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Who's making older games so expensive? (slrpnk.net)
submitted 22 hours ago by SubjectivelyGood@slrpnk.net to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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I don't want to buy games digitally anymore until I can actually own the game rather than the license. But then some freak on eBay is asking for $500 for a copy of Klonoa on the PS1. Then there are even more freaks who are willing to bid higher than that! Then the smaller retro games stores around me base their prices on these prices. There needs to be a price cap on this stuff. We can't let all of the richest nerds control the economy.

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[–] SubjectivelyGood@slrpnk.net 1 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

For burning to a disc from GOG, is there a way to do that with the old consoles? I have all of the PlayStations, because I have never liked playing on my PC. I wasn't allowed to play many of the games that came out on PS1 or PS2 growing up, and now that I have some sort of disposable income, I want to check out the stuff I missed out on. The issue is that those are the games that scalpers love. If there was a way to bypass them on the games like Silent Hill or Diablo I would love that.

[–] Benaaasaaas@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

What's the difference between playing on PC vs PS if it's the same game? Locking yourself out of either emulation or playing the PC version is going to make it harder/more expensive on you to replay old games.

[–] SubjectivelyGood@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago

The difference is personal preference and values

[–] bigb@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

If you have a PS2, mod it to play backups. There's a new method called MMCE that is very promising and looks very easy to setup.

https://stoneagegamer.com/memcard-pro-2-for-playstation-and-playstation-2.html

https://youtu.be/mdxDRtfEXNg

[–] xspurnx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Mod your consoles, find backups online. For PSX check out PSIO...

[–] SubjectivelyGood@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago

A lot of people have mentioned this, so I've been looking into it. How easy would it be to do these mods myself?