will our collectors editions be WORTHLESS!!?? in the long run?

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Originally Posted by Sand4fish

Retro games in general hold up their value pretty well and only tend to go up in the future. The problem with current generation gaming is that the term "limited edition" is pretty much coined to every game. If you want a safe bet investing in the short term, buy only editions that are numbered or limited to a certain amount, preferably less than 10,000. Other than that, buy only games which IP's are new (safe bet on console exclusives) but stay away from big companies like naughty dog and konami, as they have the cash to mass produce and advertise their product. Demon's Souls, a ps3 exclusive coming from a rather small publisher (Atlus), has high prices for their special editions and first edition on ebay though the game has been re-released in the market as "ps3 greatest hits".

I'm actually rather curious what people think will happen to retro stuff in the next 10 - 15 years

Usual argument for the increase in retro prices is that people who played the games when they were young are now in their 30's 40's and want to collect that which they loved when they were young

So given enough time will retro stuff go down in price as those who played it as a kid get too old and younger generations don't care as much?

Or will each new generation produce retro collectors and enough to keep the prices on the rise?