May 20th, 2008
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne’s price crash, in chart form
JJ over at Video Game Price Charts has put up an interesting (albeit self-explanatory) post based on an idea that I submitted to them — to track Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne and Digital Devil Saga’s price crash after the recent Atlus reprints.
Here’s what Nocturne looks like, and it ain’t pretty:
For the record, I don’t think Amazon ever got the reprints of Digital Devil Saga — only Gamestop did. And to make matters more interesting, Gamestop is only selling the game as gutted and used, a process that they called “newsed” — new product converted to used. This means you can buy a new sealed Nocturne but NOT DDS; I believe means something interesting is going to happen in the long term: Sealed copies of DDS will keep a very high price while Nocturne’s is not as high, because new/sealed copies of DDS are generally not available, even now.
If you’ve read my previous posts, I still think Nocturne’s price will go up once the reprinted copies have evaporated. There’s a precedent for this — both Disgaea and Persona 2 have seen slow price growth even after reprints.
May 24th, 2008
hikaruhoshi Says :
I found what I thought was a used copy of Nocturne on April 24th at Gamestop for $39.99. Now I’m not so sure. The disc and manual looked used enough at least.
May 24th, 2008
gamehoarders.com Says :
Well it’s possible that you found an actual used copy. People can still trade it in, after all. But the vast majority of the copies at Gamestop right now will be new reprints stickered as used.