![]() If they can get a cheap, legal copy they drop out of the cart market and thus demand drops. ![]() A good part of the demand for old games is people who want a legal copy. The more doodads that came with the game the more likelihood of them getting lost and the rarer a complete copy is. And if you had the box and manual that would be really valuable because Earthbound came with a Player's Guide. It's not just to play it but to have the original release. The fact that is the original release of it is what makes it valuable. If you want to read the first Spider-Man story, you easily can, but the desire to read it is not why Amazing Fantasy #15 is so valuable. Keep in mind also that if you wish to read old comics, you can very easily as both Marvel and DC have extensive reprints. It isn't the type of game every kid had a copy of like Donkey Kong Country so they're harder to come by. There is just more awareness now.Įarthbound as a cart is valuable partially because it was a sleeper game that didn't get proper recognition until years after it came out. I used to score some total steals on retro games (got Star Fox Super Weekend for FOUR BUCKS!!!) but now it seems that almost all sellers are pretty savy to how much they're worth. I think the VC has just given retro games more exposure and has inspired more gamers to collect them. Regarding the value of an old SNES cart, I've noticed that SNES games in general have gone up in price a fair bit in recent years, not just Earthbound but other games like Square titles that for the most part are available on modern systems. I have an Earthbound cart but I would like legitimate access to the other games and only VC sales of this one will encourage that. I want them to see the error of their ways and I hope that it sells well enough to inspire them to offer official Western releases of the other games in the series. I hope it is such a big seller that it crashes Nintendo's servers. Okay now we find out if the demand for Earthbound was a vocal minority or legitimate.
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