Chrono Trigger Better Investment Than Apple

Investing is a difficult proposition. Many people let their money ride the stock market, and as we’re seeing right now that can be quite a hazardous venture. Others put their cash into more tangible hopes like gold and precious metals. Some invest in slightly more subjective prospects like art and collectible items. Every time I see a ‘limited edition’ pint of Ben & Jerrys (an ice cream for anyone unaware) I can’t help but wonder if there’s some ice cream collector out there with a vault stocked full of these treasures in the hopes that someday they’ll be valuable. While ancient foodstuffs might not have much of a market, it seems like video games do. I don’t think anyone’s much interested in buying your mint condition copy of Daikatana but the right game can fetch a hefty price. It seems that if you’d purchased a copy of “Chrono Trigger” for the Super Nintendo the day it came out and left it in the package til today it’d be worth over $12,000. If you’d purchased a single share each of Microsoft and Apple’s stock you’d end up with a not inconsiderable profit, but the mint copy of Chrono Trigger would have netted you over a thousand dollars of profit. Granted this is another iffy proposition as probably not that many games will be in demand more than a decade after they are released, but if you pick the right game, resist the temptation to tear open the packaging and start playing it (my advice: get two copies) and manage to keep that puppy unmarred you could have a serious profit on your hands. Much more profitable than a complete set of Desert Storm trading cards.