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Gennadios ,

The GameStop problem is that the corporation has a trade in quota for each store. Even if the employee knows that someone is trying to trade in a repro they’re encouraged to buy it to meet the quota. That shit gets sent to a centralized warehouse anyway.

GS as is will be an absolute shitshow of chinese knockoffs

AceFuzzLord ,

The funny thing about that is the game store I really like also sells fake cartridges/ROM hack cartridges that are clearly fake and not labeled as the real deal. Don’t know how they source them, but I could probably buy something like Shadow the Hedgehog on Genesis.

Also, I really don’t expect anything even slightly good to come of this GameStop retro games thing considering the fact it doesn’t matter whether the game is legit or rare, they’ll buy at as low of a price as possible then sell at least 2x the going rate online. That, and their workers probably aren’t gonna be given any training whatsoever to spot even the most obvious fakes and will probably get severely reprimanded over buying a fake.

pjwestin ,
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For any GB, GBC, and GBA fans, I highly recommend the GB Operator from Epilogue. It’s a super simple USB device that will not only play your games and back up your saves, but will also authenticate your cartridges. It’s great for something like Pokémon Ruby and Saphire, which has a lot of bootlegs floating around.

MeatsOfRage ,

This has sparked concern, especially with GameStop launching new Retro GameStops across North America, where retro game authenticity should be a priority.

Lol, it’s Game Stop not the Library of Congress. These are minimum wage employees they’re not trained in repro carts

ech ,

I’m not blaming employees here, but if GS is specifically marketing older games, they should be taking measures to ensure authenticity. Not that I think anyone should trust GS at this point. Still good to hold them accountable.

RightHandOfIkaros ,

That doesn’t make it okay for them to be selling counterfeits.

Especially selling the counterfeit for $50 USD.

finitebanjo ,

I think the employees would have a database of titles to ascertain value, so they are basically trained in this field.

Nuke_the_whales ,

I’m into retro audio, cassettes, records, etc. I’ve noticed that all the thrift stores get raided by the resellers often. Same with the good clothes. There’s a “vintage” store at my local mall that sells oils thrift clothing, like the nice band t shirts, and they sell them for like $50

The whole retro game market has become this as well, just resellers buying up all the games and reselling then for absurd prices

frunch ,

This really does seem like the endgame for all collectibles–to eventually get capitalized to the point that outsiders come in and start speculating/buying out new releases/limited editions solely to flip for profit.

In plenty of cases I’ve seen, they never even have the product in their hands–they’ll just transfer the order to the highest bidder. I guess it’s the nature of collectibles and limited-edition stuff, but it just takes away the fun for a lot of the people who enjoy the hobby/collectibles/etc… it’s kinda deflating when you can’t even get the item without paying a premium to some rando that has no interest in it first (instead of just paying the vendor/manufacturer directly at their list price).

DogPeePoo ,

Probably planted by Michael Pachter

lord_ryvan ,

Who?

DogPeePoo ,

Michael Pachter

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