Jun 24, 2026 · 2 hr 25 min · 10 segments
This week on The Ungraded Truth, we break down the world record sale for a video game of a PSA Super Mario NES and how these grails keep getting bought by BIG MONEY. We also talk about the Bricks &…
Let us go into our lead story, which was the graded video game sale for Super Mario Brothers in a PSA 9.6 A++ sealed gloss sticker second production that went for an incredible amount.
Whopping price of $3 million, the most expensive video game to ever have been sold.
I mean, and that's saying something, considering we had the crazy boom of video games back in 2020 and 2021.
To backtrack a little bit and set up the story a little bit further, Heritage Auctions had its recent release.
video game Platinum Auction.
This was the flagship game for that.
This has a very interesting story, actually, that it was found in an old NES system.
A lot of people didn't think that this high grade of a copy actually ever existed, but this was one that was actually never really circulated, meaning it wasn't actually put on shelves, which is why it got such a high grade distinction.
And a lot of people were talking about how, you know, maybe this could break a million dollars.
The previous record was $2 million in a private sale.
Creative Video Games, ever since their controversy of, you know, the WADA scandal and the lawsuits and the class actions and all that stuff, has had its major pullbacks.
There's a lot of people that were soured on Creative Video Games.
Now we have this sale, and it kind of feels like maybe video games are back.
You know, guys, I'm going to kind of kick it over to you guys and ask you what you just initially thought about this sale and this price before we kind of move on to some of the other interesting topics within this video game extravaganza.
What do you guys think?
I mean, everything's back except comics, right? Comics, never.
But, like, I mean, the tricky part for me always with video games is... they're actually, they're always really confusing with the labels.
There's so much variation between different prints and different stickers and different seals and all that kind of stuff.
Like it's all, to me, it always gets a little tricky.
So I always am wondering if that's something that maybe would hold that market back, but clearly, clearly not on this, where this went for, I mean, a huge number, I mean, $3 million and a new record is pretty crazy to see.
I love it.
I mean, this is a it's quite a lot more than it was.
And we were highlighting it on last on the last episode.
I think it was at like six hundred and seventy five thousand.
Let us go into our lead story, which was the graded video game sale for Super Mario Brothers in a PSA 9.6 A++ sealed gloss sticker second production that went for an incredible amount.
Whopping price of $3 million, the most expensive video game to ever have been sold.
I mean, and that's saying something, considering we had the crazy boom of video games back in 2020 and 2021.
To backtrack a little bit and set up the story a little bit further, Heritage Auctions had its recent release.
video game Platinum Auction.
This was the flagship game for that.
This has a very interesting story, actually, that it was found in an old NES system.
A lot of people didn't think that this high grade of a copy actually ever existed, but this was one that was actually never really circulated, meaning it wasn't actually put on shelves, which is why it got such a high grade distinction.
And a lot of people were talking about how, you know, maybe this could break a million dollars.
The previous record was $2 million in a private sale.
Creative Video Games, ever since their controversy of, you know, the WADA scandal and the lawsuits and the class actions and all that stuff, has had its major pullbacks.
There's a lot of people that were soured on Creative Video Games.
Now we have this sale, and it kind of feels like maybe video games are back.
You know, guys, I'm going to kind of kick it over to you guys and ask you what you just initially thought about this sale and this price before we kind of move on to some of the other interesting topics within this video game extravaganza.
What do you guys think?
I mean, everything's back except comics, right? Comics, never.
But, like, I mean, the tricky part for me always with video games is... they're actually, they're always really confusing with the labels.
There's so much variation between different prints and different stickers and different seals and all that kind of stuff.
Like it's all, to me, it always gets a little tricky.
So I always am wondering if that's something that maybe would hold that market back, but clearly, clearly not on this, where this went for, I mean, a huge number, I mean, $3 million and a new record is pretty crazy to see.
I love it.
I mean, this is a it's quite a lot more than it was.
And we were highlighting it on last on the last episode.
I think it was at like six hundred and seventy five thousand.
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