Weirdo spends $150,000 on a video game they'll never open

[8bit]

Notch sits at home, wondering if the feeling of acquiring his new copy of Super Mario Bros is actually happiness or whether the fumes of the rotting candy are slowly poisoning him.

 

[DeuceGamer]

I have my doubts the sealed market really is exploding. The market is seeing an influx of rich comic and toy collectors who are engaging in speculation. I've been in the retro-game collecting hobby for awhile and the items exploding in price aren't the pieces that are sought after in the collecting community. Just glancing at the Heritage Auction website, I'm seeing values completely divorced from reality. This one caught my eye: https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-gam...7234-93029.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

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No doubt a lot of the explosion is being driven by the new blood brought in from the comic, toy, and sports card collectors who have jumped into retro games. That doesn't change the fact that they have exploded.

Will it be sustainable? Some of it will, some of it won't. Those paying thousands for some of the Atari games that literally have cases and cases of games that up to 6 months ago were selling for $50 aren't going to be sustainable.

On the other hand, a mint 9.0 "TM" first print Zelda is always going to be sought after and would probably make this sell look like small potatoes.

 

[Kazooie]

The next level of scalping.

 

[ffvorax]

Wish I had so much money I could just spend that much for a sealed copy of a item I will never actually use.....

 

[Wrexis]

Is chip rot a thing? Though does it matter seeing as this will never be opened.

 

[IamAToast]

I don't really get the hate in comments. Yeah its a stupid amount of money. Some people like "rare" collectables. Most people who buy 50.000$ PSA 10 Charizard will never play the TCG. These type of rated stuff is not bought for use.

In smaller scale I own some music album (these with photobooks+more stuff) and will never play them. I just use Spotify but I wanted to support the creators and own these albums.

 

[Piccoro]

Why the name calling?

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I would also like to know why is this allowed on Era?
If some art collector buys a rare painting for a million dollars, can I insult him too?

 

[Komo]

The value on this will only increase.

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Yeah these especially in this quality are complete investments

 

[Galkinator]

I mean, it's dumb, but people spend a lot of money on: high end fashion, card collecting, rare art and lots more and Era doesn't seem to go crazy lol. Kind of hypocritical

 

[Symphony]

If it is brand new and sealed then why is half of the ink on the 3 scuffed off along with having other patches all over the box? The sellophane wrapping would stop that kind of damage, unless it was just reseal job. I'd be interested to see high resolution photos to know why it looks in rough condition from multiple angles.