Moonjt9
Member
I have a pvm and a bunch of retro games and systems and while yes emulation is easy and accessible, you can’t beat the original thing. That said, nothing wrong with people enjoying emulation on modern displays. The more people enjoying retro games the better!
As far as collecting goes, it’s really hard to find games anymore. eBay is becoming the only place to even find games to buy, so it really has become just looking at auctions and trying to get deals that way, or the occasional BIN for a lower than average price.
I go to a local game market every few months and even though it’s higher priced I just pick out one game and get it. Spreads out my expense over a longer period and I slowly build a curated collection. Yeah I’ll never find a grail like Chrono trigger for cheap, but then that time has passed, and just have to adapt expectations to the new paradigm.
The WATA and huge auctions stuff is an obvious scam by big money collectors of comics and other things. The quicker people realize that and ignore that stuff the better retro game prices will be.
As far as collecting goes, it’s really hard to find games anymore. eBay is becoming the only place to even find games to buy, so it really has become just looking at auctions and trying to get deals that way, or the occasional BIN for a lower than average price.
I go to a local game market every few months and even though it’s higher priced I just pick out one game and get it. Spreads out my expense over a longer period and I slowly build a curated collection. Yeah I’ll never find a grail like Chrono trigger for cheap, but then that time has passed, and just have to adapt expectations to the new paradigm.
The WATA and huge auctions stuff is an obvious scam by big money collectors of comics and other things. The quicker people realize that and ignore that stuff the better retro game prices will be.