[alt text: an illustration of an elderly man and a middle-aged man standing side-by-side and looking into an open garage. The old man is saying, “One day Son, all this will be yours.” The garage is filled floor-to-ceiling with old video game boxes, discs, and cartridges. ]
They just released Riviera: The Promised Land on Steam for $35, so I don’t think retro games will maintain their value. Studios will just re-release them and charge full price again if the secondary market heats up.
I mean, card collecting and comics see reissues all the time, the originals still hold their value.
True, but a card or a comic isn’t dependent on an equally old electronic device to be useful. New in box retro games have value as collector pieces, but used games that have modern re-releases are much less valuable.
That’s a pretty specific game I’m surprised I recognise. Not a good one, but an interesting one.