Quote Originally Posted by Aussie2B View Post
I can't say I remember ever seeing Suikoden 2 on markdown. I remember seeing it at full price and then not at all later on, not even among used games, and I was pretty obsessive in my hunt for cheap PS1 RPGs back then.

I imagine the games from this gen that'll end up valuable will be similar to previous gens. RPGs, shmups, and horror games are a few genres to watch out for. But not just any games in those genres. It's gotta be ones that get relatively small print runs and go under the radar.
Agree with all of this. I recall having Suikoden 2 on my want list from the time it first came out so I would remember to buy it when it saw a price drop. That drop never came and I ended up getting super lucky at some tiny game shop a year or so after release that just happened to have one new copy in their glass case. Of course, I still ended up paying full MSRP.

I think it's pretty unlikely that many of the niche publisher games games from the likes of Limited Run Games and others will appreciate in value. There are just too many people collecting and buying doubles and keeping them sealed for supply to ever really get too strained. Even a lot of the retail niche titles are getting scooped up nowadays by collectors with more disposable income than sense. I think the few titles that appreciate in value will be ones that really flew beneath everyone's radar, but it's harder and harder to slip below notice given how many forums and social media groups there are dedicated to "limited print run" games.