Most games from that era still have their servers running. A lot will not be shut down due to being on a third party. Only big one I can think of that would be an issue right now is Ubisoft games.

The new one is a SERIES S or X... not JUST Xbox ONE.

Don't buy the last generation model by mistake ;)

NP - As for games, there are TONS of 2600 sealed games. Only a few will be worth anything. Always remember the crash of '83. You can get a graded 9.8 A++ for less than $100 if you don't care about the title ;P

But when you do find a rare 2600 cart.... it's rare ;P

High end rare games are on a DOWNWARD trend right now. Literally noone is grading games ATM 'cause you can buy them graded for the same price as raw. Now is the time to BUY ---- not SELL.

My advice? Sign up to Heritage Auctions. They hold Weekly (Tues Night) auctions that usually end pretty cheap. Then they also hold SIGNATURE auctions (every few months) where they high end stuff, and they high end rollers come to play.

Also, check out GetTheGregGames on Youtube. He covers this stuff extensively and also has live reactions to the auctions.

You can tell... VGA can anyways :P

Based off of the paint chipping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiIg2tyBQWE

I buy/sell high end graded video game items.

https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/promotional-use-only-atari-2600-console-nfr-condition-fn-unopened-new-2600-atari-1981-usa/a/7236-93074.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515

Here's an older print (1981) promotional copy unopened that sold for 9.6k in 2020.

Edit - I just want to iterate that this would NOT sell for that much in 2022. You are looking at a few grand. 2020 was weird...

Is the box opened though? So is it "Qualified" or not? Thousands of dollars depend on it!

There are a few graded by VGA as un-opened... yes. Not many though. I think I've seen about 2 or 3 truly unopened and they were all graded at the 8 level. Last one at open auction went for 7k I believe? Or somewhere around there.