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It’s infuriating, but you should probably know about it if you don’t already.

This “Wata-gate” conspiracy has hit N64 especially hard, given that a 1.5 million dollar copy of Mario 64 was one of the big headlines this year and sparked a disgusting and contagious rash of overzealous eBay sellers trying to gouge gamers. Go see if Ocarina is still sitting there and if it is, drop a comment. The final act of this charade comes when the seller the actually “buys” it under a different account, further raising the average price of this title.ĭo me a favor. Look at this this Wata-grad ed Zelda: Ocarina of Time just sitting on eBay with a massively inflated price. The shady business happening between Wata and Heritage Auctions amounts to a full-blown conspiracy, with retro game collecting becoming more of a hobby for investors than gamers. The more recent trend of auctioning Wata-graded games at money-laundering prices is completely destroying the hobby for a lot of people. It’s hard to say for sure with COVID still impacting our daily lives, but a huge number of us have been forced to return to some version of our regular lives and, rather than taking a dip, games prices have soared even higher! I’ll bet this is still listed on eBay. And while it was pretty natural to assume the pandemic caused the spike and prices will slide back down when people get back to school and work and generally start venturing out again… that doesn’t seem to be the case! While demand rose for all classic games during the pandemic, N64 is definitely taking a bigger hit. So complete-in-box N64 games are even harder to come by, driving prices higher. While the disc-based games of the time came with sturdy and slim plastic jewel cases, N64 boxes were bulky and more prone to getting crushed or torn. But an even bigger price change impact is on the cardboard boxes the games came in. The result is a disproportionate spike in N64 games prices.Ĭompared to their contemporaries, N64 games are more expensive for naked cartridges. But demand for these games is as high as ever. So supply for N64 games is comparatively low. This article will go over pricing on all of those things in turn.įirst, let’s answer the big question: Why are N64 Games So Expensive?īecause the N64 uses cartridge games, which are way more expensive to produce than discs, fewer were made. P rices on a lot of common titles are still fairly low, but uncommon games and the console itself are gaining fast. If you aren’t collecting N64 already, but have been thinking about it, you should probably get started yesterday. Cartridge games are inherently more expensive than discs and the paper boxes got smooshed or thrown away way more often than disc cases, contributing to today’s ridiculously expensive market rates. For starters, the consoles and controllers themselves have quite a few highly sought-after variant colors. Except that the N64 is unique in this console generation for a few reasons that are deeply affecting game prices.

Predictably enough, it looks like Nintendo 64 game prices are also on the rise. Besides, if y’all keep reading this stuff, I’ll keep writing it. But can you blame me? Over the course of this year, Playstation 3 prices have gone through the roof, we’ve seen Playstation 2 game prices explode, with Wii U and PS Vita games on the verge of a bubble.

So I may have been writing too much lately about the state of the classic gaming market.