Imagine being this guy, putting this game on ebay for $300 to make a quick buck and now he is making almost one million dollars. Now imagine being the guy who buys it and realizes he paid almost a million bucks for a game he will never play
@mnzy: It's one of two in the entire world, sealed.
There were only 200 NTSC copies released to begin with. Two survived until now unopened. One sold the other day to a private buyer for $40,000. It will likely not return to the market for decades.
This game is selling for $800,000 because it's effectively the only copy in the entire world, right now.
" Imagine being this guy, putting this game on ebay for $300 to make a quick buck and now he is making almost one million dollars. Now imagine being the guy who buys it and realizes he paid almost a million bucks for a game he will never play "
Now imagine what else the guy buys if he can afford to spend a million dollars on a game he will never play.
I just can't understand why a game is considered to be worth $ 1.000. So what if it's rare, isn't it rare because the game isn't all that good? Else more would've been made so people could rake it in the moniez.
@iam3green: I'm totally prepared to eat crow over this, but $800,000 seems kind of extreme. I guess there could be several Paul Allen types out there with just way too much money on there hands who really like video games, but I don't know. It seems just a tad excessive.
I also like how the most talked about NES cartridge for the longest time was the gold NES World Championship cart. Suddenly, this Stadium Events cartridge appeared a month or so ago and now it's worth $800,000. I totally get how extremely rare this is, but $800,000?
I'm sure the first sealed one is legit, but anything else I would be very cautious. Someone could reseal these things; whom ever buys it won't open it up to make sure.
@NoXious: Stadium Events isn't a bad game, actually, but that's not the point.
The game is worth the 800k, because someone is willing to pay it.
Technically, Diamonds are worth next to nothing. They naturally occur, but since people like them so much, and since it takes so long for them to come around, we give them a value.
Stadium Events, sealed, is like the goddamn Hope Diamond of video games.
Edit: The NTSC release, of course. The PAL edition, while worth a bit of money, would probably never sell for even $5,000 USD.
" Imagine being this guy, putting this game on ebay for $300 to make a quick buck and now he is making almost one million dollars. Now imagine being the guy who buys it and realizes he paid almost a million bucks for a game he will never play "
Now imagine what else the guy buys if he can afford to spend a million dollars on a game he will never play. "
Exactly, the point isn't to play it; it's an investment a collector can sell down the line for $$.
@mnzy: Ha ha no problem man, I'm just being a jerk. That is a crazy amount of money to pay for a game though, kinda pisses me off since it could do so much good as a donation to scientific research. Oh well, rich people are idiots sometimes, one of the drawbacks of capitalism.
*edit* No, I don't want to encite a conversation about capitalism so just keep your economic opinions to yourself please.
Shit's only worth what people are willing to pay for it. Sometimes I just don't understand why people with that much disposable income can't just donate it to a worthy cause rather than horde a stupid little game from decades past.
All I can hope is that all of the gaming merchandise I've accumulated through 20 or so years of playing video games is worth as much someday. I've got a couple unopened copies of some Infinity series games, if anyone wants them. Also, a brand new Dreamcast.
Yeah right, because the highest bidder always pays.
I'm guessing someone just wants to screw with the seller or maybe he/she was really high when making that bid. Either way, I bet $800,000 that this transaction won't happen. It would be interesting to see what the ebay protection program does about it.
Worth every penny if you're a psychopath. Seriously, I don't get collecting videogames, why bother? I mean, imagine if there was only one copy of Deadly Towers in the world, someone would play this insane amount... for Deadly Towers. The thought of it makes me sick really.
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