What is Reddit's opinion of Metroid Prime Trilogy: Collector's Edition?

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I get taken here. I can probably hunt down a copy on local shelves as well .

It is a limited edition it turns out so yeah it's out of print. There were only so many made in the first place. There are still many copies available.

You're lucky you could even get it a month ago; It's out of print. Look how much it is on amazon.

Nice! Didn't Metroid Trilogy have a sleeve though? https://www.amazon.com/Metroid-Prime-Trilogy-Collectors-nintendo-wii/dp/B002ATY7JE

http://www.amazon.com/Metroid-Prime-Trilogy-Collectors-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B002ATY7JE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1276988334&sr=8-1

YES THEY WILL PROFIT. I see this a lot and every time I get mad at how econ is not a mandatory class in high school (I had to learn it in college). Let me paint a picture.

You buy a used game for $40. A few months later you sell your copy to another guy for $20. That guy decides it's not worth to sell again. What happens here is EVERYONE paid $20 for the game. EVERYONE CONTRIBUTED EQUALLY TO THE PUBLISHER. The smartest person here is the guy who bought new and sold it to you. He got to play it first but paid the same price as the other two. He also would never buy the game at $60, but because there's a strong used market, he did. In other words more new copies will sell if the used market thrives.

Now why doesn't the game drop to $20 immediately? Because there aren't enough copies to go around. Buying used take a copy out of circulation and drive the price up.

If nobody buy used then way less people will buy new knowing they can't sell it. This is why middle income people are happy to buy gold but only the rich can buy a lot of cars, even though gold has no usefulness and cars are extremely useful, so you would think a person with extra money will always buy car over gold, but of course they don't. Cars depreciate real fast while gold doesn't at all.

This can happen with games as well! Here is the amazon page for metroid prime trilogy https://www.amazon.com/Metroid-Prime-Trilogy-Collectors-nintendo-wii/dp/B002ATY7JE

It's more expensive than it was on release! Nintendo fans are hardcore and they keep their copies. Nintendo also made just enough to satisfy those who buy new so the people who missed it during release have to buy used, the used market shriveled up as a result. All the people who missed the release window are instantly converted to people who buy new instead.

It's an undeniable economic reality: buying used help publishers sell more copies.