Originally Posted by kouleefoh one day, some of you will realize your hobby was not videogaming but organizing game cases on shelves and looking at them.

All in all time and money well spent.

Originally Posted by kouleefoh one day, some of you will realize your hobby was not videogaming but organizing game cases on shelves and looking at them.

Lmao, this man speaks the truth.

That is true, but I do find joy in doing that...plus some of them have perty art.

Originally Posted by kouleefoh one day, some of you will realize your hobby was not videogaming but organizing game cases on shelves and looking at them.

well, i mean collecting is collecting, isn't it? i don't consider myself a collector, though... i sell as soon as i'm done with a game. but most people collect something. my vice with games is that i want to try most of them, so when they're cheap...

Originally Posted by affa well, i mean collecting is collecting, isn't it? i don't consider myself a collector, though... i sell as soon as i'm done with a game. but most people collect something. my vice with games is that i want to try most of them, so when they're cheap...

I justify my game purchases as" I buy them when they are cheap and at least i'm not paying $60 per game" that works for most ppl

I understand collecting like sports cards but not something that can be used/played that you dont even use/play.

"one day, some of you will realize your hobby was not videogaming but organizing game cases on shelves and looking at them."

that quote is the truth, just buy cases and print art then lol

I wanna buy Game of Thrones but it won't let me!

Originally Posted by affa well, i mean collecting is collecting, isn't it? i don't consider myself a collector, though... i sell as soon as i'm done with a game. but most people collect something. my vice with games is that i want to try most of them, so when they're cheap...

Interesting discussion on "collecting". I have a friend that picks out a 5-6 games a year and plays ONLY those games. I like to try most everything that comes out because I can appreciate new ideas in art, direction, music, etc. in triple A games like Gears of War or turds like (apparently) Game of Thrones is. I might beat 5-6 games a year but I definitely try around a 100 or so (a guess) a year and buy them when they are $10 or less, most of the times WAY after they have come out or when Gamefly has a good sale and I need to scratch my collecting itch. My backlog is well into the 1000's, if you include last generations, as I still play on older consoles (I don't just abandon them. They stay in rotation depending on what I feel like playing). I justify all these purchases because I do get enjoyment out of them from the moment I pick them up until the time I "finish" playing them (might be 10 minutes or 60 hours). And I don't spend my money daily on crap like fast food, junk food, or cable, so I have the $5 dollars a day or so to throw at my habit. I would rather buy and play a great game like Tomb Raider for the PS1 for a dollar than slowly kill myself with a cheeseburger.

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I want asuras wrath but 10 is my buy it price.

Originally Posted by slamoco Interesting discussion on "collecting". I have a friend that picks out a 5-6 games a year and plays ONLY those games. I like to try most everything that comes out because I can appreciate new ideas in art, direction, music, etc. in triple A games like Gears of War or turds like (apparently) Game of Thrones is. I might beat 5-6 games a year but I definitely try around a 100 or so (a guess) a year and buy them when they are $10 or less, most of the times WAY after they have come out or when Gamefly has a good sale and I need to scratch my collecting itch. My backlog is well into the 1000's, if you include last generations, as I still play on older consoles (I don't just abandon them. They stay in rotation depending on what I feel like playing). I justify all these purchases because I do get enjoyment out of them from the moment I pick them up until the time I "finish" playing them (might be 10 minutes or 60 hours). And I don't spend my money daily on crap like fast food, junk food, or cable, so I have the $5 dollars a day or so to throw at my habit. I would rather buy and play a great game like Tomb Raider for the PS1 for a dollar than slowly kill myself with a cheeseburger.

I agree with this guy. I feel the same. Most of pay less than 20 for about 90%that of what we own i bet. I know i have a backlogs but i like being able to play whatever i am in the mood for. Example had fight night round 3 sitting on my shelf for a year or two. Two nights ago decided i was in the mood and started playing it. When you have a massive collection you can enjoy any type of game you want without having to go track it down.

Another posititive to having a large collection, besides being able to play whatever you want whenever you want is sharing it with friends.

My only rule is that it cannot be a game I am currently playing or plan to play soon. I have sent games in the mail to friends all over the country because they do not want to buy it since they don't keep their games after they finish them, all I ask is they take good care of them and pay the shipping both ways. I also let local friends borrow them.

So I see it as a way of helping others as well.

Originally Posted by Jack_Frost I understand collecting like sports cards but not something that can be used/played that you dont even use/play. "one day, some of you will realize your hobby was not videogaming but organizing game cases on shelves and looking at them." that quote is the truth, just buy cases and print art then lol

you're just trolling at this point. first of all, people eventually get around to playing some of them. they just have too many to ever get to all of them, but it's easy to get backlogged in gaming even if you aren't a collector (i know, i'm there).

Plus your statement doesn't make any sense. You 'understand' and abide by collecting things that can never be used for anything... yet have an issue with collecting stuff that might be used eventually? What? That doesn't make a lick of sense.

People collect plenty of stuff that is never used, or barely used, that is still in working condition:

Stamps. Guns. Vintage cars. Old cameras. Old sewing machines. Old anything, really. Even swatches. Ebay makes billions off people collecting things they'll never use.

I don't like collecting because I don't like having 'stuff'. It makes me feel claustrophobic. But I understand the urge, certainly. And 'usability' plays little part in it.

There are plenty of games I own that I wanted to play, but now have better things to play. Will I ever randomly play them? Probably not. But all the same, the completionist in me at least wants to give them a chance before I sell them. So they sit on the shelf till I get the urge to purge.

Originally Posted by affa you're just trolling at this point. first of all, people eventually get around to playing some of them. they just have too many to ever get to all of them, but it's easy to get backlogged in gaming even if you aren't a collector (i know, i'm there). Plus your statement doesn't make any sense. You 'understand' and abide by collecting things that can never be used for anything... yet have an issue with collecting stuff that might be used eventually? What? That doesn't make a lick of sense. People collect plenty of stuff that is never used, or barely used, that is still in working condition: Stamps. Guns. Vintage cars. Old cameras. Old sewing machines. Old anything, really. Even swatches. Ebay makes billions off people collecting things they'll never use. I don't like collecting because I don't like having 'stuff'. It makes me feel claustrophobic. But I understand the urge, certainly. And 'usability' plays little part in it. There are plenty of games I own that I wanted to play, but now have better things to play. Will I ever randomly play them? Probably not. But all the same, the completionist in me at least wants to give them a chance before I sell them. So they sit on the shelf till I get the urge to purge.

and as they sit their trade in values plummit. :P

Thats why I try to only buy games I know I want to keep.

Originally Posted by affa Plus your statement doesn't make any sense. You 'understand' and abide by collecting things that can never be used for anything... yet have an issue with collecting stuff that might be used eventually? What? That doesn't make a lick of sense.

Wtf can sports cards be used for besides trading and collecting?(rhetorical)so of course I understand that. They arent pokemon cards where they can be played with as an activity.


"Oh I might use it eventually" that's not a collector mindstate.

Unless you are someone who is deliberately a videogame collector, you are just someone who fits the description of that post from earlier.

i have a whole gameshelf full of ps2/gamecube games that are in my 'backlog' i swore i would play them all. now 5 years later i have a shelf full of ps3 games that i swear i will play.

at least trophies give me an incentive to play these games and not just collect them, but still... it is such an addicting habit, and CAG is the enabler. i love it so

Originally Posted by Megaman016 I justify my game purchases as" I buy them when they are cheap and at least i'm not paying $60 per game" that works for most ppl

First I just bought games I wanted, then I moved to buying them because they're cheap, but now I'm back at I'd rather pay $60 for a game I really want then buy 6 $10 games I don't really care about.

The circle of life

Originally Posted by FlamedLiquid and as they sit their trade in values plummit. :P Thats why I try to only buy games I know I want to keep.

Trade values mean nothing to me anymore since I only buy games that are $10 or less. Got tired years ago of Gamestop paying pennies on the dollar for stuff anyways, so I just stopped caring about the "urgency" to play something and trade it in before I lost too much money. And as far as only buying games I want to keep, that is my "problem" as well......I want to keep EVERYTHING, lol! I am working on it however......my wife "helped" me cope with getting rid of a couple of Dreamcasts recently by convincing me that I only needed 5 of the 10 I owned because what would be the possibilities that all of them would die at once? We reasoned that I would be safe at 5. Baby steps.

Originally Posted by Saix_XIII Another posititive to having a large collection, besides being able to play whatever you want whenever you want is sharing it with friends.

My problem is actually having too many choices. There are times I end up not playing anything as I can't decide what to play.

To be more on topic, does anyone know when the sale ends? I don't see it listed in the OP.

Originally Posted by whoknows First I just bought games I wanted, then I moved to buying them because they're cheap, but now I'm back at I'd rather pay $60 for a game I really want then buy 6 $10 games I don't really care about. The circle of life

Those two things are totally different.

Game of Thrones is horrible sad to say and I love the books was hoping it would be interesting addition to the lore but instead it makes no sense at all in the context of anything and the game-play is very boring