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Collectible Video Games Made Worthless by Digital Re-Releases

by Tim Stevens on December 31, 2009 at 03:24 PM

If you own a Wii, Xbox 360, or PS3, and you haven't tried any of the many downloadable games that they offer, you're seriously missing out! Each system has a collection of fun and simple games available to download, usually for $10 or less. Many are new, but a large number of them are re-releases of classic titles, and some of of those were games that had become quite rare. That's good news for those who missed a chance to own them the first time around, but bad news for serious game collectors.

Certain games, like the Dreamcast title Rez HD, had been selling for upwards of $50, the same as new despite being a 10-year-old game, but after the game was re-released electronically for the 360 those games are now going for just $15 or less. That's more than it would cost to download the game, but not by much, and a huge loss for anyone who was hoping to retire on a box full of classic titles. Surely there will always be some willing to pay extra to get the original games in their original format, but clearly they are in the minority. [From: arstechnica]

Tags: classic games, classic gaming, ClassicGames, ClassicGaming, collecting, microsoft, nintendo, ps3, sony, wii, xbox 360, Xbox360

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