Can you still buy a NEW PS1 game from Square Enix's Website in 2023?! 

Square Enix had a massive clearance on their online store back in 2018. I bought a copy of every ps1 reprint they they had. It was bizarre even then that you could still buy new copies of ps1 games. Oh, and they also were selling DS games, I picked up Dragon Quest Monsters for like $10-20 bucks. Unfortunately the main line Dragon Quest game were already sold out.

I used to work at the Sony Distribution Center in Terre Haute back in 2011 and I can confirm that we did assemble the cases for Final Fantasy Origins for PS1. It was one of the last things our line put together while I was there. I thought it was crazy then. Didn't know it continued another 8 years.

This video is my dream. I wish companies would reprint old and out of production games that you can simply buy off of their website just like this!

Regarding the black disks, it's been speculated that what they mean by "anti-piracy" is it means you can tell at a glance that it's a pirate copy so you're not fooled. Of course, they could also have just been lying.

More companies need to do this! 😎

There is something about those PSone CD jewel cases that just feels so satisfying to open and close. The entire action of it, taking out the disc, the art, the booklet inside, some of that magic was lost once things went over to matte black plastic DVD cases with simple picture insert.

Cool to see there's one still in stock! A few years ago, I want to say in 2017 or 2018, the store ran a pretty crazy clearance sale. It was wild buying brand new, GOOD PS1 games directly from them for anywhere from $4-10. They also sold several late pressing PS2 games as well, you could tell they were late pressings similar to these because they didn't have the PlayStation logo hidden on the bottom side of the discs.

If I remember properly, Atlus did a similar thing with their PS2 games a little while ago. I think in 2015, I was able to get brand new copies of Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne, Persona 3 FES, Persona 4, and Digital Devil Saga.

In 2019 you could still buy those games new and sealed at EB Games (now GameStop) here in Canada. I would always ask the salesperson about where they came from, but they never knew. I’m not surprised anymore about old stock rereleasing because “Video Games Plus” a store here in Toronto always has reprints of rare and popular games (highly recommended).

I remember 4 or 5 years ago when PS2 Grand Theft Auto deadstock suddenly appeared in store at Wal-Mart's across the country. That was pretty cool to see. The one in my town had like 4 or 5 bundles of all three games

I didn't know it was possible to still buy a new PS1 game. It actually amazes me, I want to order this mostly for the novelty of having a brand new PS1 game in 2023.

I had a copy of Chrono Cross when I was a kid that I was never able to beat because the second disc was screwed up and wouldn't load correctly. A few years ago I saw Square Enix still had new copies available for like $10 and I bought one and was finally able to beat it. I probably could've just used an emulator but it was pretty cool being able to load up my old save file from like 20 years ago and be able to finish it.

If companies started reselling the old stuff again, id certainly start buying!

I took advantage of a sale on their website back in 2015 and was able to get Final Fantasy Anthology (FF V & VI), Final Fantasy Chronicles (FF IV & Chrono Trigger), & Final Fantasy IX (all Greatest Hits versions w/ silver discs) for $4.50 each.

Ahh, if only other companies had done this. Also unfortunate that this was officially discontinued right before the scalping/price-flipping craze that pushed it all to the point of no return.

That's really cool. I've always wondered why FF PSX games were so expensive in the late 00s and then suddenly became relatively cheap again. This probably has something to do with it.

They were selling these on "the jungle website" as well. I bought the entire set back around 2015. I have: -Final Fantasy V and VI -Final Fantasy IV and Chrono Trigger -Chrono Cross -Origins I and II All are silver. Unfortunately, I opened all of them back then and the Chrono Trigger came new with a cracked case.

I adore finding sealed old games, so thanks for the heads up! Picked up up a copy of FF Origins 😎

Back in like the early 2010's, my sister wanted FF8. She finds it for sale brand new on the Toys R Us website of all places. I was shocked Toys R Us of all places had a brand new copy. I always wondered if it was unsold stock. I guess it was a reprint. Thanks for making this video!!

This is actually soothing to see classic titles getting this treatment, even if turn based rpgs aren’t my thing. The scalping scene is just crazy now, literally when I was a kid would never trade in games and saved to get the next one “friends” though I was an idiot, so glad I stuck to my guns and still do. I dread the day physical dies (it’s inevitable it’ll happen)

Great video, crazy that Square sold these only a few years ago. Thanks for the heads up, just bought myself FF origins

Working in specialist retail, let me tell you there are an absurd number of "deadstock" items, mainly accessories for long-obsolete products that management won't get rid of/discount to put off realizing the loss. Some of these items were still produced until surprisingly recently, my theory being due to momentum of manufacturing/no one checking automatic systems or just not yet realizing no one is buying them anymore. Doesn't surprise me that similar is happening in games, but still neat to see it explored- great video!

This blew my mind. What a great little find. I headed over to the Square Enix store to see what other older titles they had, I collect PS2 games so I was curious. Grabbed a copy of Dawn of Mana for $30. Actually quite pleased with this, knowing its sealed, from the manufacturer and not from a rando on ebay. Hell yah.

I MISSED IT!!!!!! THEY SOLD OUT!!!

I work for a supplier that used to order reprints of ps1/2 they where still available up to 2018 if you order the minimum amount well like over 1000-2000pcs some items can still be reprinted some is easier than others still have to do a lot of negotiations with the publisher or some prints impossible Like once we requested more prints of FF8 but the master of one of the disk was damage and the price to get a replacement was not worth it anymore or fatal frame ps2 at a point the publisher didn’t want the game reprinted I think the last massive reprint was 2008.

Oh man, they don't ship to Brazil! What a shame, really wanted to buy the game, original PS1 games are hard to find for good prices over here. And I even saw some other cool things they have there, like the collector's edition of FF X/X-2 remaster. But still, it's cool of them to have kept their older games alive in some way for so long! Wish more game companies did stuff like this.

Video results in benefits to the scalpers. The link and product listing probably would have lived a lot longer. Now there are opportunists that saw this video while drinking their morning coffee for treasure and decided to stock up on 20-40 per scalper.

I ordered most of these SE reprints from Amazon back in 2007 and was astounded back then that they were still in print! Wild that there are still copies out there today.

This was just a really nice video to watch, no strings attached, no one hated on or exposed, it delivers what it promises

And.... its gone.

Would be cool to buy new copies of Einhander, Bushido Blade and Brave Fencer Musashi for the PS1 since they're not available anywhere legitimately as far as I know.

Seeing the Square Enix logo on an old PS1 game case and silver discs is quite the trip, like something out of a different dimension!

great video dude! the pacing, the voice, the details, awesome!

Dude, thank you for this valuable information I was unaware of!

I was lucky enough to see this video when it was just a few hours old and I ordered a copy that I received a few days ago. Sucks that they probably won't sell any of these any more, but I'm glad that I was able to get one of the last ever brand new copies of an original Playstation game.

thanks you for this video i looked a few weeks ago at the store and couldnt find any i didnt know i had to keep scrolling down that far !!

Great video. Unfortunately, they don't ship to my country, which is a bit unfortunate, but still pretty cool to know that you can even buy these.

I think there has been a lot of PS2 reprints as well. The only way I could tell was the case didn't have a memory card slot in them, just a PS logo.

Thank you. I just put myself on the wait-list for FF Origins. Definitely subbing now. You are awesome.

I saw new, shrink-wrapped Final Fantasy Origins game at my local Micro Center a few years ago and I never knew why they had them. Thank you for solving the mystery!

I remember ordering Final Fantasy Anthology and Final Fantasy Chronicles from the Square Enix store back in 2019 😁

It's not on the shop anymore as of today

I love these sort of video game curios. Really great video, instant subscribe!

Most of these old games are available on steam and such nowadays, or right on the ps3/4/5 online store, or even your phone as an app! the pluses is that its far easier to relive these golden era games, and it often comes with big perks like faster load times, faster movement speed in game, slight visual enhancements, and additional stuff that the original release didn't have. I got chrono trigger on steam last year and replayed it for a couple months going through various endings, not sure if I even finished all of them. And then I went to the endgame stuff in that reptile kingdom or whatever- all brand new to me, never got to experience that with the snes. Very enjoyable! There is something about the sense of nostalgia you get playing the game as you remember on release- in its original form, with the original controller and console. But lately it just feels more and more like a pain trying to achieve that little bit more of nostalgia. Modern TVs do Not play SNES / NES / 64 / PS1 / PS2 and such Easily. You have to find adapter cables to convert to the only port available- HDMI, troubleshoot, and stare at your big screen with big black bars on the sides or top and bottom and even then you question if the aspect isn't cutting anything out. All that headache is gone when you just get a digital 'remaster' copy. Really worth it. That said, I do understand they don't have this treatment for Many old school games, but if you like Square old school RPGs- its likely been done a thousand times.

I wish more companies could do this reprint older games that'd be really awesome

man i wish more companies cared about old consoles

I picked up IX and Anthology new a few years ago off Amazon… Silver disks. I was quite surprised they existed, but the price was so close to the used copies out there I went with these new ones.

I worked at a Walmart in the early 2010s and at one point we got a shipment of some old games that needed to be moved and were placed in a clearance bin in the aisle in front of electronics. It was about 50 original Game Boy and Game Boy Color games. All of them seemed to be Disney titles. We had them priced at $8.44 each but not many of them sold. Dunno whatever happened to the unsold copies. I bought one of them - Mickey's Racing Adventure - since my neighbor had that game when I was a kid and I remembered playing it a lot. I've still got it. :)

The silver reprints have been around since around 2011, I was ordering them wholesale and they were selling out fast at my store.

Reprints of retro games is pretty common anymore. A new PC Engine game was recently released, tons of new games get released on old consoles, and Battletoads and Double Dragons was reprinted last year with The Wily Wars not long before that iirc. These are basically reprints, which makes sense considering Squenix sells on these games digitally on console and PC and push rereleased pretty heavily (as they should, makes preservation and playing them in general a lot easier lol)

Re: the black discs, they are still being produced today. A label called Tompkins Square releases new CDs in this format, at least as recently as a Teodross Avery jazz CD in 2019 (After the Rain: A Night for Coltrane). It's a black PS1 style CD.

Loved your vid man, very well put together. Subscribed! ✌️

And just like that, it's gone unfortunatly.

I purchased some games from SE's website back in I want to say 2012 or 2013. I got Chrono Cross, FF9 for the PS1 and Final Fantasy 3 and The Legend of Kage 2 for the DS. I was surprised back then that they're still selling these games and they were dirt cheap too. I got each for 20 bucks or less brand new-- Kage was only 12 bucks. I think I also picked up some PS2 games at the time, primarily FF10 and 12 and maybe a couple others but I don't remember so well on those ones.

I really really hope that this trend continues, it‘s kind of sad nobody is even thinking of releasing games on the old gens Just imagine indie studios doing popular games for ps2 or wii - they would go completely viral

I remember when I was younger that I walked into a target around 2010 and they had almost all the PS1 final fantasy games still on the shelf. I just thought they were old stock. I did buy one copy of ff9. Super interesting stuff.

I have a single complaint! I checked the website and as I assumed, there is an option to filter by PSX games (where FFOrigins is listed as the only title, now wishlistable thanks to you lol) so no real scrolling forever. THAT SAID! This was a rad find and great video idea/video! Loved it, and yeah I'll sub for a while to see what you got down the line. Take it easy!

I think this has happened with the final fantasy 25th anniversary ultimate box.. I think (maybe) that almost every game in that collection is a reprint of PS1, PS2 and PS3. With its own unique disk art. Even FF3 on psp had its own unique art. If you look it up on eBay or what not it goes for a pretty penny. But nevertheless I think that is awesome.

Excellent content. Keeping a close eye on this channel :D Keep it up!

Cool video! I spent your entire live video section trying to diagnose why my speakers suddenly weren't working.... Adjust your levels to balance! 😂😂😂

I physically bought some of those sealed greatest hits copies at an EB Games a couple years ago. I guess they got sent a shipment for some reason.

They were also on sale on amazon. I remember a time when you could buy them for 9.99 with amazon prime lol

I bought those Final Fantasy disc off Amazon around 5-6 years ago and have been wondering about this ever since. I had bought FF Origins (1-&2), FF Chronicles (FF4 & CT), FF Anthology (5&6), and lastly, FF9. Thanks for the video !!

Super interesting and well done video. Thanks man!

Just an FYI: Retro-games aren't as expensive as ebay makes them out to be. Look at sold listings, not current listings. Use tracking sites like pricecharting to get a more realistic idea of how much retro games cost.

My copy of FF Origins is the Silver Disc Reprint, too. I bought mine last year, as well as a PS3 Memory Card Adapter for the PS3, so I could transfer save data to the PS1 Memory Card. Turned out you needed a During-Market PS1 Memory Card to make it happen. Good thing I had one at the time.

4:33 Very early gamer memories connected to this sound. The first console I ever played was my sister's ps1 when I was 4.

Wow. Stumbled across this video and ordered two copies. One to play and one to keep sealed. Thanks!

Haha Square-Enix basically nuked their entire website store from that link, probably as soon as you made this video.

My biggest thought for the silver disc is that they were cheaper to source coupled with the fact that the pirating measure was proven to be ineffective might as well reprint it on a typical disc

One time in 2013 or 2014, I found a Game Boy Advance game at my local Best Buy. It was Pong, Asteroids, and Yars Revenge. Also non video game related, my local Walmart was still selling blank vhs tapes in 2013.

Lol it doesn't exist on the site anymore. You unleashed a horde of buyers.

And now, alas, they are all gone. I suspect this video had us all rushing in for a copy.

Stumbled on this discovery about a year back. Kind of which I had snatched up the games while they were still available. They are now sold out, thanks for sharing

2:45 wow seeing that Jampack CD brought me back

The black coating does help with copy protection. It signaled even to the video author that the silver one may be pirated. It's a different kind of anti piracy than we think of typically

Welp, you posted this and now they're all gone.

Super interesting video, thanks for making it!

Bomb ass video... where is that commercial from featured at the end?

Obviously the black discs don't directly prevent copying but it makes it harder to pass off fakes as genuine. It's an anti counterfeiting feature rather than an anti copying one. Ultimately I think it mostly became a marketing gimmick but I think the intent was there.

Chrono Trigger on SNES is the only repro cart I have in my collection. Somehow embarrassingly even having grown up in the SNES era and playing several RPG's, Chrono Trigger was always that game I would get around to someday. Finally after finding out a buddy of mine also had never played through it, we decided to play and stream on our twitch channel. I pretty much insist on playing on original hardware but just couldn't justify the crazy price for the cart. The first thing I did upon getting the game is writing repro in huge black marker all over the cart. I'd hate anyone to ever get confused and would never try to pass off a repro as anything but. I'm still conflicted about having it in my collection.

Wow that's very interesting and cool thanks for sharing I would've never known about this if this vid didn't just pop up on my recommendations

Informative and interesting, subscriber earned. :)

Aaaaaannnnndddd.... its gone.

2:06 F**k Limited Run Games

This was a funny and interesting little video.. thank you 😊

Yo seeing you use the Yu-Gi-Oh! game as an example for black disc is crazy i played that game a lot as a kid and forgot about it

you could've just gift the game on steam to your buddy. not unless he likes physical copies...lol

Looks like they're gone now, but you can buy some PS2 games

The store page had been taken down sadly after this video brought so much attention to it great….

Wow that's Pretty crazy, thanks for sharing this, and thanks to RU-vid for recommending it, PS1 still lives

This is actually interesting and super cool to know. I actually work in a game store and turned away a copy of FFVIII because it had a silver bottom so I assumed it was fake. Good to know that certain silver bottom Square games are actually legit.

This needs to happen for Gamecube games!

Just wanted to say this was a great video! ^^

I just saw this video and the cover photo made me think of that one scene in infinity ward where Thor gets his new weapon …. I feel like that how square inx place looks like lmao

well it doesnt work anymore lol

What a great video, subbed

I got the 4+Chrono collection on PS1 off Amazon in 2021 and was confused at the silver backs until I looked into it too lol

The thing that sucks with videos like this is a ton of scumbags see it and buy a shitload to resell, intentionally selling them out. I guarantee 90%+ of the people who bought them don't even own a ps1 and purely got them because it's shown how expensive originals are on ebay, so that they can resell it. In a week there will be like 100 on ebay. They do the same shit with vinyl, and they fuck up the whole industry. Worst thing is the genuine fans that love quare Enix enough to go to their site don't get to buy them because people who don't even like final fantasy bought 10 a piece. These could have been in stock for over a year+, now sold out in a day. And if they don't make more these fippere will make a bunch of money. People will be compelled to buy this game just because of the video, paying 5x the price it's worth. And the genuine fan gets screwed over where they're paying these ridiculous prices so they can complete a set. It genuinely sucks that this happens with so many industries today. Games, vinyl, shoes, even books, clothes, toys, stuffed animals. It's like the beanie baby craze on steroids due to ebay, bots, people's getting into flipping in the pandemic, fomo, and pack/mob behavior. So just like beanie babies where the kids are not able to have a limited stuffed animal due to adults buying them all to sell for profit, these flippers buy everything keeping the actual fans with nothing unless they pay greedy rididiculous prices far above retail. But because wealthy ones buy them people start thinking that's the actual value when it's vastly inflated. The company then prints a shitload due to seeing this false demand from resellers. Which drops the price back down, screwing those who bought from flippers. But even worse the company doesn't know the true demand, thinking it's much more than it is, so they print way too many which leads to them loosing a ton of money. Because once so many are made the flippers and group followers don't buy more since it was only due to this video, leaving only the small amount of dedicated fans to buy them which leads to a large loss since they end up with way too many copies with no one to sell them to. And they can even think the demand is so high where they raise the price significantly so fans are stuck paying a higher retail so even less people buy it. An example of this is there's a reddit vinyl buying group who all obsessively started buying OK computer due to group mentality even though it wasn't even that rare. Every single online store was posted, like 20 a day, even obscure local stores and would sell out over and over until they changed the fricken MSRP due to the demand. Well then they print alot and everyone moved on where now there's like 20 at every small store on sale due to it not being as extreme of a demand as it appeared. Same now with smashing pumpkins. So the local store buys too many due to this false flipping demand and loses money. Same with an oasis restock where some asshole bought like 50 of each rare pressing making thousands before other fans can get them, yet thought he was being kind by making a blog recommending it once it all sold out. So while this video is cool it's effects suck. The people who care to actually play these games and value them get screwed, as lazy jetkd benefit. It's messed up the greed and hoard cumpulsion of people since I guarantee a vast majority of buyers dont even have a ps1 nor play it, with a ton probably buying multiple. When it coulda been in stock for all those people who still play ps1 religiously or final fantasy fans. Now future fans miss out as well, when it should have been a cool thing to find for those who will actually play them. It's sad that this happens it's like toxic capitalism and hoarding which is why we can't have nice things.

thanks to this video they are totally sold out and delisted the game! It's like yelling to the scalpers "hey here's some free money!"