All right, I’m going to take some time replying to more posts, since I read through this thread a little more carefully.
[quote name='jer7583']Selling the collection is becoming addictive. Watching that paypal account grow is more fun than any game I've played in the last year. Goodbye to gaming? Possible.[/QUOTE]I’ve been downsizing my game collection quite a bit lately. My collection was originally approaching 700 games, now I’m down to around 500, and should be down to 450 soon hopefully.
[quote name='Chacrana']Goodbye to the current gen of gaming, maybe. I love the older stuff I play, but yeah, most of the newer stuff makes me question if I really do like gaming at all.[/QUOTE]I understand what you mean, because although I like my PS3 and 360, my game playing has gone down this summer, compared to previous years.
[quote name='jer7583']Might have found a buyer for the 360. It's hard to get rid of the really old stuff, like NES/SNES because of childhood memories, and they aren't worth anything anyway. I think I might just keep the portables, and the older stuff, and trim down the collection to 20ish games for GameCube, PS2, and portables.
I'm a lot more interested in real life stuff lately. Oddly, I still am interested in the business, industry side. I like listening to podcasts more than playing the games..[/QUOTE]It’s actually quite easy for me to want to get rid of old stuff, because if I feel like playing it, I can just download the rom to see how re-live the memories. Right now, I rarely do that, so I guess it really doesn’t bother me to let some go. Only old games I want to keep are the ones I have a fantastic game save with (like some SNES RPGs).
[quote name='jer7583']And probably Zelda PH, FFXII:RW (IF I finish or sell FFXII first.) and Ninja Gaiden (If it turns out amazing)
and be lucky to finish those. It'll be nice to be a one-current-console guy.
Good to hear from you guys who have wives/GFs who enjoy the hobby, or at least tolerate it. My last girlfriend did a little bit.. she fiended on puzzle quest, so much so that I got her a DS of her own (more an excuse to get myself a black one and give her the white one) and she enjoyed planet puzzle league 2 player, tried to play Kingdom Hearts 2 (not so much) and such.
I'm just not proud of the amount of money and time I've sunk into the hobby. I've probably got about 20 games for each system- PS2, PSP, GC, Xbox, DS. and a few more for Wii and lots of classic stuff. It doesn't sound that bad, but it still looks like a mess when put together.
I went out with a new girl this week and had a great time. Maybe I'm just too excited about her to think about videogames. Either way, it's always good to clean out the crap from the collection.[/QUOTE]I know what you mean on the money you’ve spent. Last year, I spent over $3000 on gaming. Throughout my entire life, I’ve definitely spent over $20k on gaming.
All right, I apologize for being like an attention whore or something at CAG at times, but I feel its best to share my situation on gaming.
Right now I’m 24 (almost 25). When I was 16 and younger (When I was a Freshman in H.S. and before basically), I use to only play video games every once in a while. There was no denying I had a larger collection than basically all my friends, but my collection was still on the smaller side. I use to just play platformers, sports, some RPGs, a few racers, and mostly popular stuff. I started gaming with the NES in 1990, then moved to SNES in 1991. (I bought many other consoles/handhelds since then). I use to just play video games with friends, or just play every once in a while (not every day. I went a month without playing games before). Video Gaming meant very little to me, because I would build big stuff out of Legos, play and watch lots of basketball, watch movies (with friends or myself), watch a lot of Television, play outdoor sports with friends, do stuff with friends at least 3 times a week, ride my bike constantly, etc.
As soon as I became a Sophomore in H.S., everything started to go downhill. Many of my friends (from any group) started giving me a rough time (making me not want to go to school anymore), due to several things. Many friends of mine got into drugs (especially smoking cigarettes), and I really didn’t want to. My friends were getting their driver’s licenses (I wasn’t, because my parents wouldn’t let me, due to all the trouble my sister got into it when she got hers), having difficulty with the reading part on a standardized test in my test (Reading/Writing is a huge weakness of mine, due to being mostly a Math person), and so on. I was even the football manager (that made me quite popular actually, because I was considered to be the best one my H.S. ever had and the fans would cheer me every game, chanting my name). I started playing my video games much more (especially RPGs on PS1). I bought a Dreamcast at midnight (on launch) and played that quite a bit. Due to my troubles with life, I just started to make gaming more and more my life (doing other things much less and played games). Due to problems continuing (although I did well in school), I started buying more video games and spent every single day playing a video game. My parents weren’t letting me get a license, and since I wanted to avoid people, I felt video games would make me feel better. It was good I avoided a lot of trouble by going this route, but it has messed me up ever since. I played a video game every single day until I had surgery in March 2003 (so I had to stop for a day), but returned after my surgery and still haven’t let up on the streak. Due to going to a college with no one I knew in 2002, I felt more out of place in the world so my gaming increased, and I started posting on online forums frequently.
When finding out about CAG (due to the CC sale in July 04), I started buying more and more cheap games, filling my collection with more crap, and stuff I’d never have time to play. Just before summer started, I was sitting at almost 700 video games, and probably only played around 40% of them (Basically, games I invested at least 6 hours in). I really got tired of having this massive backlog of games and felt the need to let a lot of it go, even if it means breaking up series. I made massive lists in forums, made several trips to EB, and so far I’ve gotten rid of around 200 games. Have another 50 left to get rid of. I downsized many of my collections by 25%-80%. I’ll take my DS collection as an example (Understand, I don’t hate the DS, just the best example I feel I should use IMO). I had 14 games for mine, but really only played 4 (maybe 5). I love Advance Wars DS and both Castlevanias, but I only played them 2-3 times and didn’t feel like playing them much more. I did the same to the GBA versions. I know they are great games, but when you spend $20-$30 on these games and don’t play them, I’m basically wasting money. I thought it would be cool owning every FF game, but in reality, I didn’t really like FFIII (any FF before FFIV, I just can’t get into, since that’s before my time RPG wise), and I knew others would want it, so I let it go. Ridge Racer DS was bought cheap ($5) and I know I shouldn’t have bothered to buy it in the first place. I like playing Bomberman and all, but if I have zero friends to play it with, I just won’t play it at all (so I got rid of Bomberman DS). I think the Onimusha series on PS2 is excellent, but since I barely played them (and have too much to play anyway), why keep them?? Although my game collection is cut down, I’ll probably only play around 30% of my collection. Some stuff its just too hard to let go.
As much as I love games, I haven’t felt like playing them as much anymore. Almost every year, I’d beat several RPGs, and so far this year, I haven’t beaten a single one (I’ve come close though). And I’ve had the most games sit without playing (I bought N3 on 360, Rogue Galaxy on PS2, and others, barely even played them). Last year, I thought about spending my money on more games I didn’t need, but bought a PS3 instead. To be honest, I’ve had more fun messing with the features on my PS3 than playing 80% of the games I got around Christmas time (many of those I barely even played). I really want to do other things, but its kind of hard for me. I don’t have many friends (especially at home, since I’m away from college). Don’t have a full driver’s license (Have a permit and my own car though), so it’s tough to go out. Living at home with my parents for now, so there isn’t much I can do.
To be honest, the main reason I do buy the PS3 version of multi-platform games (I do like Sony’s first party games, and if all third party games were multi-platform, it would be my choice) is because I’m debating about just sticking to a PSP and PS3 (PSP for handheld and PS3 for console). The reason I don’t do that is because 360 has stuff I want, and so does Wii, so I end up buying everything. And when I have every console, I’m even more compelled to buy all of its games that my interests me, then I’m back with a massive collection again. Regardless to what I say about the 360, I enjoy mine (especially DDR Universe, PGR3, Bomberman Live, and Forza 2. I also definitely want Eternal Sonota and Ace Combat 6). In all reality, I rather just stick with the PS3 and PSP (Not just choosing PS3 just because of Sony’s first party games, but because it will play all my PS1/PS2 games, which are my two favorite platforms). I won’t do it because people will think I’m an even bigger Sony fanboy, and another reason I buy multiple consoles for people will think I’m not as biased. Personally, I just want to do my gaming on PS3/PSP if I even feel like gaming, but concentrate on other things in life such as getting a good job in my future, socializing more, getting a girl maybe, etc. (basically, just going out more and getting into other hobbies). I don’t buy all my stuff for PS3 and PSP because I’m a PS fanboy, I do it now because I’m really thinking I should stick to fewer platforms, and just making gaming a much smaller portion of my life. It’s too hard for me to get away due to forcing myself to play a video game every single day, not having many friends, being addicted to gaming forums, etc.
So I dunno what I should do? I don’t want to get this thread too off topic, so if people want to give me a long explanation, they can just PM me, or reply in this thread.
Back on topic, today, I just played DW GUNDAM. I still really like the demo and always want to play it. I’ll probably start Tales of the World: RM today. Knowing me, I’ll never beat it since I probably have over 100 RPGs I still need to beat.
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