@RhiannonVinado This card has a brutal gem rate and surprisingly low pop for a modern. Classic moonshot grail potential. He almost certainly knew the odds going in just sour he didn’t pull the 10
Chinese exclusive artwork can look strong, but the risk is higher than it first appears. Counterfeits coming out of China are already very convincing, and there is also a real chance the cards get reprinted later. On top of that, the Chinese market does not have the same liquidity or collector depth as English and Japanese.
The higher-risk play could still work out, but the more conservative move is a booster box: lower reprint/counterfeit risk, better liquidity, and a market that is already proven.
@Masterchiefin21 Look at the CFO and do a quick search on her background. It’ll all make sense why Sony’s completely stopped listening to its actual customers.
This isn’t about being a PlayStation fanboy or anti-PlayStation. It’s about whether players still get real ownership of the games they buy.
Physical copies give you that. If Sony can drop physical and most people just go along with it, Microsoft and eventually others have every reason to do the same for the cost savings and higher margins.
Silent Hill 2 on PS2, complete with manual and registration card.
Physical media still hits different in 2026.
What do you think? solid pickup or overpaying for nostalgia?
@SpadesEnder She’s the CFO driving this call. For her it’s clearly shareholders and digital margins first. A huge part of the community still values physical ownership. Acknowledging the feedback only to ignore it shows she doesn’t actually understand that community.
Team Up is still criminally slept on.
Not just the set itself, but the actual Team Up cards across the board. Same with Unified Minds and a lot of the wider Sun & Moon era.
Outside of the big chase cards everyone already knows about, there are still so many undervalued cards sitting with relatively low pops.
People are going to look back and regret not scooping these while they’re still cheap. The window is open right now. Don’t sleep on them.
@Aisuteon@PokeHEX5555 You’re changing the argument. Your preference for buying and selling Chinese cards doesn’t make the entire market superior. Collector markets are measured by global demand, history, liquidity, and record sales not individual preferences.
@Aisuteon@PokeHEX5555 That’s value for money, not superiority. A cheaper product can be a better buy, but that doesn’t make it the superior collector market. Long-term value comes from history, liquidity, prestige, and a global collector base where Japanese and English still lead.