Sealed Video Games

[htwa]

Hi. I was wondering if anyone here collected sealed video games? I kinda want to get into it. I currently have my eyes on some of the classic N64/Gamecube games but in Japanese. I never owned these as a kid as I’m from America, but the Japanese artwork on some of these boxes is soooo good.

Question: Does anyone have experience buying “New” games straight from Amazon? I’m wondering if this is a reliable way to get factory sealed games or does the condition “New” on Amazon not necessarily mean it’s factory sealed? My plan is to do this and then send in some of them for grading (I also don’t know much about using WATA vs VGA) so I was just wondering if anyone could give me some insight into this sort of thing and let me know if this is a wise or foolish plan. Also feel free to post ur sealed video game collections thanks

[htwa]

Pic related, Zeruda no Densetsu: Toki no Ocarina ゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ

[pfm]

Japanese N64 boxes don’t come “sealed”. There is no plastic wrap, it is just the box

[htwa]

Also I’m inclined to think that the sealed video game collecting market is a lot less optimized than pokemon TCG collecting, in which case there could be opportunity for the Japanese side of things to lag behind English and have lots of potential upside investment wise. I could be completely wrong (and probably am) because I have very little knowledge of this market but that is my initial reaction to it.

[htwa]

@pfm

Japanese N64 boxes don’t come “sealed”. There is no plastic wrap, it is just the box

oh. so what would indicate that it is new? how do Amazon sellers choose whether to list something as “New” or not.

[pfm]

@htwa

@pfm

Japanese N64 boxes don’t come “sealed”. There is no plastic wrap, it is just the box

oh. so what would indicate that it is new? how do Amazon sellers choose whether to list something as “New” or not.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[htwa]

@pfm

@htwa

oh. so what would indicate that it is new? how do Amazon sellers choose whether to list something as “New” or not.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

lol well I bought that OOT so we will see what happens I will document my findings here!!

[mthursty]

You should research all the inserts that come in the game box.

[Coop13]

www.videogamesage.com/forums/ is a good resource for game collectors

[zaettsu]

Where is a solid place to buy sealed&graded games or like Pokemon ones at least? ebay? I don’t really see any there, so I was wondering myself. I wouldn’t mind buying sealed games but nothing as of yet.

[dragonwarrior]

@zaettsu

Where is a solid place to buy sealed&graded games or like Pokemon ones at least? ebay? I don’t really see any there, so I was wondering myself. I wouldn’t mind buying sealed games but nothing as of yet.

Ebay always has a good supply available but if you’re not seeing them you either need to search better or they don’t ship to you if you are not located somewhere like the US.

[pfm]

@zaettsu

Where is a solid place to buy sealed&graded games or like Pokemon ones at least? ebay? I don’t really see any there, so I was wondering myself. I wouldn’t mind buying sealed games but nothing as of yet.

Graded video game supply is far less than what we are used to in Pokemon cards

[zaettsu]

@dragonwarrior

@zaettsu

Where is a solid place to buy sealed&graded games or like Pokemon ones at least? ebay? I don’t really see any there, so I was wondering myself. I wouldn’t mind buying sealed games but nothing as of yet.

Ebay always has a good supply available but if you’re not seeing them you either need to search better or they don’t ship to you if you are not located somewhere like the US.

Don’t think I was searching too well personally or that specific. Might try some other time. Cheers!

[zaettsu]

@pfm

@zaettsu

Where is a solid place to buy sealed&graded games or like Pokemon ones at least? ebay? I don’t really see any there, so I was wondering myself. I wouldn’t mind buying sealed games but nothing as of yet.

Graded video game supply is far less than what we are used to in Pokemon cards

Mhhmm definitely seems that way, and obviously makes sense. I guess they’ll pop up here and there regardless. Thanks.

[jcdc9919]

In my recent experience, a game I bought “new” on Amazon clearly came re-sealed rather than factory sealed. So I’m going to avoid it, I always thought a re-sealed game had to be sold as “used - Like New” regardless if the disc has been used or not

[kinggr]

@jcdc9919

In my recent experience, a game I bought “new” on Amazon clearly came re-sealed rather than factory sealed. So I’m going to avoid it, I always thought a re-sealed game had to be sold as “used - Like New” regardless if the disc has been used or not

Who was the seller?

[greenshoots]

@jcdc9919

In my recent experience, a game I bought “new” on Amazon clearly came re-sealed rather than factory sealed. So I’m going to avoid it, I always thought a re-sealed game had to be sold as “used - Like New” regardless if the disc has been used or not

It’s done willfully to defraud you into thinking you’re paying for a genuinely new game. I operate with the assumption that every non-modern sealed game on eBay or Amazon is a reseal until there’s good reason to believe otherwise. I’ve opened “sealed” games with tattered instruction manuals and dog hair on the disc.

[Coop13]

Is anyone in any good facebook groups for sealed / vintage game collecting/buying/selling?

[bulbusaurboye]

@Coop13

Is anyone in any good facebook groups for sealed / vintage game collecting/buying/selling?

Sealed Games Club and The Wata Games Group

[alessio92it]

@htwa

Also I’m inclined to think that the sealed video game collecting market is a lot less optimized than pokemon TCG collecting

It’s not optimized at all…and is highly manipulated (not only graded games). If I were you I would wait a few months and see how the market adjusts before buying.