New record: a copy of Super Mario Bros. from the NES sells for $ 2 million and is the most expensive video game in history
Will the day come when this news accumulates and remains valid for more than a month? Video game sales by astronomical figures have reached another level throughout this 2021. In just a few months the record for the most expensive game of all time has been broken several times.
In April, a copy of Super Mario Bros. rose as the most expensive , to be surpassed by The Legend of Zelda in July and just two days later, to be advanced by Super Mario 64 . Now, we’re back to the original adventure of the mustached plumber, as a copy of Super Mario Bros. from the NES has been sold for $ 2,000,000.
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🏆A NEW WORLD RECORD on Rally🏆
… w / the $ 2,000,000 sale of our 1985 Super Mario Bros., marking the HIGHEST PRICE EVER PAID for a video game of any title.
Read more in todays New York Times (cc: @nytimes ): https://t.co/mJzEcVMXuQ pic.twitter.com/segsfw6Jw9
– Rally (@OnRallyRd) August 6, 2021
The most striking thing about the Rally page, in charge of the transaction, is that the anonymous buyer bought the game based on acquiring all the shares in it . This is possible since in Rally it is possible to buy shares of collectibles, such as stickers, comics or old cars.
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In this way, investors are guaranteed a simple way to increase the money used and in this case, as reported by The New York Times , the return for them has been 900% . The special thing about this copy of Super Mario Bros. is not really different from the other occasions.
It is factory sealed, rated by a company that gives scores to the conservation of objects and belongs to a limited edition . Now, you just have to wait a few days until someone else raises the record even more. New record: a copy of Super Mario Bros. from the NES sells for $ 2 million and is the most expensive video game in history