I was today in a gaming shop in my region (well anyone from here would guess where anyway) and usually the used or retro stuff was a very small part of the store. I didn't go for like 1-2 years simply because I didn't have time and had other interest, and today by total randomly I passed again just for see.
It seems like now a good portion (at least 1/3) of the whole shop is dedicated to retrogaming. The price tag on retro stuff are just R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S.
Plain NES cartridges were either 25 or 35 swiss francs. Boxed NES games were between 50 and 120 swiss francs depending on the popalrity of the game.
And there was plenty of NES consoles for sales, all were 150 swiss francs, but one of them (in better condition ? or maybe it was NTSC or something ?) was 240 swiss francs. (**)
I'll let you guys use a calculator to convert the price to your own local currency and have a surprise. Yes my country is overall expensive in international comparison, BUT STILL they are overdoing it.
In my opinion, there has been recently something seriously wrong with retro games and consoles. Probably people realized new games suck, but yet...
(***) I got one of my PAL NES for free and the other one for 5 swiss francs less than 10 years ago
It seems like now a good portion (at least 1/3) of the whole shop is dedicated to retrogaming. The price tag on retro stuff are just R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S.
Plain NES cartridges were either 25 or 35 swiss francs. Boxed NES games were between 50 and 120 swiss francs depending on the popalrity of the game.
And there was plenty of NES consoles for sales, all were 150 swiss francs, but one of them (in better condition ? or maybe it was NTSC or something ?) was 240 swiss francs. (**)
I'll let you guys use a calculator to convert the price to your own local currency and have a surprise. Yes my country is overall expensive in international comparison, BUT STILL they are overdoing it.
In my opinion, there has been recently something seriously wrong with retro games and consoles. Probably people realized new games suck, but yet...
(***) I got one of my PAL NES for free and the other one for 5 swiss francs less than 10 years ago