What Are the Worst Collecting Strategies? - Retro Bird
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- If you collect video games, you probably have a strategy. You've probably also decided some strategies aren't worth using, but which ones? In this video I discuss what I feel are some of the worst strategies for collecting retro games.
What Are the Worst Collecting Strategies? - Retro Bird / Biggest Game Collecting Mistakes for Collectors to Avoid
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Games played: Diddy Kong Racing (0:04), Goof Troop (0:29), Mega Man X4 (0:42), World of Illusion (1:07), Alien Soldier (1:15)
I Appreciate this !
Glad to hear. I used to not do this and noticed people would ask which games I was playing quite a bit. So, I started doing this and it must be working because people don't really ask at all anymore :)
@Retro Bird, Awesome video as always. Loved the segment of you sneaking around. Personally I think a bad strategy is buying game bundles where the seller sells 5 games or more for a single price on eBay or any online store. They may have 1 or 2 games we may want but then we are left ones we don't care about. Usually sports games. XD.
@@RetroBirdGaming worst strategy ever is to just buy what is "popular" or expensive,.. check out some emulators and buy the ones you like, Emulators can be used like a catalogue wide demo disk. that's how i do it really.
@@RetroBirdGaming this is great, i really appreciate you doing this to your vids. I was particularly curious about Goof Troop and ALien SOldier and while i suspected those were the right games, i'm happy to have confirmation... now off to ebay!
My strat has been: 1: games I owned as a kid 2: games I wished I had as a kid 3: cool games I now know are cool and should pick up :)
That's basically my NES strategy. My NES and games all ended up in a yardsale, when I was a kid, and I've been trying to rebuild my collection ever since. It's unfortunate because I had tons of games for it and now they're like $20 a pop.
Count me in… a very fun and satisfying approach without throwing out tons of money just for the sake of owning things (ok, don‘t exactly know how many games you wished to have as a kid… 😃). 🆙
Yeah man, that's exactly my strategy when collecting for my Mega Drive, Mega CD and Sega Saturn.
This is a great strategy and how I started collecting the games my mom gave away when I went off to school
I tried that, but my OCD had me added new levels of descriptors. Started with games I had, then games I rented or borrowed, quickly became “every game I ever played.” That’s when I stopped, lol
This is one of my favorite RUclips channels! All of your content is enjoyable and I love it. Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it :)
Yeah, I agree good stuff talking about the game collecting. Would like for you to talk about (cough)... emulation as well.
My bad strategy is continually buying games in general when I don’t even have the time to really play and enjoy all the ones I have.😞 I feel like I’m slowly getting better though, and sticking with just playing a few games at a time(with the prospect of beating them soon and playing other games)
You are not alone. But I'm also getting better at it. 🤭
I alway say to myself: Just one game at a time. And I stick with it. I play a game until it's beaten and then I decide what do play next. And again: I stick to it until it's beaten. In some cases (RPG'S for example) it might be that I play a second game simultaneously. A Plattformer or Puzzle Game or a game I know it's relatively short. For me it works pretty well. No anxietys and one after another.
@@ExplorerAUDIO Hey, thanks for the good suggestions!! I will definitely try to implement that!
I think the worst habit I've had is buying a game because: A- It looks interesting or unusual and B- Buying a game because you couldn't find anything you really wanted, but would feel like it was a waste of a trip to come home empty handed. Habit A carried over from my record collecting hobby, because it usually worked out for me when buying records, but I have learned that doesn't carry over well when buying video games. Habit B is one I still struggle with from time to time. As a collector I have three tiers when ranking games. Teir A is the classic heavy hitter that is kind of exspensive and always eludes you, that you have wanted for years. When you see this game, if it isn't trashed and/or over priced, you are going to buy it immediately. Tier B goes to your solid classics that are in the more affordable 15-50 dollar range, insert Mario/Zelda/Ratchet and Clank/ect. Tier C goes to the games that are left over after a store has been picked over to basically nothing, and instead of walking out with nothing, you pick up something with fingers crossed it's going to be a hidden gem. Except it's not a hidden gem. Metal Jesus and Reggie would have told you that by now. Just go home and you will have twice as much money to game hunt with next time. In short. Stick with Tier A and B games is the advice I have given myself and try to follow as much as possible.
Habit A happens sometimes because of poor quality back in the day. Since the internet wasn't really "around" per se, it made it easier for terrible, low quality & low effort games to be released.
I would suggest emulating the games before buying them physically to see if you like it. I think of this strategy like playing a demo before buying the game.
How is your wife not laughing her butt off with you “sneaking around” like that? Did that require 100 takes or does it happen so often she’s just completely over it by now? 🤣
Oh, that's kind of just how we are around here :)
Haha I was gonna ask the same. Him waltzing around like he's Linda Blair from the Exorcist while his wife just casually lounging around with such a straight face. Haha classic🤣 keep up all the great content Retro Bird!
@@RetroBirdGaming I love how she peeks over a shakes her head slightly had me chuckling.
@@killhacker5776 LOL... yeah. "sigh... When I said I wanted children, this is not what I meant."
My bad habits of collecting was I would buy new games and not play them right away and in a few months they were alot cheaper. So I should of bought it later. I collect full sets of alot of comsoles I have. Great video.
A bad strategy of mine is to sell my collection for other game systems only to find out I want to play those sold games 20 years later.
That's a very common strategy.
I have been bitten by this one before. The trouble is that as a kid, this was often my only viable way to experience said newer game systems. The good news is that most of them became cheap (digitally, at least) years later.
The Nintendo switch made me fall in love with collecting again. There's so many retro and new games that are just gaming staples. Company's like limited run, super rare, strictly limited, playasia, etc really makes collecting for the switch really fun because it's a mix of classics and new games that are do much fun to play. Like just having a physical copy of games like scott pilgrim vs the world in physical form
I love the switch but collecting for it is terrible imo. It's BECAUSE of those companies bloating up the physical game library with all those indie games is what makes it unfun. There's also a near constant stream of limited editions and collector's edition that obtaining nearly a fraction of it is crazy expensive and most of the time it's filled with crap you don't want anyway.
Sorry about the rant btw. I can see why somebody would love it for all those reasons I mentioned.
@@VideoGameOwnage123 I totally get your point for someone wanting a complete collection but when you just buy the games your passionate about besides PC the switch is the best console to turn to in my opinion. I do get the false rarity with the limited print company's tho which does suck but at the same time it's good we actually get it in physical form and with things like owners manuals which seem to have died sadly. I remember the days of getting a game and reading the manual on the way home in excitement for playing the game
Limited Run is a scam. Artificially limited games aren’t actually “limited”. It just takes the mystique out of collecting or collections when you have Limited Run games. Not to mention the majority of the games they release are crap, games that most people wouldn’t buy anyway if they weren’t labeled “LIMITED” and “RARE” by resellers and marketers
@@InkfinityOkamix3 I don't care about resale value I care about having phsyical copies of games I enjoy. I don't buy every single release but some are games that wouldn't have a physical other wise. I do understand your point like play Asia releasing grandia HD collection after limited runs "limited run" same as the old star wars games. I honestly don't care if it's worth more or less than when I bought it. Like I will never sell super rare games physicals of lovers in a dangerous space time, shelter or worms wmd. Value isn't really important to me as they are games I love and will never leave my collection
Eh. A lot of Switch games require internet access to download patches or big chunks of the game, so they may be much worse off or even unplayable 20+ years from now when the servers are closed. Also they use flash memory, so they have a limited number of times they can be read by the console before they stop working. They aren't the same as old NES/SNES games that may last 100+ years. This probably won't be an issue unless the game is played a lot over the years, but it's worth noting.
Trying to find games in the wild! It takes much less time, and is often cheaper to buy from local retro gaming groups
A lot more places around me have been picking up old games. I'm loving it. Lol
I've always found searching in the wild to be tough. Even like 10 years ago. Some have much better luck than others.
One bad habit that I've haven't heard people talk about is over researching games. It's entirely possible that in the end it could spoil your experience with the game, auch as stumbling on a plot twist in an rpg
Good point! There's something to be said about getting to experience a game fresh.
I'll take the consensus (or a random one-off heart-felt recommendation) as a guide to what I should look into, then check out the Wikipedia article. If the reception is generally good, the handful of screenshots looks interesting, and a skim through the overview seems compelling enough, into the queue it goes. :-)
Any more than that will probably not lead to a better outcome, since our tastes all vary anyway. I will usually have a pretty solid "huh" or "ehhh" feeling in my gut by then, and as long as it isn't a ridiculously expensive title, it's worth a shot. If it does't work out, it goes on to the next guy.
I fell into buying retro games at a rate that outpaced my time to play them. Games starting to rise is cost is what started it. I got worried if I didn't pick them up now the prices would jump even more. I've since corrected that thankfully and have actually downsized my collection to what I refer to as my core collection. I've also decided if it's a game I want to play, but the cost for an original copy is higher than I really want to pay, I'm fine with buying a digital version of that game just to be able to experience it. If a physical ever comes down to a price range in comfortable with I'd pick it up at that point. I feel that took the pressure off of "needing" to buy the game in it's original form. With that said, I'm still pro physical as much as possible.
One defense of buying somewhat random games for super cheap is for just something new to play. Very cool feeling to buy something you don't know much about that is cheap and discover it is enjoyable.
Watching this video was like a braindump, almost to a T. Always passed the same strategies on to my buddies when they started out collecting. Collect what you like/love, dont buy bulk, just to buy bulk. If you do this you will end up with Quality over Quantity and you will be happier with your collection, as you bought games/items that you were vested in. BTW, love your videos
Glad you like the channel! Thank you :)
My "strategy" is a full set of Megadrive/Genesis and Master System PAL, I didn't go after EVERYTHING in the field of video games, I see that over the years buying a little bit of everything ends up being "a little bit of nothing" that others don't.
In a Full set I "find" games that don't exist in all collections, (not because they are rare or expensive) but because they are games that many people ignore exactly because they Collect/Play a little bit of everything, and they have (Of course) to be selective because money isn't enough for everything and choices have to be made! Certain video games. On Megadrive / Genesis, like:
Generations Lost or Ex-Mutants are ignored by many people (who have to be selective and buy only the best known titles from the MD/Genesis system) such as:
Sonic
Street of Rage
You will never play or collect games like:
Alien Soldier or Mega-Lo-Mania that are excellent games and very complex to play.
I really enjoyed Generations Lost, it's just a shame that it's such a short game.
I can relate to the “don’t buy broken stuff thinking you can fix it” segment. Got a couple very clean “as is” consoles recently (including a fat reverse compatible PS3) thinking if they were indeed broken I could maybe revive them. Long story short I couldn’t! 😂 luckily managed to sell them for parts and got my money back, but lesson learned! 😅
I’m also a firm believer in quality over quantity and doing your homework before buying! (Gameplay footage, recent sold prices, etc.) great advice all round RB 👍
P.S.- I now have a strong urge to replay X4 for the 300th time 😎
X4 is a great game. I'm a huge sucker for train stages too!
Buying a clean, but broken, console is not a bad strategy, IMO. You can always replace the guts with a not-so-clean, but not-so-broken console. :-)
@@nickwallette6201 very true, as long as the price is right! :P
I gotta be honest: that Alien Soldier boss fight had me stressed out.
Right? I screwed up early and just barely made it.
My strategy is "That random game footage looks like it has interesting technical features" and then try to find the cheapest one online.
That ending though, and when she shakes her head at him! 😂😂
My bad habit is not selling off games to pay for the hobby. But I also buy stuff if its a good deal or if I can double up.
When I hear "next video", my brain immediately expected to hear the ending theme, but *this time*...
...OK, with that ending gag, I'm further convinced you're not done outdoing yourself just yet.
Somebody needs to do a compilation of "Best Retrobird Visual Gags". This stuff is gold!
That head shake from Mama Bird 😄😄
Love the comedy of your channel! Really wish I was as comfortable on-screen as you
My bad collecting strategy is based on impulsive decisions. If I see it get reviewed or hear someone like it then I need it too. Most of my expensive games we're those impulse buys.
Starting a new collection for retro is so expensive right now.
Third!
Wife bought me Lawnmower man and Last Action Hero Snes. Worst games I've ever played.
I've been using the strategy found in a guide book from the early 2000s - collect games you know you want to play first and then branch out from there. Some games that are expensive are expensive because they were terrible. Also emulate the game before plunking down the cash - sometimes all you want to do is play for a little bit and then you get your fill. Also try not use whatnot to buy games if you're new to the hobby. Especially from big creators. People overpay like crazy. Try local and then go on eBay next.
Lol, not going to name any names, but was just watching a big RUclipsrs whatnot auction before this. Could not believe the prices he was getting for stuff. But hey, if people want to pay more for the “prestige” of buying from a bigger RUclipsr, power to them I guess 🤷🏻♂️
Emulation is a huge benefit when it comes to determining what to buy. Heck, I would never have even gotten into JRPGs at all, if it hadn't been for emulation.
One thing I've also done to "strategize" is to prioritize games I want that *_can't_* be emulated, either because it's difficult to emulate, or because it's simply not possible without the proper hardware, like games that use motion controls or 3D effects like the 3DS. Games like Yoshi's Topsy-Turvy simply can't be played without extra hardware.
@@megamob5834 we might have been watching the same one tonight lol. Definitely games going for more than $10
Uh oh! That sounds like trouble brewing.
Many of us in the film collecting community could stand to follow these strategies!
This should be required viewing before plunging into video game collecting.
I actually enjoyed the 27 dresses video game. With the game shark you can unlock the 28th one. So worth it.
Which game is that? What system is it for? How much did it sell for?
From my experience, eBay auctions are cut-throat. Some people adopted the Sniper Bid tactic to secure auctions at the very last second. Sure, it's annoying, but it sure beats increasing your bid to outbid others only to realize that you're paying a little bit lower than actual resell value. Let's say you're bidding for a copy of Chrono Trigger and the highest bid is $90. You don't want to overpay for it if you were looking for a lower price because, chances are, the highest bidder has also secured their max bid higher to ensure they win the auction. So if you're hoping to outbid someone, be smart and know when to take an L and find a new auction.
@Rex Warden Yeah I'm a EBAY sniper too. If you bid early you're just inviting a bidding war. You're more likely to win the item and pay less for it by bidding big at the end. If you still get outbid, you're glad you saved your cash.
Great stuff! Love the energy you have in all your vids, love the setup with the controller and the game being showcased and how it’s all lit up, the way you can make anything you’re talking about interesting… I’d love to see the channel grow a great audience and getting the recognition it deserves. Keep it up!
Thank you for that! Very kind of you :)
Bad strategy : Waiting until you're 38 and then trying to buy your childhood back through eBay
Buying a huge bulk of retro games in one shot and playing them later, is also a bad strategy. It takes time away from playing the games you already have and you spend money at a rapid pace. Instead you should buy them as you beat the game you already have. You should be having more views man, great topic and a great retro channel 👍
0:15 my cat once swallowed a rubber halloween snake and then moved like that until threw up the snake, then back to normal
Doing your research and knowing what you want ahead of time really is key. I've always been good most of my life about being sure about what I want. Not just for gaming, but in general.
your words on waiting to buy games you really want is super accurate. Obviously I agree that you shouldnt spend above your means but for sure sometimes I wish I had just bought something when I knew I could afford it and I just thought "id find it cheaper" now I either cant find them at all or their so expensive its just not worth it to me any more
You also bring up a great point about buying broken gear. Admittedly I’m not hardcore with fixing hardware, but am handy enough and got my NES and GBC on the cheap as they needed work. (thankfully minor). Was basically a calculated judgement call and some luck. 👍
Yeah, it can work out if the fix seems doable enough and you're confident you can handle it. I've done it myself :)
I have a few "games" for the DS that many would ignore, but I do enjoy occasionally are Personal Trainer Math, Personal Trainer Cooking, and its sequel America's Test Kitchen Let's Get Cooking. The math I originally bought for my kids, but I ended up keeping one copy as they weren't into edutainment. The cooking ones, I actually do enjoy cooking, and thought why not. The personal trainer cooking even has a banana fritter recipe, which is basically beer battered deep fried bananas. I have learned some new skills and recipes from them, but the hidden gem of those cooking games are the Game And Watch game included on each title, Chef on the original, and Egg on the sequel. I have wanted to get the entire Touch Generations series for DS at one point, but ultimately decided it would be a waste of money to get other titles that I won't even play like Brain Age and Nintendogs. Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is one of the best for that series.
Yeah I can relate to buying something in a condition that I didn't want and regretting it later. I bought a used copy of Shadow of the Colossus back in the day from GameStop that was just the disc and had that hideous generic box label. Later went back and bought a CIB off eBay for it. Felt kind of silly about it.
I'm one of those with an unusual perspective because I'm a game designer. Any game is potentially worth it if it gives me a useful idea, and as crazy as it sounds sometimes bad games can be an inspiration for something better. Or even just to serve as an example of what to avoid. Maybe you're thinking of doing something, and then you're reminded of a bad game that tried something similar, and how that went wrong.
After all, you can't just study the successes or else over time everything starts to look more and more the same.
Going for a complete set seems to be a good strategy. It's been working for John Hancock, who says he's doing it for "preservation" and he's going to "build a museum", so people just mail him games. Not a bad idea! Although I don't understand how keeping a video game sealed in a box behind a locked glass door is going to preserve anything. It's kinda hard to play an original NES game without using the cartridge.
I’m definitely guilty of the buying games just because of the curiosity. I’ve definitely gone away from the whole getting a complete set of anything just for the sake of it. I have so little interest in owning bad games that I will never play.
Buying games out of curiosity isn't necessarily a bad thing. I think you just need the right balance to it. It can be easy to get carried away.
I have to admit that I do, on occasion, buy terrible games on purpose. Watching my son and friends play the Japanese version of Jekyll and Hyde is priceless.
Haha :)
Another worst collecting strategy could be buy the games of the genre that you like but you will get bored later on.
Great video!!
I think it is a bad strategy, at least for me, to buy big mayor AAA releases at MSRP, when I could be saving 15, 20 dollars down the road. Specially on brand new games, there is money to be saved just by waiting.
Great video, maybe even one of the best for me. It’s like pretty much all thoughts that I had compressed into one informative video
Glad to hear it!
I emulate everything and buy the games I enjoyed, but only if they're a reasonable price. Suikoden II was amazing, but I ain't paying the exorbitant price for it.
One Time me an My Brothers went to go hike on some trails. we brought a gameboy and several games, but it turned out the backpack had a small hole. we lost all of our games on the trail. we turned back and found all but one, pokemon blue. a few years later we were on the same trail and FOUND IT! the battery was dead but it was so cool to find the game after all those years. similar things happened with a wario game in an alley way and Lego racers for N64 in a bush for 12 years
The worst "cost saving strategy" I've used..... Was..... Buying Disc games without cases!.... Embarassing but alot of my collection used to be stored in disc folders
It's so great to see a RUclipsr with a big collection. Talking about how ways to enjoy games, without the oringal hardware or a big collection
Bad strategy that lasted 1 and only 1 shopping trip : Oh hey, here's an uncommon, niche type of PS2 game, jet fighter / air combat, will be a nice gem to the collection, oh here's another, and another, what a treasure trove! // * walks to cash register with foot and a half tall stack of PS2 games belonging to a genre I've never even played before or know whether or not I like * // Yep, that group of games quickly wound up in a box like a sad club of misfits. Maybe I'll try one of them out someday. Maybe.
i finally am getting to this point in my snes and genesis collections at least where i am getting much less picky about what i add to it as long as the price is low enough
My strategy involves only getting rid of games I absolutely know I will never ever want to play again. Even then, I may hold onto it if I can't get much for it, which could change in the future. I sound like a packrat, now that I think about it...
Hilarious video!! Your sense of humour is incredible.
Thank you!
Entertaining and thought provoking as usual, keep the great vids coming 😉
not being able to fix it and wasting your money - absolute gold!
I can definitely relate to ignoring certain consoles. I picked up a Neo Geo AES about 20 years ago with a handful of mediocre to decent games, and haven't picked up a single new game for it since haha. I fire it up every once in awhile to play Magician Lord or Baseball Stars, but I don't see myself forking out the cash to play Metal Slug in my lifetime.
I always bought low, kept what I wanted and sold the rest to make my money back to build my collection for free.
My worst strategy when I first got into collecting was buying games based on what I thought I'd like based on what I already had, but hadn't played at any point to confirm that. I was getting games faster than I was playing them, and getting games I thought I'd enjoy. If I saw a game from a series on genre I thought I liked, because I thought I'd like the other game I also bought, but also hadn't yet played or tried it to confirm - I ended up in a weird position of buying for what I thought my tastes were rather than what they actually were. Really strange! Take your time and make sure you play stuff instead of just buying it.
It's okay to only own two games for a system! I only have two games for my Saturn! Both of them Virtua Cop.
Now as to how many games I have that I can play on my Saturn,... well my attorney has informed me that I shouldn't answer that question.
I've realized the error of my ways: not having a copy of Alien Soldier. :D
Haha
Collecting for a system you don’t really have a connection to. I once wanted a full NES set, which is crazy because I decided that before I even played the thing. Also never buy sight unseen, that leads to ripped labels, no boxes or manuals etc… I’ve learned the same lessons to go after what you want before you’re priced out and Phantasy Star IV costs $400 instead of just $60.
If you consider full sets a bad strategy, than I am guilty of that one. Don't regret it though.
I just like to collect games in general good or bad. If the back of the box or the cover looks interesting I’ll pick it up
One thing you didn't cover was COOL COVERS! The art just sings to you & you buy it without looking into it. Never judge a game by it's cover! I'm one of them $5 dollar buyer in the wild without looking into it too. It really does add up after awhile. My wife told me there is a reason why it is only 5 bucks. But she hardly follows me when I go game hunting, so majority of the time I forget her strategy! Then I play it & go...D'Oh! Thanks for the Bird Seeds of Strategies out there! Let's see if I learn to duck to save 5 bucks! Ha-Ha!
Just here to say that Mr. nuts joke had me rolling on the floor 😂
I was buying a lot of SNES games when I got back into it last year, partly for the sake of buying them and partly for the sake of building up a decent library. I made a master list of what I wanted based on some "best of" and "most underrated" lists I found online. Most of the titles have been worth it so far.
I love that take of you putting the console box on the top of the toilet, I suppose if you cling like plastic wrap around it that's pretty practical. They do take an awful lot of space, I mite do the console box on the toilet. Thanks for another cool video
One thing I stopped doing quite quickly was purchase CIB for consoles I don't have. 🤣 The quick flash of Xenogears hurts bad. It's the only game I've ever lost!
That sucks. I'm sorry to hear that :(
This could be an idea for a video about collecting. One thing I found during my time collecting was that I would sometimes pony up the cash for a rare and/or expensive game I actually loved (Often Complete in box), but I felt kind of empty after getting it. It felt like I was misinterpreting what I really wanted. The thrill of hunting for it at the cheapest price I could find was fun, but once I had it I rarely jumped in and ran through it, almost like nostalgia for the era itself overtook my reasoning and what I really cared about owning . I've since reduced my collection significantly down to the games I have the most personal connection to, and the rest I prefer to just emu*cough*ate.
Tons of great points as always! I'm definitely guilty of the "quantity over quality" approach to collecting (and playing). I like to think of it as a positive because it's at least gotten me to try a lot of games a lot of people probably normally will not have.
Bad strategy: buying games from Goodwill's website. No way to know if they're gonna be scratched to oblivion!
You made a good point about having the great games on lots of consoles I’ve been selling off some of the games that I don’t play enough for better ones on consoles I don’t play enough
My worst collecting strategy was to collect at all. No more collecting. I only buy (or even download) games I intend to play. This has simplified my life so much. I leave collecting to the professionals.
Wait, the bird is marrieds?? Why hasn’t this been part of his lore until now?
It's been mentioned here and there a few times. She occasionally helps me with certain shots too :)
@@RetroBirdGaming Well clearly I need to watch every single video. I’m missing out on important plot points! And that’s awesome she helps. Always nice to hear people supporting each other, even if it’s about crazy, obsessed retro game collecting ;-)
I’m pretty sure that my collecting “strategery” is marred with bad choices/decisions and is definitely not very effective, but ehhh whatever.
I kinda like walking in blind on some games (esp if found in the wild). Just look at the title/artwork/cover and read the back of the case. Reminds me of the good old days as a kid when you couldn’t just pull up metacritic, reviews, videos/pictures, etc etc and just had to go in blind at the video rental store and pray it wasn’t a dumper! In those cases, the only research I’ll do is price charting lookup, so I can be sure I’m not paying way more for something that I should be. So when I go “well it was only $5” and know it can go for $15, at least I can hopefully make my money back or get the same trade-in value for what I got it for if it’s a total bomb or not something I’m into.
If you enjoy going in blind then that's worth something. Gotta do what's most enjoyable for you :)
I dont recommend buying games digitally. They will just be taken away from you at some point. This also applies to physical games that require the internet to function.
I buy all my stuff broken for two reasons 1) I am really good at it and even have made money fixing consoles for others and 2) it’s cheaper and I have no money
I would say the way to collect is being so focused on one console that you don’t use your others. I only played gameboy but the Batman games come out for switch so I got them. Now I play my gameboy and my switch both super often rather than mainly focusing on gameboy. Get games for every console you have and you’ll probably be much happier, and you won’t feel so bad about having consoles sitting around that you only use a couple times a month rather than really often
So a few months ago. I went to an Arcade fell in love with Marvel vs. Capcom 2. Within a few weeks I impulsively bought a Dreamcast and a copy of MVC2. I have a few other games for Dreamcast like Jet Set Radio, and a burned copy of Castlevania but it's easily the game I play the most on the console. And I am just not good at fighting games. I love the music, I love playing with friends and I love it when I win by the skin of my teeth but I'm not good at fighting games. So trying to unlock all the characters the right way is gonna be a struggle. Getting better at the game and understanding how to do combos and infinites is gonna take a lot of time I don't have. But I want to.
I have a 'complete by my standards' collection for a few consoles. I'm very happy with it. That standard is games I played growing up which means ones I rented, borrowed, played with friends, found through emulation or wanted but never got. My SNES collection doesn't have Zelda or the big name RPGs but I don't care. I never played them growing up. I'm happy for them to be on my Snes Mini as I played them later on in life.
Probably "Buy whatever's the most expensive to say I have it!" Or "Everyone online is in love with (insert game title here) so I'm sure I'll love it too!"
One of worst collecting strategies. Is trading in my fillers (and getting ripped off) for a good game when I could have saved a lot of money by just buying it in the first place. However I don’t do that anymore lol
Man, so many of these points hit home. I’ve been re-evaluating my collection and replacing quantity with quality ❤️
Your facial expression at 2:13. Physical comedy at its best.
Complete sets… I will never understand the drive. And yes, they are crazy cat lady equivalents.
My strategy mostly consists of collecting games I remember fondly as a kid. No real need to collect entire systems. And I don't mind if they're complete or not as I can easily buy new cases or manuals if I really want that complete feel later down the line. Sometimes saving that extra $100 just because it isn't complete is worth it if you can complete it yourself for less.
I would say I definitely bought more than my share of bad games due to cost, staring directly at games purchased for 3do. Wow, there were some stinkers on that system. Your content is fantastic btw!!!
I'm so guilty of the "its only $5 so why not!" man oh man I cant even help it. I'm being a foolish consumer
My bad strstegy is trying to find games that only were released in other languages believing i would be able to enjoy the plot up to a point or that i will be able to use it for me to practice the language.
ps: i loved the part about "buying broken things because maybe i can fix them"
Sounds like you've been burned trying to fix things before too my friend!
A bad strategy I had in the begining was to not find out what games were actually worth. And jumping at them directly. My price awareness is way better now.
I can totally relate to not buying some games I wanted and w8ed. Some of the games are out of my price range now 😞
I actually bought a ds lite to try to fix it because I think it would be cool to learn how to do that stuff. But it was only $5 so I won’t feel bad if it doesn’t work out. Sometimes it’s just a simple battery replacement like on my sp. I was so happy to see it turn on
Yeah, at $5 the risk-reward equation is in your favor.
Buying games for consoles I don't have for a moment. My GBA collection is impressive and useless at the same time lol
Haha man I know exactly what you mean! I'm over here buying xbox one games and I dont own the console lol
Great topic.
Personally I find I get frustrated trying to hunt out specific things. So, I’ve pulled back from looking as hard, and try to make myself happy, and not try to keep up with what you tubers suggest 🤪
I looked at my collection. I have more games than I have gaming time left in my life! So, I can afford to wait for the exact stuff I want.
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My opportunities to buy games are very few and far between, but I can imagine I won't be collecting very seriously to begin with, which I think might actually be a good collecting strategy in itself. It greatly reduces the amount of money you're spending on games, and the condition of having fewer games makes it easier to appreciate the games that you have. I'm a diehard GameCube fan with less than 20 games for it, and I've spent thousands of hours on all these games combined, so I'd say I love my GameCube just like anyone else who collects lots of games for it.
The humor in this episode was great 🤣
My strategy is just to keep all the games I like which are already such I did research on.
Plus I dump those games to PC, so no one can sell me a crappy collection of emulated games (hello Super Mario 3D-Allstars!)
I buy almost all of my games in the wild. As a result, I've been priced out of some games that I never encountered, but on the flipside, many games in my collection now have some kind of story related to how I found them. For me, much of the pleasure derived from hunting for games is the hunt itself. Sure, I'll cave in and buy a game online if it's something I really want and can't find, but most of the time I'll patiently wait until I find it for sale somewhere.
Retro bird showing off the core strength the nanner plank pull 🚜🍌
I proposed it to my gym, but they said "no". I quit that gym..
Here's a definite bad strategy to avoid...going off of the description of the listing online...
Acceptable, good, very good, excellent, like new, minty/near mint, mint!
In my experience they're always wrong. So I buy as close to new as possible and if everything is great but the box or Manuel is missing then I will look elsewhere or find a listing for the replacement box/manual and get both together!
Yeah, those descriptions are so arbitrary. It's basically just whatever the seller feels like.
@@RetroBirdGaming 😂😂😂 Yep. They're basically pointless. Lol!
@@RetroBirdGaming Love the content btw RB. Keep up the good work!
I wished I bought a Pokemon XD for $30 @ GameStop a decade ago, but the case was all torn up and I was like nah that's expensive.
If I want less than 10 games for a particular system, it's not worth it. If I want 10 to 20 games for a system, it's most definitely getting added my collection