Eh... come on now. This is objectively a dumb purchase for anyone.Uncool thread title and characterisation, it's his money let him spend it on what he wants
Back in the 90's when Kenner reintroduced the Power of the Force Star Wars action figures, there were a number of misprints and things like long-sabers that weren't correct, or incorrect art on Boba Fett's hand, and other things like that. At the time these 'more rare' versions traded for quite a bit and I have just about all of those with the exception of very rare ones, similar to this SMB3. The sad thing is most of them aren't worth squat now, they're all just stored in some boxes with the hope they'll increase some day but it seems unlikely now.it amazes me how such little differences ends up making stuff horribly overpriced in the future
"so huh we had some boxes with the bros covering marios hand" "put on the back of the shelves, nobody will notice"
I'd rather see somebody with $150,000 to blow pour it back into his local economy during a pandemic, or donate it to charity, or maybe just help a neighbor in need than wasting money to own a piece of plastic inside a piece of cardboard inside a piece of glass. Money gets wasted every single day in much more extravagant ways, but this is the topic we're discussing: somebody dropped $150,000 for what is essentially a dead copy of SMB3. And honestly? It's a stupid way to spend your money.Uncool thread title and characterisation, it's his money let him spend it on what he wants
I'd rather see somebody with $150,000 to blow pour it back into his local economy during a pandemic, or donate it to charity, or maybe just help a neighbor in need than wasting money to own a piece of plastic inside a piece of cardboard inside a piece of glass. Money gets wasted every single day in much more extravagant ways, but this is the topic we're discussing: somebody dropped $150,000 for what is essentially a dead copy of SMB3. And honestly? It's a stupid way to spend your money.
I think it's beyond stupid to spend this much money on it, but it's not like the money just disappears. It stays in circulation.I'd rather see somebody with $150,000 to blow pour it back into his local economy during a pandemic, or donate it to charity, or maybe just help a neighbor in need than wasting money to own a piece of plastic inside a piece of cardboard inside a piece of glass. Money gets wasted every single day in much more extravagant ways, but this is the topic we're discussing: somebody dropped $150,000 for what is essentially a dead copy of SMB3. And honestly? It's a stupid way to spend your money.
Maybe the folk that buy new consoles and iphones to destroy for youtube clicks will expand into buying this Mario and driving a drill through the middle.I wonder if things like this actually appreciate in value. There has to only be a small handful of dummies walking this earth who would spend hundreds of thousands on NES games.
I don't know if it makes me a weirdo or not, but if I had a stupid amount of money and a strong attachment to a particular game, I would probably spend a lot on a misprinted mint copy of it as well.
Is the person purchasing this item with the intention of investing their money? If they're planning on letting the value (potentially, not guaranteed) appreciate to then sell it again at a higher price, it's not exactly a sound investment strategy. I'm guessing the person who bought this is planning on adding it to a collection as a centerpiece.
the guy who owns one of the largest movie collections on earth have seen about 15 of them. thats even weirder.
is japanese retro collecting as expensive there as it is here? i imagine a ton of western collectors already bought up a ton of the rarer stuff in japan.
"Weirdo spends $150,000 on 2000 copies of SMB3 they will never open to create armour"dunno, if i really cared for a game that much and had that money i would use it on assorted stuff related to the game, not a "bad" boxed copy of it. hell i'd buy 20000 copies of it and make a SMB3 armour or something. i dont feel like owning bad copies show "love" for it, but thats just my five cents
"Weirdo spends $150,000 on 2000 copies of SMB3 they will never open to create armour"
I thought the title said 15k and I thought that's a ridiculous amount to spend on a game, then I realised it was 150k and I'm just left wondering why?
none pizza left bros.
Could hold it for a few years and sell it at 2x - 3x the price.
Yeah I get that, I just don't understand the market for this, the game itself isn't rare its easily emulated and avaliable on multiple systems.
Because of a misprint/bad box somehow that makes it worth a ridiculous amount of money, but to who?
I'm all for preserving video games and the history of it I'll just never understand what drives this supposed value.
Seems like a pointless purchase, I can't imagine it holding the value when you consider just how many copies of Mario 3 there are out there, and owning a perfect copy of one doesn't really interest me when I have my slightly beat up copy (with box and manual) that holds many more memories for me. Even for the few sealed games I did get (Mega Man 5 and 6 being the main two), I ended up opening them immediately to play, because... that's what games do. Its not like I've not dropped some serious cash on my collection, but if I ain't playing it, it seems like a waste of money. But hey, I'll never understand sealed collectors...
its a rare variation of a very popular game. exactly for it being rare in a game that isnt supposed to have any rarer versions that the prices drive up. why? people want to have stuff other don't, thats basically the only reason why. and will keep happening, it happened before and will happen again if someone find a rare 1st print of megaman where they say "megamam" in the back box text
yeah this is chump change compared to those dudes that bought the biggest ship JPEGs
So rich people shit, basically.its a rare variation of a very popular game. exactly for it being rare in a game that isnt supposed to have any rarer versions that the prices drive up. why? people want to have stuff other don't, thats basically the only reason why. and will keep happening, it happened before and will happen again if someone find a rare 1st print of megaman where they say "megamam" in the back box text
30 years from now, my sealed copy of Killzone Shadowfall is going to be worth millions, MILLIONS.
No such luck. PT is a digital item. Eventually It will be accurately reproduced in full, that is inevitable. Our PS4s will never have this level of totemic appeal, in short.I should definitely keep my PS4 with P.T, pretty sure someday will end up pretty high.