Xbox, Wii & PS3 Arcades v Collectors Markets

[Cyber_Shinobi]

Will the ability of the new consoles to download old classic games affect the collectors market?

If a game can be downloaded to your console for a small fee, how will that affect the value of the rarer, more collectible games?

Personally, i think it will have a small effect, but not huge.

I'm of the mind set that its much, much better to own a full original, something substantial. I imagine a lot of others are the same.

But i guess that a small percentage out there who buy particular rare games from places like Ebay, and pay pretty large sums, is because its a game they really want to play and have no other way of obtaining it. Xbox Arcade etc offers these ppl another, cheaper option.

Any thoughts?

[metaleggman]

It depends on which aftermarket you are talking about. I think with how expensive NES aftwermarket is, that will go down a little. Some parents really don't like buying old consoles, i've learned that through personal experiance, so kids who want to play games on a console and not emulation will just go for these. So, i think overall, everything but nes, snes, and genesis will go down in price at least a little. Everything else which is pretty much already cheap, will stay pretty much the same.