Games That Will Increase in Value - Game Speculating

[bVork]

I wonder how regionalized indie comic distribution was, because I definitely didn't see much around here. And I was actively looking through the local comic shops to find anything that wasn't superhero-related.

[James]

A lot of it was down to the ordering habits of the store. There were multiple distributors instead of just Diamond, and most comic stores used one as a primary with a couple backups to fill in the gaps. They could order what they wanted, of course, but it was up to the market to actually support these choices, and of course the guy ordering actually had to care. Very similar to today, actually, except the DC/Marvel grip is now mostly shattered.

James

[TobalRox]

The closest to an indie that any of my shops growing up carried was Dark Horse and later Image. Unless it was TMNT or The Crow after the movie came out, we didn't get anything that wasn't from a major.

[Yoshi]

The shops I went to in St. Louis had lots of indies as I recall. I only collected TMNT, Batman, Iron Man, and a little Spider-Man, but I remember seeing things like Usagi Yojimbo and Geriatric Gangrene Jiu Jitsu Gerbils.

[bVork]

Usagi Yojimbo is one that I specifically remember being unable to find, and I actively went looking for it. I dunno. Maybe the local comics stores just sucked.

[James]

Sounds like they must have. Fantagraphics and then Dark Horse weren't exactly super-underground publishers. They were readily orderable by any comic store that cared to have their products in stock.

James

[Mzo]

You off-topic motherfuckers keep making me look in here to see if there's some out of print DS game I need to buy and it's always with the comic books.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

WELL IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE A THREAD FOR THAT SHIT.



I was bummed when I popped in here and the point I wanted to discuss was ignored in deference to the comic analogy.

[Yoshi]

You off-topic motherfuckers keep making me look in here to see if there's some out of print DS game I need to buy.

The answer to that is always no.

[Error]

Rock Band 3 is already rare as shit, having been pulled from store shelves after a small print run, and just try finding a used copy.