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[GamesAreFun]

The previous record was $144,000 - also for Super Mario Bros.

The game was labelled "Super Mario Bros. - Wata 9.6 A+ Sealed [Hangtab, 1 Code, Mid-Production], NES Nintendo 1985 USA".

So why is this particular copy of Super Mario Bros. so valuable? It's only the fourth version of Super Mario Bros. ever produced, and its window of production was remarkably short, Heritage Auctions said. The nationwide US release for the NES came in mid-to-late 1986, and black box games distributed for that release did not have the "Game Pak NES-GP" code. Nintendo added the trademark symbol to the NES on its game boxes by the beginning of 1987. That means this copy of the game can be dated to some point between late 1986 and the beginning of 1987 - a short production run indeed.

Unopened Super Mario Bros. sells for $660,000, smashing world record

An unopened copy of Super Mario Bros. has sold for $660,000, smashing the world record for a video game sale. The previ…

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[JayK47]

Must open it and play it.

 

[Esca]

Gamestop told him with a pro card they could of got $7.88

 

[Stuart360]

Some poeple have more money than sense. All power to them though.

 

[Yselacrey00]

I would have paid more.

 

[hybrid_birth]

This is why you don't open your video games kids. When you're an old geezer you can sell it for a shit ton of money.

 

[8bitpill]

Some poeple have more money than sense. All power to them though.

You know my father in-law said something to me that stands true more and more as I age, "There is a idiot born every day".

 

[Banjo64]

This is why you don't open your video games kids. When you're an old geezer you can sell it for a shit ton of money.

If you’re video game is literally the most iconic video game of all time that spawns sequels that are beloved over the next 30-40 years and becomes an icon worth billions? Yes. If your video game is some dog shit like Destiny? No.

 

[sunnysideup]

this is moronic right?

It cannot be worth that much right?

 

[clem84]

Damn that was a 9.4.

 

[UnNamed]

this is moronic right?

It cannot be worth that much right?

No. But many comic collectors have to find another thing to collect, and videogames are the next best thing. It's just another market bubble.

 

[sunnysideup]

I understand its a bubble. But there has to be hundreds of these around.

 

[ReBurn]

Imagine paying that when you can play it on NES online.

 

[Spukc]

this is moronic right?

It cannot be worth that much right?

Pretty rare seems like a good investment.
I am sitting on a fuck ton of boxed mint gb and gbc cases

 

[SantaC]

I wish i found something like this in my drawer.

I lost my Super Mario Bros crystal display game and watch. Gaf plz tell me it wasnt worth much.

 

[Ezquimacore]

this is moronic right?

It cannot be worth that much right?

Not it is, and the next record will be for a million

 

[Sidesalad]

Sighhh, it's this kind of stuff that makes me really regret not buying more sealed games back in the day.

 

[hybrid_birth]

If you’re video game is literally the most iconic video game of all time that spawns sequels that are beloved over the next 30-40 years and becomes an icon worth billions? Yes. If your video game is some dog shit like Destiny? No.

I agree. Though you may trigger some destiny diehards in here. If there is any.

I regret spending money on that destiny shit. I was peer pressured to play with friends man.

 

[Rat Rage]

That's a lot of money, holy shit! Super Mario Bros. is a pretty good game, though.

Who knows, maybe it was Nintendo themselves who bought it for their secret sealed in house archive.

 

[M1chl]

Is this shoplifted?

 

[Kerotan]

That's insane. Crazy thing is the value will just keep going up. Imagine if anything like this survives another 200 or 1000 years what it would be worth by then.

 

[Futaleufu]

No intrinsic value, no rarity. Some people has more money than sense.

 

[haveagood1]

Why the fuck did i open my NES.

 

[Ceadeus]

Nearly a million US dollars for the most common video game of history.

That's insane. How egocentric can an individual be!

Is it going in a museum or something?

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

What a waste of money...

 

[BusierDonkey]

Miyamoto made less off Super Mario Bros. than one person made selling a single copy of the game.

 

[20cent]

I wouldn't even buy it for $100 in the same condition today if I didn't know its collectible value.

What a moronic hobby.

 

[Kiya's Guard]

Afaik products that skyrocket in price are those that are ultra rare or have some unique defects. It's a perfectly sealed retro game okay, and those are not common nowadays, but I find the price totally overkill. But those transactions are usually done so the new owner will try to place it more expensive in some years