Quote Originally Posted by JakeM View Post
You guys do know that in 5 decades people will see the Atari through Genesis era of gaming as the stone age? Retro is always going to be around as gaming goes forward, its not like its gonna disappear as long as people can see with their eyes and use their hands to do stuff. Hell there will be games when were doing everything with just our minds with computer chips. There will also be games, and games that are 20 years to 30 years old will be retro. Ps2 will be someones 2600 and at the end of the PS4's life time youll see those $10 copies of God of War be $50.
If it ends up like comic books, people will always be after the golden and silver age. Most things after that you might as well burn as it's all next to worthless(some exceptions obviously). At a certain point most games will just lack the early fresh feel and will just feel old and obsolete years later, like most early 3D or FMV games do now. Unless a person grows up with certain games there will be little attachment to it, and those who focus on that because of nostalgia alone will get bored and sell it off afterwards. Right now video games are really popular, they won't always be just like with Beanie Babies. With Beanie Babies there are a handful that are still worth a decent amount even today, but most are worthless.