We're talking about a market that's now almost entirely comprised of rich whales with low impulse control. Of course they don't think about basic shit like "buy low sell high." They're hoarding this shit just to have it. MetalJesusCucks doesn't play games outside of a few specific genres (he seems to like and know a fair amount about racing games) and stuff that faggot FOMO companies like LRG send him.
The people who acktshually play games, especially retro games, have long since moved on to emulation and digital storage. If you didn't buy retro games when they were cheap, you're basically asking to get scammed if you buy them now.
Just out of curiosity, I wonder how many 1ccs Metal Jesus Cucks has of any arcade game? How many of those hard nes titles has he beaten without cheats? He gives off major "played it for five minutes, best game ever" vibes to me.