Someone is offering their video game collection for $164,000

A video game collector is offering their sizeable collection for sale for $164,000. The collection includes over 5,700 Games and over 50 systems, according to the listing.

[Paprika]

Actually look at the pictures, zoom in. Its incredible! Although, can't imagine its great for bringing girls home too.... lol, yeah... I'm, uh... a bit obsessed! Still, kiss please!!!!

Kept it light, remember the kids N4G! Still, epic retro collection.

[Concertoine]

I won't date a guy unless he can talk profoundly about Silent Hill 2 for at least 37 minutes a day.

[mikeslemonade]

Frankly most gamers don't care about other lame collections.

[NarooN]

LOL 37 minutes? Why such a specific number?

And oh god I've been discussing SH2 with people for so many years I'm literally sick of talking about it with people, lol

[Concertoine]

Naroon

Lol im just messing around. But if a guy doesnt like games than that narrows down my conversation topics to weather and sardonic commentary on the minutia of life.

And yeah, that game and persona 3 i can talk about all day xD

[VJGenova]

Good luck guy! I made a list a month or so ago of about 25 games I'd like to buy from previous generations and pricing them on ebay it only came to $350 total. I wonder how many of his games he's played and beaten. Seems like a waste ... also this averages $28.77/game ...

[Dasteru]

He probably also has some sealed games or atleast good condition boxed ones with all the manuals, etc. It also includes 50 systems, some of which like the Atari 2600 can go for a couple hundred in good working condition. More again if he has the boxes and manuals. Some games also go for alot more than $28. FFs II/III for the SNES go for between $50-70 each depending on the time of year, Chrono trigger sometimes goes as high as $90, same with Secret of Mana. Earthbound is average like $150 atm. Conkers for the N64 averages around $80 and can sometimes go up to as high as $120. That is all just plain cart prices. With the boxes the values go up like 5-6x on average.

[meatnormous]

Look up a game called evo for the snes, its worth more than any game you mentioned.

[hkgamer]

but then other games you can find for a few dollars. it doesnt mention any complete collections as well.

[rainslacker]

The Ebay listing mentions some complete collections. but I see a lot of unboxed games, so don't know if those are stored separate or not.

He also lists some homebrew games(which I believe is against Ebay listing policies), but not a number, but he does list some rare items which go for quite a bit.

I didn't bother to look at his google docs for a rundown of what's included. Some of his collection of more recent games seems rather paltry(PS1/2/3 for example)

Overall, I'd say the collection may be worth as much as he's stating, but he'd probably get more breaking it up into smaller chunks. Not many people can afford that much at one time, and people that could would likely want to peruse the collection before making that kind of commitment.

[Dasteru]

@hkgamer:

What do you mean it doesn't mention any complete collections? The NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Virtual Boy, Gameboy & Gameboy Color are all listed as complete sets.

[TheOnlyMastrx]

Wow, did not know Earthbound goes for that much, not going to sell mine cause its one of the best games ever, but good to know.

[Vasto]

Best collection I have ever seen. Amazing

[Allsystemgamer]

Jesus. And I thought I had a lot...

[hkgamer]

definitely not worth it.

heres a rough breakdown of prices.

50 systems x$100 = $5000.

5,700 games x $25 = $142,500.

those are pretty much extortionate. could probably get it for 70% cheaper if you put effort.

[rainslacker]

Hard to say. Would have to go through the google docs and hope he gives a completeness and condition for everything included. Some of those systems he has go for more than $100. Some go for less, but they likely add up to more than $5K.

Anyhow, unless he has a lot of extremely rare games that go for hundreds of dollars each, I can't believe that they make up for the $1 games in there(particularly if they aren't complete).

Overall though, if someone has that much money to spend on a collection, they'd probably buy it out of convenience, because he does have a few complete collections in there. I would personally rather put in the time myself, even if I had the money unless everything was new in box.:)

On another more positive note, it is a nice retro collection, but pretty lacking in more current stuff(post 16-bit gens).

[TheOnlyMastrx]

Wow, amazing collection, think i've looked at this before somewhere, but still mouth watering. If I had that kind of money, even if I could piece my own collection together cheaper, I would buy this.