So after over a decade of waiting patiently, I finally got a factory sealed, mint copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga, essentially for $75. See, years ago, when EB Games was liquidating their saturn stock, I got tons of saturn games at stupidly low prices, like Burning Rangers for $30. The very last time I remember buying a saturn game from EB Games, I had a choice between Magic Knight Ray Earth, and Panzer Dragoon Saga, both for $30. I choose MKR because I knew it was the last saturn game released in the US, and figured that, like WD's other games, it'd become a big collectors item. And to a degree, I was right, the game goes for quite a bit online. But a few weeks later, when I went back to buy Panzer Dragoon Saga, it was already sold out. Since then, I've vowed to not pay the outrageous amounts it goes for now because, at one point, I could have gotten it for a reasonable price and I passed on it. Today, I could afford to buy it at the $200 range it goes, but the principle remained. Which leads me to a few days ago. I saw a craigslist ad selling a sega saturn with a bunch of highly sought after saturn titles in a bundle, for $75. Stuff like Shining Force III, Burning Rangers, Guardian Heroes, etc. Stuff that goes for a lot, that I already had from when EB Games liquidated their stock. Clearly the lady who sold me the games did not buy them herself, nor did she know how much they were worth. I was originally going to just sell them on ebay, but I found a guy who straight up traded me Shining Force III and Guardian heroes for a brand new, sealed Panzer Dragoon Saga. Not only that, but I still have several games like Burning Rangers from the bundle which I can still sell. I'm so happy at the moment. PDS is pretty much the last super sought after game for the saturn that I lacked from my library. The sort of games that define the system today. And I didn't pay out the nose for it.
Either way the game is worth $300+ if opened. and if you don't open it and play it the gaming repo man will find you.
Good for you. I remember buying a PAL Samba De Amigo set which was sealed (well after the Dreamcasts death). The satisfaction of opening it and the joy on my kids faces when we got it out the box & set up was so worth it. And I sold it for the same price I paid for it
