Quoted from The_Director:It's definitely causing me to lose interest in the hobby. I've just been head down working on them as that's my job, and I'm thankful I'm pretty well set in my personal collection. All the excitement with finding new games and such is kind of out the door at the moment though. The prices are just absurd. Even D titles people want $2k plus for now. Every time a project is posted for a decent price, people bid it up to retail prices lol. Even the auctions are all retail for a bunch of operator leftovers as-is! Everything is cut throat and, honestly, all the chatter on the forums, FB pages, etc. is mostly just fatiguing and annoying. Great time to be a seller, it's definitely made me consider shedding a few...
I could not have said it any better. I have actually been pushing people away from the hobby lately. Several neighbors and friends want to buy games and I have told them to wait and see what pricing does in the near future or pursue different hobbies.