Maybe the market is crashing for games that were selling for four digits and up, but there has been a general tenfold increase in older game and system prices over the past 15 years, and it has really discouraged me. I used to lovingly curate a growing collection. I loved to browse flea markets and used game stores and Craigslist. But in the past five years I've probably bought less than ten games from before the year 2005. It's not just games either - it feels like every hobby is becoming more and more expensive as more people with (somehow) more disposable income coalesce around the things that have a clear presence in the public consciousness.