You can’t even give these games away…..

[@DakotaCrimsonDR]

Picking up a PS2 and 12 games tomorrow evening for 35! I was shocked but I'm building up my physical collections.

[@AcTiVeReLoAdZ]

Nice!

[@demarcomendes]

Most of the prices of these things are inflated. And people are getting out of retro collecting I’m noticing it too.

[@veganforever9703]

Probably with switch doing ports all the time, I'm hoping for release on switch

[@Frank-x1g]

Agree. Going to be a good time to buy. Some commons will have to be pack ins when selling a rare game or console.

[@Mike-t5r9q]

​@veganforever9703 yeah that plus emulation you can basically play any game you want with convence so there's no need to hoard up and waste money on retro games

[@RealHomeRecording]

​@@Mike-t5r9qand by emulation you mean piracy...

[@Mike-t5r9q]

@RealHomeRecording if they don't offer that retro game on moden consoles to buy or no way of paying the developer who originally made the game then it isn't stealing plain & simple its preserving the games. Thank god for emulation!!!!! Or else alot of those games would just disappear in oblivion........

[@imissmypencils]

I’ve been finding cool stuff locally for about $5-15 a game. Resellers stilll asking $150 for marvel vs capcom 1 or 2 are smoking crack thinking gamers will still pay that much when the new ports are good enough.

[@peterthompsoncomedy]

The Dreamcast ports might still go for $100+ but that may just be wishful thinking on my part as I bought both not long before the new port released lol

[@ClownNaround]

Xbox or ps2 version nah, dreamcast yea

[@Entertained45]

That In Your House game was one of my favorite ever.

[@RetroSho]

What I do is I create a bundle of games with a console. Price the games at $2 of value each within the bundle (if they are $7 or less with free shipping on eBay), while scraping 20-30% off the top of the console's value. If you have say... 20 bunk games, that becomes a $100-110 sale. And the person whos buying always feels happy. I do this with PS1, PS2, OG XBOX, XBOX 360 and Wii.

[@dianagoodbody6832]

Anytime I see these bundles and see the list of games, it is usually a bunch of junk sports games that no one wants (Tiger Woods), plus one good game. I always pass those up because I don't want a bunch of junk! I would rather simply get the game I want complete in good condition :)

[@RealHomeRecording]

As a buyer, I prefer that because these shipping companies are a rip-off. Buying separate games adds up to huge shipping fees.

[@RetroSho]

@@dianagoodbody6832 Yeah, you're not wrong about that! And it's just as well if you pass it up. Is not for everyone to be sure. I always mix it up with sports games as well as playable decent titles (PS1, PS2, OG XBOX, 360). Very easy to do on PS2. Much harder to do with the Wii, but instead I'll add in a bunch of accessories.

[@RetroSho]

@@RealHomeRecording Agreed. It's rough on the buyer when it's one title at a time. Better off going into a local store and putting in the extra fees into gas money.

[@TenshiHinanawi-uq3oy]

Mechwarrior is a game used for jailbreaking xbox consoles it will always have some value, that WWF game might be useful later for a similar reason, Alien (also developed by Acclaim) on the PSone had some flaw which allowed burned games to be booted. Vice City is a game you ought to keep for emulation on PC, assuming you have a disc reader to dump/play it. I prefer console versions of games to PC ones sometimes because they can't be taken away or negatively patched, like with GTA ports removing music through updates.

[@oOignignoktOo1]

Vice City for PS2 is a hard sale because the game exists on soo many platforms and it's now remastered so the original PS2 version is a hard sale unless you really want the music tracks that aren't cut from the game's later releases.

[@Turk_2023]

The remastered versions are trash though compared to the ps2

[@oOignignoktOo1]

@@Turk_2023 to normies and casual collectors that doesn't matter though. Die hard GTA fans know the originals are better just for the fact the music itself is untouched unless you play the patched pc ports.

[@LegallyInsaneGamer]

Pricecharting takes sold listing from eBay and that game IS selling and for the prices seen on pricecharting aka eBay and frequently. I see 9 sold listing on eBay cib for month of November (2 of the 9 might not havr been cib as that is one flaw pc has it can't always distinguish cib from non cib)

[@optimusmagnum]

How are them diapers? Lol

[@LegallyInsaneGamer]

@@optimusmagnum Fully stocked and ready at all times! (premium brands only!)

[@notbo4669]

I’m down, if prices are going to be more affordable I will just buy more

[@VideoGameXDomain]

You must not have Disc Replay in your state. I'd get at least 30 bucks for credit on these at my game shops near me.

[@Southized]

Vice city sold so many copies it will never be worth more than a couple bucks.

[@otherworlds91]

block buster box art variant is the only one worth anything, same with gta 3

[@Southized]

@ still that version is only worth soemthing to the small amount of collectors who care about slip variants. Not worth buying in long run.

[@RealHomeRecording]

Heck, it was worth only $5 a few years after it's release.

[@RealHomeRecording]

Piracy has hurt the market. That and the terrible economy. 2021 was the best year to sell vintage games.

[@RenegadePandaZ]

I used to be into PS2 collecting, I have quite a few games, but PS2 and PS1 both are so easy to emulate these days, and the games are basically either worthless or crazy stupid rare and expensive and generally not worth seeking out.

[@therealjaystone2344]

The ps1 is about to turn retro and can rise in prices

[@SauceCrusader-kr9hu]

Ps1,2 and 3 games can be up scaled to 4k emulated…. And the accuracy of the emulation is really good

[@Fencer_Nowa]

>price charting Yeah the issue there is they use eBay and eBay has the luxury of sitting on it for weeks if not months. A shop doesn't because they need to rotate the stock to get more stock and when the game sells twice a week at best and it isn't going for close to triple digits it's not worth taking

[@acev271]

Gamestop and current year aside, you couldn't get much value for these games anyway. So many stores were filled with copies of GTA, Devil may cry, ect. Heck, Wwf in your house is usually thrown into auction bundles.

[@LxcasOnYT]

I just do like $5 for all on Facebook marketplace if I can’t move them

[@optimusmagnum]

I still use price charting and ebay. I actually gave that wrestling game away on one of my WhatNot streams maybe a year or 2 ago, lol. I still sell ganes on ebay regularly. I use bundle deals to sell the commons. Good for the buyer and great for me to get rid of my extras and commons and then grab games I want for my collection. Im sure u already know the deal tho. Its how most video game collectors do it for the most part.

[@Sykxezn]

vice city for ps2 is actually always in every store i go to that isnt a gamestop and in plenty of lots of games i see lol

[@dakumonOfficial]

I love retro gaming and own a ps2 fat and plan on getting a GameCube as well. I suggest eBay. I’m there for games all the time

[@1983jcheat]

I had "In your house" on PC. It's worthless now because it was a bad follow up to Wrestlemania the Arcade game. I paid full price in fall of 1996. 😂😂😂

[@oOignignoktOo1]

My cousin had In your house on PS1 way back in the day. Even as a 9 year old kid I thought the game was kinda crap. Though this was after WWF Warzone and WCW Nitro came out on PS1 so the PS1 had better wrestling games by then.

[@ARPorganics]

Just keep them for yourself. Like how I did my 1st gen Nintendo, 1st gen Sega, and Sega Genesis consoles and games. This 43 year old gamer still finds time to switch between all of thr consoles I own. The ps5 so far is far superior and is one of my favorite consoles to play. I guarantee the year when the ps6 comes out I still will own all of my gaming consoles and games.

[@deadringer8050]

Its just gotten way to easy to hardware emulate your consoles. I think that has alot to do with it. Particularly ps2 with free mcboot

[@scourdx]

Local sellers are offering bundle deals or promotions like buy two, get one free on games. They realize they won't make a huge profit individually, so bundling or giving away extras makes it more appealing. Plus, online platforms like eBay, Amazon, and Mercari take a cut, which leads sellers to raise their prices. Unfortunately, this doesn't really match the reality since many buyers aren't serious collectors.

[@therealjaystone2344]

And again, competing against emulation

[@uniroyalbarrie]

It’s cool you make videos in your work clothes before going to work lol

[@alanbauer9959]

That turtles GameCube game and in your house WWF game are easy 25-35 dollar sales on eBay CIB

[@jaysilva5854]

Most these games will just sit on the shelve gathering dust for a while. Unless someone has nostalgia for it, it's not going anywhere. Price charting doesn't matter that much.

[@therealjaystone2344]

I never use price charting

[@jaysilva5854]

@therealjaystone2344 Yeah, they're not reliable for a lot of stuff!

[@johndiaz4574]

I got The Messenger (digital) on Switch for $3.55 over the weekend.

[@Norg1]

Once i beat them im selling most of my collection

[@animedrawer69]

A lot of these games have modern rereleases that people would rather play

[@therealjaystone2344]

And will be worthless

[@michaelvargas8656]

@@therealjaystone2344the modern releases ?

[@deadringer8050]

Gamecube is next with the upcoming flippy drive. 40 bucks without doing any hardware modifications play all your gc back ups

[@VideoGameXDomain]

In your house is like 20 dollar game used. Why are you going to GameStop dude lol??

[@Trigger200284]

they are a complete ripoff

[@therealjaystone2344]

Not everyone is going to sell it online

[@VideoGameXDomain]

@@therealjaystone2344 he needs a Disc Replay

[@Fencer_Nowa]

@@therealjaystone2344 then don't complain when you don't get online prices

[@changkwangoh]

A nickle or a dime for a game? That’s wild lol

[@dragonspeed99]

Tbh if you wanna sell that TMNT GameCube game man lmk. Xbox version preferred.

[@patg108]

you've got to have a lot of fools in your area to not take good games like that especially for free. You can get a wii for like $30, many of which will play gamecube games (not all wii though), and PS3 fat for 50-70 that can do PS2 if not a ps2 for $20-50. For how many games there are and how cheap such systems go for they're a very good bang for the buck. In my area i RARELY see games save for some sports games and a few extremly common games or shovelware (especially on wii. But even THAT is rare for my area, people would resell or collect things like that here. in a heartbeat. Unlike Blu rays i can often find ones from this year a few months or a year or 2 later for $3 each. Then again at least one of my Salvation armies acts like a Goodwill does (even lists on Shop goodwill according to a friend that lists there). Save for the cheap or bulky things, So for me, even in the non holiday season its slow and hard to find games used. Though some do pop up in garage sales (even that's getting worse with the city doing a annual city sale with a large city that is impossible to cover more than about half of in the time allowed. And everyone saves their stuff for it since its free to do.

[@Frank-x1g]

I collect to play. Keep thenones I feel I really enjoyed or will play multiple games. Currently on the fence on a couple of semi rare games because I dont know if I will return to them.

[@chasefredricks5140]

Ahhh ‘KA’ the original “These hands are rated ‘E’ for everyone

[@EzraKikin]

Emulation is cheaper you know?😏

[@Goshdog]

How are you getting free games from game stop?

[@RealHomeRecording]

He is probably at the store when people are trying to sell them used.

[@Xtrafix2015]

I would take anything besides Xbox games if it’s free, it’s for me😂

[@mornstar5514]

Hey 80s kid is now at a age where they are losing interest at games, u think 90s and 00 kids care about retro games haha...u can bring your unsold "valuable" games to your grave

[@7dogguy]

ill take them for free

[@healthbeauty7853]

These games do have value gamestop are just trying to scam people. 😂

[@TheRyanshamowski]

You said it yourself, you would have had to list WWE for $5. So Why as a store owner would I want to give you any money for it. You can show me price charts all day long, all I care about are sold listings.

[@b566t3]

Gta games and madden games 2006 and up are not worth it because the market is flooded especially Gta 5 lol

[@BigChunkySkates]

PS2 Games aren’t worth shiiiit. I don’t even know what to do with my PS2 stuff…

[@okra7648]

Perhaps one day they will be worth shit lol. Hold on to them..

[@otherworlds91]

its funny seeing these dudes with collections full of fodder, there is still plenty of good stuff but it's rare and expensive to get

[@michaelscott9231]

I'll take them. Depending on what you goy & condition

[@AnotherNormalYorkshireman]

I'd look at selling them to people in other countries. I'm in the UK, but there's one particular guy on youtube that's going for the full PAL set, but has also set his sights on the full NTSC set also. Maybe reach out to him? His channel is @ps2manygames

[@Gwapanese]

Rage bait 10/10

[@dragonspeed99]

Do you have an online store?

[@expensivecardboard]

How many games do you own?

[@Southized]

Pricecharting are the people creating the artificial video game market we are in

[@Mike-t5r9q]

If you have pc you don't need any of these games you can play all these games plus more on pc so why would anyone pay top dollar for these games plus they take up physical space. I think people are over retro game collecting since you always play them anytime you want nowadays with more convenience. Even current gen consoles are getting decent ports of older titles

[@vanilluu]

I love big balls the video game I’m never giving it away

[@jonmccown2323]

Supply vs Demand. Because of Internet Supply is easily found. And who is demanding these pS 2 titles . Artificial inflation in 2002 due to being bored at home. Not a wise investment. Many are gonna find out when they go to sell and nobody wants it. eBay and Mercari are saturated and expensive. I tapped out awhile ago. Unless you really want to play a game and are willing to take a pounding in the Azz id only pay a few dollars.

[@jeffreys4417]

I would take those games. Let me know if you would sell those games to me for five dollars each thank you.

[@LatashaMoore-y7r]

Hello to everyone

[@DEThobbies]

Sports games don't have value unless it's a Mario sports game like strikers

[@peterthompsoncomedy]

Plennnnnty of exceptions but generally true for the common ones.