Ludicrous prices, MUH HIDDEN GEMS

>>4034545
Search by most viewed, there you go. Sometimes the smaller collector circles get fucked by just one review.

Extremely rare to have games naturally go up in price.

>>4034545
Magical chase was always slightly uncommon, and that's for a system that is already a boutique collector's scene. tg16 has been pricey for a while and everyone knew it would be.

Hagane was also slightly expensive. the people looking for it knew that it was exclusive to a specific retailer. Mike made a video that praised the fuck out of it though and other youtubers followed suit.

I feel that the above two examples along with Flintstones,while not reasonable in price are pretty easily explainable.

what's more annoying is the amount of $20+ NES games, the amount of $35+ SNES games (also super metroid sells for like 50? what the fuck?) and the RPG tax on every retro jrpg aside from dw1

>>4034552
Too clarify the last statement. I mean games going up drastically in price. Not a slow curve upwards.

>>4034545
If you really cared about games, you'd either
a) pirate or emulate it
b) get the cheaper gbc port

>>4034558
already emulated the hell and back out of it anon, I was just curious for which youtubers have market altering powers.
>>4034553
>Mike
Mike who?
I do get tg16 being expensive, and maybe hagane... The thing with retro jrpgs probably has to do with them getting more popular outside of japan after fifth gen, and people wanting to experience the taste they were too immature to savor in their childhood because they wanted jumpy shooty games
>>4034552
>>4034557
guess that's the obvious way, wonder why i didn't think of it.

I used to play a game. Take a random youtube e-celeb who makes money off the whole "HIDDEN GEMS" bs, and find out what game they recommended for an episode. Check the date. Go to vgpc, and look up the game. Notice a jump in price after the review? You'd be surprised how many of these e-celebs are responsible for common games being over $20 these days.

>>4035140
I've checked a number of games and didn't find that correlation. An actual examples of this actually happening or just parroting?

I just emulate. I dont see point anymore.

>>4035352
>Surely no anon can be this incompetent
>look up popular e-celebs
>James and Mike, ok
>Mega Man 2, Dec 2014
>go to vgpc
>look up Mega Man 2
>was varying around $20-25 prior to Dec 2014, after the ep it went up to $30 and stayed there for a year
It doesn't happen with every single game, but the majority that get favorable reviews from e-celebs do go up in price.

>>4035367
>Surely no anon can be this incompetent
he's a beaner, don't expect much.

>>4035367
>game steadily rising in for price for years has small "jump"
>check other games
>no correlation
>Surely no anon can be this incompetent