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The release of Metal Gear Solid 4 may not have done much for PlayStation 3 console sales, but has for some reason sent the value of older Metal Gear Solids sky-rocketing.
Going by the current prices on Amazon Marketplace and eBay, the GameCube-exclusive Twin Snakes has been exchanging hands for in excess of £50, the PSone original for over £25 and the Substance version of Metal Gear Solid 2 for upwards of £45. eBay auctions for Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence have also been ending for around £60, while Metal Gear Solid Digital Graphic Novel on PSP has been selling for £30. Even Metal Gear Solid 2 – which can be found for £1.99 in Gamestation – has jumped up to £8 on Amazon Marketplace.
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I’ve never heard the expression ‘exchanging hands’ before Matt, except for Google telling me about a band called Knives Exchanging Hands.
I’ve heard it plenty before. Maybe it’s a southern thing… unless Matt’s not southern, in which case it’s more likely to be a mystery.
Anyway, I’m wishing my PS1 games weren’t all copies right now.
Yes Matt’s from the south coast. He does say a lot of rubbish :D
The first 12 pages on Google for ‘exchanging hands’ are purely referencing a band called Knives Exchanging Hands, so it’s definitely not in common written usage – the normal term is changing hands.
But… why do you think having bought a PSone game (rather than a copy) in 1998 for £40 and then selling it in 2008 for £25 would be a good investment?! You’d need to sell it for at least £65 just to break even taking inflation into account!
no my mate dan he cud get them rly cheap .)
Because until recently MGS on PSone could be picked up dirt cheap. And maybe I did just mean ‘changing hands’
Who knows!