I’m in this fun little stage of trying to buy back the games I once owned but sold before the pandemic. The prices skyrocketed and I’m left trying to reclaim them telling myself “I’ll never sell them ever again.”
Ugh, so real! Thanks for bringing this topic to the table guys. My game room is one giant reminder of how my addictive personality can get off the hook. I had to draw the line last year. Especially how I got so hooked on the nostalgia. I realized I was collecting and had stopped playing, doing it for all the wrong reasons. Reggie, I have always given you props for collecting only what you like to play. My game collecting obsession started going south fast when I deviated from that basic principle. Spent a lot ($1000’s) on games I probably will never touch, money that could have been invested into my family. Ouch, still hurts but my wife got my butt in check now 😂. Still lovin the games but it’s cool now, a low boil indeed. Thanks guys, nice to know I’m not alone.
I went through that and stopped buying classic games a few years ago because I need to finish off my PS1/PS2/PS3/PS4 games I bought over the years and also the SEGA Saturn but I think sadly I'll have to let that one go because I don't think I'll ever get to it to play the games for that system
Stop buying game you are not gonna play. If you're playing stock market with vidya games, that's another thing. Support your fav devs, but stop buying for the sake of buying.
I used to have a big mega drive(genesis collection) then I thought what the point I'm never gonna play some of them, so I sold most off it and kept the Games I love
I stop buying games 2 years ago. I own more than 300 games and 80% of them are still sealed. So I said to myself no more games until I finish some. Great topic guys
I can definitely relate to this video. I recently started trimming my gaming collection and sold a whole bunch of Gameboy systems and games because they were just sitting in a box tucked away in a closet. As I get older, I realize which games and systems matter to me the most, and that I don't need to buy everything I see.
There's gaming and collecting, and then there's hoarding. When collecting starts to become addiction leading to hoarding, your games start to own you. Declutter/trim down, it will free your mind. Where's the line? Buying games you have no interest in playing, but as mentioned, to keep up with the joneses.
Absolutely this. There is a distinction between owning a ton of games and having a hoarding disorder. Does the collection cause clinically significant distress or impairment? This is a key question.
As with any hobby, you can get very heavily invested in it thinking more of the profit aspect of said hobby (from buying & reselling) and when a hobby reaches that point it's not really a hobby then. It becomes more of a side hustle. Then there's the whole wanting or feeling like you _need_ to keep up from watching what content creators and influencers show.
I fully intend to play every game I buy. The problem is finding enough time to do it, especially when my favorite genre is RPGs. It's the curse of being a working adult.
@@thelife_ofBrian That's rough, sir. But keep your chin up, and carve out time when you responsibly can. The good news is, it'll get easier over time. Before too long, you'll even be able to share your hobby with your son!
I’m the opposite, with how big my backlog is I can’t justify buying a game at full price knowing I’m not going to really be able to exclusively play that game as my primary entertainment, and buy the time I do get to putting serious time into it it’s price has gone down. The last game I bought day one was Persona 5, actually bought it twice ( orig & Royal ) and then it came out on game pass and I’ll probably pay for it when Microsoft says it’s about to leave. And I still haven’t got past the second dungeon on any of them
This was a very nuanced and useful conversation. Im very thankful for you guys. I used to get the FOMO until I realized I was researching more about the games and buying than actually playing them. For me thats not sustainable, and the thrill of getting stuff in the mail wears off fairly quick.
You can play digital games without internet, if u have bought and downloaded them to your console. Now days digital games seem to be cheaper than physical, at least the discounts are good. Often u can get it 50 to 90 % off from the price from sales.
Agree i im not a big fan of collector edition games, no space, and it's just stickers and a book or a cd, lol. Same with steelbooks, i dont care for them. The only time i got a steelbook is when there the same price as a regular game, lol. Agree with Reggie and you :)
The majority of the time, any time I purchased a collector's edition, I left iI sealed and also bought a regular copy to open and play. But recently I decided to slowly sell off my collector's editions in order to purchase some expensive grails. As much as I love those collector's edition boxes and the artwork, they didn't actually add any more games to my library. I have used the cash from some of those collector's editions to buy some rare games and I expanded my game library as a result. I am happy that I made that decision.
As someone who owns original Xbox, it feels worthless collecting when it moves awfully slow trying to sell any of it. People keep constantly asking about the dreaded clock capacitor, and will make up false assumptions about if it leaked even if it doesn’t show the symptoms. Meanwhile, my GameCube is a whole other story
I target my collecting of games mainly to JRPGs. I dont really collect industry wide but there will be certain games that come out not in that specialty I will still get. KAG is on point with the AAA games. If you arent trying to play that thing immediately, let that price come down. Finding time to play a lot of what I buy is near impossible especially due to my collecting focus being long af games. What I will say is that I am passionate about games in that genre so when I get into one, I'm in deep. I will always aim for physical titles first but I do have to wonder if we will ever see a digital storefront? Great discussion guys, thank you!
I really like this video I often fantasize about selling my entire collection across all of my systems... Just to see how much money I will get but I know that I probably want it all back or I'll be kicking myself for selling it
I had to slow down and reduce my collection by quite a bit in recent months. We don't have a ton of space for a game room or gaming area, so most of my stuff just stays in boxes, outside of my absolute favorites and games I am currently playing. I reduced my collection by about 15% just to make some more room. It will also allow me to focus on buying games that I REALLY want, rather than just buying because something is on sale or looks interesting. It is kind of sad to let some of them go, but at the same time it is a little liberating having some more space for the big hitters I want to grab in the future. As far as Collector's Editions go, I only get those when they are for my absolute favorite franchises so I only have a handful of them.
Im glad I passed in the Cowabunga Collection special edition. I'm meeting Kevin Eastman at a convention soon and will get him to sign my standard edition instead.
This is a very interesting theme more people should talk about. There are very good points in here, like what's the need to buy a game on day one? Waiting is key to save money. I should practice also some limits you shared... I still have PS3 sealed games! Thank you so much for sharing this video, Reggie. It came at a nice time for me.
I just discovered your RUclips channel, and I must say, it's really impressive! I have subscribed and hit the notification bell, five-stars. Keep up the great work!
By the way Reggie Hogwarts Legacy on PS5 cannot play without downloading the game data and Day 1 patch, just a warning for those who collect physical copies. internet connection is required for installing the full game. You can only play the intro if you start the game offline. It's the Call of Duty situation all over again.
Great topic, what happen to kag could happen to anybody, now I slowed down and only collect my favorite games on the collectors edition, and like Joel said just wait a few month and get the AAA games much cheaper down the line. Now I’ve been saving so much money on games lol it’s insane
This video is good to hear on different levels. 1...im not a completionist but do tend to buy games I dont have when it comes to older systems. Usually cartridge systems. 2...i have watched videos on RUclips for years when it comes to collecting and reviews. I hate watching a pickup video or an unboxing only to find out that game is already sold out or shot up so much in price that it doesn't make financial sense to purchase it. 3...i buy and collect bit want to play my games so I dont collect sealed and I dont collect collectors editions. Buy what you are passionate about playing
Great discussion, In my case I have sold off so many of my games when i hit the 1800 mark. I've adopted the following systems: -Collecting only and truly console exclusives -If its multiplatform and available on PC(get it on PC digitally) -Only get special/collectors edition if its a game/series that im passionate about -Should have only 1 copy of a game/Take best version and sell other I tend to spend less and less when these conditions are applied lol
I have similar rules as well. I never had more than 100 games at any point in my life. My current physical collection consist of 39 switch games, 10 3ds games, 22 xbox one games, & 3 gamecube games. The Majority of switch & xbox games were added in the past couple months. I plan on staying within my 100 games physical game collection.
Any live service games(MMO, Battle Royale etc) are not worth getting a physical copy. Same goes with physical discs that doesn't have the game inside them like any of the Call of Duty games that comes right after Advance Warfare where you need online authentication to activate the game and download the rest of the game data from their server or some of the Telltale games with incomplete chapters. Also beware of some of the Ubisoft titles like Assassin's Creed Valhalla, their physical copy of the DLC does not have any disc inside them, just a download code.
I have always collected games because I want to play them and they were super cheap. When the prices are too much I don't buy unless I really want it. The deals that I have gotten were just too good to pass up. I have so many games that space is a problem. Prices on a lot of games are realy high now like everything. This has made it much easier for me to buy games because I simply am not getting the deals I used to get. I have definelty slowed down since 2020. I buy games I really want to play and the new ones coming out. I am pretty much done collecting the older stuff because its too much money.
Game collecting takes not only money but time. Searching for titles, hunting for deals, storing and organizing the acquisitions, etc. As an adult we often have far less free time to play videogames to begin with, and game collecting can end up zapping what little free time we do have available. And once we realize the madness we have been engaging in and try to correct our error by selling the collections, well... all of that takes time too!
Greats topic to discuss! Takes up too much space people keeping them inside the boxes.... Realistically the average person should only have one to five of these at most saved for your most favorite franchise or game of all time.... But when you start piling all these up.... It's just a big addiction that you just got to resell and ship a big old box
I think I justify it Becuase I’ve been picky with new games with sales/deals etc here and there. And going crazy on the Good will/Tag sale side. Using that to sell on eBay keeping what I want rinse and repeat. The misses wants me to enjoy our new house and my dedicated game room because she knew I always dreamt of having one since we lived in an apartment before.
I play all of my games. I'm a sucker for a steelbook case. Luckily people buy the collectors edition, play em for a but then sell the game with the case for cheap soon after. In canada we don't get as many steelbook releases as the US. Also I packed up my games to move a few months ago, and honestly, it has stopped me from buying more. Out of sight out if mind. They will still be there when I'm ready
some of these youtubers are a wake up call to take control of collecting habits. ive decided to pick out top 10 games each console i like and storage the rest and be done with it. there is no end.
I have so many games that are collecting dust on the shelf, like most of the retro stuff like Megadrive and SNES those are things i can play on my MISTer. So i'm basically going to slim down my collection and only keep the games i really want to play, not just keep them because they look cool.
Games getting more pricey, both old and new, has effected how I game collect. Nowadays I I manly focus on refining what I already have which involves getting a strategy guide or a getting a missing manual. Recently got "in trouble" after a steam sale with Dungeon siege 1 and two. Ended up liking them so much ended up getting both strategy guides and physically just to get the manuals lol.
I have some sealed games for PS2, PS3, OG Xbox and Xbox 360. But they're only still sealed because I haven't gotten around to playing them. They will definitely not remain sealed.
I stopped collecting as such years ago, around the time I found channels like Metal Jesus, I get my kick out of watching RUclipsrs and playing what I have. Occasionally buy a new game, emulator for old games.
My only issue is buying and not playing for quite a while. I will by all means play what I bought, since I only buy what I like. But since I play so many different games at once my library has built a lot. Then I start playing more of one game than another and I can’t even remember where I left off or the story to the other. I’m trying to dwindle down what I’m playing and play through one game at a time. This being said it is fun having a library of games I haven’t played to pick from when I’m ready. I can’t remember the last time I bought a game and immediately played it. Then finding the time to play is a different story….
I have a video where i say im addicted to collecting, but i dont talk about stopping the line unfortunately lol its a video im working on. Nice will watch this today :). I agree that collector editions i dont pick up much. i think the regular game is good enough that the collector edition boxes are too big and way more expensive!
Whilst I’ve not bought many retro games in the last couple of years, I started to slip into the boutique retailer fomo trap. In the end I got tired of paying up front and having so many pre-orders that I wouldn’t see for many months, at times there were just too many games coming up for pre-order I thought I really wanted. Now I’m prepared to miss out, I kind of miss the days when I just bought a handful of major releases per year and they was that. I’ve noticed that many LRG titles end up on eBay or some online retailers, so even if there is a slight mark-up I’ll get the ones I want when they are in stock and ready to ship, if not then I’ll live without it. I tend to avoid most collectors editions, I love owning a physical copy of a game but with any of the CEs I have I remove the game from the fragile cardboard collectors box, look at the extras once and then never look at it again, the game case goes with the rest of my games and the CE box goes into a storage box out of the way. The RE 4 CE looks great but the regular edition is the one I’ll go for next month!
I'm at the point where I have way too much to fit into a single room and it's basically taking over my entire living space. I've stopped buying a lot of collectors editions, especially because they're so expensive and the boxes they come in are so huge, but I'm still picking up a lot of the limited edition consoles. There are very few new releases that I'll buy on day one and I have a ridiculous amount of sealed physical copies going all the way back to PS2 and Gamecube era that I always meant to play but never got around to. As prices continue to go up, I'll probably start to slowly sell off parts of my collection, since I'm mostly prioritizing PC and handhelds now.
The fact is game companies are doing an outstanding job selling us games. Even the smaller ones. You want to own the games because of their value, there are so many great games, and you think the games will disappear but they wont. It's hard for us to let them stay there because we are passionate about them. But yes, we have to use the brakes or it becomes an addiction.
I stopped collecting probably around 2019, found myself buying games that I wasn't gunna invest time in so ended up selling alot of em away, only kept what I play or will go back.
I had a few big box collector's editions. I had the Octopath Traveler Wayfarer edition. It was cool and came with the storybook. While I love the game, I had no space for it and decided to sell it (less than what I paid) and just got the standard edition of the game. I also got launch editions of games but there never seemed to be standard editions of them. Their cool but some of them take up space. I like the kind of launch editions that fit in the shelf with other games. 13 Sentinels is an example. It came with an art book but the design of the box was unintrusive. Just an outer sleeve with the book and the game
I've dialed back my collecting alot in the past couple years. I got alot of games still sealed as well. I just started thinking 1 day, I'm never gonna be able to get to half these games. I'm married with kids so I don't have alot of time to game, my kids aren't interested in console gaming, only their cell phone games 🙄 so I think I'm not too far off from just moving on. Kinda sad but I think I'm aging out 🤣. I'll probably still watch your channel tho Reg!
My policy has always been and especially now with the newer systems, games that are on my radar; physical. Everything else, digital and especially with PlayStation premium.
Another thing to remember wrt collecting videogames as an "investment" is that it's risky. Even if a game is rare and pricey, it has very slow liquidity if you want to get all that it's worth. I ran into a financial pinch recently and even though I have many rare games that I could sell, there's not many people who are willing to buy it right away--EXCEPT for resellers who always want to buy it for well under market value, so they can make a profit. Theres way better long-term investments out there.
Problem for me is the space to put them. I also collect DVDs, and books and there take huge amount of shelf space . I don't have any special game room to put these things.
It’s rough and I know it’s an addiction. I don’t buy physicals anymore because I already game to the point where I said it was taking up too much space, going digital made it worse because games are more readily available and cheap. Fomo and justifying your purchases like I have this ps5 or sick gaming pc so I need to get content for it are bad motivators. But I think I’m getting to an age now where I know my run will be coming to an end and I don’t need to be apart of what happening now. I’ve got more games than I could ever finish over the rest of my life, which is a waste
Yea for me I just don't target collectors editions for any game, last one might of been SWTOR years ago, at least it got a nice statue. For collecting I pretty much go for games I plan to play and collect slowly and wait for the cheapest price for a complete copy. A lot of the games that influencers showcase look cool but I think you got to know what genres that would actually hold your attention, because if it don't, why buy it. Try never to get FOMO just because something might be rare or valuable. I would rather have a small curated selection that I can more then likely grab any game and love, then a large complete collection with a ton of junk games that aren't worth shelf space.
I drew the line 3 years ago, what's the point of collecting if I'm not going to Enjoy them when Im dead or if they get stolen or burned in a fire, just taking up space in my house, switched to DIGITAL and have all my games saved in a SSD which will outlast any physical disc, cartridge as they have longer life spans, going digital was the best decision I ever made and I can carry them all at once instead of picking and choosing what to play one at the time.
Great conversation ! Still got sealed games that i bought day one since the xbox 360 era. Embarrasing. Now i only buy what im going to play now or wait its on gamepass
Another two reasons to wait on buying triple A games: in general they age poorly and they will get a remaster sooner or later. But I would never recommend buying games just because you think the price will spike. Even with limited print runs. If you're not excited to play it right now, you better don't buy it. It will save you a lot of money, space and time in the long run.
I stopped buying collectors editions after halo 3 with the helmet. I realized it was such a waste of money and space. Most of the "extras" are really cheap and mostly junk. I'm totally digital now, clean and clutter free. I do get digital deluxe editions but when they are cheap.
The only game I’ve bought recently at close to full price was NBA 2K23 because I wanted to play it there and then. I pretty much buy it every second year. As for special editions, I’d prefer to buy a special edition as a complete edition once it’s all patched up so I’ve actually got the full finished game on the disc. To be honest I’d love this to happen with regular editions too. I tend to buy my games second hand. I have close to 70 Xbox One/Series X games and have paid over $20 for maybe 5 to 10 of them. And don’t get me started on 360 games. Physical games are often much cheaper than digital due to the second hand market which obviously doesn’t exist in the digital world. Off topic, but I also think that this is partially why the Xbox Series S is a false economy. Anyway, I’m starting to go off topic so I’ll just say thanks for the video and end it there.
Collectors of anything that just get put on a shelf and never used have a form of mental illness related strongly to OCD. Paying silly prices for what was junk 15 years ago is also stupid when you can just download it for free for the nostalga hit.
Honestly I’ve been collecting a lot of PS5 but on the other hand I am pretty sure this is the end of physical media for games well at least on the Sony and Microsoft side.
I drew the line when the PlayStation 5 and series x came out. I wasn't going to pay $70+ for a game. I'll wait til it is discounted. Sure I would love to play rebirth or stellar blade but I can wait til it is discounted and there are millions of copies out there. I don't have fomo or buy games just because someone says it is a must play. I buy what I know I'll play.
I want to start a Dreamcast collection but only the games I’ll actually like. I will in the other hand try to buy all the stuff for it like different controllers and the fishing pole and gun and keyboard and mouse and all that
I stopped collecting like 5 years ago. I only buy what I want to play. I mostly just use my flashcarts and odes to play games. I use LaunchBox on the pc as well. I don't need to buy anything retro anymore.
I have tons of ps4 games. Many in plastic. And I always w8 for prices to go down. Cause I also have tons to play so dont need games on releasedate. Really recognized myself on some parts here
Facts just buy what you are gonna play, whether i have or not the money to get a buch of games the important is just go for what you actually gonna play and enjoy, i do not have an huge game room and netiher plan to but i slowly getting the ones that interest me and actually play them and in between them those who i fall in love with are the ones in which sometimes i put a little more of money just to get something like an collector edition just because i want to have something more of it due to how much it means the game to me. Never got into gaming for an investment ( neither plan to do it) it was and still is because of passion, also i almost never let me influate by anyone when i get into some game instead is just by curiosity or wanting to play some kind specific of genere that depending of the season i discover some one and if i got hook and im really digging it i investigate about it and try to play all of them.
Are modern physical games even worth collecting? I've realized that most of my modern games require updates, patches and dlc to be playable/enjoyable. There are only a few games in my Switch collection that are playable in their day 1 form and some that only have half the game on the cart.
i stopped collecting a long time ago. i only focus on modern games now. i got what im gonna get from the retro side of things. stuff is getting more rare and prices are going up. we need more remasters, remakes, and ports of those games at cheaper prices. be they physical or digital if we wanna play them.
If I havent played all the games I own atleast once theb thats a problem. I play everygame I own and if I buy a game eventually I'm gonna play it. I understand having a CIB that you don't play if you have another copy of the game and its just fir nostalgic reasons.
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just collect the games you love - if you chase completions you’ll never be happy
100% true. A lot of people collect but dont play those games instead of getting what they will put to use over and over.
I agree
I drew the line this year, I have been collecting for the last 33 years, 2023 is the year I start selling off most of my collection going forward :)
I’m in this fun little stage of trying to buy back the games I once owned but sold before the pandemic. The prices skyrocketed and I’m left trying to reclaim them telling myself “I’ll never sell them ever again.”
Ugh, so real! Thanks for bringing this topic to the table guys. My game room is one giant reminder of how my addictive personality can get off the hook. I had to draw the line last year. Especially how I got so hooked on the nostalgia. I realized I was collecting and had stopped playing, doing it for all the wrong reasons. Reggie, I have always given you props for collecting only what you like to play. My game collecting obsession started going south fast when I deviated from that basic principle. Spent a lot ($1000’s) on games I probably will never touch, money that could have been invested into my family. Ouch, still hurts but my wife got my butt in check now 😂. Still lovin the games but it’s cool now, a low boil indeed. Thanks guys, nice to know I’m not alone.
I went through that and stopped buying classic games a few years ago because I need to finish off my PS1/PS2/PS3/PS4 games I bought over the years and also the SEGA Saturn but I think sadly I'll have to let that one go because I don't think I'll ever get to it to play the games for that system
Stop buying game you are not gonna play. If you're playing stock market with vidya games, that's another thing. Support your fav devs, but stop buying for the sake of buying.
We have the same mindset bro. I don't buy games I don't wanna play. I keep track of my backlog and try to take them down one by one
I used to have a big mega drive(genesis collection) then I thought what the point I'm never gonna play some of them, so I sold most off it and kept the Games I love
It's called collecting and it's a hobby
@@mg6192 It's called Compulsive buying disorder and it's a disease.
Hear hear I now only buy what I realistically believe I will play. I could end up playing more, but then I'll get more. No need to overconsume.
I stop buying games 2 years ago. I own more than 300 games and 80% of them are still sealed. So I said to myself no more games until I finish some. Great topic guys
I can definitely relate to this video. I recently started trimming my gaming collection and sold a whole bunch of Gameboy systems and games because they were just sitting in a box tucked away in a closet. As I get older, I realize which games and systems matter to me the most, and that I don't need to buy everything I see.
There's gaming and collecting, and then there's hoarding. When collecting starts to become addiction leading to hoarding, your games start to own you. Declutter/trim down, it will free your mind. Where's the line? Buying games you have no interest in playing, but as mentioned, to keep up with the joneses.
Absolutely this. There is a distinction between owning a ton of games and having a hoarding disorder. Does the collection cause clinically significant distress or impairment? This is a key question.
Or to keep up with your jonesing…!
As with any hobby, you can get very heavily invested in it thinking more of the profit aspect of said hobby (from buying & reselling) and when a hobby reaches that point it's not really a hobby then. It becomes more of a side hustle.
Then there's the whole wanting or feeling like you _need_ to keep up from watching what content creators and influencers show.
I fully intend to play every game I buy. The problem is finding enough time to do it, especially when my favorite genre is RPGs. It's the curse of being a working adult.
Exactly where I'm at. Work a lot so I have the money to buy the games I want, but I work a lot so I don't have any time to enjoy them lol
I’ve become a 1st time dad…. Gaming time disappeared very quickly… I get maybe an hour if he goes to sleep at night…
@@thelife_ofBrian That's rough, sir. But keep your chin up, and carve out time when you responsibly can. The good news is, it'll get easier over time. Before too long, you'll even be able to share your hobby with your son!
Same and it SUCKS not being able to play and it feels longer to finish these games than I rememberd when I did for some during middle/high school days
same here... I dont buy for the sake of buying I only buy it if it looks fun. Sad thing. So many games looks fun
Inflation helps curb addiction. And scalpers.
My mood is actually changing. I use to never buy day one new games but I'm actually starting to play them when I get them so I think it's justified.
I’m the opposite, with how big my backlog is I can’t justify buying a game at full price knowing I’m not going to really be able to exclusively play that game as my primary entertainment, and buy the time I do get to putting serious time into it it’s price has gone down. The last game I bought day one was Persona 5, actually bought it twice ( orig & Royal ) and then it came out on game pass and I’ll probably pay for it when Microsoft says it’s about to leave. And I still haven’t got past the second dungeon on any of them
This was a very nuanced and useful conversation. Im very thankful for you guys. I used to get the FOMO until I realized I was researching more about the games and buying than actually playing them. For me thats not sustainable, and the thrill of getting stuff in the mail wears off fairly quick.
I only collect collectors edition boxes on my favorite jrpg series
You can play digital games without internet, if u have bought and downloaded them to your console.
Now days digital games seem to be cheaper than physical, at least the discounts are good. Often u can get it 50 to 90 % off from the price from sales.
collector's editions have always been a cash grab. The only "collector's edition" I have ever bought was the Wiley Wars Mega Man game.
Agree i im not a big fan of collector edition games, no space, and it's just stickers and a book or a cd, lol. Same with steelbooks, i dont care for them. The only time i got a steelbook is when there the same price as a regular game, lol. Agree with Reggie and you :)
Wish this was an hour longer
The majority of the time, any time I purchased a collector's edition, I left iI sealed and also bought a regular copy to open and play. But recently I decided to slowly sell off my collector's editions in order to purchase some expensive grails. As much as I love those collector's edition boxes and the artwork, they didn't actually add any more games to my library. I have used the cash from some of those collector's editions to buy some rare games and I expanded my game library as a result. I am happy that I made that decision.
Still find myself collecting for the ps2, or 3ds more often than not compared to modern consoles titles.
So true, I've been just buying original xbox games. Game collecting is really one of my big spending habbits right now.
As someone who owns original Xbox, it feels worthless collecting when it moves awfully slow trying to sell any of it. People keep constantly asking about the dreaded clock capacitor, and will make up false assumptions about if it leaked even if it doesn’t show the symptoms. Meanwhile, my GameCube is a whole other story
So glad you mentioned MAG! I loved that game so much...my fave of all time. I kept the "coaster" and the case for the memories lol
I target my collecting of games mainly to JRPGs. I dont really collect industry wide but there will be certain games that come out not in that specialty I will still get. KAG is on point with the AAA games. If you arent trying to play that thing immediately, let that price come down. Finding time to play a lot of what I buy is near impossible especially due to my collecting focus being long af games. What I will say is that I am passionate about games in that genre so when I get into one, I'm in deep. I will always aim for physical titles first but I do have to wonder if we will ever see a digital storefront? Great discussion guys, thank you!
I really like this video I often fantasize about selling my entire collection across all of my systems... Just to see how much money I will get but I know that I probably want it all back or I'll be kicking myself for selling it
Definitely agree not to buy AAA titles day 1 unless you plan on playing them early on. Saved so much money that way.
I used to buy every system and games of all genres. I realized I play specific types of games. That fear of missing out was real back in the day.
I had to slow down and reduce my collection by quite a bit in recent months. We don't have a ton of space for a game room or gaming area, so most of my stuff just stays in boxes, outside of my absolute favorites and games I am currently playing. I reduced my collection by about 15% just to make some more room. It will also allow me to focus on buying games that I REALLY want, rather than just buying because something is on sale or looks interesting. It is kind of sad to let some of them go, but at the same time it is a little liberating having some more space for the big hitters I want to grab in the future. As far as Collector's Editions go, I only get those when they are for my absolute favorite franchises so I only have a handful of them.
Im glad I passed in the Cowabunga Collection special edition. I'm meeting Kevin Eastman at a convention soon and will get him to sign my standard edition instead.
I have to cool it with my retro video game collecting. I've already got more games than I'll ever play.
This is a very interesting theme more people should talk about. There are very good points in here, like what's the need to buy a game on day one? Waiting is key to save money. I should practice also some limits you shared... I still have PS3 sealed games! Thank you so much for sharing this video, Reggie. It came at a nice time for me.
I just discovered your RUclips channel, and I must say, it's really impressive! I have subscribed and hit the notification bell, five-stars. Keep up the great work!
By the way Reggie Hogwarts Legacy on PS5 cannot play without downloading the game data and Day 1 patch, just a warning for those who collect physical copies. internet connection is required for installing the full game. You can only play the intro if you start the game offline. It's the Call of Duty situation all over again.
great conversation and you guys speak the truth.
Cool discussion, very real, thank you
Related to this 100%, great conversation
Great topic, what happen to kag could happen to anybody, now I slowed down and only collect my favorite games on the collectors edition, and like Joel said just wait a few month and get the AAA games much cheaper down the line. Now I’ve been saving so much money on games lol it’s insane
This video is good to hear on different levels. 1...im not a completionist but do tend to buy games I dont have when it comes to older systems. Usually cartridge systems. 2...i have watched videos on RUclips for years when it comes to collecting and reviews. I hate watching a pickup video or an unboxing only to find out that game is already sold out or shot up so much in price that it doesn't make financial sense to purchase it. 3...i buy and collect bit want to play my games so I dont collect sealed and I dont collect collectors editions. Buy what you are passionate about playing
Great discussion, In my case I have sold off so many of my games when i hit the 1800 mark. I've adopted the following systems:
-Collecting only and truly console exclusives
-If its multiplatform and available on PC(get it on PC digitally)
-Only get special/collectors edition if its a game/series that im passionate about
-Should have only 1 copy of a game/Take best version and sell other
I tend to spend less and less when these conditions are applied lol
I have similar rules as well. I never had more than 100 games at any point in my life.
My current physical collection consist of 39 switch games, 10 3ds games, 22 xbox one games, & 3 gamecube games.
The Majority of switch & xbox games were added in the past couple months.
I plan on staying within my 100 games physical game collection.
Any live service games(MMO, Battle Royale etc) are not worth getting a physical copy. Same goes with physical discs that doesn't have the game inside them like any of the Call of Duty games that comes right after Advance Warfare where you need online authentication to activate the game and download the rest of the game data from their server or some of the Telltale games with incomplete chapters. Also beware of some of the Ubisoft titles like Assassin's Creed Valhalla, their physical copy of the DLC does not have any disc inside them, just a download code.
Reggie ,Just got into PS1 Imports,Would love more Ps1 content Brother!!!
This is the most real video bro, love the conversation
I have always collected games because I want to play them and they were super cheap. When the prices are too much I don't buy unless I really want it. The deals that I have gotten were just too good to pass up. I have so many games that space is a problem. Prices on a lot of games are realy high now like everything. This has made it much easier for me to buy games because I simply am not getting the deals I used to get. I have definelty slowed down since 2020. I buy games I really want to play and the new ones coming out. I am pretty much done collecting the older stuff because its too much money.
Game collecting takes not only money but time. Searching for titles, hunting for deals, storing and organizing the acquisitions, etc. As an adult we often have far less free time to play videogames to begin with, and game collecting can end up zapping what little free time we do have available. And once we realize the madness we have been engaging in and try to correct our error by selling the collections, well... all of that takes time too!
Greats topic to discuss! Takes up too much space people keeping them inside the boxes.... Realistically the average person should only have one to five of these at most saved for your most favorite franchise or game of all time.... But when you start piling all these up.... It's just a big addiction that you just got to resell and ship a big old box
Fomo is real when it comes to video games and it can really hurt the wallet. It’s good to be choosey find a game you enjoy not what others enjoy.
great conversation. thanks foe sharing Reggie
Thanks for listening
I think I justify it Becuase I’ve been picky with new games with sales/deals etc here and there. And going crazy on the Good will/Tag sale side. Using that to sell on eBay keeping what I want rinse and repeat. The misses wants me to enjoy our new house and my dedicated game room because she knew I always dreamt of having one since we lived in an apartment before.
Good points taken, interesting topic overall. "Reggie seal of approval" is officially a thing I guess 😎👍
Indeed!
I play all of my games. I'm a sucker for a steelbook case. Luckily people buy the collectors edition, play em for a but then sell the game with the case for cheap soon after. In canada we don't get as many steelbook releases as the US. Also I packed up my games to move a few months ago, and honestly, it has stopped me from buying more. Out of sight out if mind. They will still be there when I'm ready
some of these youtubers are a wake up call to take control of collecting habits. ive decided to pick out top 10 games each console i like and storage the rest and be done with it. there is no end.
I have so many games that are collecting dust on the shelf, like most of the retro stuff like Megadrive and SNES those are things i can play on my MISTer. So i'm basically going to slim down my collection and only keep the games i really want to play, not just keep them because they look cool.
Games getting more pricey, both old and new, has effected how I game collect. Nowadays I I manly focus on refining what I already have which involves getting a strategy guide or a getting a missing manual. Recently got "in trouble" after a steam sale with Dungeon siege 1 and two. Ended up liking them so much ended up getting both strategy guides and physically just to get the manuals lol.
I have some sealed games for PS2, PS3, OG Xbox and Xbox 360.
But they're only still sealed because I haven't gotten around to playing them. They will definitely not remain sealed.
I stopped collecting as such years ago, around the time I found channels like Metal Jesus, I get my kick out of watching RUclipsrs and playing what I have. Occasionally buy a new game, emulator for old games.
Really excited for you to get to 100K subs! Congrats and keep up the great content :)
My only issue is buying and not playing for quite a while. I will by all means play what I bought, since I only buy what I like. But since I play so many different games at once my library has built a lot. Then I start playing more of one game than another and I can’t even remember where I left off or the story to the other. I’m trying to dwindle down what I’m playing and play through one game at a time. This being said it is fun having a library of games I haven’t played to pick from when I’m ready. I can’t remember the last time I bought a game and immediately played it. Then finding the time to play is a different story….
love these clips keep em coming Reggie!
I have a video where i say im addicted to collecting, but i dont talk about stopping the line unfortunately lol its a video im working on. Nice will watch this today :). I agree that collector editions i dont pick up much. i think the regular game is good enough that the collector edition boxes are too big and way more expensive!
Whilst I’ve not bought many retro games in the last couple of years, I started to slip into the boutique retailer fomo trap. In the end I got tired of paying up front and having so many pre-orders that I wouldn’t see for many months, at times there were just too many games coming up for pre-order I thought I really wanted. Now I’m prepared to miss out, I kind of miss the days when I just bought a handful of major releases per year and they was that. I’ve noticed that many LRG titles end up on eBay or some online retailers, so even if there is a slight mark-up I’ll get the ones I want when they are in stock and ready to ship, if not then I’ll live without it.
I tend to avoid most collectors editions, I love owning a physical copy of a game but with any of the CEs I have I remove the game from the fragile cardboard collectors box, look at the extras once and then never look at it again, the game case goes with the rest of my games and the CE box goes into a storage box out of the way. The RE 4 CE looks great but the regular edition is the one I’ll go for next month!
I'm at the point where I have way too much to fit into a single room and it's basically taking over my entire living space. I've stopped buying a lot of collectors editions, especially because they're so expensive and the boxes they come in are so huge, but I'm still picking up a lot of the limited edition consoles. There are very few new releases that I'll buy on day one and I have a ridiculous amount of sealed physical copies going all the way back to PS2 and Gamecube era that I always meant to play but never got around to. As prices continue to go up, I'll probably start to slowly sell off parts of my collection, since I'm mostly prioritizing PC and handhelds now.
The fact is game companies are doing an outstanding job selling us games. Even the smaller ones. You want to own the games because of their value, there are so many great games, and you think the games will disappear but they wont. It's hard for us to let them stay there because we are passionate about them. But yes, we have to use the brakes or it becomes an addiction.
I stopped collecting probably around 2019, found myself buying games that I wasn't gunna invest time in so ended up selling alot of em away, only kept what I play or will go back.
I only buy the games that I really want to play because it’s gets to expensive to buy. Great video
I sold basically my whole collection this year, no regrets
I had a few big box collector's editions.
I had the Octopath Traveler Wayfarer edition. It was cool and came with the storybook. While I love the game, I had no space for it and decided to sell it (less than what I paid) and just got the standard edition of the game.
I also got launch editions of games but there never seemed to be standard editions of them. Their cool but some of them take up space. I like the kind of launch editions that fit in the shelf with other games. 13 Sentinels is an example. It came with an art book but the design of the box was unintrusive. Just an outer sleeve with the book and the game
Keeping my new games sealed helped me slow down buying new releases.
I've dialed back my collecting alot in the past couple years. I got alot of games still sealed as well. I just started thinking 1 day, I'm never gonna be able to get to half these games. I'm married with kids so I don't have alot of time to game, my kids aren't interested in console gaming, only their cell phone games 🙄 so I think I'm not too far off from just moving on. Kinda sad but I think I'm aging out 🤣. I'll probably still watch your channel tho Reg!
My policy has always been and especially now with the newer systems, games that are on my radar; physical. Everything else, digital and especially with PlayStation premium.
Another thing to remember wrt collecting videogames as an "investment" is that it's risky. Even if a game is rare and pricey, it has very slow liquidity if you want to get all that it's worth. I ran into a financial pinch recently and even though I have many rare games that I could sell, there's not many people who are willing to buy it right away--EXCEPT for resellers who always want to buy it for well under market value, so they can make a profit. Theres way better long-term investments out there.
Rare games w niche audiences can take a long time to sell, in my experience. Unless you sell for cheap to speed up the process.
Problem for me is the space to put them. I also collect DVDs, and books and there take huge amount of shelf space . I don't have any special game room to put these things.
It’s rough and I know it’s an addiction. I don’t buy physicals anymore because I already game to the point where I said it was taking up too much space, going digital made it worse because games are more readily available and cheap. Fomo and justifying your purchases like I have this ps5 or sick gaming pc so I need to get content for it are bad motivators. But I think I’m getting to an age now where I know my run will be coming to an end and I don’t need to be apart of what happening now. I’ve got more games than I could ever finish over the rest of my life, which is a waste
Yea for me I just don't target collectors editions for any game, last one might of been SWTOR years ago, at least it got a nice statue. For collecting I pretty much go for games I plan to play and collect slowly and wait for the cheapest price for a complete copy. A lot of the games that influencers showcase look cool but I think you got to know what genres that would actually hold your attention, because if it don't, why buy it. Try never to get FOMO just because something might be rare or valuable. I would rather have a small curated selection that I can more then likely grab any game and love, then a large complete collection with a ton of junk games that aren't worth shelf space.
This year I sold off 90% of my collection, my taste in gaming changed as I grew older.
The only recent game that has left me wanting more has been prince of persia the lost crown... so good
Because of companies like Evercade i don't see physical going away even if Pony Microshaft and Nintendon't go digital.
You also have new releases for old consoles which is great.
I have NEVER bought a new game, always used after they have been devalued. I have SOOOOO many games to play I dont need the newest thing.
i had to learn only buy games YOU plan on playing the hard way
RE2 collector's edition was great and RE4 looks to have a good one also.. but it's true that most collector's edition games are no longe worth it
I drew the line 3 years ago, what's the point of collecting if I'm not going to Enjoy them when Im dead or if they get stolen or burned in a fire, just taking up space in my house, switched to DIGITAL and have all my games saved in a SSD which will outlast any physical disc, cartridge as they have longer life spans, going digital was the best decision I ever made and I can carry them all at once instead of picking and choosing what to play one at the time.
Great conversation ! Still got sealed games that i bought day one since the xbox 360 era. Embarrasing. Now i only buy what im going to play now or wait its on gamepass
I think SSDs is what's changed my mind to draw the line, SSDs will outlast any physical media outhere, SSDs changed everything for me.
Another two reasons to wait on buying triple A games: in general they age poorly and they will get a remaster sooner or later. But I would never recommend buying games just because you think the price will spike. Even with limited print runs. If you're not excited to play it right now, you better don't buy it. It will save you a lot of money, space and time in the long run.
I stopped buying collectors editions after halo 3 with the helmet. I realized it was such a waste of money and space.
Most of the "extras" are really cheap and mostly junk.
I'm totally digital now, clean and clutter free. I do get digital deluxe editions but when they are cheap.
Cool deal Reggie draws the line with hidden gems 💎
The only game I’ve bought recently at close to full price was NBA 2K23 because I wanted to play it there and then. I pretty much buy it every second year.
As for special editions, I’d prefer to buy a special edition as a complete edition once it’s all patched up so I’ve actually got the full finished game on the disc. To be honest I’d love this to happen with regular editions too.
I tend to buy my games second hand. I have close to 70 Xbox One/Series X games and have paid over $20 for maybe 5 to 10 of them. And don’t get me started on 360 games. Physical games are often much cheaper than digital due to the second hand market which obviously doesn’t exist in the digital world. Off topic, but I also think that this is partially why the Xbox Series S is a false economy.
Anyway, I’m starting to go off topic so I’ll just say thanks for the video and end it there.
Collectors of anything that just get put on a shelf and never used have a form of mental illness related strongly to OCD. Paying silly prices for what was junk 15 years ago is also stupid when you can just download it for free for the nostalga hit.
Buying and playing games is a far superior addiction than buying drugs, cigarettes and alcohol.
Honestly I’ve been collecting a lot of PS5 but on the other hand I am pretty sure this is the end of physical media for games well at least on the Sony and Microsoft side.
I drew the line when the PlayStation 5 and series x came out. I wasn't going to pay $70+ for a game. I'll wait til it is discounted. Sure I would love to play rebirth or stellar blade but I can wait til it is discounted and there are millions of copies out there. I don't have fomo or buy games just because someone says it is a must play. I buy what I know I'll play.
I want to start a Dreamcast collection but only the games I’ll actually like. I will in the other hand try to buy all the stuff for it like different controllers and the fishing pole and gun and keyboard and mouse and all that
I get as a player and collector myself. I buy now so I don't have to pay scalpers later
I stopped collecting like 5 years ago. I only buy what I want to play. I mostly just use my flashcarts and odes to play games. I use LaunchBox on the pc as well. I don't need to buy anything retro anymore.
Nope I wait for sales now and pick up games that will only go up if I don’t buy day one
I have tons of ps4 games. Many in plastic. And I always w8 for prices to go down. Cause I also have tons to play so dont need games on releasedate. Really recognized myself on some parts here
Good advice, as usual RR
Facts just buy what you are gonna play, whether i have or not the money to get a buch of games the important is just go for what you actually gonna play and enjoy, i do not have an huge game room and netiher plan to but i slowly getting the ones that interest me and actually play them and in between them those who i fall in love with are the ones in which sometimes i put a little more of money just to get something like an collector edition just because i want to have something more of it due to how much it means the game to me.
Never got into gaming for an investment ( neither plan to do it) it was and still is because of passion, also i almost never let me influate by anyone when i get into some game instead is just by curiosity or wanting to play some kind specific of genere that depending of the season i discover some one and if i got hook and im really digging it i investigate about it and try to play all of them.
I almost bought a ps2 today w 3 games for $100. Just to play code Veronica, not 1-3 games, I would buy that separate. So glad I saved my wallet.
I blame metal Jesus…… all those hidden gems ……. I love a gem 😜😂 I’m definitely addicted to buying games just wish I had the time to play em all
Are modern physical games even worth collecting? I've realized that most of my modern games require updates, patches and dlc to be playable/enjoyable. There are only a few games in my Switch collection that are playable in their day 1 form and some that only have half the game on the cart.
i stopped collecting a long time ago. i only focus on modern games now. i got what im gonna get from the retro side of things. stuff is getting more rare and prices are going up. we need more remasters, remakes, and ports of those games at cheaper prices. be they physical or digital if we wanna play them.
If I havent played all the games I own atleast once theb thats a problem. I play everygame I own and if I buy a game eventually I'm gonna play it. I understand having a CIB that you don't play if you have another copy of the game and its just fir nostalgic reasons.