Hahahah! $16,000 for an old game system? F*ck that! That's a decent car. That's a downpayment on a house. In my head that's a custom pizza brick oven in your backyard and a Korg Karma and two Pembroke Welsh Corgis to add to the pack.
This eBay listing is for a first-edition Nintendo Entertainment System, the deluxe set. That means that good ol' R.O.B. the robot is in the box, Gyromite and Duck Hunt. System and two controllers top it off. You can play it on your old ass boxy TV, like shown on the back of the system's box.
It's 100 percent new, and graded by the Video Game Authority as such. Even used, the set is really rare.
The Buy It Now price is set at $15,999.95. No bids, of course. There's a Make Offer option, too.
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7:30 PM on 12.15.2011 | 
Look again, 15,999
U.U
I wouldn't be able to bring myself to tear the plastic off of any item like this that cost me 16 grand.
Then I would give 50k to Saint Jude's to feel like less of an asshole for buying an old game system for 16k.
I'll start by slowly removing the packaging in such a way that it could never be restored. Then I'm going to play it, to clearly display there is no difference between this NES deck and the beat up top loader (a hardy mountain dew spill survivor) sitting on my shelf. Lastly I'll go through every "do not" warning to ensure the complete destruction of the unit.
Maybe then the world will realize how silly this all is. Yeah, you could spend a small fortune, and have a nostalgic fossil on your shelf, or turn it around for a slightly larger fortune. But it won't play Castlevania.
Imagine all the sushi I could eat with that kind of scratch...
Presumably, the Gyromite and Duck Hunt copies inside would be pristine, mint condition, never before opened cartridges, which individually would go for at least $1,000 apiece, so that should give you some perspective. I wouldn't ever personally drop that much cash on something like this, but it's definitely interesting, which is why I've been popping in to take a look at its progress every few days.
I guess this particular box separates it as part of the test market launch of the set, which a apparently lot of collectors assume make it one of the first 10,000 units ever made and shipped in. So I think it's that, in conjunction with its near pristine quality, and the assumed quality of its contents, that make it such a particularly rare and collectable piece.
As a game collector, that comment made me want to vomit
Hey there's nothing wrong with collecting. I could call myself a game collector because I maintain a collection of games. I keep my boxed copy of Chrono Trigger carefully stored. I also carefully take the game out and play it. I guess I can't understand the point of collecting games without actually enjoying them, especially when someone else could be enjoying them. When games and consoles remained forever sealed, they're just hunks of useless plastic.
On the other side I dont understand die pleasure people get from spending money on things they will never use.
If it's something people can afford, however expensive, they'll pay. Let's not kid ourselves; one is just as silly and frivolous as the other, and they happen all the time to varying degrees..
maybe he'll take it when he notices no dumbass is paying 16k for that p.o.s.
moreliek $5 lol, amirite?