With gaming becoming a more popular pastime during the COVID-19 pandemic, some video games have seen a significant rise in value, so now might be a good time to look through your old video games to see if you have a fortune lying around.
Research conducted by Paxful looked at the value of the global resale market for second-hand video games during lockdown to find out which games have been sold for the most money during this time period.
Games for the Nintendo Switch enjoyed the biggest increase in sales (+446.63%) from before lockdown to during.
Rank | Console | Increase |
1 | Nintendo Switch | 446.63% |
2 | Xbox 360 | 257.98% |
3 | Xbox | 241.91% |
4 | Wii | 214.75% |
5 | PSP | 195.78% |
6 | Gamecube | 192.59% |
7 | Sega Saturn | 191.24% |
8 | Sega CD | 190.82% |
9 | Xbox One | 163.47% |
10 | Playstation 2 | 144.69% |