| Antabus said: Some whine: What is up with used wii game prices? Almost everyone tries to sell those games for more than what they cost online. Gahhhh! Even the really crappy games like madagascar cartz and such are being sold for like 20€. Do not compute. |
Depends on the game... most Nintendo 1st party games yeah, they sell 2nd hand for only about 10-20% discount from full retail... this is because people will buy them for that because they are still wanted even months, or years in some cases, after launch. (in addition, most of those who buy them keep them, so 2nd hand copies are more rare)
Many games though live on hype, they sell fantastically in the first week, and within a month there are loads of 2nd hand copies to be found, and not many people are actually bothered about buying the game anymore... the online aspect of things like shooters has helped (I think) lessen the number of people who buy 1st week and sell 2 weeks later, but it hasn't helped people be interested in the game a few months after launch (for example if they couldn't afford to buy at launch, but then decide against buying at all later on... or if they are new to the console after the launch of a hyped game)
However there are many Wii games you can find used or new (Amazon) for cheap... No More Heroes 2 for example can be found for about £10-15, and No more Heroes for £5-10. I am planning on buying The Sky Crawlers soon, which is currently £9 on Amazon.
Here is what I paid for some of my games:
£20 - Metroid Prime Trilogy (3 games for £20... good deal if you ask me... when new this went for £45)
£12 - The Godfather: Blackhand Edition
£3.87 - Madworld (It's not a good game though... but at that price you can't say no... I sold it 3 weeks later for £3 so I essentially paid 87p and still got 12 hours of mild entertainment from it)
£25 - F12009 with wheel accessory (this was new, and about 1 month after launch... the copy with the wheel originally RRPed for £45... Sainsburies FTW!)
£10 - Sim City Creator (flawed but still enjoyable sim city game)
£8 - Geometry Wars Galaxies
£12 - Okami (new copy... ASDA ftw!)
£15 - No More Heroes (can be found for less than half this now though, this was about 3-4 months after it came out)
£15 - Metroid Prime 3 (about 10 months after release)
£20 - Battalion Wars II (just over a year after release)
£22 - Excite Truck (about 6 months after release)
The lower down the list the longer ago, so those games can generally be found much cheaper now... I think I recently saw Battalion Wars going for £3 for example... that's a bargain as it's awesome (though this long after release there isn't much of an online scene anymore... can take a while to find someone to play with)
