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Fake Pokémon Cartridge Spotted At GameStop Raises Concerns Among Retro Gamers (www.retronews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Kain1@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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A Reddit post in the GameBoy subreddit caught some eyes. It showed a fake yellow Game Boy Pokémon cartridge displayed at a GameStop. The post received many comments, pointing out the poor quality of this bootleg Pokémon game.

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[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If they're cheap and common games, I don't think it's a big deal to have fakes mixed in if it doesn't bother the buyer either.

Now for more rare stuff, it matters more. Feels like mtg cards, where a certain threshold it should be graded for authenticity and condition

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Video game grading is a massive scam. Karl Jobst did a series of videos on it, and it's basically price rigging and speculation investments for profit.

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

Oh huh, that's interesting. I'll definitely have to check that out

[–] Valencia@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No one is going to be making a fake Madden 99 cart for the gbc, it's always going to be the heavy hitters like pokemon or atlus games. Idk how they prevent fakes on both ends tbh, from taking in fakes to selling them as well. But if they're going to sell them they better be responsible about it.

In any case, isn't it illegal for them to not ensure they're legit? Selling counterfeits is definitely illegal

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

Idk where to draw the line with it being illegal for them to sell real copies. Like, what if it's a really good fake? Are they gonna send out each and every game? They can't spend $20 making sure a $10 game is legit.

No clue what to do about it honestly