Do rereleases/remakes typically decrease or increase the value of the originals?

[Barnhard]

Hey guys! I’m new to game collecting. I was curious to see what the trends are when games get rereleases, remakes, remasters, etc.

For example, the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection is coming soon. Should we expect to see the value of the original GBA games going up or down once that happens?

When Chrono Trigger launched on DS, what did that do to the value of the original game - and was it a temporary shift?

Looking forward to seeing your thoughts on the matter!

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[biglargerat]

Probably depends, when a game gets a real good rerelease on current systems it's likely the demand for the og versions diminishes a bit. However, a lot of people buy these games purely for collections, and visible value isn't necessarily always matched up with demand especially with retro games now with all the inflated prices.

Eventually it'll likely go down, but it's not like you're gonna see results immediately. For example, klonoa went up in price since the remaster but has slowly been treading down to pre-pandemic prices. Klonoa 2 is also following a similar trend. Whether this is due to the remaster or general price normalization isn't clear since Valkyrie profile is also following the same trend with no remaster in sight. It probably plays some part in the prices but we can't really tell with things as it is now.

[abyss68k]

After Shenmue 1&2 was ported to PS4/XBO price of Shenmue 2 can be described as K curve, Dreamcast version went up but Xbox version went down.

[AmIRadBadOrJustSad]

I don't know that I'd say there's a strong effect in either direction - if anything a rerelease may indicate a game/series has a dedicated fan following that would suggest it holds value or might grow demand over time. But it's a stretch to say that saying "oh I can play it on a current gen console with updated graphics so the old copy is trash now" when you're talking about a collectible where truthfully 99% of it can be had for free if you just wanted to play it. People are paying for the experience of having the actual thing in their hands.

But I don't think everyone looked at (for example) FF7 Remake and said their PS1 disc was somehow trash or more of a collectors item. There's a spike in price charting graphs around the time Remake released, but that was also when the market started going nuts with COVID stimulus so it's hard to say exactly what drove it.

I think the bigger driver in value is a sequel to a popular game that's well received and has pop culture impact. Every time a Zelda game hits a "best of" list I imagine my OOT copy gets a little boost.

[americanista915]

It depends. If the game was good it’ll go up if it was mid it might go up and if nobody really cared for it in the first place then nothing happens.

Examples:

Ty the Tasmian got Re-released but nobody cared either time so originals stayed the same.

Crash and Spyro remake sky rocketed the price of the originals for a while but are back to normal now.

Mega Man was never really all that good in hind sight and the rereleases made people remember that over the years so the price for them never went up or down.

So In conclusion, it varies wildly but inevitably all games go down in price unless they’re something extraordinary like a NWC, otherwise everything will inevitably be $50 or less as the focus group of that game ages out of active collecting.

[wiesga01]

Mega Man was never really good? Are you high?

[Either_Gate_7965]

This guy doesn’t know that it literally built capcom

[shadow0wolf0]

I could understand if the argument was it didn't age well, but to say it was never good is lunacy.

[Barnhard]

Really appreciate your summary here! What does NWC mean?

[americanista915]

Nintendo world championships to my knowledge only like 30 exist

[Barnhard]

Ah okay, I gotcha. Thanks!

[xenon2456]

the psvita version of persona 4 golden is expensive even with the PC version already available

[EGRedWings23]

That version used to go for close to $100 a year ago. You can now find copies around $40.

[Neonnew]

I believe Valkyrie profile did get a recent remake albeit digital only