Comments on Video Game & DVD Collecting | Resale Price Analysis: GTA IV Raises Classic GTA Prices on Xbox & PS2

I wish gta 4 comes on ps2

2009-12-16T14:19:05.475-07:00

I wish gta 4 comes on ps2

Nice charts and nice post ill stick with my 360 :)...

2009-03-06T16:55:00.000-07:00

Nice charts and nice post ill stick with my 360 :)

This post seems to be thinking almost too deep. Th...

2009-01-17T03:33:00.000-07:00

This post seems to be thinking almost too deep. The fact is the xbox ones are in more demand because:
1. More people own xbox 360's than ps3s.
2. the xbox versions have much sharper visuals and full widescreen 480p support; Why would you bother with the ps2 versions (especially since there is not longer backward compatability with ps3's.

Tyler, I think people buy these older ones to comp...

2008-06-18T09:38:00.000-06:00

Tyler, I think people buy these older ones to compliment the new one. They either beat GTA IV and want to try the old ones for the first time. Or they buy the old GTA games prior to buying GTA IV so they can get ready for it. I don't think many people are buying them INSTEAD of GTA 4.

I don't understand why people are seeking these ol...

2008-05-20T15:34:00.000-06:00

I don't understand why people are seeking these older games. They have the new and it's bigger and better than ever. Purportedly the best game in the series as of yet, but yet they are seeking these older games out which is sub-par compared to the one they already own.

The prices might have gone up, but those games are...

2008-05-16T15:05:00.000-06:00

The prices might have gone up, but those games are still worth every penny. Especially Vice City.

I have changed that 11% to 10%. The real percenta...

2008-05-14T15:16:00.000-06:00

I have changed that 11% to 10%. The real percentage change is 10.918%. Based upon the actual numbers. I rounded the prices in that paragraph to $3 and $30 instead of using $3.26 and $29.86. I should have used the percent change with the rounded numbers for the paragraph instead of the actual numbers. Thanks for point this out.

3 is 11% of 30%? c'mon.. i would need a calculator...

2008-05-14T14:45:00.000-06:00

3 is 11% of 30%? c'mon.. i would need a calculator for most percentages too but cmon man

Thanks for the info Alex. Since we have been trac...

2008-05-08T12:34:00.000-06:00

Thanks for the info Alex. Since we have been tracking those games for quite a while now I should be able to see a change in price pretty easily if there was one.

Hopefully I will be able to post an article about this next week.

The Nocturne and DDS reprints were quietly release...

2008-05-08T12:10:00.000-06:00

The Nocturne and DDS reprints were quietly released about 3 weeks ago. Play-Asia and Amazon are selling new stock of Nocturne and Gamestop also got a large batch of both titles that they are selling as used.

Glad you liked the post. 11% isn't huge by itself...

2008-05-07T20:31:00.000-06:00

Glad you liked the post. 11% isn't huge by itself but going up that much in a two month span when the average video game is dropping in price. It's fairly substantial.

Regarding DDS and SMT Nocturne. I think any time there is a re-release the price will go down some because there is more supply. I still think the games will be relatively rare though even with a reprinting so they aren't going to drop down to $20 in the long term. This is something I will have watch and maybe write a post about. I have never looked at what a reprinting does to the original price.

Do you know when the reprinting is being released?

JJ, I admire your research on a topic that I much ...

2008-05-07T19:22:00.000-06:00

JJ, I admire your research on a topic that I much enjoy... it's almost academic. But is an 11% increase really worth such in-depth blog posts?? Well I'm teasing a little bit, but I guess there isn't much else interesting going on with price trends.

On an unrelated note, with the reissues of SMT Nocturne and DDS, how do you think their long-term prices will do? I recall that prices for Persona 2 dropped when that was reissued (2005-ish?) and then slowly started to climb after Gamestop cleared out their PS1 inventory.