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minus-squareCid Vicious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI honestly wonder about this. What will collectors value be for sealed items in 50 years when the game inside is almost certainly useless?
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 days agoThe same as for a comic book that hasn’t left it’s rated sleeve in 30 years, and never will again without ruining the value. It doesn’t matter what happens after you open it, if no one is going to open it. The value remains unchanged because long before degradation comes into play, what people are buying is the rarity.
I honestly wonder about this. What will collectors value be for sealed items in 50 years when the game inside is almost certainly useless?
The same as for a comic book that hasn’t left it’s rated sleeve in 30 years, and never will again without ruining the value.
It doesn’t matter what happens after you open it, if no one is going to open it.
The value remains unchanged because long before degradation comes into play, what people are buying is the rarity.