Rare NES Game Sells for $17,500

[Lono Shrugged]

And I feel guilty for pre-ordering the special edition Batman with the cheap plastic batarang.

I cannot understand why people pay so much for things like that. I can understand a few hundred bucks but that is a down payment on a house or the budget for all the games for the rest of your life.

 

[Rigs83]

Just imagine how many strippers h you could put through college with that money.

 

[obisean]

Nobody is even mentioning that the seller canceled the shipment because the game meant too much to him. For $17,500 I would probably even sell one of my testicles, and wouldn't have a second thought, much less cancel it after I received payment.

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

I can respect a collector paying that much for something for their collection. I can't respect anyone who spends that much money on something being sent through the mail. That's quite a dangerous risk.

 

[HobbesMkii]

Um, excuse me, I stood in line with my college roommate for three hours outside of GameStop while he bought the Halo 3 Collector's Edition, and that helmet is anything but absurd. Sure, it doesn't actually function, and it's about 3/4ths scale, and basically is a big DVD holder, but man, everybody who came into the room commented on it. I like to think of it as a $60 conversation piece.

 

[MrBrightside919]

My god...i'm not worthy!

*falls to his knees*

 

[Therumancer]

Yes, I am surprised he tried to broker a deal of that size via Ebay.

As far as paying big bucks for the cartrige itself, I see no real issue. It's no worse than a baseball card or comic book collector. I imagine that cart is going to do nothing if not increase in price, and will probably become the "Original Superman #1" of game collection.

 

[Flying-Emu]

What about the Full-House Fighting game?

... No way that exists.

 

[hopeneverdies]

What about the Full-House Fighting game?

... No way that exists.

Oh yes it does, and there are other NES games that are also really rare.

 

[Flying-Emu]

What about the Full-House Fighting game?

... No way that exists.

Oh yes it does, and there are other NES games that are also really rare.

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

[xHipaboo420x]

Just.... crikey. I've got a whole raft of NES games in a box, I might check how much some of the cartridges I don't tend to play with tend to go for.

 

[Slycne]

Well it is a collectible to it's likely to increase in value not depreciate. So it's basically the stock market, but you happen to be a little more attached to it then your one millionth percent of a share of Jack's Apple Pie Shop.

And the entire market could drop out instantly when people realize they're paying 17,500 for cartridges that are inferior to regular games.

Collectibles are not traded on the value of their actual worth though. Babe Ruth cards are not valuable because he was the world's greatest baseball player and the DeLorean is certainly not the best car ever made, but they are valuable because of their scarcity. Now you can argue that value should not be based on rarity, but this is one of the building blocks of most economic systems. It's simply supply and demand. The supply of this cartridge is extremely limited. There is also a demand to go along with this, people obviously want to acquire this(sure it might seem silly to us, but it's his money he can do what he wants). Limited supply with a demand for the items equals a nice fat payout.

 

[hopeneverdies]

Pics or it didn't happen.

I ain't making this shit up
Full House Tournament Fighter Turbo
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiUU0F81yYE[/link]

 

[Radeonx]

Pics or it didn't happen.

I ain't making this shit up
Full House Tournament Fighter Turbo
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiUU0F81yYE[/link]

My cousin has that game. Being a child watching full house, it was fucking awesome.

 

[DM.]

Have you ever shelled out big bucks for a rare game like Panzer Dragoon Saga

Thanks for reminding me that I still haven't gotten past disc 1.

 

[ckam]

I think the shiny gold plate of the cartridge was what made it a collectible.

 

[pantsoffdanceoff]

Um, I believe a certain special Castlevania went for at least 3 times that, but don't quote me on that...

 

[devildog1170]

Wow, the emotions aren't over yet. Just wait for the 17,500 dollars worth of buyer's remorse.