Jennings, LA
Quoted from pkiefert:I think it's a different beast here. There were already thousands of MMr and AFMs out there. In this case there are only eight of the original prototype Kingpins. They will always continue to be Prototype games from Capcom.
That and the high end collectors that own them don't seem to care how much they are worth or that there will be a run of them at some point. At least three of the current owners love what we are doing, help us with our project, and have no intention of selling theirs. So while not all of the owners, I have a pretty good sample size so far, albeit not a random sampling.
While the current owners may not care and may have no intention to sell, when the game one day does leave their collection for whatever reason (death, divorce, etc) they will not be able to command the same price then post remake as could have been commanded before. The value will be different due to additional copies. Again, as you say, they may not care, but the remake will impact the market value of the prototype...doesn’t mean they will be fire sold now (or even sold at all now).
