Thread 723129930

What's the /v/erdict on video game grading?

I think it's interesting, I've done a fair share of of grading trading cards. 99% of this board is opposed to it however so there is no discussion to be had here.

Grading anything other than trading cards is a retarded scam.

Well they cease to exist as video games
>Noo you must never free it from it's plastic prison, hope that battery is chemically stable after it dies

jewish tricks

>>723129930 (OP)
Physical collecting and graded games are gay and is only done by posers. Real gamers already owned the game and don't care about grading because they played the game instead of keeping it and never playing it.

no one cares about it anymore

>>723129930 (OP)
iirc the main group that grades games also owns a large company that auctions them, so it's basically just telling you something is valuable then making you pay a large amount of money for it.

you tell me
>https://www.ebay.com/itm/146502685696?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=146502685696&targetid=&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9027208&poi=&campaignid=22901378044&mkgroupid=&rlsatarget=&abcId=10414391&merchantid=752519181&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22901379499&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo63HBhCKARIsAHOHV_WkFIuvGhv8TdKpo9lJYsyjw1uPDjKveu_AO0AcruRqm1NMTCLKV3kaAgyEEALw_wcB

>>723129930 (OP)
These people are subhuman, but even lower than them are the people who pay attention to these grades and care about them, thus giving this group its power and legitimacy.

>>723132918
this
how do they even get away with this? how is this remotely legal

Moronic cancer

>>723132736
There totally is a market that I can understand where someone owned a game in the past and wants a mint condition copy of it for personal reasons, but the issue is that these aren't the type of people actually buying this shit because the ones that want to do it for personal reasons are instantly turned off by the retarded pricing, so the entire market only consists of streamers and whales.

>Zoomer e-celeb like Jake Paul starts bragging about his graded Charizard card and then gets scammed out of a million dollars
>Suddenly the market becomes a thousand times more cancerous

>>723134505
Its amazing how shit the tcg markets became all within that small timeframe.
Tcgs had to deal with autists but now it is autists and investorhustlerbros.

>>723134667
You still can't walk into a Target and find Pokemon cards anywhere, and they all have signs on the TCG sections basically telling people to fuck off. Not that Nintendo seem to care at all, I'm sure they're just happy that their shit is selling. It's far worse than the amiibo craze. Bunch of old fucking boomers literally punching children for Pokemon cards.

Capital flights goin to weird places.

>>723129930 (OP)
>WATA
Who the fuck decided the name? Hokuto no Ken?

>>723134434
Grok what is this?

>>723135134
kys zoomer

>>723129930 (OP)
I've got a ROM so who gives a shit?

>>723134159
what the fuck does that mean?

>>723135232
But have you had the rom graded?

>Send cards to PSA
>Some turbo autist that makes minimum wage is looking at your cards
>Had a rough day because his e-celeb he donates all his money didnt aknowledge his 1000 dollar donation
>Perfect card gets a 7/10

>Send card to TAG
>AI grades your card
>Get the garde you deserve

PSA is scam, TAG is the future

Grading is essentially crypto for boomers and is equally retarded.

>>723135273
Don't be silly the game is 27 years old.
It already graduated ages ago.

>>723135281
>lightly press thumb on slab
>shatters

>>723129930 (OP)
>inflates the price of old vidya for no reason
That'll be 1,5 mill + tip for that copy of Mario 64 please.

>>723129930 (OP)
>wata is becoming psa
Did I have a stroke or what the fuck is this saying

>>723129930 (OP)
just like collecting threads this will be a bunch of poorfags complaining about shit that doesn't affect them because they are too poor

>>723135320
The irony is that, much like the boomers you hate, you have no idea what crypto is or how it works, but it's something your masters hate, so it must be super bad and scary.

>>723129930 (OP)
it's a scam

>>723135254
Someone proved that they don't actually check the cards before grading them by defacing it before it was sent in, they gave it a near-perfect score.
One day after posting this to social media they deleted the record from their database, presumably to save face.

>>723133095
>grading switch games
why? I understand retro games, but why switch?

I mean it's good that we have mint items as reference pieces for the future, but that's not the goal.
The goal is to sell to some chump without being the chump who bought

back when I thought softmodding an xbox 360 was never going to be possible nor would emulation ever be good enough, I started buying up games because they were dirt cheap. I would only buy new/like new/very good and shit was still dirt cheap.

during the scamdemic fucking every single gears of war sealed copy on ebay was this bullshit even though you could still get them brand new for $10.

I just checked and the most expenisve one right now is $1,700 because it has a MS Employee Store sticker.

lol I,ve bought several with those stickers and fucking tried my damndest to remove them destroying my Kameo box in one attempt. I soaked it in lighter fluid and it made the sleeve that holds the artwork balloon the fuck out.

>>723129930 (OP)
Those graders really need to fuck off, it's all made up bullshit. Only legitimate because of faggots buying into it.

>>723135832
Faggot company is becoming tranny company

>>723137293
>can't even get a sticker off of a case
use steam retard

>>723129930 (OP)
Grading boxed shit will always be dumb as fuck

>>723129930 (OP)
Certified jewish scam.

>>723130241
Grading anything is a scam. They literally just ASSPULL a number. You can send in the same item multiple times and get wildly varying grades

>>723129930 (OP)
really conceptually stupid

>>723130241
good little retarded piggie

Now please buy my PSA 10 glup shitto 10c card for $300

>take piece of media meant for entertainment wortg $50
>lock it in a plastic case
>charge $1000 for this
>you now have a $1050 item in a pl•atic case you can't usefor its intended purpose
>but the internet says its worth $1050
I don't get it but I admire the scam and the audacity behind whoever came up with "graded".

>>723140789
It kind of made sense when it was used to preserve already low supply things like old comics and trading cards where most are in bad condition already due to age but sticking a number on was always going to lead to speculator scammers.

>>723129930 (OP)
>What's the /v/erdict on video game grading?
It's retarded but as long as emulation still exists, I don't care what you do with your physical copy.

>>723129930 (OP)
Pointless, I will never sell my vidya

>>723137293
>could still get them brand new for $10
But they're NOT FUCKING GRADED OKAY???

>>723133095
>keep the game sealed
>expecting anything other than "10 MINTY MINT"
that's retarded lol

>>723138614
that doesnt work on those you nigger brain

>>723129930 (OP)
everyone's moving to digital. Even these old games are better via roms or modding on pc

>>723144102
what if I put em in a ziplock sandwhich bag and write 100 A+++ on it with a sharpie?

>>723144376
and like movie collectors before them, they will regret it and move back to physical

>>723129930 (OP)
Playground tier
>no no MY game is better because the label is slightly more red
Ok? Does it work? Does the box look new? Does it have manuals and no scratches?
It’s the same fucking thing

>>723129930 (OP)
Why do nerds have to create a hierarchy about everything?

>>723129930 (OP)
>too many controversies and frauds associated with our company name, better change it so we can keep doing that

>>723129930 (OP)
how do you grade a game when you have to open the box to get to it?

>>723145338
they grade the box and its contents
would be funny if you could put some garbage game inside and re-seal it

grading shit is a scam for retards, what's the point of a comic book that can't be read or a trading card that can't be played
>but I want a *collectible*
ok buy a poster or something
>BUT I WANT A *VALUABLE* COLLECTIBLE
no you don't, stop with this poor man's gambling and invest in some actual stocks

It's a scam all the way down and anyone who can't see it is an actual retard

Grading and auctioning companies (which, surprise, are the same people) are making absolute bank off the desperation of people trying to get rich quick. It's a super obvious scam.

Grading videogames is ESPECIALLY retarded because you're grading stupid boxes and cheap manuals. The game itself is guaranteed to stop working within our lifetime and you can never even play it if you want to "maintain its value" so please explain wtf is even the point?

wata waste of money

>>723129930 (OP)
PSA: I don't give a fuck.

>>723145709
It's just a speculative bubble cause by fiat money worries.
Look up tulip mania.

I remember that one pic where someone got a graded 9+ back and the TSA just ripped it open at the airport lmao

>>723144464
Nah, different mediums. Movies can't be tweaked or upgraded like games can be with hd texture packs or rom hacks

>>723145529
yeah it would be really funny, except it would have to match down to the milligram and you would need professional machines to reseal it in a way that is not immediately obvious.

but yeah your fantasy is very funny

>>723146782
I've seen original GB boxes that were still sealed and had some generic plastic. iirc they started putting plastic seals with the nintendo logo starting with the DS
>needs to match the milligram
a cartridge is a cartridge