I see the $4k-$6k used games taking the biggest hit in value due to market saturation. It is hard for someone to want to drop $4600 on a Stern POTC or even something like WH20/NGG when you can get a couple year old used Walking Dead, Ghostbusters, Metallica, etc for about the same money. 2 years from now, the 20+ NIB games available today will be even more prevalent in the used market, pushing top tier "Stern Pro" level used stuff even lower. I see the pricing of $1.5k to $2.5k B, C and D list games as the safer place the next couple years, because that price range is a lot more attainable for the large number of new people getting into the hobby.

I think in a year or two, the LCD screen games are going to cool off the prices a bit on some later DMD games as well.

The market for cheaper games is really hot at the moment, and I think it can sustain itself going forward. There were only 1 or 2 System 80B machines at Allentown this year on Friday out of hundreds of machines on the floor, and I am not sure they were even for sale. I don't see System 11 games coming down in price at all going forward. When someone new comes into the hobby, one of the first things they hear about is how great system 11 games are compared to the other games of the same era. My hunch is that pre-alpha numeric solid state games have the best chance of regressing in price going forward...and even that isn't a sure thing.

Is Stern still assembling machines for Chicago Gaming?