Dying retro game collecting trends
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Like all things that are hot, eventually they will cool down. Ex and i discus which systems we think are dying down when it comes to collecting.
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Reggie you’re on the money with this one. The N64 generation is in right now. Those kids who grew up with it are all grown and collecting for it now.
I agree. All of us who grew up on Intellivison/Coleco/Atari/NES have collected... The kids who were 4 - 10 when N64 came out now have jobs/money and feeling that nostaligic tug in life....
satchelSCROLL I agree 100% Majoras Mask killed Zelda. As soon as I saw myself with a stupid mask on playing a flute parading around little chick-a-dees I knew I never needed to play zelda ever again. Link was badass on the NES/SNES... Then he went all pansy.
It's true. Dropped some cash on original n64 carts this year lol
shoot, kids who played wii, ps3, & 360 are grown up. n64 generation = old af
@@the9file Not living on their own and financially stable to collect. There is a diffrence. I grew up ps2/3 era and i collect Og xbox and ps3.
reggie is right about 64. Prices have about doubled here in australia from when I started buying n64 games in 2011.
Just like Game Cube collecting in AUS i just gave up on it lol.
@@GundamrussGaming Tell me about it right. I was lucky enough to get a lot of the big ticket items when they dipped a bit when the wii came out
This interviewer is a idiot. N64 is hot right now. Interesting how he mentions no box for a N64 game as a con but is ok with it for a SNES or NES game
N64 🤮🤮🤮
N64 is hard to emulate so there's going to be a higher demand.
I wouldn't say the 64 is "hot" but it's always warm
I think Gamecube is a lot hotter right now than N64 from what I see.
@@VenomSnakeMGS oh the gamecube is getting out of hand
I disagree on the Dreamcast. If that were true about Dreamcast the prices would be going down. I'm collecting for the dreamcast currently and the capcom dreamcast games still sell well and still go pretty quick
just because the items are expensive doesnt mean people are collecting for it just means that its hard to find and they now eventually it will sell. Look up the cost of a boxed (not sealed) gamecom ive never met anyone else collecting for that system but it still keeps its price. I also collect for the dreamcast but i feel like the people that collect for it arnt giving up their stuff because every place i go its basically just 2k games, tony haw, virtual tennis, sonic adventure, and maybe a tomb raider.
Andrew Bernica power stone 2 is still way up there in price
I came here to say this. I wanted to make Dreamcast my next console to collect for, but a lot of the must have games are over 100 dollars lol
@@EX001 it could also just be the demographic. You've brought up Fallout Games before in the past so I think we're both in the same area and there is no market for Dreamcast.
Yeah I'm trying to find Marvel vs Capcom 2
I like reggies opinions because you can tell he really plays these games, not just collecting to get them all
referral madness reggie has an enthusiasm for the games and not for how many he has or what they are worth.
Everything becomes hot when a youtuber mentions it, you just woke up the collector in me again
I really believe the mini consoles have chilled the nes and snes markets.
Chris Parkin Nintendo pushes their old nes games on every system too so if you wanna play Mario, every game is on switch or nes online
Flash carts and multicarts have also helped the casual collector play real ROM's on original consoles.
That and the switch online service where you can play some of the games on your modern console.
And you can mode those consoles and any mini consoles like ps1 too and add all the existing retro Nintendo games to them too.
Lol
Nostalgia is always based on age, as people get older they become nostalgic for things they grew up with. I was born in '82 so I have memories of NES through PS2 era. People born in '92 are less likely to be nostalgic for NES and more nostalgic for N64. In 5yrs time people will be buying up all the PS2, Dreamcast, Gamecube stuff. I remember a time when Elvis memorabilia was huge, now all those collectors are either dead or retirees and you can't even donate that stuff, same thing will happen to games in 30yrs no one is going to want my NES collection.
Problem you have is the fact that in the next generation consoles will be digital only. This sets up retro systems to possibly still hold value and want since the retro consoles all have physical games. It'll be interesting how it turns out. I think it might end up like vinyl records that retro system gaming will about die off for a long while and then get hot again because it's something you can hold in your hands and not digitial. Now whether or not the graphics will hold up for gamers in 30+ years is another story. The graphics might be too bland for future gamers.
You’re spot on-these things have predictable patterns to them. Even though I was older by the time the N64 was new (20s), I’ve always been a gamer and loved that system back then and love it today. That said, the N64 hits different to the generation that literally grew up with it and the same can be said for the next few generations of consoles. It will only be a matter of time before the hot thing will be PS3 and Xbox 360 games.
Gamecube is on fire right now. Most Nintendo published games are 50-70 dollars.
your right about GameCube. That shit blew my mind
you right with the n64 it always be selling.
I sold my zelda oot gold collectors edition on ebay last night. Game/box/manual/insert got me $305 with shipping. I just dont need a complete shiny gold version. If i wanna play it again i'll grab a grey cart, I grew up with that one anyway.
Holy crap it's gone up quite a bit since I last checked.. hmm maybe time to pass my cib copy along now.
I bought it last year for 120 dollars. And I thought I spent too much then. Glad I got one before this.
Most grey carts are the censored version where Ganondorf's red blood and fire temple's arab chants are gone. Its not a big deal to most.
@@EnterSandwich there are a few other minor changes, but I treasure my 1.0 grey oot cart.
As long as everybody doesn't start swarming my precious Sega 32X games all at once, we're good.
Hope everyone forgets Dreamcast so I can finally get the last of the shmups I need
most fighting games are born in the dreamcast, great system in my opinion.
I'm still buying for my Deamcast.
That's a really cheap console to collect for! That'll be the next addition to my collection!
@@PiroKUSS ???? It is less expensive than other systems like the Neo Geo but I would never call the DC a cheap one to collect for.
100% agree with Reggie. N64 games are very popular these days, and no one cares that much about having a complete in box for each game. It’s too much of a hassle with those old cardboard boxes, it’s so much easier to make your own custom cases and it looks better on the shelf.
Lol sounds like somebody can't afford CIB so they come up with some lame excuse. The art on the box is what people want not some printed off napkin that you used your HP printer to make.
@@averagehuman3161 You sound like a gatekeeper, let people do what they want, nothing wrong with collecting loose carts.
@@averagehuman3161 fat rolls
Bustin' cheeks. Had to do it!
Snes is where my money is going at the moment. Although more than half of my collection is japanese. Don't collect for saturn currently as its too expensive. Dc gave up years ago. I do collect genesis though. Switch is getting a lot of my attention.
@@stevesteve0521 I bought some genesis games in 2002. Genesis is a great console to collect for. I only buy what I like though. These collectors on UA-cam make it a lifestyle not a hobby.
Switch games are way overinflated right now, so I’m going to wait for next gen to get anything I’m interested in.
I agree with Reggie. I've seen plenty of people who collect cart-only N64 games and some people have their own way to show off their collection, whether it be custom cases or custom labels or anything like that. As for there not being a lot of good games for the system, well, I haven't played every game the system had to offer, but out of all the games I owned, I enjoyed just about all of them. I know it's up to personal preference, but I feel like the system does have more to offer than some people may think.
Reggie makes solid points about the N64. Ex's arguments that people won't want to deal with boxes and manuals and inserts are all well and good, but that doesn't mean people won't collect for it. Just because it's "hard" to get the boxes and manuals in good condition doesn't mean someone won't collect for a system all together, and I see so many people (myself included) going mainly just for cartridges. And I feel like I see way more people either having or going for complete N64 libraries (cart-only a lot of the time) than probably any other system right now. The small size of the library makes it an attractive one to go for for a lot of people, especially since the kids that grew up with it are now the ones with disposable income wanting to recapture their childhood and buying back those games.
There are plenty of good N64 Games .
No
Ofcoure there are it just gets beat out by so many other systems around the same era. NES, SNES, Gamecube, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast. Hell the Sega CD is in the conversation.
Overall the N64 is one of the least worthy retro consoles. The Gamecube alone made most of the 64 lineup obsolete, then the early shitty 3D to boot.
Reggie is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT about the N64, first of all, the kids that grew up in the mid 90's are getting nostalgic with the console, second, most of them DOESN'T CARE about complete in box or manuals or posters or whatever the f the n64 had, they only want the GAME , the cartridge.
N64 is an easy console to collect for, and I can say that because a lot of my friends and relatives are collecting for the N64 right now, they are aware that the boxes are beaten, they only care for the game, next is going to be the GameCube.
So I'd say that the cheapest console to collect right now is the PS3, Wii and 360, because in 5 or 7 years, men, the prices are gonna be sky high.
Gamecube, and ps2 games are blowing up.
You're one of my fav YT channels. I especially enjoy your 1hr game pick up videos.. Keep em coming. TY 😁
The emulation statement is literally why a lot of the older consoles are not sought after. I'm huge Dreamcast fan but your points were all legit. Honestly people snatch up titles quick when ever stores or thrift shops/ Garage Sales have them. I think people just gave up on the high price hard to find in the wild items.
I can attest to the 64 hype. My generation loves it because it was part of their earliest gaming memories. I remember many 64 games being much cheaper a decade ago.
Personally, I'd recommend gamers wanting N64 titles to get Japanese versions of the games that aren't text heavy. Stuff like smash and kart games are a fraction of the price and play fine on a NTSC N64. However they've started to increase slightly as well due to more people realizing that they are interchangeable to a degree. But if you want boxed copies there is literally no easier way.
As for Dreamcast, I prefer many DC versions because I prefer having the 240P output that it provides over many remakes and remasters(at least for fighting games). Its way more easier to buy or build a stick than it is to acquire 240p versions of those same games in other means. Hell the Dreamcast is still the only way to play rival schools 2 and power stone1/2 easily on a tv for me
I went to the Swap Meet in PDX back in January of this year and experienced first-hand how ridiculously expensive Saturn Games have gotten. I mean, I knew they were becoming spendy but literally every title I saw was more than $100. Some titles like Shining Force and other RPGs on that console are on another level of expensive and I hope those prices come back to down to earth at some point.
NES and SNES were definitely hotter a few years back. I love those consoles but what got me away from buying SNES games were that so many games I wanted were just too expensive and it made it hard for me to find good deals and collect for it regularly without breaking the bank.
A ton of forums and groups I am in or have visited are clamoring for PS1 titles, some of them have gone way up in price. Not sure how hot this system is but I feel like there is a lot of people collecting for that right now.
Great video Reggie and EX!
Shining force 3 was a 100$ 20 years ago
More like these, great chemistry between the two of you guys.
Reggie on spot here! Its crazy how much N64 stuff went up in value here in Scandinavia. Way more popular than any other Nintendo console.
I believe the ps1, ps2 and gamecube are the next hot thing to collect for. Especially as the phat ps3 allows Ps1 & Ps2 games to still be relevant on modern tv’s.
I live in Australia and this stuff your talking about aint cheap
So happy to have revisited your channel Reggie! Your content just gets better and better. You are the bee's knees man!
I love my Dreamcast, games are rarely cheap for it. I am currently on an N64 kick lately, so I think your on to something there.
I work at a retro gaming store, and I have to agree with Reggie here. NES and SNES have recently slowed way down as far as sales go. Meanwhile, N64 and GameCube prices and sales have jumped big time. We have even seen Dreamcast go up a bit as well.
I sold my childhood video game collection about 8 years ago when I had to pay for a wedding... Now I just recently started getting all the game I had as a kid, only this time around in "Complete in Box". With the exception of the games virtually EVERYONE wants, its been super affordable. So I don't disagree with Reggie when you put it in that perspective. Most games I am getting are in the $20-50 range. I've been focusing on NES, SNES and Genesis. I think what people underestimate is how much of this stuff is actually out there. The top 75 most printed games for the NES sold at least 1,000,000 copies! Granted, many of these games are the ones in the highest demand and there isn't a lack of supply... but a million copies of something is a lot for such a small subculture of people that "A" want it and "B" don't already have it. Take a game like Super Mario Bros. 3. That game sold 18,000,000. Sure there are more than 18,000,000 gamers out there, I think in North America the number is 203,000,000 gamers. Now how many of those people collect NES? How many of THOSE people want Super Mario Bros. 3? How many of THOSE people don't already have it? In the age of "other ways to play it"... I can see the appetite of these things going way down, and the only thing that is still kicking in screaming is the what I call "rarification" of widely available things. You have the cream of the crop... those highly professional graded copies of a game. Then you have the "New In Box" games, then you have the absolutely Mint Complete games, then you have the more banged up complete copies, then the partially complete copies and then raw carts. Raw Cart level is nearly worthless in scale for most games. With 18 million copies of Super Mario Bros. 3 being out there in various conditions and variants and the hundreds of ways to play it... demand is low and value is highly manipulated because of how many of these are being horded. Sure, games like Little Samson, or even something a little more common like say, Mega Man 1 will always cost you more than most, but a lot of it are only consumed by completion. Nobody has any nostalgia for a large portion of the NES library. Who really wants "Anticipation"? Probably less than 1% of the NES gaming collector.
I attended a video game convention last year and I literally saw sellers with two dozen copies of the Legend of Zelda in varying degrees of condition. Mostly all were priced around $20-25. All they do is look at the going rate on price charting and assume everyone wants to buy a copy for that price. Ebay and UA-cam has contributed a lot to the price spikes as well as the completionist fad but also hoarding, reselling, and outright price manipulation has contributed as well. A lot of sellers and stores have dozens of copies of games that nobody wants but people that live far away from game stores will buy games online for premium prices.
It's pretty rare to find retro games in my country. There are only a a few shops and flee market and most of them only have a very small selection of games.
Reggie coming in with his finger on the PULSE! N64 is heating up for sure. I don't know that it will BLOW UP, but N64 is definitely it right now. The fact that you need all the bits, and that it's hard to get good condition boxes makes it more appealing to collector types.
3 systems right now are getting hit super hard for the same reason. Saturn, DC, and Gamecube, 1, generations that grew up with them are going back and buying them, but the biggest impact is the fact that the entire world that DID have those systems and those games are making UA-cam videos and the like essentially saying "Hey, for all you people that bashed and dumped on this system, look at all these sick-ass games you didn't play." The market is exploding for that reason. Dudes like Scott The Woz, Metal Jesus and others educating the masses about those have sent people into a frenzy. PS2 and Gamecube have both exploded in the I grew up with it sense (felt no where near as hard for Xbox), but Saturn and DC (more so just because of the actual lack of market penetration into the average home, think Wii U for example) are definitely getting their hard push by the community providing content about those systems in a big way.
Gamecube seems to be on fire right now from what i've seen. It was getting expensive but since the shutdown the prices are nuts. I remember when you couldnt trip over a copy of Mario Sunshine and its like 65 bucks now. New generations nostalgia and pocketbook i guess.
Zoidberg - With Super Mario Sunshine, it could be all those rumors of an HD remake have made the price for the GameCube Nintendo version to rise a bit.
I personally went the emulator route, less bulk at the end of the day.
I collect games I loved but play them on emulators so I dont have to buy systems or worry about them breaking down. Plus on my phone with a nice bluetooth controller is awesome.
I've got the entire library of nintendo/ sega games up to n64 on my cpu. Got quite a bit of gamecube/ wii on there as well.
Emulation is fine but I'd prefer to play on a nice crt tv.
The collections obv aren't just for playing or everyone would go for emulators
@@regiseal if your not gonna play the game then it's pointless to own.
Unless your like John Hancock and trying to make a museum to preserve history.
I think all media across the board had a super high point around 2014/2015ish. Maybe the internet helped those things out and we're just kinda on the wave coming to shore.
If I don't agree do I write splitting wigs? Reggie is 100% right and all you have to do is look at the numbers. N64 and GameCube prices have gone way up in recent years. You're both right about NES and SNES, and again, it's all in the numbers. With the exception of those crazy Heritage and WATA auctions prices have *finally* gone down, especially on the NES, which is great news for me because that era is my jam. Dreamcast is always gonna be hot for fans of fighting games. I always come back to that system for that reason. I got a Dreamcast adapter for my X-Arcade Tankstick and that, for me personally, is just the best way to play Soulcalibur or Marvel Vs. Capcom. Plays so smooth.
I manage a Antique mall with a lot of game sellers. And N64 is the hottest seller right now. That and gamecube are about 70% of the game sales
You can get top label stickers for N64 on Etsy for 19 dollars you get every single NA game
NES, SNES, and Dreamcast are all very slow now. Lots of people after Gamecube and N64 now.
I sold my Dreamcast to a friend years ago, but wish I still had it because several PS1 titles were ported to it which were superior versions. I'm not sure how good a Dreamcast would look on a HDTV, though.
Same here. Sold my black Sega Sports DC, kinda wish I still had it.
Jubei saw one at half price books in box for 250, on a day that they were doing a 50% off any one item in store. Came back a little later for it cause I wasn’t too sure and of course it was gone.
With a Kaico HDMI adapter it looks great! I bought a Dreamcast from Gamestop for about 50-60 dollars a few months ago, its very easy to just burn games onto CD-R's and play them directly on the dreamcast. I changed my dreamcast cd-reader for a SD card reader called a "gdemu". So i have a couple sd cards with all the dreamcast games loaded and love the system. Also had a dongle so i can hook up PS4 and PS3 controllers wirelessly or wired.
@@90sGasPrices 250 on box..... Wow a great deal!!! Sorry you missed it. Jeez, 250 is an awesome deal!!!! I hear gaming conventions are the best place for boxed consoles, so there's still hope.....
Dreamcast natively supports Hi Resolution output via D-Sub/VGA. Even tho many HD TV sets may no longer support that connection, there are many HDMI converters in the market today that are a decent alternative at a budget price. And with DCHDMI mod, you can output Dreamcast at an amazing 960/1080p resolution. The system was ahead of its time in that respect.
If go to a gaming/otaku convention and bring Mario party,kart,64,Zelda's,smash Bros,GoldenEye,banjo you are guaranteed to move them FAST😂 I grew up with them and played them all to death so I've been into finding all the amazing teenage/mature/obscure/import/ RPG/shmup PlayStation one games that I had no way of getting as a kid when I got the PS1 when it released. Publishers had a field day on that system(:
I mean there is a Blaster Master on PS1!! And it is really fun and was cib for under ten bucks. Gems everywhere in the PS1 library.
Once the PS3 marketplace closes I can see PS1 games like Tron bonne,suikoden 2 and all the other PS1 games you can get like( klonoa for 5.99 on PSN) etc going up even higher in demand.🙏
The prices on Dreamcast games shows there's still HUGE demand, but it could be because resellers hoarded them all the past 5 years and sat on them to raise the values?
No cheeks, I have 32 n64 games and I love them, cart only. I place the stickers on top. It all gets popular 20-25 years after a console comes out
I collect solely for the original xbox because it has been fairly easy for the past few years. My local game shop came to know me as the fella who gets xbox games, so much so they would bring out the stuff in the back when I showed up. They would often tell me that original xbox will never be the collectors system meanwhile I recently called in to see what all they had and folks are buying it up left and right.
I'm currently collecting for my NES, but only games that I had when I was a child. Mainly good-near mint complete in box copies such as DuckTales, Punch Out, Ninja Turtles, etc. Only have like 5 more games on my list & I'm done.
Collecting anything retro here in Australia (PAL) is super expensive. I rarely buy any games older than PS2. A lot of the classic retro games are being brought to the modern consoles which I personally love.
Love the videos as always Reggie
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Another great video reggie, quick question maybe for your next video. Do you think depends on the state or country you live in makes it harder to collect or find games ?? Am curious cuz is brutal out here in NYC.
Nes and Snes slowed down because a lots of people shifted to N64 and Gamecube and Dreamcast picked up fast. I work at a game store and for N64 it's a lot of people just looking for things they used to own, rent, or always saw but never owned. I can't even tell you how many regulars are trying to do a full set because there isn't really that many so it's an easy collection to complete (this is happening hard with the Wii U in my region currently as well)
Great video! Saturn is definitely a hotter market right now. Recently sold House of the Dead for about $350 and SF Collection for $200, both of which I had purchased new back in the day. Hard to believe!
I agree about everything besides dreamcast. Dreamcast prices are INSANE right now. I bought dino crisis in 2016 for $10, it's now a $90 game.
As a dreamcast collector i think not many people want dreamcast stuff anymore. I noticed a spike in the system price in retro game stores near me for a while but it died down really quickly. Dreamcast is probably my all time favorite system, but it was easy to get what i wanted really fast, and i think that’s how it is for most dreamcast collectors.
GDEMU came out and its so much better than playing from the original discs now...
It’s all about the GameCube stuff right now
I think it's important to realize for retro cartridge based games, many collectors (myself included) aren't as picky about CIB, because even a big collection of loose carts is nice and impressive, unlike CD based games where if you just have a big CD Wallet full of loose discs, it looks like crap, so CIB is way more important for those games to be "display worthy". So yeah it's harder to acquire CIB for those older cartridge systems but it's also not as universally important to collectors as it is for collectors of CD-Based systems.
N64 is a treat to collect for, honestly. I collect cart only and I use custom end labels to keep things uniform without taking up extra space.
Mannnn gamecube just skyrocketed outta nowhere. Last year i said “nah $45 is too much for Eternal Darkness” now its double that price. XD is pushing $150 when it was only $50 last year
I definitely have a wide variety of consoles. My libraries are pretty solid for all my consoles. NES, SNES, N64, all the playstations, sega Genesis, getting a sega Saturn here in about a week. And the only boxes I go for are console boxes.
CIB DS RPG's are getting dang expensive nowadays. There's just so many awesome DS games, and the same thing Reggie used to say about GBA games is true, "They are throwing away the boxes." Sigh.
Collecting video games can be very expensive and take up a lot of space. A friend wanted to start buying a lot of Super Nintendo games because those were his favorite games as a kid. Not to collect them but to play them. I told him there was a way to get to play all the SNES games he wanted and not to have to pay a cent to get them and not have to store them. Download a SNES emulator and download ROMs of the games. He did it and said I saved him thousands of dollars. Plus I said no matter how many SNES carts of Chrono Trigger and Super Mario World he buys it is nothing new but exactly the same old game he remembers. I told him there are ROM hacks of these classics that hackers change the games and you can play new different versions of the games. There are fan retranslations of Chrono Trigger closer to the Japanese Super Famicom version and new versions where you can save Schala and one with a completely new area added. A completely playable 1999. I told him there are ROM hacks, at least a dozen of them, that are completely new versions of Super Mario World. The best reason not to get into buying a lot of original carts is you can play the games for free on ROM hacks on your computer with an emulator. I have told a lot of my friends the advantages of ROM hacks and they sold all their video games to get the cash and free up the space. All the Super Nintendo games you ever wanted on one little thumb drive AND completely new versions of old favorites. .
Everything goes up and down. Collect what's cheap and you'll be fine in the future.
So have to admit im a low end collector. I like to collect the systems and mod em. Then just collect the handful of games I grew up loving for each system. Side note love that you can scoop current and last gen system games for next to nothing as long as it didnt just release.
I'm the odd percent that is really going hard on super nintendo and nes now. In the last 6 months I've gotten hagane, flintstones and samson.
Great discussion. Regarding the Dreamcast, most of the highlights of the software library are also on original Xbox and GameCube with slightly better versions (Skies of Arcadia, etc.).
Sega Master System should have gotten mentioned as an example of console that is not likely to see a resurgence in interest - but perhaps that goes without saying. My impression is that Genesis hasn't died as much due to the original boxes being so durable that complete in box collecting is a thing.
In my view, NES/Gameboy/Color is going the way of the 2600, SNES/GBA has peaked and on the to stagnate, N64 is hot, Gamecube is warming up, Wii, Wii U, DS, and 3DS scene are almost non-existent
ComRieIon AniamtIon - I agree with you on most of your points, but with the Nintendo 3DS library, you can find almost all “rare” games on the market either brand new or lightly used except for games like Dragon Quest 8, Kirby: Robobot, Yo-Kai Watch 3, Shinobi, Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor: Overclocked, and Resident Evil: Reveliations (sp).
I agree with Reggie on N64, it has so much more than just mario64, oot and goldeneye.
@radicalreggie I agree n64 is hot right now as far as collecting. It's seems to me collecting in gaming is based on an age income ratio. For example, Folks currently in their 40s now, have for the most part, reached a level where they have disposal income. This leads to collecting beyond the current gaming generation, those same folks were kids in the NES days (80s)/ Sega Genesis (90s) days/ ending in Ps1 , thus, they have poured considerable disposable income into completing collections inspired from their youth. If this "formula" is consistent, the next collecting trend would point to N64/PS2, as a next generation of young adults become full-fledged adults with disposable income, their youth is of the time of PS2/N64/NGC.... If this hypothesis is true, then you can expect the N64-128Bit collecting to be big in the next 4 to 7 years. In short: folks tend to collect from their childhood. These late 30s to 40s have completed their Gaming Caves....in 4 to 7 years it's time for a new group of late 30s/ early 40s to complete their Gaming Caves from gaming systems(consoles) of their childhood.....the N64 is a transition in generational collecting, the last part of childhood gaming for some, the beginning of gaming for others. PS...I don't think for general collecting that boxes are a necessity, definitely for disks (protection/storage), but carts can be stacked or put in a stand.
PPS.... Dreamcast came and went too quick for younger gamers at the time of release, to really have a bond with the DC.... I think more will have that with PS2 or even the GameCube
Love the channel, love this series of interview/discussions!!!!
#bustinCheeks
Sega dreamcast is one of my favorite systems had it from launch. I barley can find games in the wild for it but I find the games I want for at retro stores. Its def a hot system just hard go find local for deals.
GameCube is hot right now, those games are like the original price when they originally released or even more!
Definitely GameCube , the younger generation that grew up with that system are at the age where they're out of college working a "real" job. They're at the point where they have the means and free time, pre-marriage/mortgage/kids expenses
Tons of people collect everything, the stuff to collect for right now is wii, 360, ps3
Bustin cheeks man, collecting loose carts is all it is on the N64
True Reggie, i've been wanting to start an N64 Collection badly but i'm also someone who doesn't care about the boxes and manuals.
I like manuals, but get custom plastic boxes
Go on Etsy, for 19 bucks you can get top stickers for every NA release. It’s pretty badass.
All of these things are cyclical. If you were 10 back in 96 playing Mario 64 you're 34 now. Mid thirties is about the point people start pining for their youth. So the N64 being popular now makes sense for that generation. Gamecube is also trending up but don't sleep on Wii. Wii kids are now working adults so get ahead of that curve before it hits in the next 5 years.
Most of us NES/SNES kids are 40s, even 50s now so we already hit our peak of nostalgia collecting and probably have most of what we want. I got the bulk of my collection late 00s to early 10s before the prices skyrocketed and collecting became more of a competition against resellers. Once prices skyrocketed the joy of collecting got sucked right out, for me anyway. And priorities just shift at a certain point.
MJR gave me the best collecting advice. Start with the last generation and work your way back. No one is nostalgic for PS3 and Xbox 360 games...yet.
@@Negrodomaus yep. Games lowest point of interest/value is after they've been replaced by a newer gen. Same thing will no doubt happen to ps4/xb1 games once their successors hit.
Also in my opinion. N64 has 80 good games outta 296
Reggie is 100% correct, there is large group of 20-40 year olds who grew up with this and this is the nostalgia they are chasing.
Enjoyed the video very much. I think Nintendo games in general will always hold there value more then other consoles. I think if ur looking for a cheap console to collect for atm I think ps3 games are very cheap, even LE games and sealed games
Dreamcast systems and games are selling very well on Mercari right now. $100 bundles with basic games like 2k and random accessories are being moved daily so I’d say it’s popular at the moment.
I took a break from collecting N64 for about a year now. Tell me why I come back and most games have double or tripled crazy!
I collect carts only for NES n SNES and make my own cases for them. Genesis though I want CIB because they are alot easier to find in good condition.
I have seen Dreamcast less and less even at conventions. N64 is probably hot due to the young kids that played it, the PS1 and 2, etc are coming of age where they can afford and want to collect things they have always wanted. We saw this trend with the Atari and following consoles, and will continue to repeat.
Been running game stores for over 20 years now. N64 is big again for whatever reason. For a disc based console, I can't get enough Dreamcast or Gamecube.
Genesis is fun and easy to collect for, tons of gems, and loose carts are CHEAP, buying complete in box games usually won’t cost you more then 12-15 a game, even better, buy in bulk, spend 400-500 and you can buy yourself an instant respectable size collection. Keep what you want, sell the doubles.
You can buy multicarts for the genesis with a 100 games on the for like 20 dollars and buy a used genesis for like 50 dollars.
I would rather have the universal game case then a smashed/beat up box that doesn't display well on a shelf. Plus its nice to be able to hold a manual in the case.
I haven't actually thought about this until you guys brought it to my attention. Interesting and thought provoking stuff. Oh man... that N64 song lmao. I may be oblivious because I'm always focusing on collecting SEGA stuff. Thumbs up guys!!!
The 64 is the only console that I have actively been collecting for, and I can tell you N64 is definitely trending rightnow. Also I could care less about the cardboard boxes for my N64 games. Manuals, and posters sure, but I've been slowly putting all of my cartridges in Gamingrelics.com cases.
Full Sets are crazy. If you are collecting games that you don’t want to play at all or find even a little bit interesting it’s sad. I collect Wii games but only ones that are good or interesting.
People losing interest in a certain console isn't a bid thing in my opinion lol. It just makes those games cheap again and accesible for me.
Imo a lot of video game collectors don’t really think it through. Therefore they’ll go for a n64 collection set and not think about how hard it would be to get cib or think about cart only because it’ll be harder to get cib set. They’ll do it if they want and won’t think it through. Not even financially wise!
Every buy/sell group I’m a part of NES is still hot. Dreamcast stuff I almost never see. I don’t know if there isn’t any interest in it so the resellers don’t care or it’s hard to come by?
N64 all I wanted was 007 and mario. So I'm kind of done there and I see your point. Tho I might pick up a turok or wave race if I saw it cib and cheap
Well there are several factors. One I agree with is the price being too high and most people already got what they wanted.
I just collect what I want and what I can afford. In my opinion, I think its emulators that truly stalled on most cartridge based games.
Emulation is still pretty high, so right now what seems to be the thing people are going after are the portable emulator systems.
I just collect games, if I can find it complete with box, I'll buy it, but isn't necessary, as long as I have the game.
There are more than one reason why games are going down in sales.
hot right now is PS2, I bought a punisher game for $15 now its worth $30-$40. and it has hundreds of good games
Dreamcast is hot. At least here in the west coast. Only problem tho, much like the Saturn, there is much demand and not enough supply, which in turn is causing prices to go up.
Although the library is small I think the N64 had a higher ratio of good games to bad games for a library that was already small which is why I think it's remembered so fondly, most of the games that sold really well were actually good and still hold up.
the n64 is great to collect for. there are 244 PAL games and its not impossible to go for a complete collection, and a lot of the games arent complete trash. Same as Dreamcast and Master System.
Talk about how cooking mama is being flooded on EBAY by scalpers. Sure its an illegal game but it seems like the company shipped 1000s of them before being shut down.
Some must have 64 games for the people that think there aren’t many good games... Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, Mario 64, Diddy kong racing, Conkers bad fur day, Donkey kong 64, Zelda OOT, Zelda Majorca’s mask, Paper Mario, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Pokemon Snap... I could go on...