the.com/wata games
the company that grades your childhood into a number, then sells it back at auction.
means a third-party service that authenticates and grades the condition and sealing of collectible video games, from a lowly 6.0 to a mint 10.
from founded in 2018 riding the wave of coin and comic grading, wata applied the same slab-and-number logic to sealed video games right as nostalgia-fueled collectors started treating cardboard boxes like fine art.
record salea sealed mario 64 hit 1.56 million dollars in 2021
the slabgames get sealed in plastic cases like museum relics
lawsuit eraaccused in 2021 of secretly inflating grades for insiders
scale quirka 9.8 can outsell a 10 if the seal looks better
for instance
super mario 64 — wata 9.8 sold for 1.56 million dollars, july 2021
super mario bros — nes copy graded wata sold for 660000 dollars, 2021
legend of zelda — gold cartridge wata graded sale topped 870000 dollars