Ninja Spirit price question

TheAlphaOmegaX3 · 05/19/2016, 08:34 PM

Hello PCE brothers (and sisters? lol) I need a price check of shorts or atleast your 2 cents. I have a guy offering Ninja Spirit loose for $60. Worth it? Is that high or normal price? Figure this would be the place to ask with the experts of all things PCE. Sorry if this question seems silly to some. Thank you for any input!

crazydean · 05/19/2016, 08:41 PM

Look at ebay's sold listings before making a thread asking about price. Looks like a loose copy goes for about $30. $60 is fair for complete, though.

TheAlphaOmegaX3 · 05/19/2016, 08:55 PM

Ok. Might sound odd, but I try not to use ebay to determine price too much. Ya its loose so $60 sounds high.

CGQuarterly · 05/19/2016, 09:16 PM

$60 for a loose copy of Ninja Spirit is highway robbery. Shit, $60 for a CIB copy is pretty outlandish in my opinion, but I bought that game back when it was a lot cheaper.

csgx1 · 05/19/2016, 09:50 PM

Ninja Spirit was one of those games where the Japanese version always seemed to sell higher than the US version. Not sure if that's still true today with all the crazy prices people are paying now days.

$60 loose does seem high.

TheAlphaOmegaX3 · 05/19/2016, 10:14 PM

Your right about the difference in pricing. The TG16 version do seem to run cheaper. I think the artwork difference jacks the price. Id go TG16 if my PCE was region modded. Might be worlth modding mine soon. Thanks guys. Ill tell the guy a definitive no lol.

SignOfZeta · 05/19/2016, 10:28 PM

That seems nuts for a loose copy. Complete, maybe.

CrackTiger · 05/19/2016, 11:07 PM

Lots of loose+ copies are selling on eBay for $20 - $30.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&_nkw=ninja+spirit+turbografx&_sop=15

Asking prices are just that.

schweaty · 05/20/2016, 04:39 AM

Quote from: TheAlphaOmegaX3 on 05/19/2016, 08:55 PMOk. Might sound odd, but I try not to use ebay to determine price too much. Ya its loose so $60 sounds high.

Yes, this does sound odd. I've seen this type of post many times and I fail to understand the logic.

In a free market price is determined by multiple transactions where supply meets demand. Where else are you going to observe multiple transactions of turbografx-16 games?

It has been said many times but I will say it again for the new folks, look at sold auctions (not sold buy-it-now's). Auctions are true examples of the market setting the price. And for the love of god, ignore current listings that start at anything over a few dollars, especially buy-it-now's

If you just have a fundamental problem with eBay in general, that's your choice, but everyone else that understands economics is using ebay

CrackTiger · 05/20/2016, 07:16 AM

You don't have to factor in eBay if you're just curious about the "value" of a game, but if you can click a couple buttons and buy it for half of what someone is offering to sell it to you for, it's worth checking.

TheAlphaOmegaX3 · 05/20/2016, 01:07 PM

Thank you all for your input guys. Great advice. Very grateful.

CrackTiger · 05/20/2016, 01:41 PM

A pretty good rule is never pay a premium for a loose game.

Trenton_net · 05/20/2016, 03:01 PM

I agree that $60 for a loose copy is a raw deal. You should be getting a complete copy for that price. Even then, a complete copy could probably be had for cheaper if you waited for the right moment.

For reference, maybe about a year or two ago I was able to get a copy for something like $39 complete. I'm sure with the 'retro gaming' tax you see these days the cost is higher now, but it shouldn't be $60 higher.

schweaty · 05/20/2016, 07:46 PM

Quote from: TheAlphaOmegaX3 on 05/20/2016, 01:07 PMThank you all for your input guys. Great advice. Very grateful.

Damn, this is genuine graciousness. We don't get much of that around here.

HailingTheThings · 05/21/2016, 01:29 AM

Quote from: Trenton_net on 05/20/2016, 03:01 PMI agree that $60 for a loose copy is a raw deal.

Every time someone uses that expression an angel gets their wings, well, at least in my book. Thank you.

esteban · 05/21/2016, 06:12 AM

Quote from: HailingTheThings on 05/21/2016, 01:29 AM
Quote from: Trenton_net on 05/20/2016, 03:01 PMI agree that $60 for a loose copy is a raw deal.
Every time someone uses that expression an angel gets their wings, well, at least in my book. Thank you.

Absolutely.

CrackTiger · 05/21/2016, 01:13 PM

Ninja Spirit is a special case, because they made a lot of copies, knowing it would be popular and it is one of the few games to ever get a 10 from EGM. But it was also a case-less pack-in with the TurboDuo.

Colletards and gougers will try to twist this around to claim that the case is super rare and valuable. But it was a very common game CIC and CIB and the loose game is only that much more common and unvaluable.

HailingTheThings · 05/22/2016, 04:26 AM

Quote from: esteban on 05/21/2016, 06:12 AM
Quote from: HailingTheThings on 05/21/2016, 01:29 AM
Quote from: Trenton_net on 05/20/2016, 03:01 PMI agree that $60 for a loose copy is a raw deal.
Every time someone uses that expression an angel gets their wings, well, at least in my book. Thank you.
Absolutely.