Pokémon cards 10 billion printed
Participation in the Pokémon card market drops as prices fall because enthusiasts prioritize financial gain over the games or show. Most of the roughly 10 billion cards printed annually hold no monetary value, and a new massive printing facility is under construction to add even more volume. This dynamic mirrors the sneaker resale market where flipping profits peaked precisely when easy inventory became scarce. Consumer interest fluctuates entirely based on profitability rather than genuine love for the franchise.
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How many Pokemon cards are printed each year? 10 billion. And that's before they've opened this new massive printing facility. Dude, how's the demand for 10 billion cards? That's crazy. Well, most of them are worthless. Most of them are worthless. One thing that a lot of people aren't considering is how much the relevance of people making money from Pokemon cards plays into how this whole ecosystem functions. Because people are very, very fickle. Go look at the YouTube numbers on crypto content when crypto is moving versus today. Like when it's Pokemon cards specifically, I promise you that people that love the games and the TV show, if they don't love the cards, they don't care. So it's like people, they come and they go. So when the price goes to the whole situation changes, it's a lot like sneakers. It's giving me very toppy sneaker vibes when I made my most amount of money sneaker flipping was when like easy stuff was coming to an end. and it's incredibly similar feeling-wise. The things that are being said, there's a lot of comparables. If you enjoyed this, be sure to hit that like button and follow to stay up to date with what's going on in the world and everything else memes and markets. Peace.
