The Earthbound Inflation Thread

[FxMercenary]

Earthbound Earthbound up it goes, where it stops, nobody knows!

Its time to monitor the price of Silver, Gold, Oil and Earthbound.

Im picking 2 candidates off of ebay to monitor in the epic thread, a complete copy, and a loose copy, so here goes!!!!

CIB Great shape!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Super-Nintendo-S...item3cb773eac0
SOLD! $730.00

Loose, but Minty fresh!
http://cgi.ebay.com/EarthBound-SNES-...item2563355ae1

SOLD! $113.27

Let the races begin!


Edit: For entertainment purposes, I have decided to throw in a complete in box chrono trigger auction! We all love chrono trigger, and its honestly a more popular and famous RPG
http://cgi.ebay.com/Chrono-Trigger-S...item4158f626f4

SOLD! $122.50

[wingzrow]

God damn it, I want this game complete so bad but 500+$? I have a feeling this is going to be one of those games I'm going to regret not buying.

[InsaneDavid]

God damn it, I want this game complete so bad but 500+$? I have a feeling this is going to be one of those games I'm going to regret not buying.

Or one I'm going to regret selling so many loose copies for $30 - $60 over the years. Even then I was selling under the average here. I think my last complete copy I sold for $200 a few years back to a DP member.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

But that's just for the English version. Check the going rates for Mother 2! It's much much more reasonable. Maybe you guys should learn to read Japanese and enjoy the best of oldschool RPGs on the cheap

[kupomogli]

[Baloo]

$500? That's freaking preposterous. The game is difficult to find complete, but half a grand is a bit excessive. And over $100 for a loose cart? Come on, this game isn't THAT hard to find.

I wonder if Nintendo not planning to re-release it on VC or anything else is part of this price inflation?

[Eleuthria]

Sold a loose copy for $140 about 6 weeks ago, in relatively good condition. Sold another one in less than desirable condition (part of the board at the contacts was chipped) for $125 2 weeks ago. I was the cheapest Buy It Now Price both times for a loose copy.

[Blitzwing256]

glad I bought my copy for retail 59.99, only ever played through it once (never will again) been sitting collecting dust on my shelf for over 10+ years now ;-), might well be the most overrated game ever.

[Einzelherz]

Am I having Deja Vu or did we already have this thread this week?

[maxlords]

This is a logical extension....a way to keep constantly feeding the tensions of people that are bothered by this

I for one love it!

That being said...still sad I sold my complete one for $200...but it happens.

[portnoyd]

might well be the most overrated game ever.

This.

Demand is a scary beast, even if it's irrational demand.

[Bratwurst]

In ten years you will have to take out a mortgage on your house to buy a copy of Earthbound. The game will own YOU.

[Rickstilwell1]

I think I am going to boycott Earthbound. In Japan the game is the 2nd part of a 3 part series (so far). In the USA, it is a standalone game so it has no prequel or sequel here to make it all that more interesting. If you want it to be part of a trilogy the most accurate way to collect the series is then to go with the Japanese copies. I say the heck with the game, it's Dragon Ball GT Final Bout all over again. Remember when that game was like $100 for a USA copy? Now you can find it for like $4.

I'm just going to emulate Earthbound for free and leave the game for complete system set collectors because it's a standalone game unless you emulate translated roms anyway.

[super nes]

Time to make a profit selling my copy CHA-CHING!

[Goodwill Hunter]

Can't forget the full shelf of new Earthbounds being blown out by Best Buy when I bought mine for $10.00. Hindsight's 20/20, but I sure wish I would have bought more than one.

[calistarwind]

Can't forget the full shelf of new Earthbounds being blown out by Best Buy when I bought mine for $10.00. Hindsight's 20/20, but I sure wish I would have bought more than one.

I bought mine at the same time but grabbed the last copy they had. Now if only I would have had the hindsight to grab Panzer Dragoon Saga when it was available to me when I worked at EB.

[Steven]

Bought a complete copy last year (less than a year ago) for approx. $177 or so. Crazy how fast it's jumped. Thankful I got it last year and not still looking... whew... dodged a bullet there...

[Dr. Dib]

I say the heck with the game, it's Dragon Ball GT Final Bout all over again. Remember when that game was like $100 for a USA copy? Now you can find it for like $4.

Dragon Ball GT Final Bout is a little different. It's decline in price had to do with it eventually being rereleased years later to quell demand. Its because of this that the game is not really worth anything anymore.

The same thing can be said of any rare game that had a rerelease before. Chrono Trigger and Castlevania Symphony of the Night have both had their price value go down.

Earthbound is a special case of having high demand since its main character has been in all the Super Smash Bros. game despite being a pretty big unknown. I believe the last reason assumed for why the game hasn't been rerelesed in America is due to possible copyright issues with the allusions in the game and not having the clearance to change it.

[Leo_A]

I believe the last reason assumed for why the game hasn't been rerelesed in America is due to possible copyright issues with the allusions in the game and not having the clearance to change it.

They don't need anyone's permission to change anything in the game.

[fahlim003]

The same thing can be said of any rare game that had a rerelease before. Chrono Trigger and Castlevania Symphony of the Night have both had their price value go down.

I would argue that Chrono Trigger has not declined in price, rather held rather steady and only slowly increased to the extent it's not worth going up in arms about. I think it being re-released twice over now has simply made demand not spike. The prices loose Super carts goes for is about ~60% more expensive over a 6 year period - again it's up but not as drastically to cause a ruckus. The fact in many ways the Super version is still preferred lends itself to still being in demand.