jpayne | 11 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Today I found Uncharted 3 signed by the Dev Team, any idea on what to value it, if anything at all? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,941 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 I'd probably give it a few more years at least 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamW | 713 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 yeah. Right now that sort of thing is not generally valued much but it seems pretty reasonable to guess it may become more so as the market matures. Probably one to be patient and sit on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOURTURN | 1,256 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 The sad truth is that autographs tend to bring very little added value to comic books, novels, etc. And even then the value tends to gravitate to those who want it for their collection. So all I can say is that the value is tied to how much a fan will pay. With reasons being that is the only time where something like this is worth more than what you have paid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,833 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Not that I’m ever in the market for this but my understanding was that it brings either very little added value or hurts the value because there are so few people that are looking for something like this. Some guys scribbled all over my game. Unless it’s Miyamoto. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,941 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 That's the thing here. Value from any signature is derived from a few obvious factors: 1. Person signing is someone really famous (Miyamoto, David Bowie, Elvis, Einstein, the pope) 2. Signature is hard or impossible to get ahold of (person is now dead, or notoriously reclusive) 3. Potential buyers are big enough fans to actually think the signature holds any kind of value And I guess a less prominent 4: It really helps if the object signed holds some kind of significance (Super Mario Bros. cartridge, Doom floppies, Unknown Pleasures vinyl, Star Wars original movie reel, Uncharted 2) I'm sure anyone could mail their copy of Uncharted 3 to the Naughty Dog offices, and the people working there would be happy to put their signature on it. It's a nice gesture, and I'm sure they enjoy the recognition. This also puts the value of those signatures as the cost of shipping the game back and forth, at best. Conclusion: Get your stuff signed if you're a fan and think it's cool to own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,833 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Sumez said: That's the thing here. Value from any signature is derived from a few obvious factors: 1. Person signing is someone really famous (Miyamoto, David Bowie, Elvis, Einstein, the pope) 2. Signature is hard or impossible to get ahold of (person is now dead, or notoriously reclusive) 3. Potential buyers are big enough fans to actually think the signature holds any kind of value And I guess a less prominent 4: It really helps if the object signed holds some kind of significance (Super Mario Bros. cartridge, Doom floppies, Unknown Pleasures vinyl, Star Wars original movie reel, Uncharted 2) I'm sure anyone could mail their copy of Uncharted 3 to the Naughty Dog offices, and the people working there would be happy to put their signature on it. It's a nice gesture, and I'm sure they enjoy the recognition. This also puts the value of those signatures as the cost of shipping the game back and forth, at best. Conclusion: Get your stuff signed if you're a fan and think it's cool to own. Hmm. If you’ve got an SMB3 signed by the pope I would be curious to see what that goes for. I suppose it would depend on which pope. Kind of want a copy of Wolfenstein signed by Ratzinger now. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,401 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 I don't know what it's worth, I've seen a few modern games with lots of signatures like this. Who on the dev team signed it though? Uncharted 3's credits are 14 minutes long. It's like a Pixar movie. This stuff is novel and cool, but I'd personally take one signature from a name I recognize than 30 from people I don't. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,883 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 6 hours ago, Hammerfestus said: Unless it’s Miyamoto. Ahem. Oh, whoops, my picture posting hand TOTALLY slipped! How embarrassing! 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,833 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Oh damn. Layin the autograph hammer down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,401 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 27 minutes ago, OptOut said: Ahem. Oh, whoops, my picture posting hand TOTALLY slipped! How embarrassing! PAL Version? Did you not have like a slip of paper to get signed instead? 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmorgandrinker | 1,649 Administrator · Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 2 hours ago, DefaultGen said: I don't know what it's worth, I've seen a few modern games with lots of signatures like this. Who on the dev team signed it though? Uncharted 3's credits are 14 minutes long. It's like a Pixar movie. This stuff is novel and cool, but I'd personally take one signature from a name I recognize than 30 from people I don't. ^^^That. Although toss it on ebay around the holidays and somebody shopping for an Uncharted fan may buy it? But personally I'd rather have something with a few recognizable autos on it. With the Mortal Kombat stuff I have signed, they put their characters below their signatures so you'd know who they are in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VGCollectaholic | 111 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Yep, I'm with @DefaultGen - I'd rather have a single recognizable/notable signature than a group of folks I don't know. Especially on modern games with massive dev teams. I've collected signed games for quite a while now, but I don't expect them to be the next Babe Ruth signed baseball of collectibles. I've been an autograph collector outside of my gaming interest too (baseballs, footballs, scripts, etc), so my video game autograph collecting is just sort of a marriage of interests for me. Right now my pet project on that front is putting together a collection of each year's Madden signed by that year's respective cover player(s). I have a good chunk of them knocked out so far. Frankly, that's been more fun than actually playing Madden has been in about a decade. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamW | 713 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 I think it'll be a thing for recognized creators. Your Kojimas and Miyamotos. Even for well known indie devs, like Toby Fox. But it'll take a little time. There is another grim thing it'll take: major known developers snuffing it. It's sad but undeniably true that autographs get more valuable as soon as the person passes away (or otherwise stops signing stuff). Compare the prices of signed Terry Pratchett books now vs. before he passed, for instance. At some sad point Miyamoto will no longer be with us, and people being people, I rather suspect at that point a game signed by him will suddenly start to look like a much bigger deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,833 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 29 minutes ago, AdamW said: I think it'll be a thing for recognized creators. Your Kojimas and Miyamotos. Even for well known indie devs, like Toby Fox. But it'll take a little time. There is another grim thing it'll take: major known developers snuffing it. It's sad but undeniably true that autographs get more valuable as soon as the person passes away (or otherwise stops signing stuff). Compare the prices of signed Terry Pratchett books now vs. before he passed, for instance. At some sad point Miyamoto will no longer be with us, and people being people, I rather suspect at that point a game signed by him will suddenly start to look like a much bigger deal. I thought I heard at some point that he’s also pretty stingy about giving out his autograph 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamW | 713 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 That could be a big deal too. Books signed by Margaret Atwood have a pretty big premium because she notoriously hates doing signings and does as few as she can possibly get away with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VGCollectaholic | 111 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 11 minutes ago, Hammerfestus said: I thought I heard at some point that he’s also pretty stingy about giving out his autograph Miyamoto definitely is stingy with autographs. His is a tough one for sure - a lot of the Miyamoto autographs out there are fakes. I wouldn't buy a Miyamoro without reasonable provenance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,883 Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 6 hours ago, VGCollectaholic said: Miyamoto definitely is stingy with autographs. His is a tough one for sure - a lot of the Miyamoto autographs out there are fakes. I wouldn't buy a Miyamoro without reasonable provenance. Yeah, I'm glad I was able to shake the man's hand myself while getting it signed! No way I would ever consider selling it tho, this is just for me! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbone3969 | 304 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 I have a Kojima signed MGS3. Love that game and game designer. It's worth a lot to me. Don't care what anyone else thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD | 1,395 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 I have several signed games by the folks who programmed the games... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyree_Cooper | 752 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Isn't it easy to fake a signature? Especially since people may write differently with time, or with a different pen, or add a drawing, or people like me where every signature looks like someone trying to copy the previous one... I've always had a hard time, I mean unless you have a video of the signing where we can see the guy and the cart/cover. I guess this is also one of the many reasons why very few people are even interested in a signed game, and even fewer would pay more. The only signed game I have is a copy of GT Concept Tokyo-Geneva since I know it's one of those copies he signed when he came to Hong Kong for the Asian release of the game, and I really love that game, it's one of the very few PS2 games I played when it was still fresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD | 1,395 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 The signed games I have were signed in front of me, so I know the signatures are original. That said, yes, it is possible for signature to be forged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Remember when atwood was signing games? Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,492 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 49 minutes ago, MrWunderful said: Remember when atwood was signing games? Lol Yeah, that was weird. So was the guy who showed up on NA with Masayuki Uemura's signature on a couple of things that were at best tangentially related. One was an NES mini. I mean, yeah, Uemura designed the original NES, but he'd retired from Nintendo a decade before the mini was a thing. The other was a random game, Adventure Island, I think. And the dude wanted like a thousand dollars for them, at a time when minis were at most going for $300 sealed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,798 Events Team · Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 hour ago, MrWunderful said: Remember when atwood was signing games? Lol Genuine bonafide T@wood! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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