Buy one modern game to sell in 30 years time

[McBacon]

If you could buy one title that you can lock in a time capsule to sell in 30 years time, what would it be?

A massive classic like Half-Life 2? A small release with amazing reviews like Shadow of the Colossus? A game will little to no sales, as it will be rare as rocking horse poo?

I guess I'd grab Electroplankton. It's small distrobution method on the net is likely to make it rare in future, plus single developer's games (like Seaman) are always sought after.

So, start deciding, and maybe we'll dig this thread up in 30 years, and see who would have made the most earthros (you see, other lifeforms will be discovered on distant planets, so we just have a currency for the whole of Earth :)) :P

[hezeuschrist]

Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence Limited Edition for the rarity model. A Limited Edition that at least shows some remote semblance of actually being Limited.

As a social experiment? God of War. It'll be interesting to see how PC our culture gets in the next 30 years and if anything like this will still be around. Or, on the flip side, if we pull away from all the lawsuit and "games are evil" crap and it gets more violent and raunchy than this.

And because it's awesome? Oblivion. Right now this is the pinnacle of free form gameplay, in that respect it's nearly unmatched. I wonder how much larger and in depth they can make the worlds of single player titles 30 years from now.

[DonMarco]

How about a mint Halo 2 with the "DO NOT SELL BEFORE NOV 9th" sticker on it? That's got to be worth something in 30 years. Well after the 12th sequel, third movie and countless billions of hours were wasted on the game and all.

[joshnickerson]

I'd probably put in the US version of Pokemon Box, since it was difficult to get in the first place (only at the Pokemon Center in NYC), and since going out of production, already fetches at least three digits on auction sites.

[sabre2922]

My near mint copy of ICO even though it has the "U.S." art on the cover :/

[diskoboy]

-The Sims (both 1 & 2 and all the expansions)
-Civilization 4
-World of Warcraft collectors edition are all the games I'd put in a time capsule.

Sad, I chose all PC games. But if I had to choose one, it'd definately be WoW.

[Neo Rasa]

Growlanser Generations special edition. ;)

[SNKFan75]

I would chose either Super Mario Brothers 2 mint or a mint copy of Tetris from Tengen for the NES.

SNKFan75

[pacmanhat]

Steel Batallion.

[jdc]

After thinking about it, even though I'm not an obsessed fanboy of it (I didn't even like #2), I'd put in a copy of Halo 2. This is an important game. It got the average guy to try online console gaming.....en masse.

[sleepycal]

Guitar hero w/ the guitar.

I get a huge time capsule.
They get to listen to some cool tunes.
And wonder why they don't make controllers like that anymore. 8-)

[PDorr3]

ICO

[biscuitdough]

either call of caduthu or jazz jackrabit for gba. both are gonna pay for my kids to go to college..... or buy me a lambi :D .

[briskbc]

Probably Wind Waker (original release). It'll be worth $80 in a couple of years so I wonder what it would be like in 30 years.

[Bad Dog]

Marvel Vs.Capcom 2 Xbox

[lotus13]

Electroplankton
Resident Evil 4
Zelda 4 swords, Windwaker, Twilight princess.
House of the Dead 1, 2 & 3
The entire THPS series, even though they're not worth that much. I'd leave 'em all sealed. ;)

[Poofta!]

ICOs crap, and if you think this is the best thing our generation has to offer in terms of rarity and/or gameplay, i feel bad for you.


my choice? duck hunt/smb for the classic-ness

steel battalion for the 'wtf'

and a MIB copy of chrono trigger for the price value.

[ProgrammingAce]

Steel Batallion.

You're gonna need a bigger time capsule...

[njiska]

Killer 7. My favorite gem of this generation needs to be shared with everyone.

[Satac]

A massive classic like Half-Life 2?

Valves steam servers will be offline in 30 years so it'll be hard to install and play :(
I'd choose Psychonauts. It's a great game and nobody bought it and it had a small printrun. Games like Halo 2 are too common and will be like Mario Bros/Duck Hunt today.

[GaijinPunch]

I wouldn't do anything in terms of "rarity". How many times have people speculated games value to rise and been right? If you're into games for an investment, you are in the wrong hobby. 99% of them drop to a fraction of their retail cost after a few years, and only a handful of those rise.

For a little experiment, I would definitely stick ICO and/or Wander and the Collossus in my capsule, just to see if they have any type of impact on gaming in general. Both feature something that far too many games don't. Light story, heavy gameplay, and (this one is very key) almost no music. 5 years ago I would've done the same for Shenmue, but based on the first 5 years after it's been out, it has had little or no impact on market, unfortuantely.

[Beefy Hits]

Odama for it's uniqueness.

[sabre2922]

ICOs crap, and if you think this is the best thing our generation has to offer in terms of rarity and/or gameplay, i feel bad for you.


my choice? duck hunt/smb for the classic-ness

steel battalion for the 'wtf'

and a MIB copy of chrono trigger for the price value.

Hmm u seem to be in the MINORITY on that one dude also YOU ARE SOOO WRONG :D

[mezrabad]

ICOs crap, and if you think this is the best thing our generation has to offer in terms of rarity and/or gameplay, i feel bad for you.


LOL Wow, you're an asshole! I feel bad for everyone that knows you! I vote for sticking your rude, worthless ass in a time capsule. LOL

EDIT: Despite your assholier-than-thou attitude, I can't disagree with your choices as to what to put in the time capsule. Those are good games for classic, uniqueness and rising value.

For historical novelty's sake, I'd say put in one from the Harvest Moon series. It might not be too rare, but how many small farms are still going to be around 30 years from now? People will be shocked to learn that food didn't always come from a factory. Heh.

[crazyjackcsa]

If you're looking for an investment grade game (which is the sound of it) Well it's a crap shoot. I say find a "rareish" RPG for the PS2 and put it aside. Or what you could do is take that 40 dollars (roughly) invest it in the stock market or mutual fund and in thirty years, it'll be worth about 800 dollars.

[NE146]

I dunno... a boxed 4 swords and GC Fire Emblem? Heck I have a hard time finding those now..