Silent Hill Fan Shows Off Jaw-Dropping $1 Auction Haul

Summary

Silent Hill fan scores original PS2 games for just $1, leaving others envious.
Silent Hill franchise experiencing resurgence with new film, game, and remakes.
Older games trapped on old systems, not ported to current-gen consoles.

A Silent Hill fan secured an incredible deal at auction, grabbing some of the best-known games in the franchise for a mere dollar. The haul has other Silent Hill fans feeling envious, as classic PlayStation titles are becoming rarer and harder to secure without spending a lot of money.

Silent Hill has seen something of a resurgence in recent years, with Konami finally returning to its legendary franchise. The upcoming Silent Hill f has a lot of gamers intrigued, a new film is in the works, and the Silent Hill 2 remake was very well received. However, for many fans, nothing beats owning one of the original copies of the games.

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On Reddit, user warburrito2 shared their incredible haul with fans in the Silent Hill community. In a photo, warburrito2 shows off original PlayStation 2 copies of Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 3, and Silent Hill 4: The Room. According to the user, they managed to get all three of these games for a mere $1. If that weren’t enough for survival horror fans, the deal also included a copy of Fatal Frame for the PS2. The games include the manuals, though warburrito2 noted that the soundtrack for Silent Hill 3 didn’t seem to be in the case.

A Trip to Silent Hill Is Rarely Cheap

Those responding to the post have been extremely enthusiastic and envious of the fan’s find. Many asked questions about how they managed to pull this off, to which they answered that a friend of their brother buys storage trailers and auctions off the contents. It seems like the games were all kept in good condition while in storage. Users have pointed out that buying these games online typically costs at least $100 for each one, with Silent Hill 3 and Silent Hill 2 typically being the most expensive. While warburrito2 doesn’t have a PlayStation 2 or backward compatible PS3 to play the games on right now, they are a fan of Silent Hill, so they might end up playing these themselves.

Finds like these typically excite game communities, but they also highlight an underlying and ongoing problem with older video games. Some games are trapped on their old systems, with no digital releases or new physical copies for fans to approach them at reasonable prices. As the years progress, many games are being ported to newer systems, but that isn’t true of everything. The original Silent Hill 2 and 3 haven’t had an official release since they were made part of the ill-reviewed Silent Hill HD Collection, and have never been officially ported to current-gen systems. Many fans have resorted to emulating the games or using patches to make the Windows releases playable on modern gaming PCs. Outside of that, fans have to keep their eyes open in hopes of finding a great deal like warburrito2 did.