Australian used game market is where the money is.

I have Metroid Trilogy. I still haven't finished it lol, still in the middle of Echoes.

Well, it may not be of the same magnitude but Super Mario Galaxy 2... in stores. I checked Gamestop and Disc Re-play and each used copy was $48 compared to $50 new. No it isn't 100+ but still it was more than I was willing to pay. Especially since Galaxy 1 is $15 or below.

Used RPGs, especially ones that are sold in limited quantities, sell for alot online. Must I even bring up Suikoden 2, Dragon Quest 3, or Earthbound? GBA games, although extinct, still can sell for $60+: Kirby Amazing Mirror and Super Mario 3. But this is last gen, Xenoblade is probably the most expensive Wii game I bought because I was stupid and didn't go out to buy it at release.

I don't put any stock in seeing items listed on Ebay like that.  Your first 50 listings are free, and still less than a dollar just to list the item after that.  So, it basically doesn't cost anything to put an item on display at an astronomical amount.  What someone lists an item for doesn't make that it's value.  That's over 6 times the most that collector's edition has ever sold for, and more than 12 times the average it sells for as far as I know:

Current generation game consoles have a new "Most Expensive Game" and its for the Playstation 3: Uncharted 2 Fortune Hunter Edition. It has sold for as much as $1,526.

Back on October 16th 2009, Sony announced they were giving away 200 special edition copies of Uncharted 2. They called it Uncharted 2 Fortune Hunter Edition.

The package includes the Uncharted 2 game, a guide book, an art book, and a replica knife.

Sony would give it away to 200 random people who played Uncharted 2 online October 17th and 18th. In late December the winners received their copies of this rare PS3 game and a few listed them on eBay.

The game quickly became the most expensive Playstation 3 game, and more expensive than any Wii or Xbox 360 game too. On average Uncharted 2 Fortune Hunter has sold for about $800."


Still a hefty price, of course.  But, I wouldn't include collector's edition for the simple fact that the collector isn't paying that amount to have the game itself.  He's paying for the collectables that come with it, and the limited quantity nature of the product.

thats a bargain here in Australia ;)

Funny because Xenoblade sold more in USA compared to Europe.  So there are more copies of it available in USA.

So there are more than double the amount of copies in USA available compared to Europe yet the limited release created such a demand that prices are 4 times higher for a used copy in USA than Europe.  Weird how this is the case.

Yea, I figured the price was inflated a lot over the real going price.  1.5k is still a huge price for a collectors edition though.  I agree that collectors editions shouldn't be compared to a regular edition since they will always be worth more.  It amazes me at some of the games people posted that aren't collectors editions that are in the 100-200 range used from this past generation. 

It's bound to be a game from Nintendo. New Super Mario Bros on the DS still sells for full price despite being 8 years old

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidsLogin&_trksid=p2047675.l2564&rt=nc&item=200597843948

It is selling at that price nowadays...

That article you posted is from 2010.

Totally agree.  Going further back, it kills me the games that my younger brother lost (or his "friends" swiped) years ago like Mario RPG, Secret of Mana, Lunar Silver Star Story, Lunar Eternal Blue.  Years later, I get stuck trying to buy them back used for as much as they were new or sometimes more so.  I know we had the first Suikoden.  I can't remember if we had Suikoden II or not.  In any event, that game goes for over $100 now.