Despite being in the business of developing arcade titles, Capcom was also in the market of developing games for Nintendo's consoles and handhelds. What Street Fighter II did for the arcade industry can be compared to the likes of what Mario did for console gaming in the mid 80s.Īt the time of Street Fighter II's release, Nintendo had developed a close third party relationship with Capcom. The release of Street Fighter II brought life into the arcades again, and was so influential that it popularized the fighting game genre, giving birth to games like Mortal Kombat, Virtua Fighter, and Tekken. At the time, the aging arcade industry was declining as it paled in comparison to the golden age of arcade games that occurred almost a decade before. The game was a huge success, so much so that it quickly became a pop culture phenomenon around the world. How many people will still be willing to spend $15000 on a gold Nintendo just for tournaments cart in 10 years? these items have no intrinsic value beyond nostalgia.The original arcade version of Street Fighter II (known as Street Fighter II: The World Warrior) was released worldwide sometime in March of 1991. What old games are worth has always been a factor of demand, desirability and scarcity. People are still asking, they just aren't getting. I can already see a reverse trend starting on eBay. Nobody really knows if people will still be paying $500 (or more) for a super turbo PCB in 10 or 20 years. At that point, "rare" items become less rare while there are far fewer buyers, so prices drop. Their point was that once people hit a certain age (40-45) they topically lose interest in collecting the toys and video games from their youth and they sell them. They all seemed to be stating that they saw interest in particular items peak over the 10-15 years where people with nostalgia for them are 25-40 years old. They also interviewed more generalist sellers of collectibles. I just saw a Youtube video where they interviewed a bunch of vintage game store owners on this topic. I am not a vintage game dealer or anything like that. I guess we're into the realm of speculation when it comes to stating future game value so, it's a matter of opinion.
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