Minis killing Value of Retro stock

Stoner · 06-04-2019 12:45pm #1

I know this has been done before. However with the Sega mini on the horizon and being reminded of the stocks people have built up. You'd have to imagine that many would buy an original but new Sega Mini with 40 games or similarly with say the SNES mini over an original.

IMO That's why boxed stuff is so important now. That unboxed stock will be hit hardest by new, boxed, genuine consoles (with many games built in)

Thoughts ?

CiDeRmAn · 06-04-2019 1:07pm

Do you mean that existing genuine Sega and Nintendo games and consoles will be devalued?
Quite the opposite seems to be the case, with such things only becoming more expensive.
From consoles to carts the scene is no longer a niche hobby but mainstream and this is pushing values up with the new found demand.

Stoner · 06-04-2019 5:20pm

Is that a fact though, are the old ones getting more expensive?

There's a big glut of megadrives on adverts ATM.

The look to be similar or lower to proceed 15 years ago

o1s1n · 06-04-2019 5:52pm

Didn't happen with the Neo Geo X, NES mini, Snes mini or PSX mini, can't see it happening with the Megadrive mini either.

Those mini consoles are aimed at a much more casual nostalgia market. There's still a huge cohort of people left out there that are willing to pay good money for original hardware.

CiDeRmAn · 06-04-2019 6:40pm

Stoner wrote: »

Is that a fact though, are the old ones getting more expenses?

There's a big glut of megadrives on adverts ATM.

The look to be similar or lower to proceed 15 years ago

Consoles aren't suffering the same inflation that the games are.
And Adverts isn't really the place to find these kinds of effects.
Look on eBay and the trend is up.

I'd say the mini console/Retropie scene is giving people a taste of the good stuff and, while it's enough for many, it may well encourage a cohort to go looking for the original hardware and games.

It seems to be more pronounced on carts and pcbs, disc based games, CD-ROM or DVD, don't seem to be as effected, though short run titles like a PAL copy of Kuon, Ibara or Rule of Rose will cost quite a bit.

Dublinandy2 · 06-04-2019 7:27pm

When they announced the psx mini and it got close to release I had such a run of original ps1s sold, literally within a day or two of listing they’d go so the mini helped me sell.

Regards to mega drives unboxed always sell quicker than boxed but as someone mentioned the other day it’s unusual stuff, n64s and GameCubes that are the easiest sellers nowadays.

I know you’re talking about keeping but demand must be a good indicator of value.

I suspect the collectors will be like me, to want a mini and an original and the ones who would never buy an original would probably get a mini

beejee · 06-04-2019 8:47pm

I don't think the cost of an unboxed console has increased much, if at all, over many years. Maybe the same with boxed?

The real increases have been the software. As long as there are plentiful consoles floating around (which there are) there wont be any increase/decrease in prices.

Inviere · 07-04-2019 3:52pm

It won’t happen, because previous examples of ‘mini classics’ caused no pricing upheaval. It’s also a different market, those looking for a nostalgia hit versus actual enthusiasts. That said, it wouldn’t particularly be a bad thing, retro pricing has gotten absurd.

Minis killing Value of Retro stock

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