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Originally Posted by patrickp
Indeed; that's the dumbest thing of all about downloading Playstation games - most of them are so easy and cheap to get now. A lot cheaper than when they first came out! 
If you don't have a local games shop that sells what you want, try ebay and Amazon (as Mike,Reiner suggests). Amazon has a lot of independent sellers who sell games - many new and shrinkwrapped! |
Amazon overbloats the prices of most PSX games as well as most game shops like Gamestop with a copy of the Original Silent Hill and Resident Evil games running at $25 - $50 or more even in used condition. Final Fantasy games are even more expensive to buy through these e-tailers sometimes running for $60 - $100 or more.
There is no reason these games should be that expensive as the Playstation is over a decade old. Games can't really be considered a collectors item either seeing as they depreciate in value due to use and other things.
Now unless it is an original copy that is still shrink wrapped and not the Greatest Hit's re-release then I can probably understand the price being that high.
But when retailers, e-tailers, and sellers are selling the Greatest Hit's re-release of a game or a used copy of an old game for insane prices of $25 - $50/$75/$100 I do not agree with that or the price.
Luckily I still had some original PSX games of mine to play via emulation which weren't damaged or destroyed so I wasn't totally SOL. I just got to find the games that got damaged or destroyed at a decent price and not insane outrageous prices.
I don't know if sellers on ebay inflate the prices on PSX game like Amazon and some retailers do though.