Why are Wii games so freakin' expensive??

[travis]

Nothing new. Always been like that for Nintendo games. Heck look at the value of Nintendo 64 games on Videogame.pricecharting.com
If you bought n64 games (those by Nintendo) back then and still have them with their box, you made money. Since 2010-11 approximately, the average price for n64 games has more than doubbled. Same goes for Gamecube games, very high value for an average Nintendo made game. Back then gamers thought it was a kid console so didn't bother but now they realize that in term of quality games, nothing beat those games while all those shooter/action/sport games are worth nothing now. People don't go back to these because newer version with better technical features now exist. Nintendo games are always unique. Play Station consoles have amazing RPGs that had keep good value and a few first party titles as well but that's about it.

Collectors still don't realize at the moment they should buy 3ds and especially WiiU games cheap. Nintendo don't really bother producing newer copies since people can buy them digital. Starfox 3ds for instance have gone from 40$ for a new copy to 15$ at some point on eBay. Now a used copy will cost you 40$ again. Because of all the good games and its terrible sales, you can be sure the WiiU will be sort of a holygrail for collector one day. Pikmin 3 for instance is already super expansive.