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6435931 No.6435931 [Reply] [Original]

Anyone know what the hell is going on with the price boom of retro survival horror games (PlayStation / PlayStation 2)?

>Resident Evil long box 120 dollars
>Silent Hill almost 90 dollars
>Ect

What the fuck is causing this?

>> No.6435934

survival horror tax

>> No.6435937

i'd guess supply and demand

>> No.6435941

>>6435931
Resident Evil remakes and Silent Hill rumors have possibly made the games seem more relevant.

>> No.6435947

>>6435931
The remakes you stupid fuck, every time a series gets a smash hit reboot or reimagining the old stuff shoots up in price due to new fans and old ones going back and buying it again

>> No.6435948

>>6435934
>>6435937

I'm finding that hard to believe, since all of this just happened with in a few months. Check price charting. I mean, Silent Hill is selling for 100 fucking dollars. It's an amazing and a classic, but the jump seems very unnatural. Same with RE Long box. There are countless other examples. It's not some weird isolated case. It can't be because of RE3's remake, right?

>> No.6435950

>>6435948
Yep, its not uncommon

>> No.6435951

>>6435941
>>6435947

Maybe, but it's other survival horror games as well.. not just the two you two listed.

>> No.6435954

>>6435951
Well you get these people who never experienced the series or did but it was forever ago, they love it and want to play the old ones, then they want to play anything like the old ones from the period or whatever

>> No.6435956

>>6435948
I'm not really checking prices all the time but I've searched some stuff yesterday, and it seems video games in general are going up in price.
Maybe the quarantine is making more people shell out for games? I dunno.

>> No.6435961

>>6435956
Yes its that. While I don't know for sure the effect quarantine has had on retro games sales, new game sales are way up (primarily digital downloads) on the consoles and both Microsoft and Sony both announced they had to update and expand their networks for the majorly increased load of users on all day due to quarantine - so I don't see why it also wouldn't translate to retro collectors, probably mostly new to the hobby, having all day to sit online and willing to pay higher prices

>> No.6435969
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6435969

>>6435954

Ah, you could be right. I was just so surprseid to see such a drastic jump in prices. It didn't happen with RE2 remake was released. Sure, they got a bump but nothing like this. It's skyrocketed.

>>6435956

That could also be a valid reason. Maybe it's a perfect storm and all of these things are factoring in

>> No.6435995

>>6435931
>Anyone know what the hell is going on with the price boom of things I want because youtube
Yes
>What the fuck is causing this?
Other people also have the youtube

>> No.6438580

>>6435931
For some reason the original Xbox version of Silent Hill 2 is still dirt cheap, but the ps2 versions are skyrocketing in price. Try looking for alternate versions of the retro survival horror games, those seem to be cheaper currently.

>> No.6438587

The good news is that both the PSX and PS2 are really easy to mod so you can just pirate these games instead of paying over 100 dollars for them like a retard

>> No.6438593

>>6435969
It probably is a perfect storm of sorts, both the influence of the remakes AND quarantine. You have to keep in mind a FUCKTON of more people probably actually played through the remakes than did at release, as they actually had time to work on their backlog which probably contributed to the higher numbers of interest and subsequent price jumps

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>>6435941
>remake of a remake

>> No.6438648

>>6435931
Not /vr/ but some jrpgs on 3ds seemed to price jump too. I guess I'm getting the digital version of SMT4A.

>> No.6438697

>>6438580
Thankfully Xboxs seem to be low in demand, nobody really seems to want them. And if they do chances are they already own modded consoles.

>> No.6438856
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6438856

>be me
>was to buy SH2
>look up PS2 prices
>100$+
>find a version for the OG Xbox
>$18.99
feels good man

>> No.6438892

Cause muh virus is just like Resident Evil
Fukn retards

>> No.6438919

>>6435931
survival horror games have been going up steadily in price for years. this isn't new.

>> No.6438937

>>6438919
No shit but they spiked recently, that is not natural price increase.
>>6438892
this could be a big part too

>> No.6439067

>>6438937
games in general have all skyrocketed in price due to this pandemic from what i'm seeing. i don't know if it's because people are finding more shit in their house and need income, if people are buying them up with their stimulus money becuase they're bored, or both. but it looks to me like almost every game is going up in price now.

>> No.6439070

>>6435931
It's everything. Look up the price of Persona 3 Portable. Nearly every handheld game is going up in price too

>> No.6439115

>>6435931
Thats just a guess but...
I am lucifer and since i am interested in those game more people get interested in them and thus raise the price.
There are only a handful of game that are out of reach now since i got most of the games i wanted for decent price.

>> No.6440939

>>6439067
I think it doesnt help that some thrift stores were closed, so you cant exactly go searching for good deals.

>> No.6440954

Whenever an old series gets in vogue again, zoomers like you start buying them to post photos about it on social media. Plus, games like SH1 or SH3 have always been pricey. I have SH1-4 and all classic REs already and I take joy seeing zooms getting fucked by inflated prices.

>> No.6441124

>>6438587
basado

>> No.6442227

>>6438587
Is that the case with The Forbidden Siren that was released in the EU only?

>> No.6442235

Ever since coronavirus started to kick off stateside the prices of almost all games has risen

>> No.6442238
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6442238

youtube tax

>> No.6442283

>>6440954
Sure, but SH was like $40 up until a few months ago. Now you're lucky to find it disc only for less than $60. That's a whole other ballpark.

>> No.6443204

>>6435995
your mom is tube

>> No.6443438

It's the 20 year cycle, people sitting at home, and stimulus checks

/Thread

>> No.6443451

>>6435956
>be locked inside all day
>Papa Trump just deposited up to $1,200 in your bank account
>"Oh hey I'm still living with my parents and/or am bad with money, I'll just blow it all on old games!"
And theres your reason.

>> No.6443457

Just saw this similar discussion on /v/, it's not just horror games

>I bought SMT Raidou 1 like two months ago for $60 and now its over $100. What the fuck happened?
>>Collector fag here: the price on every older game has gone up significantly since either corona started or when everyone received their $1200 Trump bucks. It's a bad time to start collecting since people on unemployment are sitting around playing vidya and making more money than people working right now. Theyre buying a lot of dumb shit with all the money their making. Everything's fucked right now, fuck china

>> No.6443460

>>6443457
If that does turn out to be the driving force, it will no doubt be temporary, but once it settles down it'll will most likely settle to a price point still a bit higher than pre-spike prices.

>> No.6443586

>>6435931
Re3make came out recently
Deadly Premonition 2 comes out in July
An official Silent Hill game/successor got teased
Agony showed up again in that Xbox event

Makes sense why there'd be a hike for the genre classics (except Alone in the Dark because younglings don't know what that is)

>> No.6444027

make money now, buy gold, then let great depression 2.0 kick in.
gotta milk'em dry, baby.

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6446049

>>6443460
>it will no doubt be temporary
Once prices go up, they're never coming down. Maybe in 20-30 years.

Sorry senpai. Try getting lucky find a cheap copy offline.

>> No.6446416

>>6435931
I could easily buy a Resident Evil long box copy. I already own Silent Hill. But yeah, it's ridiculous how high the prices are. Thank god I can just burn the images of both games onto my hard drive and play them on an emulator.

>> No.6448471

>>6446416
>I could easily larp on teh 4chan
>so i do

>> No.6448531

>>6448471
t.Triggered poorfag

>> No.6448610

>>6435931
>Resident Evil long box 120 dollars
>Silent Hill almost 90 dollars
Limited release quantities for the former (RE1 had 4 different releases on PSX, one being a 2 Disc release and another being available for $5 digitally), and for the latter it's a low amount of quantity mixed with the original 4 SH games commanding some demand.
I'll go over the rest as well
>Resident Evil 2 (N64)
Low amount of copies produced, complete versions are rare because boxes
>Resident Evil Survivor (PC)
Taiwan Exclusive
>Resident Evil CODE:Veronica
Best version not counting the HD Remaster.
>Resident Evil 2, 3 and CVX (GCN)
Sold like shit.

>> No.6448614

>>6438856
>$100 for a PS2 copy
I still have the PS2 trilogy in pristine condition, and SH3 has the OST disc.
Can't wait for it to be worth a lot and for me to hold onto it until I die.

>> No.6448639

>>6438856
Enjoy your inferior port, bro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nna2yt1c9gI

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6448741

>>6448639
>muh sound effects worse
boo hoo at least it isn't HD

>> No.6448843

>>6448741
worse fog, too, but the Xbox version does have better lighting

>> No.6450050

>>6448531
>t.Triggered larpling

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6450136

>>6435931
>Bought both RE longbox and black label Silent Hill for $20 each 7 years ago
feels goo

>> No.6450138

>>6450136
d

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6451224

>>6450050
>N-n-no u triggered
KEK

>> No.6451303

>>6446049
Well I've had Silent Hill since 1999, and RE:Dual Shock (yes yes clown farts) since that was still purchasable in regular stores.

>> No.6452546

>>6451224
>being this triggered
Yikes

>> No.6452605

>long box
>nostalgia games
>the rona

Welcome to the suck.

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6452616

>>6452546
>Being this delusional
kek

>> No.6452651

>>6442238
this is the answer you seek

>> No.6452652

>>6435931
thats fucking insane i bought re1 longbox for 20 dollars 3 years ago and silent hill black label for 40 dollars 2 years ago
re2 dreamcast cost me 50 dollars 2 1/2 years ago and now its over 150 dollars today

>> No.6452661

>>6435931
Fear of death by Covid makes people buy shit. Shoes, anime figures and comics are up in prices too.

>> No.6452663
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6452663

if i sold my RE collection today id be a couple thousand dollars richer
i even have a few more RE's since this pic was taken, add in my custom stars ps2, black label silent hill 1 and silent hill 2 restless dreams, deep fear, i could buy a fucking decent used car

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>>6452616
Yikes

>> No.6453974

>>6452663
Write your address I'll send you 3DS Revelations

>> No.6454196

>>6435931
It's not just survival horror. Def Jam Fight for NY is suddenly going for $90+ for some reason.

>> No.6454225

>>6452663
If you do, hold your RE4 until the remake

>> No.6454229

>>6435931
Gee whiz OP did you ever think that maybe everyone but wageslaves are stuck at home with fuckall to do during an incredibly stressful time to be alive and maybe uhmmmm hmmmmmm WANNA RELIVE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES YOU SELFISH FUCK?! HUH?! DID YOU?! NO BECAUSE YOU'RE A FUCKING N(BLEEP)R!

>> No.6454232

>>6452663
Other than Gaiden and Saturn RE, everything else is pretty easy to get.

>> No.6456289

>>6454232
easy to get = inexpensive?

just RE1 disc only is $20+ last time i checked (last year)