Most expensive NES game ever : Othor Games

» Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:42 am

Seriously, some people are mad...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FACTORY-SEALED-NEW-NES-NINTENDO-STADIUM-EVENTS-GAME-NIB_W0QQitemZ200594183294

» Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:34 pm

32 bids?

Humanity. :sadvaultboy:

» Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:01 pm

Eh, it's all relative. I've felt bad for spending $20 on a game, only to turn around and pick up a $100+ title the next week. The difference being that I had a little extra spending money the second time around.

I'm guessing that whoever bids on something like Stadium Events has more than enough money to go around, and while it isn't the sort of game I'd ever pick up (even if I could afford it), I know the feeling.

» Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:19 pm

Eh, it's all relative. I've felt bad for spending $20 on a game, only to turn around and pick up a $100+ title the next week. The difference being that I had a little extra spending money the second time around.

I'm guessing that whoever bids on something like Stadium Events has more than enough money to go around, and while it isn't the sort of game I'd ever pick up (even if I could afford it), I know the feeling.

$100 is nothing compared to $20,000. That's a car, or a college loan, or a business investment, or an apartment...not an old NES game that isn't even that fun. Those games cost upwards of $80-100 when they first came out.

» Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:09 am

If I'm not mistaken, isn't there fewer than 200 of that game in circulation? Make something rare enough and people will buy it for the prestige.

» Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:08 am

I bet that amount of money is all the bidder has.

» Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:36 am

$100 is nothing compared to $20,000. That's a car, or a college loan, or a business investment, or an apartment...not an old NES game that isn't even that fun. Those games cost upwards of $80-100 when they first came out.

True, but I wasn't comparing $100 to $20,000 directly. My point was that one's income can have a large impact on how we view an item's worth. $20,000 is quite a bit to me, but I understand that there are folks making more money than I ever will and can afford things I wouldn't dream of buying.

Plus, this game isn't ever gonna be played (I hope). If I'm not mistaken, its price has been going up (taking into consideration the VGA Grade) the past few years and is very much like any other investment. I imagine a few of the folks who've gotten their hands on one of these incredibly rare BNIB cartridges has made a good deal of profit from selling it.

» Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:51 am

I had a feeling it was Stadium Events. A perfect example of an artificially inflated price. The game is crap but because it's supposedly rare (may be but that alone wouldn't make it that valuable) and some idiot was willing to pay a buttload for a copy once, everybody thinks it's worth a lot of money. Which it isn't.

» Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:53 am

Holy [censored]! I have that game! It's not sealed, but I used to play it as a kid! It's right outside my door!

Am I sitting on a potentially large chunk of cash? :celebration:

» Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:40 pm

I had a feeling it was Stadium Events. A perfect example of an artificially inflated price. The game is crap but because it's supposedly rare (may be but that alone wouldn't make it that valuable) and some idiot was willing to pay a buttload for a copy once, everybody thinks it's worth a lot of money. Which it isn't.

It's like how the first issue of Action Comics is very, very rare and one isue sold for $1 million recently.

Shortly after i came across someone trying to sell Issue 1 of the Man of Steel series from the mid 80s for half a million. Thing is the issue wasn't very rare, is a lot more recent and wasn't a famous issue (Action Comics #1 was the very first appearence of Superman) It was merely a relaunch title.

Unsuprisingly, he ended up selling it for a single digit price due to a lack of offers for his asking price. He -rather optimisitcally- believed that it would be worth loads because A) It was an issue #1 B ) It was Superman C) He wasn't very bright.

» Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:50 pm

Holy [censored]! I have that game! It's not sealed, but I used to play it as a kid! It's right outside my door!

Am I sitting on a potentially large chunk of cash? :celebration:

If you really do, yeah, $20,000 is a common auction price for that game.

Maybe about half that for a used one.

» Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:23 am

well they could always buy it, wait for it to collect in value, and sell it again for a higher price.

» Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:01 pm

If I'm not mistaken, isn't there fewer than 200 of that game in circulation? Make something rare enough and people will buy it for the prestige.

This. I once bought an unlicensed NES game (black cartridge) from a dealer for $3. Then I turned around and told him the history of Tengen and about the black cartridges. It was the only black cartridge game he had.

» Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:59 pm

This. I once bought an unlicensed NES game (black cartridge) from a dealer for $3. Then I turned around and told him the history of Tengen and about the black cartridges. It was the only black cartridge game he had.

Heh, have you just committed a bannable offence in admitting to piracy?

» Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:14 pm

That's crazy.

» Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:08 pm

Heh, have you just committed a bannable offence in admitting to piracy?

Nope. the black cartridge games were completely legal in the 1980's, even sold in stores. the one I picked up was R.B.I Baseball. After Nintendo got more strict with its policies, Tengen folded under and some of its games were released as licensed titles. I have the gray box version and the black box version.

» Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:18 pm

There was an old "logical" demonstration in France:
"Socrate says all what is rare is expensive, a horse with one ear is rare so a horse with one ear is expensive"

It seems it was not that fallacious finally...

» Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:59 pm

I bet it will fall through.

» Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:34 am

This isn't what I'd buy if I had $20,000 I didn't need.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/sianan60/ecebc354.jpg

» Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:00 am

Unless they are a collector there is absolutely no reason why someone should spend that much money on a game, even if it is rare.

» Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:40 pm

I had a feeling it was Stadium Events. A perfect example of an artificially inflated price. The game is crap but because it's supposedly rare (may be but that alone wouldn't make it that valuable) and some idiot was willing to pay a buttload for a copy once, everybody thinks it's worth a lot of money. Which it isn't.

Pretty much that way with any collectable, no? Van Gogh, Babe Ruth, D&D Basic recalled B3 module (saw one go for 300+ in '87). All aluable because someone else wants it..scarcity...etc.

Regarding this specific cartrige, eh, folks will buy strange things if they have nough free money :shrug:

» Thu Jul 01, 2010 12:27 am

If I'm not mistaken, isn't there fewer than 200 of that game in circulation? Make something rare enough and people will buy it for the prestige.

I'd open it and play it just to wreck the value :evil:

» Thu Jul 01, 2010 2:24 am

I'd buy it.

Seriously.

Then I'd destroy it.

Because, I'm that mean.

Although, I collect and race HO scale slot cars and have seen some pretty wacky ones go for ungodly amounts of money on the 'Bay.

» Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:49 pm

20k isn't a lot to a multi millionaire who wants something badly enough.
Also, all of these comments like "oh what a nolife nerd who's spending his entire life fortune on a video game blah blah", you realize that is more than likely not the case? It's possible, but how many nolife nerds have 20k dollars to blow? Especially on this? This is more than likely a rich collector. This game is very rare, especially in that condition.
Not really that amazing.

» Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:58 am

If I'm not mistaken, isn't there fewer than 200 of that game in circulation? Make something rare enough and people will buy it for the prestige.

Three in fact, if the seller is to be believed.