Video game values

[linkzpikachu]

hey, does anybody have a good guide or site they turn to where they find the values of there games, i know your going to say google but i already looked there and couldnt find anything

[Nightstar699]

eBay.

edit: actually, eBay usually overcharges. Try Nintendoage or Atariage, I believe they have price guides.

[133MHz]

For a second I thought this was actually asking if we've learned any (moral?) values from video games.

[linkzpikachu]

For a second I thought this was actually asking if we've learned any (moral?) values from video games.

FAIL.

[nintendodork]

Man, that term is so overused now. I wonder why it became so popular..

[manuel]

I usually check several online shops to get a rough idea of the game's going price. This is difficult if the game is rare and no store has it. 

[lasersamurai]

videogamepricecharts.com

this is what I use, it takes prices from eBay, amazon and other sites and creates an average.

[cubelmariomadness]

...That perfectly hits the category. Who makes a site specifically for video game prices?

[zer0cool]

videogamepricecharts.com

this is what I use, it takes prices from eBay, amazon and other sites and creates an average.

Yes but it doesn't take into account if those games are CIB or not or what kind of condition they are in at all. That makes the average they give not a very good one to go by.

[Drakon]

It all depends what a person is willing to spend on a game.  Some games I was willing to pay the insane price (yes I'm getting the 150$ worth of fun out of my phoenixed vampire savior pcb).  But other games I would find for much cheaper than usual yet I still wouldn't be willing to buy it just becuase I wouldn't get my moneys worth out of playing it.  The best thing to do really is check ebay, forums, and anywhere you'd find your game for sale.  I also find a lot of people go to popular selling forums and simply start a new thread asking what the prices should be.  Neo-geo.com has this happen all the time and the prices people list are pretty much dead on with the market.

[linkzpikachu]

It all depends what a person is willing to spend on a game.

thats what my dad rambles on about at car shows when people want to sell their cars and its true

[Medisinyl]

IMO, the best method is eBay completed listings for games that actually sold and had numerous bids.  Buy it Now auctions that seem too high are often nabbed by fake buyers, so they aren't reliable.  Sometimes rare games are harder to price this way, but mid-value games are usually abundant enough to work out an average.  

Of course, this is most relevant to buying and selling on eBay, but if you're selling something, you'll certainly want to try to get what you'd expect to get on eBay (figuring in fees, you should ask as much as 10% less than eBay prices and come out the same without the hassle of eBay).  And for buying, you'll aim to pay less than you expect you could make on eBay selling it in the future (and hopefully whatever it is appreciates over time [wish I had the money and foresight to buy lots of gold 5 years ago  ] ).  

Whether or not eBay is always the best way to buy/sell, it has become enough of a standard to get at least a rough idea of value from it.

[Romeo]

http://www.rarityguide.com/

Choose a system on the side, you're golden.

[Medisinyl]

http://www.rarityguide.com/

Choose a system on the side, you're golden.

Much of that information is grossly wrong (generally more expensive than what you'd pay or get for them [of course, sometimes a fair amount less as well], and the rarity meter is generally way off).  Not an end-all list for buyers or sellers by any means, but not terrible to get a quick glance at which games to go flea-market hunting for, etc. 

One example is Hillsfar...I've picked up a bunch from flea markets and generally only get $10 (despite all the high BINs that aren't selling).  I've seen them go for next to nothing.  It doesn't seem very rare to find here in Florida and rarely fetches anything near the $40 loose that they claim.  Should be able to find the game fairly easily for $1-$5 at a flea-market (I even got one at Play'n'Trade for less than $5).  If any actually sell near $40, it's because the buyer blindly goes to a site like rarityguide and expects $40 to be a fair price and then jumps to eBay and only sees $40 BIN prices... there are much more listed right now than the typical $40 NES game.

In other words, it may be a good idea to use more than one guide when looking to make the right deal. 

[Jedi Master Baiter]

NationalGameDepot has a price guide for his NES list,

then again, it could be outdated. Especially when the economy is down.

I can't even sell my SNES competition carts for what I want right now.