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outlawauron on 21 July 2009
atma998 said:
outlawauron said:
atma998 said:
Riachu said:
atma998 said:
Boutros said:
FFVIII, FIX, FF Chronicles, FF Anthology, FF Origins and Chrono Cross are games that are still being produced in factory.

No way, where did you take that info?

I think the fact that there are wrapped copies of those games available would tip anyone off.


Take a look on ebay, there is a lot of old factory sealed NES games. This does not mean they are still produced in factory...

no, no. Not ebay but from legitimate retailers. Local shops get shipments of these games all the time from Square.

I can't believe this. I havent seen those games in a local shop since years. Plus some of these games are PS1. There is no way a local retailer received new copies of these games.

Well, I trust the guy who owns the shop to not be lying to me. He said that's where he orders them from, and you must also consider Amazon itself a legitimate retailers that is selling new right from the factory.



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atma998 on 21 July 2009
outlawauron said:
atma998 said:
outlawauron said:
atma998 said:
Riachu said:
atma998 said:
Boutros said:
FFVIII, FIX, FF Chronicles, FF Anthology, FF Origins and Chrono Cross are games that are still being produced in factory.

No way, where did you take that info?

I think the fact that there are wrapped copies of those games available would tip anyone off.


Take a look on ebay, there is a lot of old factory sealed NES games. This does not mean they are still produced in factory...

no, no. Not ebay but from legitimate retailers. Local shops get shipments of these games all the time from Square.

I can't believe this. I havent seen those games in a local shop since years. Plus some of these games are PS1. There is no way a local retailer received new copies of these games.

Well, I trust the guy who owns the shop to not be lying to me. He said that's where he orders them from, and you must also consider Amazon itself a legitimate retailers that is selling new right from the factory.

Well, all indicates those are old unsold copies rather than new manufactured.



outlawauron on 21 July 2009

Well, they've been in hovering around in the bottom of the top 150 for a while now. (a few years)

Obviously has had to manufacture a few more copies. Why wouldn't they? It's easy money.



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atma998 on 21 July 2009

Because if it was the case, then all classic games like Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda : Ocarina of Time, Metal Gear Solid, Tetris, Crash Bandicoot, Mario Kart : Double Dash!!, etc. would be still manufactured and sold in local shops.



outlawauron on 21 July 2009

Well those games have other ways to be distributed through online venues.

They also do not have listings on amazon from amazon.



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atma998 on 21 July 2009

Ok so FFVIII, Chrono Cross and all the games previously mentioned cannot be distributed through online venues???

You can believe what you want like the amazon reviews of DQIX but that's not the reality...



AdventWolf on 21 July 2009

@atma998

FF VIII and IX have always had tons of listings on ebay for brand new greatest hits version games since I can remember. I don't really know of many other games that sell that many mass quantities of brand new games that old.



outlawauron on 21 July 2009
atma998 said:
Ok so FFVIII, Chrono Cross and all the games previously mentioned cannot be distributed through online venues???

You can believe what you want like the amazon reviews of DQIX but that's not the reality...

I'm just saying that that the other games you listed either were stopped in print due to lack of demand or an overwhelming amount of used copies, or they now have an online venue to sell the item (PSN, Virtual Console, etc.)

I'm not sure what the amazon reviews for DQ9 have to do with anything. I find it quite funny that you can't possbily believe that Square occasionally makes copies of their old games.

You can still get SNES and N64 through Nintendo, no?



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atma998 on 22 July 2009
outlawauron said:
atma998 said:
Ok so FFVIII, Chrono Cross and all the games previously mentioned cannot be distributed through online venues???

You can believe what you want like the amazon reviews of DQIX but that's not the reality...

I'm just saying that that the other games you listed either were stopped in print due to lack of demand or an overwhelming amount of used copies, or they now have an online venue to sell the item (PSN, Virtual Console, etc.)

I'm not sure what the amazon reviews for DQ9 have to do with anything. I find it quite funny that you can't possbily believe that Square occasionally makes copies of their old games.

You can still get SNES and N64 through Nintendo, no?


Really? Then send me a link so I can buy those brand factory sealed SNES and N64 games so I can sell it back on ebay and make a ton of money.

Seriously, your statement doesnt make any sense. Do you have any idea of the cost of a production line in the industry? That would cost way too much to produce a marginal number of copies of those games (with their case, instruction booklet and label) vs the profit they can have with their sales. That's why companies are starting to sell these games via PSN or VC.

And if I brought the DQ9 amazon reviews it was to show that you're a very naive person. BTW I didnt see any new copies of FFVIII in a local store since the beginning of the years 2000.

 



ZenfoldorVGI on 22 July 2009

FFVIII is one of my favorite....no...one of the best games of all time.



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