Supply and demand do not apply to illness... That's a horrible example.
That is exactly my point! If nobody wants 8Bit because of bad marketing (Likened to an illness). Then supply and demand do not apply!
You took something that everyone wants right now (more gold). Which is just as arbitrary.
First 8Bit needs the likeness of Gold(real "marketed" value). Then you can fiddle around with supply/demand.
Not the other way around.