Originally Posted by
celerystalker
I think the lesson to take away from this kind of pricing is that if you really want to collect or buy a lot of games to play, be patient and stay ahead of the curve. If you weren't buying NES, SNES, Neo Geo, and Turbografx a few years ago, you're just stuck with this inflation unless you wait and hope to run into a good deal, and in the meantime buy stuff you want to play that's not in a frenzy at the moment. For me, in the last year I've really dialed in on import PS1, Saturn, Famicom, and Super Famicom 2D odditites and puzzle games. There are fantastic games that can be had for a pittance and are often entirely in English, Such as Mario's Super Picross, Mario & Wario, Popoitto Hebereke, Meta-Ph-List, Plue no Daibouken, etc. that I've picked up for $3-5 each on ebay, because they aren't what's big right now. Buying Dreamcast, Genesis, PS1, and PS2 games is extremely cheap and easy right now with only a few expensive exceptions, so just grabbing up those great games you want there while they're cheap and keeping your eyes open for a good deal on those expensive Little Samsons or Haganes will keep you loaded down with awesome stuff to play without making your wallet bleed, and if/when people start jumping in on those systems, you'll be the one out in front with the story on how you paid $4 for that $100 game some YouTube channel dug out and generated some buzz about.