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Game collectors distraught over cheap digital re-releases
helava says,
The people in the article have the right idea. Collect a game or buy a rare game because you like it, not because you think it'll somehow make you money. These things were meant to be played, and the more people have access to them, and get to enjoy the hard work the creators put into them the better. If the creators get to reap some of the benefits, more the better.
I have a copy of Rez and Ikaruga for the DC, and a mint copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga a friend of mine gave me when I got ripped off on an eBay scam for the game. Those things have value to me because of the memories they provided, not because of their scarcity.
I don't play or enjoy them because they're rare - I play them because they extraordinary games. If giving more people exposure to those experiences means the value of my physical copies is destroyed, that's a price I'm more than willing to pay.
Article excerpt from arstechnica.com —
"The average gamer picks up a few titles a year and may resell them game after or go shopping for low-priced used titles. But other gamers spend a good amount of time and money tracking down the rare games, the titles you can't simply find in a corner at the local GameStop. The banned games, classic Dreamcast games, complete Neo Geo...
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Posted 3 years ago
Totally agree. It's so weird when people get things they love, but never play with it. Sure, there is the minute potential for a big payout, but over the years, it probably would have been better to put the money in a treasury bill. 
Posted 3 years ago
The weird thing is, games like Panzer Dragoon Saga or Radiant Silvergun are among the most sought-after, rare games that are still commonly available to be purchased (not like the insanely rare World Series NES carts), and they run between $200-300. That means that more than a decade after their release, they've ~quadrupled in value? And given that those are two games of something in the tens of thousands of games that have released in that time, games are a terrible, terrible, terrible investment.
So just open the damn games and play them already.
So just open the damn games and play them already.
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