It begins.... Video game grading

[Dark_Sol]

I hope VGA will drown it their diarrhea. It will lead only to stupid overpricing of already overpriced games.

[smokehouse]

I really don't see why everyone is so upset about this...

So they're grading sealed games...big deal.

For the many that do not want to spend what most are asking on sealed games anyway...what's the big deal about the prices going even higher thanks to these clowns? I wouldn't pay $250 for a sealed game...nor would I pay $500 so I really couldn't care less.

[Dark_Sol]

I really don't see why everyone is so upset about this...

So they're grading sealed games...big deal.

For the many that do not want to spend what most are asking on sealed games anyway...what's the big deal about the prices going even higher thanks to these clowns? I wouldn't pay $250 for a sealed game...nor would I pay $500 so I really couldn't care less.

You won't pay 500$ for a sealed Chrono Trigger? REALLY????
lol

[suckerpunch5]

I want to know who is actually paying the big money for these. I bet it is a shill buyer right now, someone who is being paid by VGA to drive the prices up on these games so that everyone else will think "Oh wow, these slabbed games are worth xxx.xx dollars!" I would bet these first auctions are staged events meant to fool everyone into thinking this grading service is going to be some kind of gold rush.

Well, no thanks. Anyone who wastes their time on slabbed video games is an idiot, IMHO and I hope the whole thing is a spectacular failure. I WILL NOT be buying them.

[scooterb23]

You won't pay 500$ for a sealed Chrono Trigger? REALLY????
lol

I just wanted to throw an emphatic hell no at this comment.

I wouldn't spend $80 on it when it was new, no way would I spend several times that on it now.

Nearly $200 for Super Mario Bros. 3

/me shakes his head

The damn world is losing its mind.

[guitargary75]

I agree, the world is losing it's mind. Buy games to play, not to set on a shelf and go isn't it pretty. What in the hell is going on.

[GrandAmChandler]

I just wanted to throw an emphatic hell no at this comment.

I wouldn't spend $80 on it when it was new, no way would I spend several times that on it now.

Nearly $200 for Super Mario Bros. 3

/me shakes his head

The damn world is losing its mind.

And the Press claims we are in a recession! PISH POSH!

/me throws money at sealed games

[Cornelius]

I just wanted to throw an emphatic hell no at this comment.

I wouldn't spend $80 on it when it was new, no way would I spend several times that on it now.

Nearly $200 for Super Mario Bros. 3

/me shakes his head

The damn world is losing its mind.

I think the point was that given the opportunity to purchase the game for $500 only a fool would pass that up, given it could be sold for ~2 grand.

If there was a stipulation that I couldn't sell the game, then yeah, hell no!

[LuxKiller65]

So basically all those people do is putting games inside sealed sturdy plastic cases? What's the point? Why don't they grade themselves and jump of a cliff?

[smork]

So basically all those people do is putting games inside sealed sturdy plastic cases? What's the point? Why don't they grade themselves and jump of a cliff?

Oh cmon. They are doing more than that.

You get a number, too. A UNIQUE number, no less.

Who wouldn't pay $25 for a UNIQUE number?

[LuxKiller65]

HOLY...!!! Why didn't you tell me this before? I'd prostitute myself for a UNIK NUMBER. Phew, just think of the people there applying the sticker with their sexy hands... hot.

[TonyTheTiger]

You know, if I had the resources to flush down the toilet I'd show just how stupid this whole thing is by creating some phony organization that does the same thing but grades games to stupidly specific numbers.

This isn't quite a 9. It's an 8.74423. That means it's worth exactly 1.2 cents more than an 8.74422!

I hate grading. The idea of paying more for a graded "8" than you would for an ungraded mint condition product strikes me as the most ass backwards arbitrary collector's bait I've ever seen. It'd be like if Nintendo decided to start individually numbering every single one of it's games. Then people would be charging $200 for the "OMG #1 Super Mario Sunshine!" But so long as people keep buying into the idea that slapping random numbers and official seals onto things makes them more valuable I guess I'm in the minority with all the other rational people.

[LuxKiller65]

I'd pay a million for number 666.

Jokes apart, what can we say?



Let's start grading toilet paper!

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I'd prostitute myself for a UNIK NUMBER.

These people grade eunuchs too? Great! I can finally learn the value of my collection!

[Bronty-2]

I believe Bronty-2 gave his support in getting this started, as far as the verification of sealed games. If I'm not mistaken he believed this was the inevitable and it's my assumption that if it was going to happen, he wanted to see it done right.

Bronty-2, if I'm mistaken, please correct me. I'd also like to hear your thoughts on the matter.

That's pretty much it. I would join in but I am too busy at work. If you want to read my thoughts on it check out the several VGA threads on nintendoage.com

[Cornelius]

These people grade eunuchs too? Great! I can finally learn the value of my collection!

Is is just original Unix they grade, or do they also do the derivatives? I've got a few gem mint flavors of BSD I'd like to get graded. And much more common, but I also have a boxed complete retail RedHat Linux.

[Jorpho]

Is is just original Unix they grade, or do they also do the derivatives? I've got a few gem mint flavors of BSD I'd like to get graded. And much more common, but I also have a boxed complete retail RedHat Linux.

Oddly enough, I bet there are people who collect the Linux Developer's Resource sets with their distinctive cartoon artwork.

In fact, now you've made me curious as to whether pics of such a collection exist. (Go figure, "InfoMagic" doesn't even have a Wikipedia entry.)

[suppafly]

I think it is a very stupid idea.

But I also think that payuing for games in a virtual console, paying for micro downloads in games and paying to play online (xbox live) are also stupid ideas

Its just capitalism all around us!

[LuxKiller65]

Especially when you can find the original console and game for almost the same price (all right, not always). It looks and plays better too. But yeah, as you just said, everything that might make money is worth trying (in their opinion).

[rpepper9]

I don't see what all the Hub-Bub is about. If someone wants to be sure that a game is a genuine sealed game, why not offer a service that guarantees that it is a sealed game.

I assume that whoever is going the grading can tell the difference between factory sealed and a resealed. Just like Beckett or PSA can tell the differance between a real and a fake baseball or hockey card.

So to all the people who are getting all bent about sending re-seales to them to get them graded, just chill. If they say it is a factory seal, and want to give it a grade, then great! If someone wants to pay for the sealed game great, if you don't wanna pay the premium then fine - don't!

How many threads are there on DigitalPress discussing the authenticity of sealed games? So someone came up with a way to grade games so when they are on the secondary market you can be assured that they are genuine factory sealed games. I wish I had put the money into starting this up.

I think that everyone should set the keyboard aside, open the windows in your parrents basement where you live and let the sun shine in. Stop with all the negitavity! If you don't like it, don't do it! Move on.