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Why Are Retro Games Cheap In Japan? (And Are They?)

A fun shopping experience and a tricky conceptual question

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Addison Del Mastro
Jun 06, 2025
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In my little overview/introduction piece on our vacation in Japan, I wrote up some of the themes I’ll be thinking and writing about. This piece touches on the cool small business environment in Japanese cities, but it’s not exactly about that. One of the fun things we (read: I) did in Tokyo was go video game shopping, and this is about that experience.

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