PEOPLE NEED TO STOP SELLING OLD VIDEO GAME CONSOLES FOR OVER $150!!!!

Stop buying old video game consoles for over $150

>>11824386
But all the PS2-compatible PS3s...

Just emulate bro

>>11824367 (OP)
stop wanting to buy cultural phenomenon consoles like SNES

>>11824390
they're like 50 bucks, console only. PS2s half of that.

>>11824423
Gee I wonder why, it wouldn't be because they are super prone to ylod now wouldn't it?

>>11824386
>just use a gigantic jet engine heater to play your ps2 games bro
Are people actually this retarded?

erhm yes I am entitled to early 00s retro prices?

I intentionally buy consoles and games off ebay at inflated prices to keep poorfags cucked out of the original hardware market.

>>11824367 (OP)
Supply and demand, dumbass.
Can't pay for it?
Use one of the SEVERAL other ways to play the games for cheaper or free.

>>11824526
its unfair that some can pay for it and I can't

>>11824529
Get a job.

>>11824526
I am angry that it is not a good value to me.

>>11824367 (OP)
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com

Are you emulation-mongers the same people who try to downplay the importance of a CRT?

>>11824529
have you tried not being a broke unemployed faggot?

>>11824539
No.
Also: you're an idiot.

>>11824539
>muh toobs bro muh toobs
CRTs are a meme.
>muh input delay
Just use runahead

>>11824679
SD consoles look like SHIT on an HDTV without a go-between.

>>11824367 (OP)
it is really fun to see games that sold 30 million copies or consoles that sold 120 millions units being called "unique stuff" very rare to find.

>>11824682
they look fine, youre just a faggot
use a shader if seeing le heckin pixels bothers you so much

>>11824679
I wish it were a meme since crts are heavy as fuck but it isn’t.

>>11824690
it's a meme. CRTs don't matter.

>>11824712
I want lightgun games.

>>11824526
But demand often isnt really there. Is just that scumbags cornered the market and can hoard stuff forever with their inflated prices. Its common to see stuff relisted for months at same price. But I guess its like this with ever hobby, greedy fucks ruin everything. What happened to ebay anyway, wasnt it supposed to be an auction site? Why do they allow all these stores with fixed inflated prices?

>>11824684
My favorite is all the apparantly super-rare games for "for just a few hundred bucks" but there likes 100 others listed at any given time for exact same price. Not exactly rare lol.

>>11824367 (OP)
People already do, you just gotta be patient and know how to search for stuff. It took me 5 years to find a game system I really wanted for a reasonable price. I could've spent the $300+ on it but instead I waited and used different terms when searching for it, and eventually I got it (with some games too) for $71, don't listen to fags it's still possible to find cheap stuff.

>>11824938
>Is just that scumbags cornered the market and can hoard stuff forever with their inflated prices.
That's still supply and demand. These people are always going to be there in any unregulated market.

>>11824976
Ye the world is a shitty place I know. I'm glad I got all my stuff before things got too crazy. The last item I really wanted was a PC Engine (core) and I got a set for like 35$ few years ago. I recently got interested in old SEGA stuff tho and wanted a SG 1000, thinking my limit was like 30 $ for old piece of junk like that. But people actually want hundreds of dollars.

>>11824943
Rarity has fuck all to do with value.
There's a gigantic dip in price between "high demand, high availability" and "high demand, low availability" that consists of games that are "low demand, low availability"
Just look at all the shitty shovelware games out there with under 25k print runs. No value, nobody buying them. Somehow they're outpriced by games that sold 2,5 million copies. But then you run across games that also had a single under 25k print run that's priced super high, not because it's more rare or even a better game than the cheap one, but because it's falsely perceived as more rare and valuable.
In my experience this is most evident in NTSC-J PS1 games. There's well known "rare" games there that regularly have 10+ listings on ebay for hundreds of dollars. But simultaneously shit that shows up on ebay once in a blue moon and doesn't even have a Pricecharting.com page gets listed on ebay for 15 bucks and still doesn't sell.

>>11825000
This desu. I've seen games with 5 listings on eBay go for peanuts (granted, some games still have $80 asking prices, but considering they're actually rare I'm not too upset), but then there's like 200 listings of earthbound and they all want at least $500. I'm being a little hyperbolic here but the point still stands, rarity doesn't mean shit anymore.

>>11824367 (OP)

I just paid $600 for this, but for something that is essentially brand new it’s worth it. Whenever I collect I always get new or as close to new as possible

>>11825034
No bro, you're just a poorfag and you need to get a job, I should be able to sell a boxed copy of Mario 64 for $1000000, no, I didn't apply the shrinkwrap myself, why would you ask such a thing?

>>11824390
Just buy a PS2

>>11824690
how weak are you? anything 27" or smaller isn't too heavy for even a femgirl to move on her own

>>11825038
Adjusted for inflation, it's like you paid someone less than $200 to store it for you since 1996. Not a bad deal.

>>11824423
ok, find me a CECHA01 for $50