After you beat a physical game, do you...

[Michi]

There's, like, a sweet spot for Nintendo collecting, usually placed somewhere around the second or third year after its successor is already on the market. And if for some reason you miss that sweet spot you're gonna have a bad time. After that the prices start sneaking up and then the next thing you know *WHAM* $60 Kirby games*.








*I got my copy two weeks ago for $30. Thanks Amazon.

[darsparx]

well I've missed every one of those so far(except for maybe wii but I go into gamestop and don't know what's good beyond mario and such which have held their price there....dang it)

[Tanooki]

Top #1 answer on the board. -- Keep it, shelve it, hope to/intend to reuse it.

If I find that it sits long enough and I know my tastes/interests have changed then I'll ditch it so I can get something I will enjoy.

Or I'll find a high value game has a better benefit converted to something else I'll ditch it while the prices are up (like when 10 games got me a pinball machine last year.)


I do find though as anyone probably would agree with here who isn't just rabid in collecting, the stuff you had since the period or near period (let's just say the 80s and 90s for NES/SNES/Gameboy for example) are far more challenging to let go of as there's something more there than just the game you keep it. Yet, if age has taken its toll and the game just really sucks so bad it's not fun anymore, then it's a goner. I've got NES/SNES games I haven't touched in 5+ years, but I got them back then and I have real time, real money then and real memories in those so they stay kind of like a cartridge scrap book of sorts.

[KalessinDB]

I chose Collector over Hoarder, simply because I occasionally will sell stuff that I TRULY won't play -- Bone is living proof of this. But the line is close.

I can see the ethical question about scarcity, but I don't really buy into it personally.

[Key-Glyph]

I do kinda wish that there were an organized library lending system in place so that collectors would feel comfortable passing out their games to the non-collectors among us. It's 100% your business if you buy games that you don't play, but a part of me is always sad that so many people sit on titles that they have no intention of ever playing, or don't even like.

Hobie and I discussed this once, and we came up with a basic idea that we thought could work. Collectors would join together into a sort of library network, just like your own local public libraries, and list the games they were willing to send out. Borrowers would put in a request for an item, and the lender would lay out the replacement cost for said item in case it got lost, damaged, or never returned. The borrower would then pay this cost outright as a deposit, and upon returning the game, would get all (or most) of it back.

Obviously this would take a lot of trust. But man, what I wouldn't give to be able to borrow some games from you folks. I don't buy anything until I'm pretty sure I want to own it forever, and my primary way of deciding what I want to own forever is by trying the game out first. I wish things were as easy as they were in the 90s when I had local rental places and classmates with 8-bit and 16-bit stuff lying around.

[KalessinDB]

I do kinda wish that there were an organized library lending system in place so that collectors would feel comfortable passing out their games to the non-collectors among us. It's 100% your business if you buy games that you don't play, but a part of me is always sad that so many people sit on titles that they have no intention of ever playing, or don't even like.

Hobie and I discussed this once, and we came up with a basic idea that we thought could work. Collectors would join together into a sort of library network, just like your own local public libraries, and list the games they were willing to send out. Borrowers would put in a request for an item, and the lender would lay out the replacement cost for said item in case it got lost, damaged, or never returned. The borrower would then pay this cost outright as a deposit, and upon returning the game, would get all (or most) of it back.

Obviously this would take a lot of trust. But man, what I wouldn't give to be able to borrow some games from you folks. I don't buy anything until I'm pretty sure I want to own it forever, and my primary way of deciding what I want to own forever is by trying the game out first. I wish things were as easy as they were in the 90s when I had local rental places and classmates with 8-bit and 16-bit stuff lying around.

Shit... I'd be willing to do that (as a collector) with a decent number of folks here. Take a look at my library, Key.

[CFFJR]

I chose keep to replay, but its a little bit of that, and a little bit of being a collector.

Do you think it's worth buying physical games today?

Definitely. I always prioritize physical copies and generally only buy digital if its the only option.

Do you think of buying games as an investment or just a hobby?

It is my beloved hobby.

Besides, it doesn't do any good to think of my games as an investment. I have no intention of ever selling my collection, so any high dollar game on my shelf effectively has no actual value beyond my own affection for it.

Besides that, I don't buy a game in the first place if I don't intend to keep it. There have been occasions where I turn out to be wrong about a game, find I dislike it or will never return to it, and do decide to let it go. Doubles likewise move on. Generally though I keep everything.

Is it ethical to hold on to games you've already beaten, if you never plan to play them again?

My games are my property. I paid for them, I play them, and they matter to me. I don't owe it to anyone to sell them off, rare or otherwise, unless I please. I don't think its a matter of ethics, as despite my habit, video games fall firmly in the "want" column, not "need".

Besides, I never really bought that argument either. There are plenty of games that are in demand but not actually rare, yet the availability hasn't made them any cheaper. Earthbound is an easy example.

Obviously this would take a lot of trust. But man, what I wouldn't give to be able to borrow some games from you folks.

Shit... I'd be willing to do that (as a collector) with a decent number of folks here. Take a look at my library, Key.

I would honestly do this too, keeping it to Racketboy. There are plenty of people here I trust enough to do some lending.

[Key-Glyph]

!!!

The plot thickens!

I'm not sure how we'd organize this. Just a thread where everyone has one post each, with a list of all the games they'd be willing the lend, the respective deposit amounts, and whether or not a game is currently available (and perhaps who currently has it "checked out")?

We could get fancy with a SQL database eventually, but I doubt that's really necessary.

Shnip guys, I'm getting kinda excited. I can almost taste Contra: Hard Corps already. And it sorta tastes like burnt gasoline, honestly.

[KalessinDB]

!!!

The plot thickens!

I'm not sure how we'd organize this. Just a thread where everyone has one post each, with a list of all the games they'd be willing the lend, the respective deposit amounts, and whether or not a game is currently available (and perhaps who currently has it "checked out")?

We could get fancy with a SQL database eventually, but I doubt that's really necessary.

Shnip guys, I'm getting kinda excited. I can almost taste Contra: Hard Corps already. And it sorta tastes like burnt gasoline, honestly.

Done. Don't wanna derail this thread any more. http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 4#p1029124

[ElkinFencer10]

Put it on the shelf, brah. It's got a place of honor among the rest of my collection. I might eventually replay it, but only if I really, REALLY love the game. Usually, it's just because "I'm a collector."