21st October 2019, 11:52 PM
Checking ebay, the cheapest one I see (that's the actual game and not the flood of fakes they bizarrely don't shut down) sold for $62, and loose copies are going for as much as $140, so yeah, it's a valuable game. That price fits with what I see these days locally, though --where in the early '00s local prices were well under ebay values, now ebay is often cheaper and local stores more expensive. They rarely go way over ebay values, but they go by mid to upper-mid ebay prices, not minimums... but there is an advantage to buying locally, in that you can see the actual item before buying it, probably have a much better ability to return it if it doesn't work, etc., so I do think it still makes sense to buy locally often. Also, way fewer fakes when I buy locally!
In general though, there is no doubt whatsoever that digital games are slowly killing, or at least greatly reducing the marketshare of, physical ones. The amount of floor space in stores for videogames is far less than ti was even five years ago, and it'll probably continue to drop. PC games have dropped to near zero space in stores of course, and while consoles are not that low yet they are dropping. It's a sad thing to see; sure, I like buying games digitally too -- I mean, see the list that makes up the rest of this post! -- physical media is most definitely better.
... That said, over the past week I've gotten a bunch of digital Nintendo games. Note: with one exception, which is noted, all of these games are on sale, or were when I got them. The sale prices are listed.
Nintendo 3DS - DD
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Edge - $0.50 - I have this on PC, but not in stereoscopic 3d...
Conveni Dream - $3 - a very basic and simple game, this is too simple and easy I think.
Samurai Sword Destiny - $1.50
Digger Dan DX - $0.40
Wii U - DD
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RTO 2 - $1 - Oddly, the first and third games in this series are on the 3DS (and are much less cheap than this even on sale), while the second game is on Wii U. Huh.
Hive Jump - $0.75 - This is a decent, if repetitive, side-scrolling shooter/action game. First released on Wii U, it's on other platforms now, but despite worse framerates here I got this one since it finally went on sale and I've kind of been interested in it ever since its release. The game does have Gamepad support -- there's a helpful map of the stage there. I assume on other platforms you'd need to hit a button to bring that up. I was thinking about also getting the Switch version, which is also on sale (for $1), but after playing this decided not to; I'm fine with the framerate here and like the map.
Super Mario Advance 4 - Super Mario Bros. 3 - $8 (not on sale). I got this because this version of the game is the best one -- it includes all of the bonus stages which, on an actual GBA cart, require rare and in some cases Japan-only E-Reader cards to play. That this game has E-Reader-exclusive stages is incredibly stupid, but it does. Fortunately this version includes all of them. (Note: I do not own, and never have owned, an E-Reader.)
Steel Rivals - $0.70
Switch - DD
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ACA NeoGeo Zed Blade - $4
Utopia 9 - A Volatile Vacation - $1
The World Next Door - $3
ACA NeoGeo Aero Fighters 2 - $4
Flowlines VS - $0.50
Build a Bridge! - $3
Revenge of the Bird King - $0.09
Quest for the Golden Duck - $0.20
#RaceDieRun - $5
In general though, there is no doubt whatsoever that digital games are slowly killing, or at least greatly reducing the marketshare of, physical ones. The amount of floor space in stores for videogames is far less than ti was even five years ago, and it'll probably continue to drop. PC games have dropped to near zero space in stores of course, and while consoles are not that low yet they are dropping. It's a sad thing to see; sure, I like buying games digitally too -- I mean, see the list that makes up the rest of this post! -- physical media is most definitely better.
... That said, over the past week I've gotten a bunch of digital Nintendo games. Note: with one exception, which is noted, all of these games are on sale, or were when I got them. The sale prices are listed.
Nintendo 3DS - DD
--
Edge - $0.50 - I have this on PC, but not in stereoscopic 3d...
Conveni Dream - $3 - a very basic and simple game, this is too simple and easy I think.
Samurai Sword Destiny - $1.50
Digger Dan DX - $0.40
Wii U - DD
--
RTO 2 - $1 - Oddly, the first and third games in this series are on the 3DS (and are much less cheap than this even on sale), while the second game is on Wii U. Huh.
Hive Jump - $0.75 - This is a decent, if repetitive, side-scrolling shooter/action game. First released on Wii U, it's on other platforms now, but despite worse framerates here I got this one since it finally went on sale and I've kind of been interested in it ever since its release. The game does have Gamepad support -- there's a helpful map of the stage there. I assume on other platforms you'd need to hit a button to bring that up. I was thinking about also getting the Switch version, which is also on sale (for $1), but after playing this decided not to; I'm fine with the framerate here and like the map.
Super Mario Advance 4 - Super Mario Bros. 3 - $8 (not on sale). I got this because this version of the game is the best one -- it includes all of the bonus stages which, on an actual GBA cart, require rare and in some cases Japan-only E-Reader cards to play. That this game has E-Reader-exclusive stages is incredibly stupid, but it does. Fortunately this version includes all of them. (Note: I do not own, and never have owned, an E-Reader.)
Steel Rivals - $0.70
Switch - DD
--
ACA NeoGeo Zed Blade - $4
Utopia 9 - A Volatile Vacation - $1
The World Next Door - $3
ACA NeoGeo Aero Fighters 2 - $4
Flowlines VS - $0.50
Build a Bridge! - $3
Revenge of the Bird King - $0.09
Quest for the Golden Duck - $0.20
#RaceDieRun - $5