Ugh, not worth it. If they're gonna sell USED retro titles, the prices at least need to reflect the fact, not cost more than a pre-ordered new modern game!
The Fastest Man Alive
You could not be more wrong.
These games are priced that way because they are rare games that are no longer in print. I defy you to find Suikoden II for less than $100 anywhere else. Hell, I defy you to find Suikoden II.
It always made me wonder why gamestop stopped selling them in the first place?
Gonna be weird though. I remember buying a used copy of Final Fantasy VII, booklet and all, from gamestop back in like 2002 for $15. Damn thing will probably be $70 now.
Gamestop stopped selling PS2's in 2013 then realized people still wanted to play PS2 stuff.
The i. one.
Yeah, I don't care how rare a game is, I can barely justify buying modern, new games for half those prices, never mind old, pre-owned games that I doubt would even work properly.
God-Mayor of Sim-Kind
Yes, I know that they're rare, collectible, and nostalgic; but if these are being sold nearly twice the price as an newly released game in questionable condition, then what's the point?
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That guy
Five words, Gamestop: "Eat. A. Bag. Of. Dicks."
edited 23rd Jun '15 1:51:21 PM by HextarVigar
Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
God-Mayor of Sim-Kind
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Now that's uncalled for. Where is the argument here? Where is the reasoning? And where is my popcorn?
Still just awesome like that
How dare they expand their merchandise to appeal to more ofrom their core demographic. They should feel ashamed of themselves for being a business that wants to make money. Grr.
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Some PS 1 games are fairly priced ... That's about it.
Mostly everything else is overpriced to all hell. Holy shit Mario Parties at 50$.
Shrug. These things are made overpriced for collectors. If you just want to play the games emulation exists.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
That guy
Considering they're likely going to sell them at jacked-up prices because they're "Old-skool", I feel confident in my statement.
Well that's what all sellers of physical old games do these days. Game Stop's late to the party on it, but they aren't the biggest offenders of this.
Still just awesome like that
You think their prices will be expensive? Look up those same games on eBay.
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Well, if they're in stock, the N64 is being sold for $50.
The NES is $60. What?
edited 24th Jun '15 4:34:49 PM by AnotherGuy
Would've been nice if they were also willing to buy old used games at a decent price from the customers as well, I've got quite a few classics lying around that I no longer play.
However, there is one really good gem among their N64 collection... Body Harvest. It's one of Rockstar's (back then known as DMA) earlier attempts at a free-roaming open-world game, with the premise being that you're a super-soldier traveling back into the past to stop an alien invasion of bugs from successfully wiping out the human race. You started in Greece sometime in the 1910s, then went to Java in 1941, and further into the future up to 2016. Just like GTA, you could use any of the vehicles you found in the environment, ranging from simple cars, boats, planes, tanks, gunships, a UFO from Area 51, and even a SCUD launcher near the end of the game.
l totally regretted selling it. Rockstar needs to remake this sucker one day, nobody's really tried anything similar ever since!
(Not) A Game Master
...Looking closely at this, it would cost the same to buy Majora's Mask there as it would at a local game store. So, it's not TOO much of a rip-off.
The Harbinger of Chaos.
If they're selling Star Craft 64 than i'll go up there at WARP SPEED to grab that and an N64.
My nostalgic dream may be fulfilled after 13 years of failed attempts.
The world is inherently chaotic no amount of religion, conspiracy or wishful thinking will change that, accept it, and move on.
TBH once I discovered how much better Starcraft was on the PC, I never looked back.
There was way too many limitations on the N64 - lack of Voice acting during the mission briefs, lack of cinematics, lower resolutions for everything, less maps, no map editor, no online multiplayer... there was just no comparison. Only decent thing it had going was the local 1vs1 multiplayer, which also included a couple of maps custom designed to take advantage of the splitscreen. Best one I recall had both players as Terran defending a Protoss temple from the Zerg for as long as they could. Yet the only way to truly "win" was to get the higher score, which meant at some point you had to try and sabotage your buddy to prevent him from scoring too much, whilist not ruining his defense effort at the same time.
edited 2nd Jul '15 6:23:31 PM by SgtRicko
GameStop will start selling retro consoles and games.
From Game Spot:
Games are available from six consoles: Nintendo 64, Super Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Dreamcast, Sega Genesis, and the original Play Station.
Be cautious, however. All of the games being sold in this new program are pre-owned. You'll have to turn to Ebay or another retailer for any mint-condition factory-sealed software you've been looking for.
The most expensive games include: