> Do you think these oldtimers believed the games would regain value down the road or > something? 80s games were going for $50-100 at auctions back in the 90s when nobody > wanted them, and now they've kinda leveled off at that 300-400 range (fully working, > nice condition). Hardly worth the thousands you'd have spent on storage over all > those years, I'd say.
Sure, but if you own the storage place free and clear it's a pretty minimal expense. And given the value has tripled since the 90s it's a fair bet it'll be up again in 10 or 20 years. There is after all a finite number of machines and many of the parts are no longer made.
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