How much can I sell my video games for in 2024

To get a good idea of how much to sell your games for, you can check online marketplaces like eBay, Amazon, or specialized game-selling sites like us The Old School Game Vault. Look at recent sales of similar items to gauge the current market value. Below, we will cover a few topics that can make or break your sales. 

Key Topics Covered are:

• Condition
• Popularity of the Game
• Video Game Platforms
• Supply & Demand
  • This should give you a good sense of how quickly and much you can sell your video games online for.

Condition of your video games

It is a key factor here, games that have been well taken care off will surely get you a better trade in price for them. 

Disc games that include the original artwork, manual, disc and case will be much easier to sell.  Games that are loose disc’s you’ll have trouble selling them.  As we no longer purchase disc only games from customers any longer.

Cartridge games that still have the original box, manual and inserts will certainly get a much higher price than just the game cartridge only.  Matter of fact we will pay up to 40% more for a complete with the original packaging compared to just the game cartridge only.

Popularity

Most people think some of the more popular games means that they’ll fetch a higher dollar.  That can’t be farther from the truth, if you follow game sales from over the years.  Many of the more popular games are often massed produced.  Since there is a demand for the game, most companies will make enough copies to fill the demand.  So, in turn, a game that has sold millions & millions of copies will have a lower trade in value.

 In this example, will use the Original Super Mario Bros Sales Data from the Nintendo NES.  Super Mario Bros sold about 40 million copies worldwide & around 29 million copies in the United States alone.  So, this is a perfect example of a super popular game, that won’t fetch that much on the used game market since there is still such a huge supply.

Video Game Platforms

We are referring to the popularity of the game platform.  Nintendo Games and systems are still very popular in the retro gaming community.  While it is true, there is still a market for Atari Jaguar games and console, but the trade in prices probably won’t be as high as some of the more popular Nintendo consoles.  This follows the same economics as above, supply and demand.

Rarity

This is a big factor when selling used games, many games that were release at the end of the life console's life cycle could be considered rare.

For this example, we will use the Nintendo NES Game: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament of fighters.  The game was released on the original Nintendo NES in 1994 which was close to the end of the Nintendo NES life cycle. 

At the same time, the game was already being released on newer consoles in 1993 & 1994 on the Super Nintendo & the Sega Genesis.   Konami has said they sold about 25,000 copies of the game for the Nintendo NES & over a couple million on the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis.

Since Tournament of Fighters didn’t have a huge demand on the NES, Konami didn’t mass produce the game, which in turn has made it a rare title to own for the Nintendo NES.  Where the trade in prices on the SNES & Sega Genesis are much lower in value.

Complete Set

Like we mentioned above – disc games & cartridge games that are complete will certainly sell quicker and get a higher cash value. 

Complete Set is also referring to if the game was a limited edition or a collector’s edition set. For this example, we will refer to the game Lunar 2 Eternal Blue from the original PlayStation Library.

Lunar Eternal Blue when released included 4 Game Disc – 1 CD – 1 Leather Bound Manual – An Omake Box with standees and a pendant.

That complete set sells for around $225 in good condition.  Whereas, just selling the 4 games disc and case will only fetch around $84.99 in good condition.

So, in conclusion

Yes, it’s worth selling video games online.  Just keep in mind the key points from above and ensure your disc games are complete.  If your cartridge games are not complete, that’s no big deal as long as the cartridge labels are clean and aren’t covered in stickers, you’ll make a quick sale.  Here is a link to our Quality Requirements Page - Here