Support NeoGAF

[charlequin]

I collect the RE games, but it's only because they're so inexpensive on Ebay. I wouldn't ever dream of having a sealed collection of the whole series because that honestly just saps the fun out of it (i.e. being able to play them).

This I support. Collecting things so you can have every game in a series because you like to play it or whatever is cool. Whining about Greatest Hits releases or reprints, or snapping up and sitting on mint copies of rare games and thus driving up the price, makes you a big douche.

 

[thetrin]

This I support. Collecting things so you can have every game in a series because you like to play it or whatever is cool. Whining about Greatest Hits releases or reprints, or snapping up and sitting on mint copies of rare games and thus driving up the price, makes you a big douche.

I snap up rare games to play them. Does that make me a douche?

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

While I don't do it myself, I can understand why someone would want to and enjoys doing it. What the big deal?

This guy probably had trouble sleeping at night and he felt he had to make this known to others.

It's like when I told my neighbor down the street that it drives me insane that he would mow his lawn every other day.

 

[Spencerr]

Seriously?

I'm kinda connected to them, it would be hard to just say goodbye .

Damage Control! I've solved the mystery!

 

[gjb-sensei]

I like to collect games, sure, I admit it, but I'm not really the type to buy sealed games and keep them sealed. If it's a game I like or really like, I'm going to open that sucker up and play it, not keep it unopened just because it might have some value to it.

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

This I support. Collecting things so you can have every game in a series because you like to play it or whatever is cool. Whining about Greatest Hits releases or reprints, or snapping up and sitting on mint copies of rare games and thus driving up the price, makes you a big douche.

Agreed. I collect games I like for my own enjoyment, not to resell later on or to sit on an investment (buying games for "investment" purposes is retarded).

 

[Spencerr]

I snap up rare games to play them. Does that make me a douche?

No. Not playing them would.

 

[thetrin]

I like to collect games, sure, I admit it, but I'm not really the type to buy sealed games and keep them sealed. If it's a game I like or really like, I'm going to open that sucker up and play it, not keep it unopened just because it might have some value to it.

I'm the same, but if I have two copies of a game (like two people give me the same game for xmas) I keep one sealed for posterity.

Also, I keep my games in immaculate condition. If the manual is slightly damaged, I flip the **** out. When one of my friends creased the GGXX manual so he would read the move list, I almost blew up on him. :S

 

[gjb-sensei]

I'm the same, but if I have two copies of a game (like two people give me the same game for xmas) I keep one sealed for posterity.

Also, I keep my games in immaculate condition. If the manual is slightly damaged, I flip the **** out. When one of my friends creased the GGXX manual so he would read the move list, I almost blew up on him. :S

Exactly the same as me. I treat my games like their my babies or whatever... like they're really precious to me. Most of the time, if I sell something on eBay and I state it's like new, you can pretty much take comfort in the fact that it truly IS like new.

 

[charlequin]

I snap up rare games to play them. Does that make me a douche?

Absolutely not. I encourage it! I just hate the people who are like "yeah I have five sealed copies of Valkyrie Profile. Is it good? I have no idea, I've never played it."

(More on point, the people on GAF who bitched about the reprint of Shadow Hearts and talked about trying to keep them from doing it because the new copies wouldn't be sufficiently distinguishable from the first printings made me furious with the heat of a thousand suns.)

EDIT: Basically whenever someone's collector status causes them to do or advocate things that screw over my player status I get pissed. If people who play games like normal have more money than me and can afford rare games that I can't that's just life.

 

[GilloD]

I'm the same, but if I have two copies of a game (like two people give me the same game for xmas) I keep one sealed for posterity.

Also, I keep my games in immaculate condition. If the manual is slightly damaged, I flip the **** out. When one of my friends creased the GGXX manual so he would read the move list, I almost blew up on him. :S

That would make you a douche. As it stands, you're cleanly!

 

[Greenpanda]

Basically whenever someone's collector status causes them to do or advocate things that screw over my player status I get pissed. If people who play games like normal have more money than me and can afford rare games that I can't that's just life.

charlequin OTM

 

[gutter_trash]

when I was younger living with the parents, I used to collect tons of crap from action figures, DVDs, and games in excess

since I live alone reality hits and questions about ''do I really need to buy the Sota series of Street Fighter action figures?'' then answer, NO I don't need them, waste of money, waste of space.

now for games, I only buy games that I WILL play, as oppose to buy lots of games that I won't end up playing.. so I cut down the small amounts my spending

but , if I could afford it, I woul buy more crap. But reality says NO not now

 

[Mr_Furious]

To those wondering "why"; since when should OCD be exclusive to video games?

Any collectibles market has it's nuances so get over it. I happen to be a "collector" but even I don't resort to buying overly expensive games just to keep them in shrinkwrap and never play/enjoy them. I open even the most expensive of my purchases. If I ever decided to sell off anything, I can rest well knowing that I can get a pretty penny for most of my collection because I take good care of everything I own (some people call it anal retentive, I call it pride in ownership). I don't even care about GH/PC or whatever versions of games just as long as it has something different than the original printing (DMC3 SE, for example).

 

[MC Safety]

Well, I think there are two types of collections and people who collect.

I see nothing wrong with collecting games in the traditional sense -- I buy them, they stay in the collection.

I'm not really inclined toward -- and sort of baffled by-- the other type of collecting. You know, when people buy games just for a real or perceived value. I was at the Classic Gaming Expo in San Jose last year and watched two grown men get into a bidding war for some crappy porn game for the Atari 2600. The "winner" paid something like $120 for a game he'd never play (and if he did, he'd realize his folly in about half a second).

 

[Link316]

I never planned to keep MGS3 LE sealed but after seeing it shoot up in value it just makes no sense to open it and devalue it when I can just buy & play the regular version of Subsistence

 

[mj1108]

I don't understand the "red stripe of shame" people, but for collectors....it's obvious why they want the original.

It makes the game look "cheap".

Then again, I'm the type of "collector" who plays games but just refuses to sell anything I buy.

 

[Dragona Akehi]

I never sell any of my games, I've bought them to play.

However I did, er, "acquire" quite a few sealed games, and I've been slowly but surely selling them off unless I don't have a copy already to play... There are a few games where I have a sealed copy and don't want to sell it... just in case my opened copy craps out somehow.

Guess I'm nuts.

Oh and I keep all my games I have in mint condition (unless I bought them cart only or somesuch). Have so many boxes on display heh.

 

[Oneself]

I don't collect, but I keep all my favorite games even if I don't play with them anymore. And I prefer keeping my copy of games like GTA3 rather than selling it for 1.50$

 

[Kelegacy]

I just realized over the weekend that original copies (non-GH) of Final Fantasy VII for the PS1 are going for quite a bit these days. I had no idea. I looked on eBay today just for kicks and a copy was around 60 bucks or more.

I find it highly foolish that someone will pay that much for a copy that doesn't have the green Greatest Hits bar, when they could buy the GH version for dirt cheap.

Gamers...no one ever said they were a smart subclass of humanity.

 

[MasterMFauli]

Collecting doesnt fulfill any purpose.
Once you´re dead, what have you gained from your collection?

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Thief! We have a thief!

I suppose a better term would be "inherit".

 

[firex]

actually, I do have a friend who collects games and it annoys me. more because she has all these games and it's like all she's actually played is the latest generic animu jrpg, or maybe a big nintendo game, and the rest of them are just sitting on the shelf. it doesn't piss me off or anything, it's just kind of a head-scratcher cause I wonder why she's got so many bad games that are rare and so very few good games.

 

[Mr.Potato Head]

I don't get it.

You'll pay a hundred or more dollars for a factory-sealed copy of "Mega Panic!: Dojo of Luxury Dreams!" and then you...you...you...put it in a display case. Or on a shelf. But, wait.

When games sell well, some companies have those "Greatest Hits!" collections and they slap a little sticker on there and drop the price by 30 bucks. And you...you...you yell at them! Because there's a sticker on there.

It's not like people are coming over to your house to check out your Mint-In-Box copies of games 99% of the world don't even know exist. No one has ever contacted you to set up a exhibit of pre-Greatest Hits boxarts. Didn't you guy see Toy Story 2? This is worse than that! At least with an action figure you can, uh, look at it through the packing. And even if you unpacked it, well. There's only so many things you can do with Boba Fett before it's time to move on.

But video games? They're completely and literally meant to be played with. It's an INTERACTIVE medium. I remember when that company reprinted Rez and everyone FREAKED OUT because all of a sudden their copies were worth less. This isn't art collecting. It's not flower drying or herb cataloging. It's video gaming. Everyone should get a turn.

Explain this to me! It drives me nuts!

Obviously you have a hard time grasping the definition of an avid collector, may it be a collection of baseball cards, bobble heads, coins, movies, chinaware, videogames, vintage wine, dildo's,etc ... you just arent grasping this logic for some odd reason.....strange.

lol

 

[muckhole]

I love collecting, but I also love hooking up all the old machines for the hell of it and amazing myself at the ginormous leaps this industry has taken.

And if the Trin gets mad for his friend creasing his game manual, I say more power to him.

 

[shuri]

I suppose a better term would be "inherit".

Murderer! We have a murderer!

 

[Amir0x]

I'm not really a 'collector' of games anymore... I used to be, but lately I've found less and less resistance toward trading in titles for more games.

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Murderer! We have a murderer!

Banning! We have an upcoming banning!

 

[Deku]

I don't get it.

You'll pay a hundred or more dollars for a factory-sealed copy of "Mega Panic!: Dojo of Luxury Dreams!" and then you...you...you...put it in a display case. Or on a shelf. But, wait.


Explain this to me! It drives me nuts!

Not really collecting related at all. Keeping your games in good condition isn't unreasonable. In Japan, most used games are in very good condition. What I don't understand are game boxes and manuals that look like they've been eaten a dog, regurgiated and taped back together. All the while stinking of cigarette smoke.

When I started my SuperNinentedo and Genesis collection, having missed the NA games as I had a SFC, a vast majority of games, including the RPGs which you'd think would be in better condition came in terrible condition and they're still selling for premium prices.

 

[Unresponsive Bee Victim]

I consider myself a collector but not as bad as some. I really like to own rare games, but not games that are and suck, I'm talking Marvel vs Capcom 2, Megaman X3, ZOE2, Chrono Trigger. It has to be a good game for me to shell out the rare game money for it.

 

[sprsk]

I used to horde games, I would play them but I kept them just because.

I realized I was wasting money by doing so, so now I actively trade stuff in.

 

[GilloD]

Obviously you have a hard time grasping the definition of an avid collector, may it be a collection of baseball cards, bobble heads, coins, movies, chinaware, videogames, vintage wine, dildo's,etc ... you just arent grasping this logic for some odd reason.....strange.

lol

lol

 

[human5892]

I almost never trade games in, and I'm not sure why...I think it has to do with this fear that if I do, someday in the future I'll want to play again and won't be able to (even if I 100% don't like the game and know for a fact I'll never play it again). But I don't collect purely for the sake of collecting; I play all the games I buy and would feel very silly having a sealed copy.

That said, I certainly understand those who do collect. I would wager that the majority of people on this planet who are able to have at least a small collection of something or other that primarily exists just to have it, whether it's video games, baseball cards, automobiles, books, etc.

 

[shuri]

Banning! We have an upcoming banning!

Hah! You may silence me but you can't silence THE TRUTH! :lol

 

[tehrafe]

I don't collect games nor keep them factory sealed, I buy what I want and sell what I don't wish to keep anymore. I never buy used games though, I want my games new.

 

[Taibhse]

This is not a forum for talking about playing games. This is a forum for talking about games you have never played that are sitting in your "backlog".

 

[Mikazuki]

I used to collect games. I found it gave me a sense of control, purpose (as vague as it was) and accomplishment. But not any more, and much happer for it. But whatever, I still have my problems. We all do.

 

[GitarooMan]

I just buy lots of games to play or eventually play, I guess I have a big collection but I don't display them or keep them sealed or anything. I never trade things in, I enjoy having a large library to choose from. Way back when I was younger I traded in a couple things when I was short on money and regretted it almost instantly, don't do that anymore.

 

[d0x360]

I collect, but I always open what I buy. Its all well and good to display for your incredibly geeky friends but its alot more fun to just play the damn things. I bought a copy of Panzer Dragoon Orta from someone for $80 which I considered cheap and my friend insisted I never open it. Well what would be the point in that? The whole reason I bought the game was so I could own 1 of 3000 US copies and so I could play it.

 

[truffleshuffle83]

i have about 30 sealed nes games, no way im opening a sealed copy of metroid when i can buy a loose cart for about 5 bucks, i could sell it now for about a grand easily

 

[Mejilan]

I collect, admittedly, but for the most part, I collect to play. I won't buy a game I personally think is not worth owning, regardless of price. And for me, price is not a consideration of worth. Playability and fun-factor, however, are.

 

[GilloD]

i have about 30 sealed nes games, no way im opening a sealed copy of metroid when i can buy a loose cart for about 5 bucks, i could sell it now for about a grand easily

I dare you.

 

[Tarazet]

Collectors ruin every market. Simple as that.

Actually, it's people like me who grab every copy of every rare game they set their eyes on for resale who ruin the market.

You're welcome.

 

[Tarazet]

I collect, but I always open what I buy. Its all well and good to display for your incredibly geeky friends but its alot more fun to just play the damn things. I bought a copy of Panzer Dragoon Orta from someone for $80 which I considered cheap and my friend insisted I never open it. Well what would be the point in that? The whole reason I bought the game was so I could own 1 of 3000 US copies and so I could play it.

I seriously hope you mean Saga.

 

[Tellaerin]

I snap up rare games to play them. Does that make me a douche?

No, because you're buying them to play, not just to hoard them and gloat on messageboards about how you have a mint, sealed copy when somebody else says they wish they could play it.

EDIT: I guess that demands a little more explanation. I really prefer for things to end up in the hands of people can will appreciate them most, and I mean 'appreciate' in the sense of music appreciation. In the case of music, that means listening. In the case of 'game appreciation', it means actually playing the games you collect.

Nothing irritates me more than hearing someone who sincerely enjoys playing videogames say that they can't find a game they're interested in, while game collectors who have no interest in ever actually playing the game in question are not only sitting on mounds of sealed copies, but feeling smugly self-satisfied because they have something that other people want. It's just obnoxious, and my sympathies invariably go out to the poor bastard who really wanted to play Game X, but can't or won't spend some ridiculously jacked-up amount for it on eBay just because he couldn't snag a copy when it was originally released.

 

[vag 2.0]

I'm not a collector per se, I just find that selling things on gives you really, really poor returns a lot of the time and you might as well just keep them.

 

[tedtropy]

"He's not a gamer, he's a..." <backs out of thread>

 

[dogbowl]

Tell me this isn't cool:

 

[BamYouHaveAids]

Tell me this isn't cool:

That isn't cool. I don't understand collectors, especially those who never open the games. I sold my ex's nintendo with around 100 games to EB last year for like $120. If you're not going to play a game ever again, there isn't any point in keeping it around.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Collecting doesnt fulfill any purpose.
Once you´re dead, what have you gained from your collection?

Wow, this is some great logic. Once you're dead, what do you gain from ANYTHING you've done... ?


I also can't BELIEVE how many people here trade in their games.. I assume this means to EB or Gamestop? They give you ridiculous values. You don't even go to a trading website to get even a 1:1 game ratio? That's insane...

Go to Gametz. Don't go to Gamestop.