Retro game collectors flock to Japan as 'vintage' market booms
A booming market for retro video games and consoles has taken hold in Japan, a country long-famed for its cutting-edge technology. Some pieces of "vintage" gear can sell for thousands of dollars, with most of the demand coming from foreign collectors seeking a part of video game history.
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00:00I'd like to say it's because a lot of the games coming out now tend to be more of the
00:25same. There's a different kind of innovation back when the PS2 was the most current console.
00:34Companies weren't afraid to think outside the box. They were willing to take risks even
00:41if it meant that they weren't going to get a whole lot of sales.
01:11I feel like you learn a lot from looking at old video games. They teach you the basics
01:22of what makes a good game and they were kind of the building blocks that led to a lot of
01:27major games now.
02:11When I was a kid, my grandma bought me a video game. It was a Game & Watch.
02:16It came out and I bought it. I bought it and it brought back a lot of memories.
02:27From that moment on, I realized that I had this and I had that.
02:3320 years ago, there were a lot of toy stores and there were a lot of games left over from
02:48the old days. I can't think of any now, but back then, I would go around the country
03:01looking for games that I hadn't seen yet.