Final-Fan said: But "phasing out" doesn't explain costing $40 used most places he looks. I see the exact same thing with the Wavebird, and don't even TRY to tell me that's not sought after. That said, that's only for certain games that were underproduced compared to the game's quality (BG&E and others). A similar phenomenon is true of games that are just very popular: for instance, my local GameCrazy can't keep used SSBM in stock.

IT does and it doesn't. We have about 8 copies of Mickey's Magical Mirror, or whatever that 2003 GC game was, and it is 49.98. I have pointed out the error to several managers, but the problem is more deeply rooted in the system. At some point MMM was removed from the computer, when it was added back in it was for it's full retail price. It would eat up our markdown budget to sell it for less until homeoffice realizes it is not paying attention. So that could be why random crappy games are still at high prices. We only have about 8 Gc titles in total, most are Best Sellers from Nintendo. Those are 30 USD. A local chain was still charging 50 dollars for Re3 and Re2. It was a shame because I would have bought them otherwise after being on a Re4wii kick. Games that are good are just going to have a higher price period. While gaming stores will continue to support the GC, larger retails chain are in the process of phasing it out-unless the local area has a high enough demand to warrant the use of shelf space. In this area, I don't expect us to have anything except Madden 08, Zelda, and that dang Mickey game left after Christmas-at most. The reason is that we only have 2 game cases for the Wii and we need that space as more releases come out. Stores that are literally nothing but games and accessories can afford to give it more room.

While I don't doubt that stores will be looking at phasing out GC games soon, I really do think that the Wii's broad adoption is driving a surge in the used games market for that platform.

I picked up MGS: The Twin Snakes a couple weeks ago and saw that there were three used copies in the store. The clerk, a GC owner, complained that this title always got bought out before he noticed it and bought it himself. I mentioned that there were two others, and they were both gone a week later. That's not the only GC title I've noticed disappearing off shelves.

I always wondered why people were buying the wii and now i know, its to play GC games ;)

There are plenty of new GC games where I leave ... a year ago they where about 40 EU and now for 15-20 EU .

i haven't bought anymore GC games yet [i still have 10] but i plan on looking for pikmin2 and eternal darkness.... there is one shop where i should be able to find them called Complete Entertainment Exchange [CEX...i live in the UK btw] but prices differ according to how many people bring the game in to sell, so as they are popular they are expensive [i think i saw pikmin2 for £25]. Even online it's expensive.

I have picked up 9 Cube games since getting my Wii, but some of the games you are finding hard to find are easy in my area (Megaman Collection, Smash Bros) but im still unable to find Ikaruga in any stores which is my most wanted

hunter_alien said: There are plenty of new GC games where I leave ... a year ago they where about 40 EU and now for 15-20 EU .

In what  stores? I want to buy them.

 

i remember retailers scalping gamers for copies of ICO before Sony re released along with Shadow Of The Colossus.

GranTurismo said: I always wondered why people were buying the wii and now i know, its to play GC games ;)

 

I know your comment was made in jest, but in part it is true.  That is why I bought a Wii.  Since I was with PS2 last gen, I missed out on some of the GC games that I wanted to get, yet I couldn't justify buying another console to get them.

So when the Wii announced backward compatibility with GC, that weighed in on my decision to get it.  It isn't the only reason, but it certainly was a notable reason.  Picked up SSBM and a couple of other GC games even before I bought a new Wii game. 

For reasonably priced Gamecube games go two places:

eBay

or my personaly favorite

http://www.half.ebay.com/video-games