(Discussion) How Can Gamers Prevent Market Manipulation? - Retro Bird
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Nobody who loves retro gaming wants to see anything bad happen to it. At the top of a lot of people's lists would be market manipulation, especially considering how high the prices of a lot of these older games have become. Whether we're talking about sealed or unsealed games, this video goes over some of the easy ways that we can all do our part to help prevent market manipulation.
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It’s the retro bird oh yea and he’s talking, talking about video games!
He's the retro bird oh yes and he posts What you like what he has to say!
Guilty as charged :)
@@mosesrufai1797 I thought it said and he hopes that you like what he had to say.
1) when everyone goes right. Go left. Collect cheap undesirable PS2, Xbox, or PS3 games instead of overheated retro markets. There is still excitement hunting for cheap games in these markets
2) collectors need to be more patient instead of trying to force complete collections or buying into the eBay hype.
3) don't trust pricecharting so much. Loose sales often include manuals or mistaken listings that drive up prices.
4) emulate. Physical is preferred but if you just want to play the games...
5) understand that resellers are swamping the video game market and this will contribute to artificial price inflation
6) take a break from childhood games and focus on modern consoles until prices cool and speculators decide the profit isn't as desirable.
7) sell your collections while the prices are high. Take profit for games you will never play, keep what you truly want, and this will add supply back in the market.
I especially agree with #1 I would recommend so many cheap fun games for people and they were not interested now that they are within the $70 to $130 mark I'm like "oh now you want it" 😒
Great tips, I especially love #1. Now, I am guilty of still buying something that's on the top of my list like a special Gamecube game I've been looking for, but my main focus has been PS2/Xbox this past year. It does help that I have found a steady supply for 3-5 dollars each at a local thrift store.
Your advice is pretty good!
I never spent over 60$ on my games. I either wait for the prices to drop or just emulate those games in the meantime.
Shhh!
You’ll ruin everything!
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Hello Retrobird. I just want to say that I stumbled upon your channel two months ago and finally caught up and watched every single video. You are now in my top 5 youtubers. Keep up the good work. And I know you hear this a lot, but you deserve a much bigger following. Here’s hoping your channel one day explodes in popularity.
Thank you! I'm very flattered and glad you like it :)
Totally agree, I think his channel will blow up one day since he has a true passion for this unlike some resellers I've watched grow.. You deserve the spotlight man
Same here. Ive probably watched some more than once honestly as I've just had him chatting away while I work sometimes. Definitely in my top 5 youtubers too.
Lets not pressure him TOO much.
Who are your other in the top 5
Timmy's signature will clearly make the price of the game go up, it's Timmy after all!
TIMMMEHH!!
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"Certain auction houses in cahoots with certain grading companies..."
WATA GAMES has left the chat!
I just don't sell my games. That's how I keep it under control 😁
Yup same 👍
Same. I buy only what I want to own.
As someone who works in a BMW service department, I cannot tell you how grateful I am when someone is nice to me.
I loved that part: “…those with bad intentions, because we don’t want them to be happy 😆. Lol. The beginning part of this video reminded me of that one part in Chrono Trigger , where that fiend in Medina Village refuses to sell you anything until you defeat that minion, and then all his prices are OUTRAGEOUS!! So, guess what? I refuse to buy anything there. Very similar to real life. Haha.
Haha I like the comparison!
@@RetroBirdGaming Lol. Thanks.
A certain auction house and a certain grading service? Hmm, I wonder if he is talking about...
I figured out when PS3 games went way up in price that there's two markets: 1. Gamers market. 2. The average person market. That's the difference between Price Charting and Ebay. I was chewing people out for just accepting people jacking up prices and not calling them out when the information is right at your fingertips. People making video after video saying "Wow! Folklore is going for $100! When last week it was $15! Crazy, right?" And I'm like "What's crazy is you see NOTHING wrong with it and think that's normal instead of calling out the people making it that expensive."
I even saw today on Ebay someone trying to charge like $400 for Zelda Breath of the Wild unsealed not in a protective case or anything saying "Heritage, WATA, VGA, Rare Gamestop edition!"
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Yet if people fall for it and people start accepting it that's their fault for not doing their do diligence and stamping it out immediately.
This was a very solid video. These people who are trying to manipulate the after retro video game market make me sick to my stomach but at the end of the day I want gamers to be happy.
It wasn’t a big deal. If you were going to buy a game for $1mm you would look at the comparable sale and if you dug a bit deeper (and we’re talking about an investment so yeah, you’re going to dig deeper) you would see the connections between the buyer and seller in this case.
Sound advice as always Retro B! Making the hobby that much better, one video at a time.
Hopefully!
Makes me really miss the days of the Funcoland price sheet newspaper thing.
Ahhh, that is kind of ringing a bell!
LOL I remember long strings of 3 and 4 dollar games. Seems like forever ago.
The best way to avoid paying too much is to be patient. Deals pop up all the time and it's possible to get something for way less than what it was going for on eBay. I think a lot of people just are so caught up in people saying that game prices are so high (they are) and feel that they'll continue to rise faster and faster (not really ) i've been following price trends on my channel for a long time now and spikes never seem to last more than a month before a lot of people notice and look to sell their game and undercut the rest of the copies on the market.
I know I'm talking on a collector channel, but video games are not a necessity and you will not die if you do not get that copy of Earthbound - there are plenty out there.
But what if it's extra minty? Then I really do want it more, especially when this guy keeps reminding me I want it
Yeah I understand, but at 3$ I could not pass on a loose copy of Earthbound 🤷♂️
On Ebay I've seen many times bids on items ending on a price more than what is selling for straight up. Bidding wars create a contest for many to out bid others and be crowned victorious instead of keeping a cool head and pulling out before it's too late, well that's what she said but you get my point.
I've noticed this for a while now and it's the stupidest thing I've ever seen. I've seen people "win" a game by paying up to 4 times what it goes for on a buy it now search. That's not winning that's losing and proving to the world, with a receipt to prove it, that you are a moron.
I saw a copy of silent hill sell for $100 on auction. Now it was the CASE ONLY, but the pictures had the game in it. The seller didn’t want to include the game because it wouldn’t read. People still flocked to the posting lol.
The market value of a product is defined by what price are people willing to pay for the product.
If you see a game and think its expensive but buy it anyways you buying is what really makes the game expensive as consequence.
"signed by Timmy" I liked that. We all have seen cartridges with names on them. Disgusting, except for Timmy, that's worth a pretty penny
Thank you for weighing in on this topic. Great sound advice provided for those who may not quite understand what is going on or how it affects them.
Anyone who is believes this current manipulation that was exposed doesn't affect other aspects of the hobby are being incredibly naive. Try going to any garage sale, flea market, or even local gaming store. See how the prices have climbed unnaturally? How many are running into the "I know what I have" crowd? That's where your advice of educate yourself was so perfect. The more we collectively know as gaming enthusiasts, the more we can protect ourselves as well as others from this unnatural manipulation.
Lastly, to those who are worried about their values falling. No one is saying your games shouldn't be worth varying degrees. As you stated rarity, demand, etc play a role as well. That said, we really shouldn't be seeing Silent Service, or any other NES game that was previously below $5, cart only, being sold with an asking price of $25. We just want the prices to reflect the given game, system or accessory's actual value.....not the artificially inflated one.
Thanks again for the great video and commentary Retro Bird!
Glad you liked it!
You have the best game related topics, Mr. Bird
And that's the word.
One of the best opinion on selling games, making buying/ collecting games more market friendly for new comers and collectors alike. Reseller and scalpers wont like that kind of trend in a long run though.
This is why emulation just keeps getting bigger. I'm not about to pay $150-$1,250 for a copy of Gunstar Heroes for the Genesis when I can just simply download it for free.... 😎😏
Or get a sega collection in which theres a ton.
For sure I mean why own a Picasso when I could just have a reprint right.
@@alienenema2972 Why have your game in a sealed up container where you can't play it? Might as well just have a poster of the cover.
@@Cyko.. I wasn’t suggesting buying or owning graded games (which I disagree with) I was replying to the argument of emulation over a physical copy.
@@alienenema2972 if all you want is to play a game then doesnt matter if its physical or digital, especially if its a rare or expensive game, if you are more of a collector than a gamer, then yes, owning a physical copy is necessary. I play the games I own, so when I search for physical copies it doesnt matter to me if they lack a box or the manual, as long as they work well and dont have too many scratches in the case of CDs,. If I cant find a physical copy for a reasonable price then I resort to digital shops or emulators.
The market has become so expensive, I find myself reluctant to play specific physical games I own just because of their value, which in turn, defeats the purpose of me owning my collection 😬
I know what you mean. I see some of these prices nowadays and think "I'd be afraid to even touch that thing!"
I've noticed on ebay if you watch a certain game for a couple days the seller usually privately offers a better price on that game
I Agree with you in every point. Thanks for the video. I also appreciate how polite you are in the way you address this situation.
Thank you!
Thanks for all the amazing videos! Your channel is definitely in my top three retro gaming channels. Keep up the good work.
Great video! I recently came into possession of a few old PC games I picked up for 25 cents apiece at a thrift store. They sell for about ten bucks (not counting the crazy shipping/handling fees you get on ebay) and I have no means or desire to play old PC games so I was curious about how best to sell these things in a way that wouldn't push the value up. This video was very informative.
Great video about a really important topic
Glad you liked it!
I generally don't buy any game unless it's a good deal, the exception would be if I've generated enough profit in the game fund to buy something specific that I really want.
I agree, our games belong in the hand of our kids down the road, so that they get to experience a fraction of the magic you grew up with. And the those without kids, should donate to gaming museums/arcades. Maybe retro gamers as a whole could invest in museum projects down the road
Good advice! Hopefully the amount of scalping, manipulating the retro market, and such will go down drastically in the next few years.
Am I the only one who has his outro song stuck in my head?
I was at a gaming store once and the owner started humming it.
I found an authentic Japanese copy of Rayman for the Saturn for a little less than $80! It ended up being my single most expensive Saturn game. Basically if I can afford a Saturn game, why not? If I can't, I go straight for reproductions. I will never pay $800 for Magic Knight Rayearth, and I love that game.
Retro “nice at the dmv” bird 🤘🏼🎸
hahah
First!!!
But let’s be real RB, the real market manipulators are the current “collectors” who buy up entire lots of games on the cheap and resells them at market rate on eBay. The surge of “collectors” and resellers who entered our hobby has basically driven up the prices because no one can find games on the cheap anymore.
You arent looking in the right places. Facebook marketplace, goodwill auctions online, yard sales. It takes time and patience but so does anything else. Good deals will pop up!
@@bryanmontengro9296 yep. this. it takes patience and discipline. there are consistently people posting stuff without knowing the going rate. "watch" items on eBay and you'll sometimes get a decent discount offer on items within 24 hours or so.
Good thing I rarely ever buy games full-stop.
But consoles on the other hand, man...
Cool vid, I was working on raising my kids to be scalpers, but now I'm having second thoughts 😅. Kidding, I think the most effective thing to do is to just keep buying from people, local shops and online from people w/reasonable prices. When you need or want to sell something, simply extend the same courtesy or treatment that you were given.
You pretty much agreed with me it's your money be on the lookout for the right deal for you.
I'm gonna take a wild guess and bet that 1 dislike is from someone who was eating when they watched that intro! xD
And eating something other than a banana I'll bet!
*Them Diddy Kong Racing Dayz...*
What's weird is that I would always look for a game that I would want and look for a reasonable price but never actually buy anything. Seeing low prices and looking for deals is almost addicting on it's own and it's an endless cycle. unless Of course I see a good enough deal I will take it no questions asked.
Thrill of the online hunt I suppose :)
Smart discussion. I always try to do the buy now or best offer on eBay. Bidding wars can be contagious and it can really drive up that price. Doesn’t help the market. I have gotten many games on eBay below market value by just being polite and working with the seller. Kindness and communication goes a long way!
You must have a really good writer working over there at Retro Bird!
Who cares !?!?!? Shut up!!
He's the retro bird ,oh yeah! And he's talking, talking about video games!, he's the retro bird, oh yeah!, and he Hope's that you like what he had to say!
@@ericsmith718 I was complimenting him. What a weird comment you left. Did you put meth in your coffee this morning?
The problem is that you have very limited control on market prices. Many retro game prices are going up have done so over the last two years as collecting goes up and supply goes down.
I see no issue with flipping something if you bought it low and can easily sell it higher. Game market value is more complicated when condition varies and so does value based on that. Pricecharting is used heavily but also is quite inaccurate. It doesn't do a good job at critiquing sales to make sure they are proper "CIB" or the fact used conditions vary significantly.
Recently bought Power Stone & was waiting for a bid on eBay to get a better deal, but once the bidding got heated the price was pushed up beyond what other "buy now" options were at (which were at slightly below market value), so I simply abandoned the bidding & bought the other copy. Without factoring in shipping the copy of the game that was bid on looked cheaper, but once you added in shipping it was a solid $30 more. Alway make sure to do the math before bidding!
Nice one again, thanks for it!
Thank you as well!
I like how your hat randomly appears on your head and disappears throughout your video
This video was very much needed to explain how these resellers are killing our beloved hobby. Thank you for such a well articulated public service announcement.
How do u know how much they paid for it if they paid higher for it u want them to sell it for the price u want to pay and they lose
I went on ebay today (before seeing this video) and was looking for Code Veronica on dreamcast. I saw it for all the way up to $45. The seller had a make an offer option so i offered $32 to the $35 sales tag. He accepted and off I was. I think $32 is not a bad price for a complete copy. On the other hand, I tried to do the same with a copy of time crisis razing storm and the seller declined two of my offers, one was a dollar under asking. Moral: you never know what the seller will do but it doesn't hurt to ask. Maybe a little frustrating but you never know.
Yeah, there ya go! Saved some money :)
Never forget Timmy.
When that NES Zelda sold high on heritage a few month ago, my wife saw it on the local news and told me about it and assumed it was the same as the Zelda cart in my basement. The average person doesn’t pay attention to why or how.
I usually sell things below cost because otherwise it doesn’t sell. I don’t understand people that put up items for thousands of dollars. It just sit there.
Yeah, that's a good example. Those new articles are easily misinterpreted.
I feel like a bunch of crazy listings on ebay are sellers hoping for buyers with itchy trigger fingers to click and buy without realizing they just bought a copy of a "rare Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt, with ripped label" for $500
On point as always man. Wow. I'm impressed with your common sense and respect for the hobby, which a lot of people don't have. Let's put flippers and grading companies out of business, and sell games between gamers for fair prices. 👌
I love buying games and going into the stores, but since I’m not an adult and don’t really have a big income, it really ticks me off, when the stores just pull up a random listing on eBay and price it accordingly. Recently a store that I normally go to was trying to sell FF7 Greatest Hits for $60! And I saw a few days later the exact listing that they used. Luckily I already have it, but still I couldn’t imagine paying that much for it.
One aspect of this market manipulation nonsense hitting the mainstream that also irks me is that it’s becoming nearly impossible to find anything older than ps2, og Xbox and Wii games out in the wild, like garage sales or thrift stores. Everyone thinks they’re sitting on gold with that stuff now. Same thing happened with comics a few years back.
Also, I always make a point of asking friends, family, coworkers, acquaintances, neighbors if they have any old games they don’t want and now they probably think I’ve been secretly getting rich off of their old beat up copies of gyromite and smb/duck hunt 😂
I recently saw a screw Legend of Zelda on Ebay for 5000 bucks! no map, no box or anything. It is kind of rare, but not that rare. It's also not made of actual gold, so I don't get it. I really feel like messaging the seller and ask him if he's on drugs lol. Some people think they have gold, and put headers up like "extra rare!" with fire emojis on it. Also, the unopened Mario 64 selling for over a million dollars is single handedly the worst thing that could have possibly happened to the gaming market. That game will sit on a shelf forever, until they decide to sell it themselves. It's really more about bragging rights. "Look at me, I have F U money!" This is ruining the collecting market. I really try to shop around. The Japanese sellers don't seem to try to get one over on people as much as the western sellers. Please don't buy games for outrageous prices.
You remember a while back when people tried to screw up the market on retro Disney VHS tapes?
Yeah the same thing is happening in the retro game community now for short term prophet so the best thing to do is "go to the pub have a brew and wait for this whole thing to blow over" -Sean of the dead
I actually do remember that. That was pretty whacky.
I have not bought too many physical games recently, but the ones I did, were from a pawnshop that bases off of eBay sold for prices, so I feel that I didn't contribute to price manipulation.
Here's a simple solution: Someone open a Ebay type style for retro gaming so that we can buy them for gaming purposes and we will refuse to sell those who are only after the value.
I love this idea. A virtual swap meet made up of only retro game collectors who know the prices and would have to be fair with each other. Would be cool if you could set up trades too. And No scumbag resellers!
@@megamob5834 Yep.
Sadly I don't have the money or the experience to set up a trade ^^;
If only the average ebay seller/buyer had the same Retrobird™ common sense...
Seen some Ebay games listed for a hundred dollars+ over the market price. Even in the same search with much lower prices in better condition. Looking for that Buy Now trigger finger.
What's the deal with sealed games? It cost more and you can't play it. Might as well just print out the game cover and stick it on your wall
you deserver 1000000 suscribers
Fortunately Krikzz everdrives along with Terraonion has did wonders for retro gaming collecting.
Could you imagine the prices of games without those guys. 🚀
I think Timmy should replace Wata Games. Great video :-)
Awesome video man! I always aim to buy the cheapest game possible on eBay.
Well done!
Nice video. I just found this channel yesterday and I'm enjoying going through your videos. What accent is that?
Yes, I was wondering about that too!
As far as I know, I don't have an accent haha.
@@RetroBirdGaming You have an interesting way of talking. Which State are you from?
@@joshuaramey7375 Spent most of my life in California
@@RetroBirdGaming I would have guessed Canadian but you mentioned the DMV in another video. Maybe it's just your personality, you're pretty funny. Anyway great videos.
Grass aint always greener, but Retro Bird is alot less meaner
That's nice of you to say!
Flippers actually end up bringing costs down. Because they list below each other for faster sales. More product listed is more supply and more demand being met. The only thing spiking prices is rarity and now the potential for sealed and mint games to be graded. The latter of course being a newer development.
That's a good point to bring up. If flippers compete with each other then yes, they'll bring costs down. But, that doesn't always happen. From my experience, it's usually people selling their personal collections who are the ones undercutting the lowest current price.
And that said, I’m definitely struggling with not selling things out of my collection right now. People are actually paying these prices and I have so many ways to play some of these games. That’s being anti-collector though.
@@Emceemur I think you just gotta think about whether you'll miss your games in the future. Whatever the money goes toward you'll likely forget. But if you end up missing those games, you'll always remember them :)
Its basically stocks they go up and then down. It's all about investments or just simply buying to play.
Emulate and if the prices are so high, sell your games and make 💰 while flooding the market. There is absolutely nothing special to play a game on original cartridge.
Need me some retro bird. Great escape atm
Anytime you wanna let go of that Mean Bean Machine Timmy edition lmk
Unfortunately, coming from the magic the gathering reserved list community, this is only going to explode in 5 years.
1. Refuse to be a scalper
2. Refuse to buy from a scalper
The market only goes as far as people are willing to pay
This is slightly off the mark, but I prefer buying lots over individual games. It gives me the opportunity to purchase the ones I mainly wanted while giving me potential trade bait towards other games I want. I have been caught up in the price flux before and that's the reason I migrated to that method. Last year I paid up for Mega Man 2, Super Mario RPG and Fester's Quest. Now I wouldn't dare try buying as the price on RPG jumped almost twice what I paid.
I sold my entire physical collection. My libraries are all digital. Now and I don't have to be concerned about the price for used games or where I'm going to keep them. The best part, though, is it's super economical.
Until you no longer have access to them or means to play them. At least with physical media you can own it forever and pass it on, resell, share, swap, or donate it. Digital media has a limted and unstable shelf life.
@@aceone2156 99% of what I play has nothing to do with the internet - the roms are all archived and backed up in multiple places. And if I wish to create a physical cartridge for N64, SNES, NES, etc., it's super easy to do so.
@@BashoStrikes That's why I said purist. You have people who also only want to play on original hardware. Demand dictates price. All the emulation in the world can't stop people from wanting original hardware for many reasons beyond simply playing them.
@@aceone2156 I mostly play on original hardware. I like emulation just as well though as far as play goes, it's just one more fun aspect to gaming. Playing the old consoles with ED is fantastic. PSP, PS Vita and 3DS have never been more fun since I installed CFW and loaded them up with micro SD splendor.
@@BashoStrikes Yea but displaying an SD card in a game room just doesn't have the same appeal as something like Earthbound in it's original box. I'm sure playing roms on emulators is fine for the casual gamer, but for those purists and hardcore collectors, playing roms won't cut it and for some it's not even an option.
I think it's probably impossible for us everyday players and collectors to stop true manipulation on the level of Heritage and Wata games. They were careless, but any other party with just as much money and only slightly more brains can pretty easily get away with it, they have been in other hobbies for a little while now, and there's nothing we can do. It absolutely sucks, but it's money and influence on a scale that most of us simply don't operate on.
But I think things like, I don't know, someone listing a game on eBay for more money than it typically goes for doesn't seem like "manipulation" to me. I mean, that's just, like... commerce lol. Just some seller shooting their shot. "Market value" is just what the market is willing pay, and if people are willing to pay that increased price, that's market value now. It's not a static number. Don't get me wrong, I hate it too of course, but I'm not sure if I agree with the premise itself that this is manipulation or even that it is "nefarious." Just a consequence of the systems we exist in.
I think that's a great counter to the points I laid out. I suppose I just have a broader definition of manipulation, where you see it as a market running it's natural course. I think the optimist in me believes that if only those who truly enjoy the hobby were buying and selling, they wouldn't try to push the prices as high. The best deals I've ever gotten on eBay (or anywhere online) come from fellow collectors selling a piece from their personal collection, which is probably where my optimism comes from. It's unrealistic to think only these type of people will ever have their hands on these games, sure, but I think it could only help for true enthusiasts to try to do their part to help prices.
@@RetroBirdGaming Oh yeah, 100%. If all you have are passionate enthusiasts in the market, it would be a lot more pleasant to operate in. Even collectors aren’t above making a few bucks if they can though. Still wouldn’t argue that it wouldn’t be half as bad as it is these days though
The only way is for people to stop buying video games. If no one is willing to buy an item at a high price, then the price will drop......eventually.
Fuck it, i like this guy. I'm subbing.
Just in time!
I only buy old games from thrift stores, mostly Value Village (a.k.a. Savers), so I never spend too much although the (as of now alleged) retro/vintage game market "market manipulation" still trickles down to thrift stores in that pre-Playstation 2-era games don't seem to be donated nearly as often as they were a few years ago.
I'm glad the original OutRun is on the XBox version of OutRun 2 so I don't have to pay silly prices for the Saturn version (not that I have a Saturn to play it on) if I want to play a version of the original OutRun where the car still looks like a Ferrari Testarossa and not a generic sports car due to Sega having lost the Ferrari license after, when was it, 2010?
2:25 I think I mentioned this before but my local pawn shop, which is one of the only places I can find games, always has the games priced just about twice what is on price charting. Some games are slightly less but its like the really cheap ones... Anything well known he marks *the heck* up. Im no good at haggling so I usually spend an extra $10 or so, but its worth it to get something in the wild. Then of course there's the pure retro games store which stays pretty much right on the money for price charting, like ive probably said before, for better and for worse. I really dont think super metroid should be as expensive as it is right now.
My solution is simple, don't pay these prices. I'm a real console on a crt type of guy and even got people like me you got flash cards and optical disc emulation. Play all the games you want without paying JO eBay sellers who list sonic adventure 2 for dreamcast for 300 bucks buy it now.
I don't know, leakage doesn't sound as bad as the other words to me (it actually brings to mind information leakage).
Ahh, I can see where you're coming from. Lucky you!
I got a super mario 64 cart, it's not cib or graded but I'll sell it for $1500
The buyers are always the market price determiners
I rather play old or arcade games on emulators than pay for a full price for one especially on old Nintendo game's that cost a lot
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Nowadays nobody is happy with those Neogeo crazy prices 😅.
My super pitfall cart has been signed by Louie and he really did not take care of this game its cracked scratched up and there is a hole in the label
Louie! Take care of your games!
How do you keep your out-of-box games just chilling on your shelf in the back of your videos all clean? 😯 Future video?
Gonna start slowly but surely getting into collecting physical copies myself, and this would be very helpful!
All they really need is to be dusted off a bit every now and then :)
@@RetroBirdGaming ah, okay! Thanks a lot. :D
Don't buy over priced games ...
No game/s shall ever be worth more than Stadium Events and Nintendo World Championship carts.
I dont like to charge outrageous prices for my doubles and I ignore anyone who shoots too low. I have found that trading with other collectors works best for me
Other problem is how Market push new stuff almost everyday, well for Game it's still a months or years but for example many old FPS game got remake/re-release now days, this not include new FPS and open world game which Western "game developer" love to release these days, make me as PC Gamer very confused, there also many fake reviewer who also influencer these days, I still remember being hype by Skyrim before release and buy it day 1 but disappoint as how buggy mess is like any Bethesda Game these days, well Skyrim is great now but that thanks to Community modding not from Bethesda and I learn from my mistake I refuse to buy any "new version" of Skyrim game again ever same as other game, Over hype is dangerous trap we should avoid at any cost.
You should start a twitch, I’d watch.
Timmy was a scalper???
Timmy's whereabouts are unknown.
@@RetroBirdGaming Timmy is your evil alter ego...just admit it already!
Agree agree agree
Bubsy is worth a billion, everyone knows that.
That's only for a new copy that has *TIMMY* on it but I'll pay 120000 for a CIB copy tho
EMULATE! IF YOU WANT TO BUY IT PHYSICALLY AFTER then get it. Stop paying scalpers! You are only making it worse.
I 100% agree. I’m only 19 years old so I didn’t grow up with older consoles. The only reasonable way to play retro games for me is to emulate. A great example is that I wanted to play snatcher for the sega cd but that game sells for over $500 regularly so my only option was to emulate the game or never play it.
There has never been a better time to get into EMULATION. Freeze your collection, put it in storage, whatever - do not contribute to the scammy flipper/scalper/Ponzi economy. Emulation have made great strides in the last decade, and you can not only get all the games, you also get translations, mods and other enhancements. If you insist on original hardware, invest in flash carts og put the roms/isos on memory cards. Do not participate in the buying or selling of old games!