Wii games have superior resale value
by Chris Greenhough 
{ Jan 9th 2009 at 3:31PM }
Once the current economic crisis really takes hold and you have to sell your Wii collection* just to afford this month's supply of baked beans and ramen, be thankful that Wii games officially attract the highest resale prices. See, things aren't so glum!
A poll conducted by the stat-tastic VideoGamePriceCharts.com has discovered that Wii software carries the lowest margin of loss when resold, losing on average 25.4% of its original MSRP. At the other end of the table, Xbox 360 owners typically lose 37.2% of their initial outlay whenever they resell a brown and gray futuristic shooter. Not only that, but Nintendo-published games are also high in resale value -- out of 45 publishers, only Bethesda's games are sold on for more. We suspect Wii Fit may have skewed the results somewhat, but all the same: yay!
Make the jump for the publisher charts!
* You did sell all of the family first, right?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
esposch @ Jan 9th 2009 4:01PM
I sometimes sell mine for a profit, or could sell them for a profit if I wanted to. Seriously, eBay gives you about triple what EB games does.
dukemeiser @ Jan 9th 2009 5:47PM
Or you could say that second hand XBox 360 games are cheaper than Wii games. This news is only good depending on who's selling and who's buying. Good for 360 buyers, bad for Wii buyers.
ZombiePikmin @ Jan 9th 2009 6:19PM
All my gamez are belong to me! And it's gonna stay that way.
Anti-Villian @ Jan 10th 2009 7:42AM
Awesome, how much will wiisports fetch me?
esposch @ Jan 11th 2009 4:20PM
If you have a PAL version, AU$65
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Wii-Sports-for-Nintendo-Wii-great-fun-for-the-family_W0QQitemZ170291988832QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_PC_Video_Games_Games?hash=item170291988832&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318
That's about 45 US. O_O