>>47041232Kids who grew up with DPPt, HGSS,and BW/2 are now in early-mid twenties and have disposable income. Covid gave a lot of people the free time to relive their childhood by buying video games they loved as kids. Couple this with the fact that Logan Paul injected a lot of attention to vintage Pokemon shit, which also drove up the price of old Pokemon stuff.
The hype is also driving up the market. For a while now people have been having FOMO, thinking that if they don't buy their favorite Pokemon game/card now then it'll be too expensive next time they want it. Too many impatient people buying old Pokemon games for the Buy-It-Now price instead of bidding drives up the price. There's more but that's the jist
