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minus-squarewaterfox [none/use name]hexbear3·2 years agoThat wasn't the video game market, that was a company that started grading old games like MTG cards and then claiming they were worth six figures, which they weren't. It was creating something out of whole cloth and ruining it for everyone. link
minus-squareEricthescruffy [he/him]hexbear5·2 years agoI'm sure they did it for trading cards also, but they've absolutely been doing it for classic videogames also: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/grading-firm-wata-is-facing-a-lawsuit-for-allegedly-manipulating-the-retro-game-market/ link
That wasn't the video game market, that was a company that started grading old games like MTG cards and then claiming they were worth six figures, which they weren't. It was creating something out of whole cloth and ruining it for everyone.
I'm sure they did it for trading cards also, but they've absolutely been doing it for classic videogames also:
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/grading-firm-wata-is-facing-a-lawsuit-for-allegedly-manipulating-the-retro-game-market/