Another GQD reprint? Saiyuki (PS1) 19.99 at Gamestop

NOt many gamestop stores with them but Online has it and some of the stores say more are on the way. Im talking about Thousand Arms.
 
[quote name='supersk']can they reprint a new Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for PS2? that's what i really want.[/QUOTE]


Gamestop is selling them for $49.99, last I checked.. I don't know whether it's a reprint or if they're just dumping some disc-only copies.
 
[quote name='sonarrat']Gamestop is selling them for $49.99, last I checked.. I don't know whether it's a reprint or if they're just dumping some disc-only copies.[/QUOTE]

Depends, I guess. I found at least six different full copies back home in NY and around IN as of late, both in EB and in GameStop. All coppies were pretty much with great cases, great manuals...it's a bit surprising since all of these places barely got in a single good copy over the past year and now they're suddenly getting multiples.
 
[quote name='gopro']IM getting sick and tired of these reprints. THey should just sit down and stop it already. theyre getting way way outta hand w/these reprints.[/QUOTE]
How the fuck can you possibly oppose reprints?? :whistle2:s

Seriously. What, does the knowledge that somewhere out there, someone is... *GASP* ...printing NEW copies of OLD games bother you somehow?

I can understand that, if you were never interested in a game in the first place, you wouldn't be interested in a reprint, but how can games being reprinted for people that want them possibly make you "sick and tired"?

Or are you one of those people counting on your sealed copy of (insert rare game name here) to pay for your retirement, and don't want your games to drop in value?
 
[quote name='CoffeeEdge']How the fuck can you possibly oppose reprints?? :whistle2:s

Seriously. What, does the knowledge that somewhere out there, someone is... *GASP* ...printing NEW copies of OLD games bother you somehow?

Or are you one of those people counting on your sealed copy of (insert rare game name here) to pay for your retirement, and don't want your games to drop in value?[/QUOTE]

The issue I have is that nothing is special anymore. I mean, some games are expensive and rare because they suck balls, like World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars 2002, but Rez and Gitaroo-Man commanded high prices because they were awesome and you felt like a king if you owned them. No more. I've even dumped my copy of Valkyrie Profile because I'm afraid there will be a reprint and the $100 I gave out of my pocket for it would be down the drain.
 
[quote name='supersk']can they reprint a new Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for PS2? that's what i really want.[/QUOTE]

That won't happen. Capcom does not have the Marvel licence, it is very possible that that series of games will never get released again.

Too bad, thay are awesome.
 
[quote name='sonarrat']...but Rez and Gitaroo-Man commanded high prices because they were awesome and you felt like a king if you owned them. No more.[/QUOTE]
So you mean to tell me that you let the availability of the game to other people affects your enjoyment of them?

Illogical.

See, the playing of the games is the fun part. Not the owning of them.
 
[quote name='CoffeeEdge']So you mean to tell me that you let the availability of the game to other people affects your enjoyment of them?

Illogical.

See, the playing of the games is the fun part. Not the owning of them.[/QUOTE]


What I'm saying is that people honestly wanted to buy the game for $100+, because they wanted the game that badly and felt they had no other choice. This isn't screwing the people who hoarded a bunch of Rez copies from a clearance sale for $5 each - this is screwing the people who love and play games.
 
saw this the other day for 19.99. they only had one copy.

is Gamestop discontinuing PS1 games in their store, or was that EB games?
 
[quote name='CoffeeEdge']So you mean to tell me that you let the availability of the game to other people affects your enjoyment of them?

Illogical.

See, the playing of the games is the fun part. Not the owning of them.[/QUOTE]

Rarity doesnt affect enjoyment while playing, but it certainly affects market value.

How good did Indiana Jones feel when he pulled that Gold Bust out of that cave at the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Arc? Furthermore, would he have felt AS good if it was available to everyone else? Ownership itself of rare items gives a certain satisfaction.

Naturally the have-nots would be happy for a reprint, and the haves wouldnt be.
 
I think everyone is worried for no reason. Yes the recent releases of PS1 games is a little bit strange being that the system has been dead for a long time, but in actuality there have been what, 4 games re-realesed now including Saiyuki?

Not sure why anybody would want to play Rhapsody (it is terrible) but that is beside the point. The point is is that there are still tons of rare games for the PS1 that are not going to get re-released. Go try to find Team Buddies, it is damn near impossible to find. Go try to find the original Guilty Gear. Go find the Discworld games. There are still very very rare games for the system. So you lost 4 of them. Who cares, there are tons more to collect.

Anyways this whole process of rare games will start again soon enough as PS2 games become the PS1 games of today.

Why would Gamestop and EB games stop carrying PS1 games? That doesn't make sense. Don't they still carry N64 games?
 
Certain gamestops are stopping to carry ps1 and 64 games, but its the smaller locations that need room for 360 stuff. One such location is the babbages in the Eastwood mall, Niles Ohio

Dave
 
I never thought they would stop carrying Dreamcast games, either. The trouble is that they have a lot of unsaleable crap that no one in their right mind would ever pay money for in 2005...
 
[quote name='Dr Mario Kart']

Naturally the have-nots would be happy for a reprint, and the haves wouldnt be.[/QUOTE]


True, but the "haves" are being juvenile for getting mad that others will be able to finally experience a game that was hard to find/afford. They get pissed becuase they appearantly feel that they are losing their bragging rights or whatever. The value they put into the game is dictated by ebay values and the frustration of others(who can't get their hands on it), rather than by the fun value of the game itself.

The "have-nots" want to finally be able to play the game for an affordable price, and this re-print will make that possible. They actually want to be able to play and enjoy the re-printed game... that's the value they get from it.

I can totally understand somebody being upset because they just paid a bunch of cash to be able to play the game, and now it can be easily had for relatively cheap. That's a bummer but things like that happen all the time. I pay $20 for some used game and find it for $5 new a couple weeks later. Yes it sucks, but I deal with it.

It just blows me away that someone could be lame enough to get mad that others will be able to enjoy a rare game too.
 
[quote name='schuerm26'] Go try to find the original Guilty Gear. [/QUOTE]

Found it once in a GameStop back at home for a whopping $12 with case, inserts, and everything intact and in good condition. I had the brilliant idea of saying "Well, I already own GGX, GGX2, and XX #Reload...I don't think I need the original!"

I made some random person really, really, really happy, I think. Then again, it was awesome just finding something like that.

I'm more of a "find a great game at a sickeningly good price" kind of guy. Nothing like getting Metroid Fusion in box with manual, absolutely pristine, for $10 just two days after launch. Almost as much fun as finding rare gems!

[Edit:] Geez, I eat dinner and I forget how to spell. Wonderful!
 
Most of gamestop's used games are grossly overpriced, they should price their games like ebgames and maybe the games would actually sell in the stores. If you price the games right they will sell.

Also it depends on the area of the country, i was talking to someone in a small town out west and it turns out that people are still proud of their N64's and PS1's out there, also proud of just about any electronic thing they own. It would be beneficial for gamestop/ebgames to sell the older games out there since they would probably sell very well. If a store that carries older games doesnt move them though, its likely that they will pull the inventory in favor of the stuff that does sell, its just business.
 
[quote name='SaraAB']Most of gamestop's used games are grossly overpriced, they should price their games like ebgames and maybe the games would actually sell in the stores. If you price the games right they will sell.[/QUOTE]

That's what made it all the better when you could find a used game in GameStop that ended up being cheaper than EB. I remember Time Crisis 2 or Time Crisis 3 being quite cheaper Used than in EB for quite a while, although I didn't bite on that. I ended up grabbing a pristine copy for $5 from a local place instead, which was more than worth it. Even better used to be the PS1 section. Oh, the lack of labeled jewel cases and an inventory of well over 200 games made most people look only at the spines and nothing more. Thank god, since it allowed me to pick up RayCrisis for $3, G-Darius for $4, Mr. Domino for $2...couldn't have been any better!

But now...yeah, I agree with the old games sentiment. I really wish that GameStop didn't try and consolidate all of their other stores into the GameStop name, really. It used to be that while each store was basically a GameStop that they all had their own seperate niche that made them special. There was a reason to stake out a FuncoLand rather than a typical GameStop, or to run over to Babbages instead of the GameStop a few blocks away. Yes, same prices on almost everything, but the stock differences...that was important. If I wanted an older game, or a movie, or a specific PC game I knew exactly where to go. Now, all of the GameStops are generic and, in most cases, have stupid pricings that just make me shop more online than anything else.

Oh well. If the same thing happens with EBGames I'll just grab another Edge card before that disappears and at least get another year worth of good savings for a good price, even if most of the Used prices jump around.
 
[quote name='schuerm26']I think everyone is worried for no reason. Yes the recent releases of PS1 games is a little bit strange being that the system has been dead for a long time, but in actuality there have been what, 4 games re-realesed now including Saiyuki?

Not sure why anybody would want to play Rhapsody (it is terrible) but that is beside the point. The point is is that there are still tons of rare games for the PS1 that are not going to get re-released. Go try to find Team Buddies, it is damn near impossible to find. Go try to find the original Guilty Gear. Go find the Discworld games. There are still very very rare games for the system. So you lost 4 of them. Who cares, there are tons more to collect.

Anyways this whole process of rare games will start again soon enough as PS2 games become the PS1 games of today.

Why would Gamestop and EB games stop carrying PS1 games? That doesn't make sense. Don't they still carry N64 games?[/QUOTE]

The Discworld games pop up all the time around here. I can't remember if there are two or three of them, but I know I've seen at least two different Discworld titles at a local game shop. They've been sitting there for over 6 months now. :p
 
[quote name='sonarrat']What I'm saying is that people honestly wanted to buy the game for $100+, because they wanted the game that badly and felt they had no other choice. This isn't screwing the people who hoarded a bunch of Rez copies from a clearance sale for $5 each - this is screwing the people who love and play games.[/QUOTE]

If they really wanted the game so bad, why didn't they buy it when it was freely available? I saw Rez in stores quite often, and bought my brand new US PS2 copy for $30 over a year after release. Exact same thing for Gitaroo Man, picked it up at a Gamestop for $20 after it had been out for at least 6 months. Side note - I sold both, because I thought both were mediocre rhythm games. I didn't care that I had "collector's items". Parappa, Um Jammer Lammy, Space Channel 5, and Samba de Amigo are all more fun to me (and all cheaper).

People obviously don't want these games that badly since they don't buy them at release. They also don't buy them when the games languish on store shelves and get price cuts. When DO people want to buy them so badly that they'll pay $100? Once the internet tells them it's RARE!!! Idiots.

If you really want to play a game, buy it while you can. I've had a laundry list of "RARE" titles. Panzer Dragoon Saga, Shining Force 3, Radiant Silvergun, Valkyrie Profile, Suikoden I&II, Rez, Gitaroo Man, Castelvania: SotN (pre-reprint), Final Fantasy Tactics (pre-reprint). I haven't paid above full price for any of them, and I got most of them for cheaper. I picked PDS up off the shelf (though I did have to pay full price for it). I bought Suikoden I at CompUSA for $5 (brand new) because they couldn't get rid it at any other price. Suikoden II sat on the shelf of the Gamestop I worked at for over a year at $29.99 brand new. People didn't want it then. They only want it once hype builds up and people think it's somehow a better game because it's rare.
 
[quote name='alonzomourning23']What's the point? No one wanted saiyuki when it was released, no one wanted it 2 years after its release. It's like hoshigami, it was ignored.[/QUOTE]

Hoshigami sucked and deserved to be ignored. Saiyuki is one of the best strategy RPG's on the PS1 in my opinion. I'm glad to see more people will get the chance to play it.
 
[quote name='firenze']If they really wanted the game so bad, why didn't they buy it when it was freely available? I saw Rez in stores quite often, and bought my brand new US PS2 copy for $30 over a year after release. Exact same thing for Gitaroo Man, picked it up at a Gamestop for $20 after it had been out for at least 6 months. Side note - I sold both, because I thought both were mediocre rhythm games. I didn't care that I had "collector's items". Parappa, Um Jammer Lammy, Space Channel 5, and Samba de Amigo are all more fun to me (and all cheaper).

People obviously don't want these games that badly since they don't buy them at release. They also don't buy them when the games languish on store shelves and get price cuts. When DO people want to buy them so badly that they'll pay $100? Once the internet tells them it's RARE!!! Idiots.

If you really want to play a game, buy it while you can. I've had a laundry list of "RARE" titles. Panzer Dragoon Saga, Shining Force 3, Radiant Silvergun, Valkyrie Profile, Suikoden I&II, Rez, Gitaroo Man, Castelvania: SotN (pre-reprint), Final Fantasy Tactics (pre-reprint). I haven't paid above full price for any of them, and I got most of them for cheaper. I picked PDS up off the shelf (though I did have to pay full price for it). I bought Suikoden I at CompUSA for $5 (brand new) because they couldn't get rid it at any other price. Suikoden II sat on the shelf of the Gamestop I worked at for over a year at $29.99 brand new. People didn't want it then. They only want it once hype builds up and people think it's somehow a better game because it's rare.[/QUOTE]


Of that list, I was only ever aware of Castlevania and FFT when they were out. I got them as Greatest Hits for $19.99 each. I was never aware of any of the others until I started to mingle with the hardcore RPG buffs on GAF - and goddamn, were they right about the ones I have managed to pick up. Before that I was a Gran Turismo, Final Fantasy, Crash Bandicoot kind of buyer. I didn't know what anything else was.
 
just to let everyone know i went to my gamestop and there were multiple new copies of persona 1/2 for 29.99, a few copies of rhaspody for 39.99, and i picked up a new copy of strider 2 for 13 bux :)
 
Hey Darkwing if that store has copies of Discworld for PS1 i would go pick them up. They are hard to find. Especially the original Discworld in it's longbox. Very hard to find.
 
Hopefully the re-issuing thing ends pretty quickly though. Pretty much every gamestop has at least 1 persona 2 and rhapsody in stock and they have been there for awhile now. Doesn't seem that they are as in demand as maybe they thought. Hopefully the slow movement of them will stop companies from doing it again.
 
[quote name='schuerm26']Hopefully the re-issuing thing ends pretty quickly though. Pretty much every gamestop has at least 1 persona 2 and rhapsody in stock and they have been there for awhile now. Doesn't seem that they are as in demand as maybe they thought. Hopefully the slow movement of them will stop companies from doing it again.[/QUOTE]

Well no, because as shown in the Rez thread its GameQuestDirect thats doing it. As long as they can play dumb and get high prices for games before people figure out the item has been reprinted, then pawn off the excess stock to Gamestop so they dont get stuck with it, then the trend is likely to continue

Dave
 
No that isn't true. If a company such as Atlus was going to re-issue a game, they wouldn't do it only through gamequestdirect.com and that is it. You would see them at Gamestop first since it is the largest company there is. The other way around doesn't make any sense.
 
[quote name='Kapwanil']Found it once in a GameStop back at home for a whopping $12 with case, inserts, and everything intact and in good condition. I had the brilliant idea of saying "Well, I already own GGX, GGX2, and XX #Reload...I don't think I need the original!"
[/QUOTE]

I did the same, except I returned it cause I had it on neo geo pocket. I didn't care that much for the game and it didn't have any real value (meaning I wouldn't lose anything if I decided to buy it later) so I returned it. Kinda wish I kept it now. I made the clerk at EB really happy it seems though.

edit: Never mind, I found and kept guilty gear a few months ago at a gamestop. I was thinking of metal slug.

edit: uhh...... ya. I found it on ebay when I bought it, but now supposedly just plain metal slug wasn't released in the u.s. It wasn't metal slug x that I bought. I'm so confused.
 
No, it's not. You haven't been keeping up with the various discussions. The reason the are sold as USED is because Gamestop gets them from gamequestdirect, which is a wholesaler. The can only sell them as new if they get them factory direct. THis is proven through the .hacks, Resident Evil 2 and 3 cube, Cubivore, Rhapsody, Persona 2 and Gitaroo man. All were new reprinted copies being sold as used because they were bought from GQD.

Dave
 
Yes. Got this game in store (they had 2 copies by the way) and it was mint/complete, plus they were having their buy 2, get 1 free on all used games/accessories so that helped.

Reading some people's posts in this thread, I can't understand how any true Cheap Ass Gamer would be opposed to reprints of older games, and so lower prices and greater availablitiy of older classic games. If people can finally get the games they couldn't get before and for cheaper, then everybody wins! If I could afford to buy the games on EBay, then I wouldn't be needing Cheap Ass Gamer. Resale value doesn't matter too much to me as I buy way more than I sell anyways, plus its usually more worth it for me to keep a game or get a trade than get money for it, as I'd just be using the money to get more games anyways. I think rare and old games are worth more than money to me anyways since I play so much.
 
[quote name='alonzomourning23']I did the same, except I returned it cause I had it on neo geo pocket. I didn't care that much for the game and it didn't have any real value (meaning I wouldn't lose anything if I decided to buy it later) so I returned it. Kinda wish I kept it now. I made the clerk at EB really happy it seems though.

edit: Never mind, I found and kept guilty gear a few months ago at a gamestop. I was thinking of metal slug.

edit: uhh...... ya. I found it on ebay when I bought it, but now supposedly just plain metal slug wasn't released in the u.s. It wasn't metal slug x that I bought. I'm so confused.[/QUOTE]

Gamefaqs.com seems to think it was released in the US in 1997.

BTW, more reprints I've seen in stores:

Lunar 2 (PS1) $29.99 EB $34.99 GS
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (PS2) $49.99 EB/GS
 
btw, slightly OT, but I am pretty sure KOEI reprinted romance of three kingdoms IX too.

There seems to be a bunch of them on ebay w/ cheap BIN prices.
 
[quote name='sonarrat']Gamefaqs.com seems to think it was released in the US in 1997.

BTW, more reprints I've seen in stores:

Lunar 2 (PS2) $29.99 EB $34.99 GS
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (PS2) $49.99 EB/GS[/QUOTE]


Lunar 2 reprint?? o_O I want!
 
[quote name='sonarrat']Gamefaqs.com seems to think it was released in the US in 1997.

BTW, more reprints I've seen in stores:

Lunar 2 (PS2) $29.99 EB $34.99 GS
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (PS2) $49.99 EB/GS[/QUOTE]

Ya, but digitpress says it wasn't. Also nothing on ebay, and I remember a few copies on ebay at the time (doesn't mean much, just that no proof of it existing from ebay) I bought whatever game it was. It was only goin for about 15 bucks, but it definately wasn't metal slug x.
 
[quote name='alonzomourning23']Ya, but digitpress says it wasn't. Also nothing on ebay, and I remember a few copies on ebay at the time (doesn't mean much, just that no proof of it existing from ebay) I bought whatever game it was. It was only goin for about 15 bucks, but it definately wasn't metal slug x.[/QUOTE]

US NTSC, not import? Do you still have it?
 
[quote name='sonarrat']US NTSC, not import? Do you still have it?[/QUOTE]

No, I think the clerk at eb where I returned it bought it (he seemed very happy). The game I had was going for about 15 bucks on ebay (I paid a few bucks under that). I didn't really want it, and it wasn't worth the time to sell it on ebay. I just returned it. Even though my memory is telling me its metal slug, its unlikely it was. Whatever it was they were available on ebay. I know it definately was not metal slug x though, since I see that all the time and I had never seen this game before. It was a u.s. game.

I do wish I kept it now. Normally if I actually have to debate returning a game I keep it so I don't regret it later, not sure why I didn't stick with that rule here.
 
I actually fall into both camps on this one.

I have a large collection of PSX games that I keep for value. I am beginning to sell of the ones that are worth a lot.

But, I also like the reprints. It gives me a chance to get games I have not found....

Matthew
 
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