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Someone spent 300 USD on Raymond on an eBay auction (seriously). Here is a thread of things just as expensive or notably worth less than Raymond just to put this into perspective.
(Prices are in USD)
(Prices are in USD)
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, an infamously scalped GameCube game, is worth anywhere from 110 USD for the disc, to 265 USD for a copy in factory sealing. At most, it's still 35 USD less than Raymond.
Bubble Bobble Part 2, a (now non-canon) sequel to Bubble Bobble, costs 296 USD for just its cartridge, and consistently hovers around 300 USD. Bubble Bobble Part 2 is approximately worth 1 Raymond.
EarthBound's original SNES release (infamously hard to get due to high demand and low supply due to its initial failings courtesy of a poor advertising campaign) is consistently around 160-170 USD. That's still 130 less than a Raymond.
A copy of Pokemon Snap that's designated as being Not for Resale would cost just a PENNY under Raymond, if you were truly as heinous as to sell the unresellable. You monster.
Let's dip into consoles briefly--this Nintendo 64 with Pikachu on it costs you almost 200 USD. Let it be known that for every 3 Pikachu N64s, you can buy 2 Raymonds.
LSD: Dream Emulator costs you 200 USD--a price so high, that the creator of the game, Osamu Sato, explicitly encourages you to pirate the game over paying the collector prices. But if you wanted to do so, it'd still cost you less than Raymond.
The American PS2 Rule of Rose costs 215 USD for the disk and 315 for the game in-case. If you want to just buy the disc, you can, and it'll be less than Raymond. Oddly, if you buy the case separate, it'll be UNDER 315 USD. But you won't have the manual, so uh.
Want a Sega Master System Console? No! You want the Sega Master System II, because that has a II at the end. That'll be 105 USD if you just want the console--you could buy 3 of these and only be 15 dollars above a Raymond.
Crusader of Centy is an RPG I know basically nothing of other than that there's a location in it called Corona, which probably makes for a timely joke. Nonetheless, in all its trials from "rather cheap game" to "265 USD", this Zelda-like has nothing on Raymond.
What if you're a diehard Earthworm Jim fan, so much you'll pay a pretty penny for the most obscure of releases? If you want the Sega CD release, still sealed in its box, it'll run you 260 USD. Just enough Raymond Money leftover to buy the cartridge of Earthworm Jim 3D for N64!
The Sega Saturn version of Mega Man 8 is notably very hard to come across compared to other versions, or even its rereleases. Nonetheless, a cartridge of this will cost you 130 USD--you can buy two of these and a copy of Legacy Collection on Switch for just under a Raymond.
Sega Dreamcast has Broadband compatibility! Well, it did. It was an external add-on. How much for just the little plugin? 140 USD. Just barely under half a Raymond. And you thought your online was pricy--connecting your and a pal's dreamcast is just under a Raymond by 15-20 USD!
Steel Batallion is an OG XBOX game that cannot seem to make up its mind how worth it it is, be it loose or CIB. Nonetheless, it has only gone above 300 USD twice and never again, and sits at around 225 USD loose and 250 CIB. Still less than Raymond.
What about novelty, collector's edition releases? Fallout 3 has the most expensive one of them all for XBOX 360, and yet it is STILL only worth around 280-300 USD--just as much as Raymond.
When it comes to oddities for collectors, Atari 2600 reigns supreme. Want a color bar generator for 295 USD? Well, it's 5 dollars less than a Raymond!
Want to play Mario 1 on an FDS, but with an All Night Nippon theme? This used to run a pretty penny--and still does--but the price has mellowed out... perhaps too much, as Raymond is now MUCH more valuable than any loose copy.
The CD-i is perhaps one of the most infamous consoles of all time. However, to own both Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon AND Link: The Faces of Evil, complete in their cases, it'll still cost you less than a Raymond, at about 235 USD.
The infamous N-Gage, with its horrible design and its lack of really, anything notable about it, costs you 285 USD nowadays. Want to put this taco shell of a combination phone/game console up to your ear? It'll be 15 USD less than Raymond.
Ever wanted to play TurboGrafx ON THE GO? If so, I have good news! They made that! For one of these bad boys loose, it'll be 280 USD. An entire new portable version of a non-portable console, and it's 20 dollars less than Raymond for ONE game in ONE console.
Poor, poor Qbby, of BOX BOY! fame. His amiibo got snubbed for a release in America, so he's the most expensive amiibo beyond prototypes and defects! However, fear not--if you wish to bring him into your life, and just want his figurine, you'll have to pay about 145 USD.
Speaking of LSDream, basically every game Sato made is expensive and scalped to high heaven--there's a reason he has said you should probably pirate them all! The most expensive game that is below Raymond is Eastern Mind, which in jewel case, is worth just a PENNY under Raymond.
There are undoubtedly many, MANY more than these, but you can pay an extraordinary price for these games and entire consoles... and still be paying less than what the Animal Crossing fandom has paid for one villager.
