>>48898594>why is this game so expensive?Market Conditions
>Covid creates expendable income, those still working from home can't go out and those who lost their jobs get neetbux (in 1st world countries)>Adults are looking for something to do, 25th aniv of Pokémon is coming up so it's being shilled to them.>Adults are either a. too retarded to use roms or b. wanting that nostalgic feel of a phyical cart>Start buying old copies of their games, some with limited production runs 10+ years ago.>Regular fans who may have wanted older games see them rising in price, buy into the market too in the fear of missing out.>Investorfags see the prices now rising faster and want to cash in, start buying complete sets like pic related.>Prices for Emerald/Plat/HGSS/BW2 peak around $250 USD for complete sets, Adults and Regular fans get priced out of the market, demand starts to drop and prices follow>Investorfags keep buying, unaware of why the prices were rising>Investorsfags who bought at the peak continue to try to flog off their investments for inflated prices like your pic, will either hold for a decade or sell at a loss.The moral of the story is, amateur inventors are retarded and are emboldened by an even more retarded market.
