Super Mario 64: The Most Expensive Video Game Ever Sold
In September 2021, a nearly perfect, unopened copy of Super Mario Bros. was sold for a staggering $2 million. This is not a random figure, but rather the result of a true story. To understand the significance of this sale, we need to look back to July 2021, when an anonymous buyer spent a large sum of money on the game.
The sale of the game was part of a larger auction, where several still-sealed games were sold, including a Super Mario 64 unit. This game is legendary not only for its historical value but also for its rarity, as it is difficult to find a unit in good condition.
The original Super Mario 64 was released in 1996 for the N64, and it is impossible to imagine that it would have such a high value almost 20 years later. However, now it is incredibly expensive, and one of the auctioneers was willing to offer $1,560,000 for it.
The buyer of the game is the Rally company, which had purchased a similar unit just a few months earlier for around $140,000. The sale paid off, but most people agree that the real winner was the buyer, who acquired an item that is practically unique in the world.
The value of the game was significantly higher after another copy was sold for $1.56 million. In this way, the record for the most expensive game in the world was broken in less than a month.
Why was it so expensive?
The reason this game is so expensive is because, in addition to being very rare, it was in almost perfect condition and still had its original packaging. The game received an official Wata rating of 9.8+, one of the highest in history when it comes to such a valuable older video game. There were even those who called it "the Holy Grail of video game collecting."
