Is it Really Worth $50,000?
If you thought the $4,000 Sonic plushie was a bit steep, you may want to steer clear of this ongoing EBay auction, where one cartridge is costing a pretty penny.
The auction is for Blockbuster World Video Game Championships II, and it’s a Genesis cartridge with titles developed by Acclaim Entertainment, now technically defunct. It was used during competitions Blockbuster hosted in the 90s, contained alternate editions of Judge Dredd and NBA Jam, and the seller claims less than five exist.
The latter point may be justification for the seller’s $50,000 asking price. There’s no bidding here–one can either buy it or make an offer. But at least you’ll get free overnight shipping.
The auction may be less for fans and more for bonafide collectors, and may exist only in attempts to cash in on other recent auctions for rare gaming items. Still, there appears to be some interest in the item. Thus far, 30 offers have been made for it; all have been declined by the Miami based seller. The sale ends in 8 days.
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I’m still not exactly sure what it is . . .
Anything that expensive should be worth it, like something that greatly harmed the environment to make or something. . .
lulz . . .
If it’s real, I’d say it’s worth around that much. As for whether or not I’D pay something like that for a game is another story though.
What sort of joke is that?
YO
Who would buy this ?! It`s motherfucking 50,000 bucks !!!
Um, do you know what you can buy with 50,000 dollars? If you spend it on a GAME, god help you.
I offered 10 bucks
Well, is selling it against the RAAAAAAAAAAHW?
Sorry, saw Judge Dredd on the Genisis sticker.
jesus christ! O_O lol. £50.000? no way…….
serpx : If I had 50,000 I could buy a heck load of art materals
Uh… maybe $50, but not $50000, $5000, or even $500. It’s not a gold plated cartridge for crying out loud. Does the seller know we’re in a worldwide recession? He is totally off his bean.