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HA and Wata are two separate issues to be honest. There is plenty of great reading out there about the legal proceeds and sketchiness of HA and Jim. There is absolutely zero doubt he is pumping the market and trying to make a killing. 

As for Wata, they are only get paid paltry peanuts based on volume. They are so inundated and clearly have a rough supply chain at best. Nowhere near efficient and tons of start up cost. I dont think the collusion is as bad as you think from their end. They had to partner with an auction house to legitimize their product, and they used figureheads as advisors for clout. Those figureheads are nothing more than that.

Only thing that bothers me a bit from Wata are all the HA ads in your return package. Its clear they want you to sell what you subbed or are at least trying to entice you there. VGA doesn't remind you incessantly about selling your games.

But yes, materistic goods dont matter at all in the scheme of life. A pure collector will keep everything they own until they die or until extreme financial difficulties. A pure investor holds the item for some amount of time knowing the end goal is to sell. Most people are somewhere in the middle but the new blood in the scene seems heavily skewed to the investment angle. While I do plenty of sales I view myself as more of a collector so I'm not a fan. Does that make me a hypocrite? I have no idea, but I do pride myself on being able to read people and it's clear as day from what I've seen in private dealings.

Looking forward to it too. Not sure if playing day one but will definitely pick up.

Had these as a kid, and were a must for me after getting used to the larger Genesis controller. Nowadays I'm indifferent.

Eh, pros and cons. I personally prefer a smaller hobby where things are more affordable. What they've done has expanded the hobby and have made certain items drastically more expensive. I can sell things for a lot more, and I have, but I'd rather expand the collection cheaper then generate a lot more profit.

2 hours ago, B.A. said:

Do you stay engaged in every game even in a season like this?

I watch every game yes if there is nothing going on. Wont stay up late for prime time contests though.

Happy I get my Sunday back and dont have to suffer thru a Skins game. I'll have the TV on but wont be glued to it.

7 hours ago, hyrulevyse said:

Struck a deal to sell this beauty.  Actually taking a lower grade plus cash.  Any of you heavy wata/vga guys ever do that sort of thing?  Ever regret it afterwards?

Yes I've done it, many times. If you get the same game back and enough cash theres no reason to regret it either.

None but may go after a Mario Gottlieb at some point. Only want 1, have 2 arcades that barely get booted once a month as it is.

EST FTW!

Welcome you'll like it here!

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Welcome aboard, you'll like it here!

Glad to see you make it!

33 minutes ago, snk2d4ever said:

Is there a misprint with golf?

Looks like almost a white oval seal overlaid on a black circle seal?

I'm 2008, I think I can post here? You youngin!

Epic, my fave NES game ever. Something I had in common with Dain.

Make sure to thank all those new comic buyers piled in and overpaid for sealed NES games!

1 hour ago, attakid101 said:

The foreboding winds of change blew in and chilled me—filling me with disquieting apprehension. I have decided to let these menacing winds fill my wings and carry me to my future. My migration finds me here; a world new but familiar. 
 

Embrace me, brothers—we’re 

Welcome... and N64 still > Saturn

7 minutes ago, a3quit4s said:

I'm with you, value or no value I don't want to own 49 copies of X title no matter who is speculating that they may be worth X dollars in a few years. I want to grow my collection to new titles that I will hopefully get around to playing sometime. Mario 3 as in SMB 3 for NES? I mean if you can by them in bulk and sell them for like $5 or so profit each I guess that is good? Seems like not really worth it though like you'd need to use an online platform to sell them so fee's there and shipping and what not. PriceCharting doesn't really agree with them right now at a loose value of ~$9, shit I think I paid ~$20 for mine at the height of NES craziness. They must be in it for the very long speculative game of in a few years they are worth more? Do they also think that the valuable games now won't be in the future, that commons will somehow become the uncommon?

I meant SMB3 in Sealed form.  Agree the cart and CIB are way too common to move the needle much.  Sealed is fairly common as far as sealed games go, but if someone wants to buy 10, 15 or 20 it affects the Sealed market significantly while it wouldn't affect loose at all.

I believe that high condition games will always have value and the rares will hold up pretty well. Uncommon to common in average condition will be pretty stagnant though.

Can't we just have this in the bigger forum?  We specifically need an auction site spotlight there...

Two club checking in.  Two.  Two.

2 minutes ago, ZBomber said:

Interesting question. I'd have to say Sonic 2. I've beaten the game using level select codes but never beat it all in one go, so it doesn't really count in my book.

Another one is Gun.Smoke. I never even got beyond the 2nd stage until 2 years ago lol.

 

There aren't too many modern titles for me. As I said in another thread I tend to beat most games I start these days. I think the most "modern" one is Rogue Squadron 2 for Gamecube, but that is definitely on my shortlist to go back and beat soon.

Your GunSmoke comment got me thinking...

Can you beat Duck Hunt?  That's a fave of mine but I don't think I've ever beaten that either.  I've only played it in 5 / 10 minute spurts but it's a fun pick up and play game.  My kids love it on the Playchoice-10 too. 

2 minutes ago, Fleck586 said:

Well, There is really only one that is active now.  GVN hasn't updated it's database in months.  Who knows what GoCollect is going to do to it.

GVN is still actively collecting data on historical games.  It's just not adding new games like a Switch collector or modern collector would want to happen.

GVN bought it to integrate into it's pricing data.  What that means is TBD.  

Welcome over!  Saw your NA post about not getting to celebrate your 10 year anniversary there, but you're a welcome addition to this site!

33 minutes ago, 8bitdontquit said:

Beautiful Vette Jone.  Makes mine look like a Geo Metro.    Here's my  toy.

Nice, and a Virginian!  Don't you guys have to pay high personal property taxes on cars?  I wouldn't own a nice car in that state either. 

A twist on the prior thread of favorite game ever.  What about a game that you really love, yet have never beaten it?  Or maybe you only beat it with cheat codes / save state emulator / etc.  Without derailing the topic about what does it mean to "beat a game", we'll play the the honor system here and you guys know what I mean.

It's probably Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! for me.  I didn't own it as a kid, only got to borrow it from a friend.  So much fun to play casually.  As an adult I know I made it to Tyson but don't recall ever beating him.  And I think that would be a memory worthy event so I recognize I probably never did.  And that's a top 5 NES game for me, no doubt.

Another one, from the collector perspective is maybe Resident Evil 1 / 2.  I like collecting those games but never beat one until RE4 on Gamecube.  But that was because I never owned a PS1 as a kid, and only casually played them at a friend's house.  I'm not a big horror guy either, so while I like them as a collector, they aren't games I've beaten.

What about you?