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The Real Cost of The Current Retro Video Game Bubble
Will the current retro video game bubble cause the industry to crash again?
In the last five years, retro video games have experienced an explosion in popularity. Video games and consoles once considered garage sale treasures have now skyrocketed to monumental heights.
Take the recent sale of a sealed Super Mario 64 cartridge, which sold for $1.5 million, at auction. The sale of that one video game changed the way we look at the retro gaming scene.
But who do these exorbitant prices actually benefit? Because the gamers like myself who enjoy revisiting these classics are being priced out of existence for no reason other than greed.
YouTube video producers are churning out retro gaming content left and right. Much of this content is created to influence certain trends in pricing and to showcase a lifestyle of collecting that isn’t sustainable.
I’m going to dive into the cause and effect of the retro gaming bubble, and what we can expect from the future.
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