Price increase at Nintendo & more: retro

The market for retro games is booming! Since the beginning of the Corona crisis, prices for old games have increased. Collectors should be happy-because their retro treasures are now worth a small fortune. At least if the right games are in your collection.

• Pokémon & more: Old games will be appreciated
• retro games are worth a assets

Pokémon & more: Old games will be appreciated

If you got into the gaming quite late and now want to catch up with a few old classics in the Lockdown, you have to dig deep into your pocket. Not only old consoles are now traded on ebay and Co. at moon prices, retro games have also become damn expensive.

Old Nintendo games in particular seem to have gained a lot of value in recent months. The perfect occasion to take a look at the parents' attic and to look for the lost treasures of their own childhood. Well-preserved first generation with original packaging Pokémon games are now being traded for around 150 euros **. The second generation games are even more valuable: collectors put around 180-200 euros on the table.

But Snes classics are also incredibly valuable. For Super Metroid with OVP, prices of 250 to 300 euros are called , Secret of Mana costs an impressive 90 to 120 euros (source: business insider).

_Wenn you are already on treasure hunt in the attic anyway, then it is best to look for the following things: _

retro games are worth a assets

But not only old Nintendo games have become more and more valuable over the past few years. The page calculates an average sales value of all vintage games and represents the development in an interesting graph:

While the corresponding games only brought in just around $ 7 on average a little more than 10 years ago, the purchase price has now risen to over $ 28 . No wonder: after all, the game offer is getting smaller over time. Age adds the modules and packs so much to the modules and packs if they are not properly stored. In addition, there is the increased interest from the corona pandemic, which also ensures a price increase (source: pricecharting.com).

So if you have a few old Nintendo or Sega games in stock, you can just ashes. A look at the old children's room cabinet could be worthwhile - and your parents will also be happy when you come back to them.