Quote Originally Posted by Aussie2B View Post
Uh, I never said it was impossible for you to have purchased Suikoden 2 for $20. You were the one talking in absolutes, saying " Suikoden 2 was never hard to find cheap before it went out of print." I was merely saying that, depending on one's location, yes, it was hard to find cheap.

I saw and bought dozens of PS1 RPGs on markdown back in the day, and saw and bought tons more from used sections for cheap. Suikoden 2 stands out as one that I never saw in stores except for at the full MSRP. Same with Valkyrie Profile. But for what it's worth, I never so much as stepped foot into a Walmart until well into the 2000s. That chain barely existed around where I was living back around when Suikoden 2 came out. So if Walmart and some Australian chain (Big W) were the only places where it was marked down, that would explain why I never came across a marked down copy. But I did, however, shop for games at GameStop, EB, Software Etc., Toys R Us, Fred Meyer, various independent game stores, etc. and never saw Suikoden 2 marked down or available used.

Agree. Walmart clearance also tends to be highly YMMV. I remember when the Saturn was being phased out seeing stacks of more obscure games at one Walmart location still at full price years later while the location closest to my house at the time dropped almost everything below $10 and sold out their stock quickly. It's not impossible that anyone bought any now hard to find and valuable game for cheap back in the day. I know I still have a couple of cartons of Earthbound from when they were cleared out at the local Best Buy for $5. That's different than a universal clearance that everyone had the opportunity to buy and just didn't for whatever reason.