wait 12 years and it's now worth 120$ if you made the right investment choice. Congrats you waited 12 years to make 90$. Now take that same 30$, buy some random toys and electronics at a garage sale. List them on Ebay, make 90$ net profit. Congrats you made 90$ in a span of a few days or maybe weeks. Now use that 120$ and flip that into 240$, 300$, now you got something going. 12 years have passed, that same initial 30$, has now grown into who knows how much by then. Selling a random electronic shaver, may not be the coolest or fun thing to do, but sure beats waiting years to see your money grow.

[@JMLRetroRoom]

All sealed games hold some extra value given time. The value depends on whether it’s a first party title like Mario or some really obscure game that was initially digital and went physical under the radar. People already got it digitally so they are reluctant to buy the game again albeit a physical copy. Buying say Mario Odyssey today won’t do much for many years unless you get a variation of the game such as a Not For Resale which some have varying covers or a Steel Book / Special Box packed with another game or item. Some people don’t care about NFR but sometimes with Nintendo, the case itself is a different color or the back of the cover is different. But even those take a few years to become noticed.

[@JMLRetroRoom]

Other examples are NSMBU + LU where the NFR packed in game has a blue case IIRC and the retail version has a red case. Wind Waker HD has a basic cover and a gold reflective cover as well. Mario Odyssey and Links Awakening on Switch both have NFR cover variations where the back of the cover just has a picture with no game information. Those were packed in games or added with a book or item etc. Buy the boxed version of Pokémon with both games those are NFR but the cover is identical aside from Not For Resale fine wording on the back. That’s not as collectible but still sought after by some for the variation. Still some of these take a few years to gain some sort of value much higher than original retail. I had F-Zero SNES sealed I bought maybe 5yrs ago for $30, sold it recently for $275. Wasn’t my intention but I don’t collect SNES, seen the value went up and decided to let it go.

[@VENOM16xXx]

Great video👍 and especially since everyone is doing this with games and cards because it’s a thing all of a sudden and now everyone is also trying to become a reseller.

[@paulycasale1350]

Great video Pete!

[@nicholasbutler4092]

Not only that but in my opinion anything ps4 and Xbox one games will be worthless even if sealed. Reason being most of those games come needing day one patches because they are incomplete. They will be completely unplayable once the servers go down.

[@josephrybowicz3760]

Not enough people talk about this. It’s the same when people talk about buying physical games and not liking digital. Sorry man, but that disk isn’t going to be any more playable when the servers go down then a downloaded copy. I feel bad for the true collectors (not speculators); collecting modern physical games seems really unrewarding because of this

[@veganforever9703]

Mostly yes but if keeping sealed who cares about dlc etc

[@Mocha_Leah]

For our sealed games, what is the best way to preserve the packaging?

[@flaminbulbasaur3968]

Whenever it comes to grabbing sealed games I feel like selectivity becomes more of the forefront of the hobby. So instead of getting sealed Rockband 12 or whatever just go for thr first prints or the not for resale issues me personally its mostly driven by what I've played and what I know I'd love to add to the collection I grab two copies or more grade them all keep the highest sell the rest and its worked out great 👌

[@the_classix]

Agree with you Caleb. Many many more speculators today. That's in all forms of modern collectibles. Pokemon, sports etc etc. At the end of the day it all depends on what someone wants to pay for it in 15+ years, and how the economy and market is. They're all similar, and it's all a gamble honestly. I have some games and stuff set aside and I probably always will. But not a ton. The main focus of my business is why I do it. My family. On my business card in says God Family Games. That's what I've grown to rely on these past 17 years of reselling. Everything else is speculation and uncertainty. I will say though, that there is one thing that there not making any more of and that's land. I want to purchase some in the future for my kids. That's what I'm looking into now. Btw I met you at SEGE I was packing up and you bought a GameCube Game from me. Nice to finally meet you.

[@maxguibord5548]

as a sports card collector i never understood the grading system for games ..its just seem very uneven 🤷‍♂️

[@getwreck3d13]

I Waited till the end of 3ds bought Luigi’s mansion for 40-sealed it’s 90 and 10 copies of Zelda majoras mask for 15 they’re 30-34$ each

[@inasuma8180]

financial market is just much better to "invest" in compared to anything else. that's why any games I'm "investing" in are popular IPs (pokemon/mario/zelda). Everything else is personal collection that I'm "investing" in with the knowledge I will probably lose money.

[@jeremymcmahan7692]

Thanks for sharing. Good thoughts.

[@Oxmosh]

I just got into sealed games, thankfully its not for investment, just because i like having collections of the franchises that I love, kinda sad they are too expensive noe but oh well

[@VeVe-Mew2]

There needs to be some significance behind the game, or else I don't buy it. Highest grossing game in it's category or popularity for example, I think those two can't go wrong long term. But just buying anything sealed I think is dangerous, I'm definitely more into quality over quantity when it comes to this. Thanks for the advice !

[@ellieappa]

Great advice. Most people will lose $$ on speculative investing whether it's video games or the stock market.

[@kenl2367]

So about 3-4 years ago. Maybe right before wata was a thing. I was chatting with some fellow collectors saying, maybe in the future there will be a market for buying 360/ps3 games and selling them to dumbass zoomers who wants to grade them. Well I guess they found one

[@kamb8s]

VGA was a thing that graded 360/PS3 games prior to Wata.

[@kenl2367]

@@kamb8s 3-4 years ago no one was grading ps3 bc they're still in production and readily available. Vga grades anything, I can put a piece turd in a zip lock bag and they'll probably have a division that grades it

[@kamb8s]

@@kenl2367 Great, literally nobody cares.

[@kenl2367]

@@kamb8s lol, and yet you feel the need to reply

[@NintendoFlips]

I am doing that on my 3DS Collection. I just started collecting games for the 3ds and I am picking up games I know will go up in value. Lots of games are going up in price and I am collecting them now in hopes that I can sell them to fund my 3ds collection. I am sitting on quite a few copies of Metal Gear, Kid Icarus, Tekken, Dead or Alice, and some Atlus games. I am finding them at a really good price, and I can definitely use these games to help make a dent in collecting all the games.

[@savagebeastb.m.f7156]

You caught me 7 years ago I've been sitting on a fue sealed games clearance is the best way togo

[@NothingToSeeHere32]

Chucklehead is a great insult :)

[@collins7575]

Buy low sell high simple math. Small % of games are really worth “investing in” long term and even than you’re holding forever before you can actually get them to be worth a lot more.

[@cameron3550]

CAN WE PLEASE get the original Phoenix Resale OUTRO SONG ON THIS CHANNEL?

[@veganforever9703]

I buy on clearance only, try to flip and get some sealed games for free etc

[@jjacks50]

Yeah, you really can't "invest" in sealed games. You sort of have to be really lucky. A few years ago I had what I knew was sealed Wii Animal Crossing City Folk, Nintendo Selects edition, which for some reason was selling for more than the mainline release. I go to grab it with visions of dollar signs in my eyes, only to find out that my kid opened it to try it. Facepalm. 10 years later, kid feels really guilty about it, seeing prices on sealed have doubled since then.

[@Jellordgames]

This is all good it means physical games still have a following and the corporations can't make everything digital like they wanna. We demand coasters!

[@Goobneptizle]

Wish I would have kept all my boxes and manuals safer than my bottom dresser drawer mom cleaned it out and boom all gone

[@rarreyna3971]

Hey man I appreciate videos like this. I'm getting into the resale game, and hopefully can do it full time soon, but Im pretty sure I made the mistake you mentioned by buying some PS4 stuff sealed at a little under retail. Like I'm talking only 10-20 bucks off a few jrpgs. I'm thinking I'll just take the loss too and sell them and call it a lesson learned, but it's videos like this that have been very helpful to me.

[@rarevideogames]

If you know what you are buying will be worth and how the marketing will be move based on history, then I think video game invest is good. As an example that you bought the pokemon 3ds games which I think it will be really good investment even next year (most likely it will be double up). Making money from stock market is good but not as much good as video game investment because I know what I am doing. But I do agree with that sealed game of whatever game does not make any sense.

[@rarevideogames]

It’s all same as stock market. You can either wait for long time that it will be surely go up the value or you can just jumping in before it goes up crazy if you don’t want to wait. So, I am little opposite to you and I’d rather start buying sealed pokemon 3ds games now instead of sell them all

[@rarevideogames]

This is just easy arbitrage opportunities if you know what you are doing

[@rarevideogames]

Just look at the shantae 3ds game and everyone knows shantae will go up the value even 2 years ago and now it’s crazy price. Knowledge is the king and invest something that you know very well about is always much better than just investing index

[@Bird-Birdy-Love]

This is why i don't really invest in sealed games. too many people are treating video game collecting as like a potential stock investiment, which is true to a point but i woud not bet it all on it to use as a retirment invest in another 3 decades. The only sealed games i have are more so due to pure chance finds and also i buy games that are cheaper than cib price currently. this is why i still have so many ps3 games sealed as you can still find sealed games on 7th gen even cheaper than atuallyy cib second hand price, dependign where u buy of cours, so im already saving up that even if i open them, i will still probably get more money if i resell em as second hand used. not that im planning too at least not now.

[@litoariel]

More collectors and resalers = More sealed games kept sealed in the future? Sureeee but Also More Collectors mean MORE DEMAND So might even out. Also having sealed older video games are like a LUXURY nowadays so people will pay up & always be a market for it, it's not like one day people are going to wake up and going to prefer stained used up games of their favorite rather than a beautifully sealed copy if you have the funds and care for it.

[@brianrice1613]

Caleb just wants his sealed copies of Mario Odyssey to be worth more but convincing you not to buy them 😉

[@drewb9620]

Hope my sealed copy of Scribblenauts for Xbox One I got at five below is worth $10 in a few years!

[@roundearthvideogamer6039]

"Mario Kart 64 N64 Nintendo Factory Sealed! WATA Graded 8.5 A+ Players Choice" $3297!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whoa!

[@supyo1]

First print odyssey graded high are already thousands btw People didn’t realize they had print variants and the earliest got mostly opened. Also I’ve been buying and collecting sealed games for decades. The clearance stuff can be rare sometimes but usually it’s the later print stuff. A lot of the clearance games I bought back n64 era aren’t worth much still. The games that are rare early are expensive early and go up. The games people paid a lot for in 2008 are the ones worth a ton now. It’s the people buying cheap later junk that doesn’t pay off. People think the guys holding the top grade nes Zelda’s and smb’s got lucky and bought em cheap. It doesn’t work like that. It cost a lot to get those copies back when the big collectors did. That sticker smb cost 5 figures back in 2012. It wasn’t like.. oh let me hold this $30 game.

[@dereketnyre7156]

2020 Sealed Video Games = 1990s Baseball Cards

[@BULDELGADO1996]

Great Video and i like your words :)

[@bakersfieldpickers7615]

Well I buy all my sealed games and pack them away because some day they will be worth a lot when I am dead and gone and left to my daughter and thats how I am helping her in the future. I know I should get them all graded but I don't have that kind of money to do the grading thing. But the way I see it I don't pay full price unless it's a rare game and can't find them out in the wild but most of the games have been found out in the wild. This was a great video and keep your business going because all them hater hanks out there are just keyboard warriors and just talk sh**.

[@leejoshua5610]

Not to be that guy though but god forbid what if you die tommrow your family or wife will sell those games in a heartbeat if you don't let them know the value and the expected return of your sealed product its better to maybe to explain everything to someone you trust or liquidate some of your collection for cash but hey this is just a what if scenario have a good week

[@bakersfieldpickers7615]

@@leejoshua5610 trust me I have it all down on paper on what each one is worth and my wife know were the paper is and how to sell them and what to be asking for and she knows to give it to my daughter.

[@adequatejtm7371]

You know if you sold on whatnot these kids would give you like 2-3x of the value

[@fatboy6441]

I buy sealed games and open them and play them. I’m a savage no fucks given.

[@Moonlight-sz9yj]

Caleb, you're a chuckle head! I'm going to go ahead and buy 12 copies of Mario odyssey and chat when I have the riches! (jokes aside anything printed after 2015 if it has demand, it's mass printed! Don't fall for it unless its limited print)

[@dillongoodfriend7248]

A sealed game is like an NFT. there’s only so much money to be made until the end of the line and you’re the one losing money.

[@kamb8s]

You could say that about any investment you don’t like.

[@skippyfx]

I completely agree, even if we could guarantee a 2x-3x in 5 years, think about the opportunity cost of not using that capital now. Have had the same thought with Pokémon cards and other collectibles. It’s better to keep the machine churning.

[@goon5544]

Most of them if you wait long enough will go up. High quality games will shoot up more too like the marios and pokemons. Can't sell early though, and the longer the more valuable. I doubt the switch games will stay low because most people are holding. Switch is so popular, if anything I can bet they will go up even more. Xbox games take a little longer before they really start going up, and ps usually goes up in value faster. I got some games sealed, but its more for fun. I got some old ps2 games and og xbox that have gone up along with switch and limited run games but it's just for fun.