Recently a hater felt it was necessary to post a comment on videogamepriceguides.com bringing into question the accuracy of the pricing and went so far to imply that prices are artificially inflated. Also, without reading all of the text on the listing pages they decided to question the discrepancy from the list page vs. the listing page. They ended their rant by saying the site is doing a disservice ‘to the community’.
There are many mistakes in the video game price guide, no doubt. But there are plenty of mistakes in other guides as well. VGPG has never been promoted as the end all of pricing guides. It has never been promoted as the authority in game prices. The sight is simply another tool in the long list of video game price guide sites that have the same similar flaws.
The hater also felt it was necessary to bitch and moan about the lack of historical prices being available on the site. This would be a cool feature, but does it matter? You can’t travel back in time to buy or sell a video game. Historical pricing might be important for some, but it’s not for others. At this time I feel there is no need for VGPG to show historical data.
To clarify the pricing discrepancies: 1.) All of the prices are pulled from eBay. It is the only resource that is accessible by probably everyone. It takes in consideration of current auction and BuyItNow prices. Is it perfect? No. This is why it’s a guide. Guides are meant to point you in the right direction, and any site that claims they are the authority in pricing is full of it. 2.) Since it pulls from eBay discrepancies will arise. People put the wrong titles in listings, ‘lots’ get considered when they shouldn’t, the list goes on and on. There isn’t an accurate way to segregate out these listings from VGPG… at least not at this time.
It needs to be considered that the price guide is free. Currently, there really isn’t any advertising. I’m not affiliated with eBay in anyway except for my usage to buy and sale games. I do not actively promote my listings on VGPG. There is no reason to.
So let’s get to the brass tacks. If you don’t like videogamepriceguides.com that is awesome. Tell me what you’d like to see improved, and somewhere between my normal job, family, and other hobbies I might implement those changes. If you hate the guide and would like me to recommend others go check out videogamepricecharts.com, digitpress.com, or nintendoage.com. All three of those sites have price guides available.
At the end of the day the value of a video game is what you put on it. A fan will pay more. A detractor will pay less. If you can’t figure out what a game is worth to you without a guide, then perhaps game collecting isn’t for you.
And as for the site, well I will be implementing a solution here soon that will allow the prices in the guide, to never have to come under question.
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