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.
[source gonintendo.com, via cgi.ebay.com]
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Comments 32
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
$1000 for a game is not worth it!
A thousand USD for Earthbound? Totally worth it.
Lucky guy
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!
That's 20 premium priced Wii games he could've bought. Heh, he'll probably just turn around and sell it for $2000.
Must be some collector. sigh It makes me want Earthbound on the VC even more!
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.
That is some serious cash, well kudos for the dude for keeping in unopened all these years.
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.
It would be funny if the guy didn't insure the game and it got lost in the mail.
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.
I enjoyed Earthbound, but not nearly that much.
@Corbie
WTF?! What Toys R Us was that? I gotta go there. Man, they still had SNES Games those years ago?
A perfect example of a person having more money than brains.
I hope they release it on Virtual Console just to add insult to this.
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.
@The Fox - Much respect for your avatar, my friend. Psycho Fox is one of my favourite platformers EVER.
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.
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.)
I bought my cart only EB for $60 on eBay. Pretty good if you ask me.
That seems outrageous to me, maybe Nintendo will crack and just release the game on the VC already.
I wonder how the scratch n sniff thing that came with the game is holding up!
@Corbie - Hey, we invented the language, we can put an extra 'u' in there if we really want to
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.
Well, it's not like I lost my copy on purpose.
...Holy $#!T!!
$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.
"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!
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!
This is unbelievable. This game price is going up through the roof! This game needs an Virtual Console release.
It'll benefit everyone.
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