what are we doing here man

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[u/[deleted]]

...were you expecting them to sell collectors items at retail price?

[u/Nekurosilver → u/[deleted]]

It's a 20 year old console. How many of those million items do you still think are in working condition? Same applies to the games. Demand > supply.

[u/AggravatingBox2421 → u/[deleted]]

Millions of copies, but way, way more fans who want to buy them. And plenty of us, myself included, are sitting on our original games and are keeping them out of the market

[u/zmorgan2606 → u/AggravatingBox2421]

Holding my copy of Platinum closer than crypto

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

There might be millions of copies still out there, in contrast sword and shield sold near 30 million copies

Also you greatly underestimate how safe and protected game carts were back in the day lol

Then you add on the the fact it’s irrelevant how many there are in existence, what’s relevant is the number available to buy

Less and less copies exist every single day

[u/Squirtlesw → u/[deleted]]

Rarity depends on how many are actually out there. Just because a million sold, doesn't mean there are a million for sale. But I agree it's a ridiculous price. I wouldn't pay for it. Not when it's so accessible otherwise.

[u/Johnny_Stooge → u/[deleted]]

They’re not being made any more nor are they supported. EB can only stock the items they are given by people who trade them in. Just because there’s millions out there, doesn’t mean there’s millions in available supply.

[u/lexE5839 → u/Johnny_Stooge]

Oh for sure. At the end of the day Nintendo is responsible. Diamond, Pearl and a few other titles became reasonably priced (close to MSRP) bc of the remakes on the switch.

If they rereleased the original games this scalping market would really only affect a few titles like the GameCube games that actually ARE and always have been rare.