New Copy Of Earthbound Sells For Over $1000 On eBay
Posted by Damien McFerran
Don't you wish you'd have kept your copy sealed now?
A new and factory sealed copy of the cult SNES RPG Earthbound has sold for over $1000 on auction site eBay, proving once and for all that video game collectors aren't scared of the credit crunch.
Seller dave2236 bagged a whopping $1,025.01 for the minty-fresh copy of the game. To give you some indication of the utter madness of this situation, loose Earthbound carts usually sell for about $70-80, with boxed ones hitting the $200-300 mark.
[via gonintendo.com, cgi.ebay.com]
#1
Kawaiipikachu said:
Wow expensive game.
Wouldent be a laugh that the buyer opens this straight up & plug it into his SNES after reading thru the instructions.
No I shall not be tempted to say First Comment
#2
Mama_Luigi said:
$1000 for a game is not worth it!
#3
Dume said:
A thousand USD for Earthbound? Totally worth it.
#4
Cryo said:
Lucky guy
#5
VGM said:
My Retro game store sells cartridges of EarthBound for $20.
#6
Adam said:
Clear proof that collectors are insane.
@VGP
Really? That's very cheap compared to what they go for on Ebay, I think (referring to cartridge-only auctions). What store would that be? I might need to nab me a back-up!
#7
pixelman said:
That's 20 premium priced Wii games he could've bought. Heh, he'll probably just turn around and sell it for $2000.
#8
Terra said:
Some people have far too much money, and (probably) far too much spare time.
#9
NintendoNaut said:
Must be some collector. sigh It makes me want Earthbound on the VC even more!
#10
Knux said:
Whoever paid $1000 dollars for Earthbound is stupid. I bought an Earthbound cartridge awhile back and I only had to pay $70-$90 dollars for it.
#11
Bass_X0 said:
#12
motang said:
That is some serious cash, well kudos for the dude for keeping in unopened all these years.
#13
Starwolf_UK said:
For the $1000 (and keeing with the Earthbound subject) I’d much rather have a Giant Mr.Saturn but then again thats me…
The crazy thing about this auction is that "sealed" Chrono Trigger (I don't know if you can tell SNEs games have been re-sealed...either way Earthbounds box was too big for regular seals) went for more and when you consider Chrono Trigger is worth less than Earthbound (not a great deal less...at least before Chrono Trigger DS version) you realsie the world of collectable videogames is something you cannot make sense of.
#14
Pastry said:
It would be funny if the guy didn't insure the game and it got lost in the mail.
#15
Corbs said:
At least I know if I ever do need money, I'm covered. I have a Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG, Lufia 2, and Secret of Mana all still sealed I bought at a Toys R' Us years ago on clearance. I'd have opened them up if I didn't already own the carts.
#16
deadly_by_design said:
I enjoyed Earthbound, but not nearly that much.
#17
Cheesy said:
@Corbie
WTF?! What Toys R Us was that? I gotta go there. Man, they still had SNES Games those years ago?
#18
The_Fox said:
A perfect example of a person having more money than brains.
#19
Viral said:
I hope they release it on Virtual Console just to add insult to this.
#20
Rally said:
Why in the world would you pay 1000 dollars to get a game like EarthBound? Besides, the guy is not going to even play it.
If I bought that, I wouldn't put that in my SNES, only because I payed 1000 dollars for that.
#21
Damo said:
@The Fox - Much respect for your avatar, my friend. Psycho Fox is one of my favourite platformers EVER.
#22
Corbs said:
I love Psycho Fox myself. One of my favorite SMS games out there. And I still get a kick out of how Damo spells "favourite" that way.
#23
Objection said:
Collectors are idiots.
Then again, I'm a bargain-shopper, always looking for great games on eBay or at below MSRP prices when I can (unless I buy them at launch.)
#24
Cthuloops said:
I bought my cart only EB for $60 on eBay. Pretty good if you ask me.
#25
Eclipticalis said:
That seems outrageous to me, maybe Nintendo will crack and just release the game on the VC already.
#26
accc said:
I wonder how the scratch n sniff thing that came with the game is holding up!
#27
Damo said:
@Corbie - Hey, we invented the language, we can put an extra 'u' in there if we really want to
#28
Big_A2 said:
For all the guys saying "Games aren’t worth that much" you need to realise that this a FACTORY SEALED copy of EARTHBOUND. Whoever bought it obviously won't tear it open and play it when they get home (They probably already have a copy).
Who knows, perhaps he's planning on keeping it in his family for years and years and then selling it to a museums as an ancient artefact of less civilized time.
#29
BlueFlameBat said:
Well, it's not like I lost my copy on purpose.
#30
Dokenzz said:
...Holy $#!T!!
#31
Kevin said:
$1,000 for one game? You gotta be kidding me? The only time I overpayed for anything on Ebay was to get the zelda collector's edition for $80 once it was released.
#32
StarDust said:
"At least I know if I ever do need money, I'm covered. I have a Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG, Lufia 2, and Secret of Mana all still sealed I bought at a Toys R' Us years ago on clearance. I'd have opened them up if I didn't already own the carts"
Corbie, have you been hoarding unused SNES games???
I've been hoarding NES games, but they're all loose cartridges in clear plastic cases, LOL!
#33
Ricardo91 said:
Collectors are so silly...
This article makes me think that the next time I buy an underappreciated game, I'm not gonna buy two copies: one to play and one to keep for moneys!
#34
astarisborn94 said:
This is unbelievable. This game price is going up through the roof! This game needs an Virtual Console release.
It'll benefit everyone.