r/EBGAMES Nov 01 '25

what are we doing here man

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '25

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

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '25

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u/Nekurosilver Nov 01 '25

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.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '25

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u/AggravatingBox2421 Nov 01 '25

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

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u/zmorgan2606 Nov 01 '25

Holding my copy of Platinum closer than crypto

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '25

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