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AlfredoTurkey on 29 April 2017
SegataSanshiro said:
AlfredoTurkey said:

It's not just Nintendo games. There are some Genesis games that are expensive as well. It seems the entire 8/16-bit market is really appreciating well.

I know but Nintendo stuff is always in the hieghest demand on the collectors market in general. SEGA and Neo Geo are up there but not as high as Nintendo. Sony however is usually pretty low on the list. 32X right now is more sought after than PS1...not even joking. Go to a retro shop and what cost 10 bucks a couple years ago now cost 50-60 bucks.

Oh I know. I bought Megaman 1-6 back in 2001 on Funcoland.com for about 7 dollars a piece lol. Sega CD, a console I use to own until my psycho ex-wife gave it (and a bunch of other retro consoles/games) away behind my back, is now selling for around $150.00 on Ebay. I bought it for about $40.00 back in 2003. 

Kind of makes you wonder what some of these games are going to sell for in 50 years. 



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S.T.A.G.E. on 29 April 2017
VGPolyglot said:
It'd be much harder than Nintendo would have to deal with, because the PlayStation relied a lot more on 3rd parties. However, I also don't think that the demand would be as high, as PS1 nostalgia isn't at NES levels. However, it could be a neat little gadget, though one that I wouldn't get, as I already have a PS1.

Bushido blade

Soul blade 

parappa the rapper

cool boarders 1& 2

tony hawk 1&2

crash trilogy 

tomba

Tomb raider collection

Legend of dragoon

Final fantasy VII & VIII

resident evil 1 & 2

jet Moro

gran turismo 

tekken 

This is off of the top of my head. I cannot even name all of the first and third and third party exclusives. They literally drowned Nintendo and sega. I only played the 64 for core exclusives .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Conina on 29 April 2017
KLXVER said:
Ka-pi96 said:

How is it not true? The NES was pretty much a non-factor in Europe while the PS1 was the first ever console to be a huge success there. Even now Europe is often referred to as "Sony land" here, and the PS1 was instrumental in that.

It wasnt a non-factor. Sure the PS1 might have sold more, but that doesnt really mean much. I mean the DS sold a shitload in europe as well, but its not really more iconic than the PS1.

I don't know about the other European countries, but here in Germany the NES (and even the SNES and the SEGA consoles) weren't much talked about in schools in the '80s and early '90s.

It was the Golden Age of home computers (especially C64 and Amiga, but also CPC, ZX Spectrum, Atari 800 and Atari ST... Apple II wasn't popular in Germany). There were a lot of German magazines in the '80s with previews and reviews of home computer games (64'er, Happy Computer and ASM were the most popular), but there were no dedicated Nintendo magazines or console magazines (without home console games) in the '80s.

The "Power Play" part of the "Happy Computer" computer magazine grew bigger and bigger over the years and was finally its own magazine. It included a few console game reviews and that part also grew over the years.The ASM also got some console game reviews in its later years.

In 1991 the Power Play got a spin-off dedicated to console games, it was called "Video Games". In 1993 another very popular magazine dedicated to console games started: the "Man!ac"

But the real home console breaktrough in Germany was with the PlayStation (and N64) in 1995/1996.



KLXVER on 29 April 2017
Conina said:
KLXVER said:

It wasnt a non-factor. Sure the PS1 might have sold more, but that doesnt really mean much. I mean the DS sold a shitload in europe as well, but its not really more iconic than the PS1.

I don't know about the other European countries, but here in Germany the NES (and even the SNES and the SEGA consoles) weren't much talked about in schools in the '80s and early '90s.

It was the Golden Age of home computers (especially C64 and Amiga, but also CPC, ZX Spectrum, Atari 800 and Atari ST... Apple II wasn't popular in Germany). There were a lot of German magazines in the '80s with previews and reviews of home computer games (64'er and Happy Computer were the most popular), but there were no dedicated Nintendo magazines or console magazines (without home console games) in the '80s.

The "Power Play" part of the "Happy Computer" computer magazine grew bigger and bigger over the years and was finally its own magazine. It included a few console game reviews and that part also grew over the years, but the real home console breaktrough in Germany was with the PlayStation (and N64) in 1995/1996.

Sure, but would you say the PS1 is way more iconic for gamers in Germany than the NES?



arcaneguyver on 29 April 2017

A specific piece of hardware marketed as a PSX Classic with a bunch of old 1st party & cheapy 3rd party could sell for the right price around the holidays, just how the "Genesis with 80 games" thing does.



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Azzanation on 29 April 2017

Just buy a PS1 on Ebay and pick up the games there as well. PS1 does not have good nostalgia. Apart from a few huge 3rd party hits, the console was full of a lot of shovel ware and broken games. Trust me I know, I still have my PS1. FF7 has been released multiple times on PC,PS3/PS4, MGS was released on GC and did not sell very well, Crash is coming to PS4 and the only game I can think of that hasn't been released is Spyro (Correct me please if I'm wrong)
Id rather Sony just include the games on there PSNow network or Digital. A PS1 Classic console will not sell especially considering it was mainly a 3rd party machine with very few 1st party games that were actually any good. Steam house a lot of PS1 games and will play them better anyway and at a cheaper cost.



S.T.A.G.E. on 29 April 2017
KLXVER said:
Conina said:

I don't know about the other European countries, but here in Germany the NES (and even the SNES and the SEGA consoles) weren't much talked about in schools in the '80s and early '90s.

It was the Golden Age of home computers (especially C64 and Amiga, but also CPC, ZX Spectrum, Atari 800 and Atari ST... Apple II wasn't popular in Germany). There were a lot of German magazines in the '80s with previews and reviews of home computer games (64'er and Happy Computer were the most popular), but there were no dedicated Nintendo magazines or console magazines (without home console games) in the '80s.

The "Power Play" part of the "Happy Computer" computer magazine grew bigger and bigger over the years and was finally its own magazine. It included a few console game reviews and that part also grew over the years, but the real home console breaktrough in Germany was with the PlayStation (and N64) in 1995/1996.

Sure, but would you say the PS1 is way more iconic for gamers in Germany than the NES?

Nintendo is a household name, but Nintendos sales were never par to Sony until they hit the Wii and lightening still has not struck twice. Sony expanded the gaming market to what it is today and with Microsofts entrance mostly split with Sony having the dominating share. IF you look at the 360 and Ps3 sales combined as well it should hit close to the dominant sales of the PS2. Sony is the legit worlds largest gaming brand. The brand is now synonymous with gaming no different than Nintendo as it is their bread and butter.



S.T.A.G.E. on 29 April 2017
Azzanation said:
Just buy a PS1 on Ebay and pick up the games there as well. PS1 does not have good nostalgia. Apart from a few huge 3rd party hits, the console was full of a lot of shovel ware and broken games. Trust me I know, I still have my PS1. FF7 has been released multiple times on PC,PS3/PS4, MGS was released on GC and did not sell very well, Crash is coming to PS4 and the only game I can think of that hasn't been released is Spyro (Correct me please if I'm wrong)
Id rather Sony just include the games on there PSNow network or Digital. A PS1 Classic console will not sell especially considering it was mainly a 3rd party machine with very few 1st party games that were actually any good. Steam house a lot of PS1 games and will play them better anyway and at a cheaper cost.

Thats not true, before the PS2, it was the only console to hit over 100 million consoles sol.d 



Conina on 29 April 2017
KLXVER said:

Sure, but would you say the PS1 is way more iconic for gamers in Germany than the NES?

Absolutely, the NES was overshadowed by the home computers.

I'm not even sure if it launched in Germany before 1990 (so 7 years after the launch in Japan, 5 years after the US launch and 4 years after the launch in some other European countries).

If the dates of this site are correct, the NES launched in Germany in 1990 together with the GameBoy and sold 145k units in the first 6 months: http://www.nintendofans.de/feature_special_nhistory.php

If that is true, it was very old tech at that point. And importing a console or games even from other European countries was a big hassle in the '80s.



thismeintiel on 29 April 2017

2M? Hell yea it would sell. Easy. I'd imagine NA and EU would sell the most. Throw in GT 1&2 and that bad boy would sell. They should also include PD first game, Omega Boost. Heard it was good. Then, you got the Twisted Metal series. MLB. Syphon Filter. Legend of the Dragoon. MediEvil. Ape Escape. PaRappa. Crash. Spyro. Legend of Legaia. Jumping Flash. Kingley's Adventure. FF7-9. Tekken. Driver. Tony Hawk. Parasite Eve. Silent Hill. Einhander. Bloody Roar. King's Field. Ridge Racer. Riiiiidge Racer. Monster Rancher. Tomba. Klonoa. Maybe a couple classic wrestling games. A more obscure one I loved, Crusaders of Might & Magic.

I don't think the NES Classic even did well in EU, since they started selling the EU version on the US Amazon. But, that's because EU is PS country. I think they would eat up a PS1 Classic.