Over the last couple of years, we've seen opportunists try to cash in on old games that hit the news. In 2024, GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions of Piglet's Big Game jumped by 1,500 percent following a viral social media clip, and earlier this year, Star Wars: Racer Revenge skyrocketed in price as it was integral to a new PlayStation 5 jailbreaking method.
Now, following the release of Michael, a biographical movie about the life of Michael Jackson, gamers are trying to make a quick buck on an obscure Wii game featuring the singer: Michael Jackson: The Experience.
Before the movie launched, you could comfortably buy a copy of Michael Jackson: The Experience on eBay for around $10-$15. The Ubisoft-developed Just Dance-style rhythm game launched in 2010, and didn't exactly set the world alight.
With the movie now having been out for a couple of weeks, though, prices for Michael Jackson: The Experience have begun to climb, with some sales reaching well over $100.
It's hard to predict how much of this is market manipulation, and people making listings and purchasing them from dummy accounts to make it look like the value has increased, but there are...
