Yes. All the noobs with money are shelf-queens and they're driving up the market. I was selling at SoCal Retrogaming Expo this year and sharing my booth with a buddy who had a big, expensive Neo-Geo AES collection. His Metal Slug 3 was going for $3000 by itself. Some kid came up and said "oh, Neo-Geo, I've heard of that" and ended up buying the whole setup for around $10K. Just insane. He couldn't have been older than 23.Originally Posted by bb_hood
They all want prestine shit, too. That's how you know they're not playing it. So many people manhandled my Mega Drive and Genesis games. At least 20 people went through my Rolling Thunder 2 and 3 carts and said "If they had manuals I'd get them."
My buddy owns a game shop and they charge $15 for SMB/Duck Hunt. And people pay it. Happily. He said "It's a system seller." I remember when they couldn't give those away. In my mind, it's a $0.99 cart.
This can't last forever. Stuff's only worth what people will pay for it. The last few conventions I went to there were multiple Little Samsons and Earthbounds that no one was buying. The bubble may be bursting soon.
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