How valueables/rare CV games are??

Well Thx to Allan for starting what from my point of view can be a intersting topic...

He stated:

Speaking of games bein expensive, i just saw a limited edition copy of Symphony of the Night (the box with the bonus music cd) go on ebay UK for about £96 (about $180!!!). I mean i know its a great game but seriously, these people on ebay write such things as 'SUPER RARE'. C'mon it aint rare when there's like 7 other listings running. They should just word it 'Well sought after, fetch high prices'. allanmcmeekin

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So what do you think?? Are Castlevania games no that rare anymore?? Are they going to start losing value?? Are Cv fans spending a amount of money that is not really justified???

How RARE are Castlevania games now at days???

Vampire Killer (MSX) (***) (Complete)
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Vampire Killer (MSX) (EU) (Complete)
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Castlevania (NES) (US) (Complete)
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Castlevania (NES) (***) (Complete)
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Castlevania (NES (EU) (Complete)
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Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES) (US) (Complete)
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Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES) (***) (Complete)
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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES) (US) (Complete)
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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES) (***) (Complete)
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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES) (EU) (Complete)
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well... actually it depends if is sealed/mint (and in this case with teh CD) it is rare, imho.. specially if is black label. Of this 7 other listing most are pry "used"

You have to be lucky to find one (or someone crazy enough to sell it) that is sealed... Most ppl think that bc it is now in xbox live and psn its value is not that much or will decrease.. but they would see how wrong they are.... again imho and from the eyes of a CV fan, that wishes one day to be a CV collector..

I was lucky (or someone relaly did not had a clue what he/she had) so I got SotN black label mint condition + CV chronicles for @US$90...

I will pry give crazy money (if I had it) when I find (if I found) the editor collection of LoI (and I owned the game)

I wouldn't say they're starting to lose value, it just annoys me when people put up a used copy of a game on ebay and claim it to be rare when yea it is highly sought after and sometimes they can be a pain to get a hold of and fetch high prices, but alas isn't what I consider to be the definition of 'Super Ultra Rare'.

Yea something like a mint condition sealed black label would be a rarity but then again most of the listings i've seen the disc and case have seen better days. Heck i saw a bog standard SoTN disc (no case or manual) go for about $60 the other day. It's not so much that they're rare it's the fact that people have a great respect for the franchise and will go to great lengths to get these games, hence why you get bidding wars on em pushing the price up.

The thing that really puzzles me the most though is when you see these sealed mint copies get sold...

I mean why is it still sealed??? Crack it open and play it!!!!

I suppose i'm anti collector in that respect, I just hate to see great games sit and collect dust just so someone can have bragging rights to owning it.

The thing that really puzzles me the most though is when you see these sealed mint copies get sold...

I mean why is it still sealed??? Crack it open and play it!!!!

I suppose i'm anti collector in that respect, I just hate to see great games sit and collect dust just so someone can have bragging rights to owning it.

allanmcmeekin

the thing about collecters is that they get their joy from just owning the game so imo the games is not wasted just enjoyed in a different way

Yea i can totally understand playing the games yet keeping them in mint condition.

It's when people buy a game and don't play it that i don't understand. I mean yea sure you can own every CV and have fun looking at the artwork on the cover, but if you're not gonna play em yer missin out.

I`m like Conver ALL my games are mint, no bc I will sell them but bc I like them to be like that... even the one I buy used I make sure is a excellent copy... and you should see all the thing I go true trying to remove thet freaking "used" label in some. Why do they have to put them in the freaking front cover, some is impossible to remove without damaging the cover :evil:

anyway...

@allan: I`m pretty sure that ppl that have sealed copy of a game either do not play (at least no that game/series) just buy classic or future classics as bussinnes (one of my friend in NYC decide that he would start buying games that are really popular now just to sell it to fan in the future, like editor collector edition and such... he was piss when a sealed copy of SotN was sold for over US$100 :lol:)

the other part of those collcetor have the game twice, one to keep sealed and one to play. If i`m not mistaken there is one member of the union that does that. ANd if I`m not mistaken Ainge (a long time member here, he pop-in) has a huge collection with some sealed...

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i think a game is only "mint" condition if its never been opened or played... otherwise, even if you take good care of it, its technically considered "like-new". but im not really an expert...

i try to take good care with my games, too, but small scratches, lint/dust and smudges are probably unavoidable if youre going to open and play (read: enjoy) them. i wish i could buy 2 of everything and keep one sealed, but i have neither the time nor the dime. im not richie rich

@Omega: yea.. that list would be sweet... go ahead make on the 1st post... :)

@Kappa: Hmmm... nope... I think tat there is a different between a MINT game and a Sealed one... MINT is when even thus it was being open, are in top condition. Thus you are right, the like-new sound the same... so no really know..

The SotN that I got was sold as MINT bc the disc had no scratch, the booklet was excellent, nothing was burn by time and the case was clean and without a scratch... Thus could that be "like-new"??? no clue...

Usually that Ebay stuff is still sealed...beacuse they resealed it. I used to work at a CompUSA store, and we would reseal stuff all the time. I can do it in probably 2 mins. Its not hard.AlucardsFate

True... but when a game is sold as Sealed... everyting has to be perfect.. covers, case, disc, even original lil stuff that sometimes are inside (promotion and advertising and such) have to be inside... If not you can take pics and they would return your $$$ (at least if it was a big store/power seller, I never buy from someone else...)

And yeap.. I knew one of us had2 copy of each game (or the one he could) :P

You know what is funny thus, that some games like CV3 are not actually that pricey to get... IMO they should be more expensive, at least for collectors, you can get a sealed one for not much... Even Videogames NY do not have a sealed copy, is like is not consider that valueble or clas.sic :?