It begins.... Video game grading

[GrandAmChandler]

Let us all hope this fails. Miserably.

http://cgi.ebay.com/SUPER-MARIO-BROS...QQcmdZViewItem



See the rest here:

http://stores.ebay.com/BigHedToyz_VI...QQftidZ2QQtZkm

Thanks gamesniped.com for bringing this to my attention.

-GAC-

[neuropolitique]

Fucking Stupid. Hope this fails quickly while costing a bunch to those fucks.

[s1lence]

Thats a bunch of garbage, you know that loose games are coming.....

[cyberfluxor]

Hoping for the epic fail. This cannot go mainstream as there are too many game players over strictly collectors in this hobby. Most game collectors on here and elsewhere on-line do not agree with this so I really don't see how they can even take off.

Thats a bunch of garbage, you know that loose games are coming.....

This is one reason I don't see comic and baseball grading being 100% comparible. Games have a level of complete, then the little bits here and there constitute a grade. What if it's a wonderful box and cart, however a horrible manual. Will they throw the manual out because it'll bring the grade down? Just too many issues.

[Family Computer]

Who will be the first to complete a Sealed "10.0 Rated" NES Archive?

What a life goal!

[Soviet Conscript]

can the game be easily taken out of that thing or is it encased forever?

[GrandAmChandler]

can the game be easily taken out of that thing or is it encased forever?

It's just an acrylic case, I am sure you can remove it with some effort and break the seal, but that defeats the purpose of it being graded.

[mailman187666]

fuck that crap. The hobby is good enough the way it is, we don't need things like grading to make things cost collectors even more money. If you think its in good enough shape, add it to the collection.

[Famidrive-16]

Who will be the first to complete a Sealed "10.0 Rated" NES Archive?

What a life goal!

________________________

10.0 Rated Collection so far: 34 (out of 38)

*CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE*
- Balloon Fight
- Kid Icarus
- MC Kids
- Urban Champion

[PapaStu]

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10.0 Rated Collection so far: 34 (out of 38)

*CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE*
- Balloon Fight
- Kid Icarus
- MC Kids
- Urban Champion

Pics or it didn't happen

[Adol]

Who will be the first to complete a Sealed "10.0 Rated" NES Archive?

What a life goal!

I think bronty can.
At least that's the first name that comes to my mind.

[Ed Oscuro]

What a life goal? What a waste of time.

Come on folks, my Soldier Blade topic needs loving, and yall need to play more games instead of helping advertise for these grading scumbags.

Just my $0.02

[98PaceCar]

Ninja edit.. Removed comment I shouldn't have made..

[guitargary75]

It won't really affect me. I buy games to play, not to sit on a shelf in my house collecting dust. However, this may hurt the game collecting community as a whole via it will be hard to find certain games at a resonable price that are not sealed in some special grading package.

[Haoie]

Being non American, Ebay doesn't really affect me.

This doesn't happen on local auction sites, for the record.

[backguard]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting

you have to keep them in these horrible plastic cases.

[JerseyDevil65]

I can only see the bad here. Once there is big money to be made on graded sealed games, then people will come up with ways to fool the experts. Once there are known fakes out there that fooled the "experts" then all sealed games, legitimate and otherwise, become suspect and will probably lose value.

I remember 2 incidents in the sports collectable world.

1. One was when a bunch of counterfeit Wayne Gretzky rookie were not detected by the grading company and graded mint and near-mint. I believe that company went out of business, since they had lost all credibility.

2. On a show on ESPN (Between the Lines, IIRC) they had 5 Ted Williams autographed baseballs and they were submitted to one of those "forensic authenticators" They declared all 5 were real, when in fact 4 of the 5 were fake.

[boatofcar]

Once there are known fakes out there that fooled the "experts" then all sealed games, legitimate and otherwise, become suspect and will probably lose value.

So grading is bad because it will cause games to gain and lose value?

I heard grading games also kills puppies.

[JerseyDevil65]

So grading is bad because it will cause games to gain and lose value?

I heard grading games also kills puppies.

Did you actually read my post? Games will gain in value initially, then once fakes happen and they almost always do, they will lose value because no one will able to trust the graded sealed games anymore.

[dcx516]

I thought about this a few years ago and thought to myself "what a good idea". Its actually fucking retarded. I look online the other day and see some douchebags that grade action figures grading video games. Who the fuck do these guys think they are. Like they are the authority in grading games. They are the end all be all. These guys are the assholes that are going to drive the fucking prices down. Boycott these fucks. Dont support their business.