Went a little overboard - advice on downsizing?

[The Last Horseman]

N64 I say 50-65, depending on who's buying. You don't have anything of large value, and N64's aren't worth much. I haven't seen if you grinded nubs or not, but most people won't be playing imports and won't care either way.

[BoneSnapDeez]

You have some good shit, I would really sit down and think about all this before selling.

I've sold things in the past and now regret it immensely.

[dsheinem]

yeah, I would hold onto the stuff. What make you think you've gone overboard? "Some people" have gone much further overboard if you are talking simply about the number of games...

[Korpi]

I don't see point in selling the hardware. Shipping is troublesome, and you don't get much money out of it. Bundles also sell for much less than separately, unless you get lucky. Hardware is only going to get more expensive over time, especially in case of Saturn and Dreamcast, I feel. It's just waste to sell these machines now, if you really are into games. They are tools to play interesting games, there's plenty of interesting games on all of these. They don't take much space when stored either. You can always mod them and burn games if you feel like playing certain game.

Rather sell the more expensive games. Napple Tale, do you care for that? Sell it separately, if you don't. It can also be shipped further without much trouble. Can you mod DC with region switch or something so you can sell the other?

You collected these by impulse, kind of panicked; "I need to get this", now you react to that by kind of panicking as well; "I have to get rid of this". I think it would be better to think this through, keep the consoles around and sell the games one by one. Over time you can figure out whether you want to keep them or not.

I would think about selling current gen console now, those if something overlap so much, that there's not much reason to own them all. 360 does a lot, if you don't have gaming PC, but if you do, Wii is kind of nicer console experience. This is just my opinion though.

[Zing]

I understand completely how the OP feels. I have been in the same situation, twice. I went overboard on the acquisitions and later realized I would never actually play the games in question.

Selling the games was not about needing the money. It was a mental thing. The idea of keeping all these games around for no reason. Keeping them out of someone else's hands without any benefit to myself.

If you truly believe you won't be playing these games, then feel no remorse about selling.

I still have the results of my CIB GBA buying frenzy in the closet, awaiting the right time to sell.

[shateredsoul]

Yeah exactly, I do agree with Korpi about the importance of being patient and thinking it over. I was thinking it over, and realized.. man I have way too many games and may of these I can play on my xbox 360 or through my mame cabinet. I'm definitely not getting rid of all of my collection, I'm keeping my nes, genesis, game boy, snes stuff. And I have a psp, ps3, xbox 360, and wii. So I have plenty to keep me busy for a looong time.

The hardest part about selling is that it really does require patience if you want to get a good price. If people aren't buying for that price, maybe that means I need to wait.

I understand completely how the OP feels. I have been in the same situation, twice. I went overboard on the acquisitions and later realized I would never actually play the games in question.

Selling the games was not about needing the money. It was a mental thing. The idea of keeping all these games around for no reason. Keeping them out of someone else's hands without any benefit to myself.

If you truly believe you won't be playing these games, then feel no remorse about selling.

I still have the results of my CIB GBA buying frenzy in the closet, awaiting the right time to sell.

[Balasubbie]

Bet a euro you're back buying this shit again as soon as you realize what awful error you've made.

[Zing]

For every person swearing you will regret selling, you can find a person, like myself, who has no regrets.

[Croooow!]

When you're speaking about patience in deciding to sell remember that impatience in deciding about buying got you where you are now. I'd recommend selling about half the stuff you know you could do without (especially one of the two Dreamcasts). That way you can feel better about having let some of the stuff go but you can still hold onto some of the things you might want later.

[vlame]

keep one of each system and only the complete games you love/care about or have seen a price jump in the last 3 years. for japanese games get rid of them if they do not have the spine card.