What are your thoughts about sealed game collecting?

[Bernie]

Lol!   Funny shit right there tats!

[esadajr]

Games were meant to be played.

[bob]

Sealed games are not for me unless I plan on opening them.  I just don't get the point.  Seems sort of vain to me.

[FiftyQuid]

Collecting sealed games is just as dumb as collecting the cases for games, but we still do it.  If we're just collecting games for the sake of collecting games then all you really need is the hu card, or CD-ROM and the manual.  The jewel case and box isn't a requirement, but people still like to have one or both for that 'complete' look.  The same goes for collecting the boxes for consoles.  They aren't necessary if you're collecting games for the sake of collecting games.  Collecting sealed games is just taking it one step further.

Collecting sealed games is not for me, but I collect the cases which is just as obsessive when you consider some of the simple solutions people have on these forums for storing hu cards.

[Bernie]

Wanting the case for your cd or hu game is a completely different scenario.   The case actually offers protection and stores nicely on a shelf for organization. 

[PunkicCyborg]

Collecting sealed games is just as dumb as collecting the cases for games, but we still do it.  If we're just collecting games for the sake of collecting games then all you really need is the hu card, or CD-ROM and the manual.  The jewel case and box isn't a requirement, but people still like to have one or both for that 'complete' look.  The same goes for collecting the boxes for consoles.  They aren't necessary if you're collecting games for the sake of collecting games.  Collecting sealed games is just taking it one step further.

Collecting sealed games is not for me, but I collect the cases which is just as obsessive when you consider some of the simple solutions people have on these forums for storing hu cards.

ummm no the case has a purpose to store the game properly and safely in between times when you play it. Sealed game collecting is stupid unless you just want to keep them perfect and like new till you play them. If you dont plan on playing them GTFO of our gaming forum.

[Bernie]

What he said!

[soop]

Collecting video games is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman.  You want to keep her complete, and treat her with care and respect, but if you don't open her up and play with her now and again...

[bob]

Collecting sealed games is just as dumb as collecting the cases for games, but we still do it...

I think cases are a different story because that tells me that the game was at least somewhat cared for by previous owner(s).
I don't like buying beat up hueys or scratched CD's because I want to at least "feel" like the game will last a while

[soop]

Actually, although the manuals often tell you different, HuCards are indestructable.  Even the broken ones.

[Bardoly]

Well, what about a gamer who really enjoys a particular game or series?

I have to confess here, but I actually like SNES better than TurboGrafx.    "Ducks."
Now, I haven't played any of the Turbo CD games yet, so that preference may change after I do, but the fact that I like SNES better doesn't lessen my liking for TurboGrafx - which is my second-favorite gaming system.  It's just a part of my history and gaming experience.

That said, my favorite game of all-time is Lufia II for SNES.  I have my gamer's copy that I play as often as I can find some time, but I would like to find a nice, sealed copy that I could display in some nice manner as someone might display a piece of art.  Because that's what it is:  Video games can be a piece of art.  Notice that I said, 'can'.  Many video games are simply trash and/or regurgitated pablum, but some do rise to the level of 'art'.  What I would like is for this nice, sealed copy (which I do not have and probably will never have) to elicit comments/questions about it from visitors, so that I may then discuss this great game and/or actually pull it out and show them and perhaps increase their desire to acquire and play it.  There are 10's of thousands of copies of Lufia II, so my 'removing' one copy from the population shouldn't hurt.  I'm not a sealed game collector, but I can see a reason why some might have a couple of their favorites.

Now, for those who collect many sealed games but who don't have play copies of the games, I feel that they're probably more in it for either the investment or for the 'rush' of collecting (think: comic books, baseball cards, etc...), and I can definitely see why gamers don't approve (myself included), but I must say, this is a (relatively) free country with a (relatively) free market, and if someone wants to spend his money freely buying or selling something in a way that displeases you, then why must people be so vocal with their displeasure of the both the buyer and the seller?

Anyway, those are my thoughts about sealed game collecting.


-- waits to be shellacked --

[soop]

I love the way you used speech marks instead of asterisks.  Makes it seem like a random quotation.  I think I'll start using it.

"well you know what they say - "ducks"."

[geise]

For every 1 person who collects sealed turbo games, it makes 1 less complete game for someone who wants to PLAY IT and have a nice copy of the game.  I guess I could give a shit if someone wants to do that for ps2, 360, or ps3 that has hundreds of thousands of copies of a game.  Now when some "super mega awesome" collector guy has a sealed game from a very niche system and has it sitting on a shelf never be played, it screws over the rest of us that want to.

Now for people who own two copies of games to have one to play and one to display it makes no sense.  You say you want it for display purposes then why not just get a complete nice condition, or just buy one new sealed, and still open it?  For a cardboard box the shrink wrap can still cause damage to the "precious" box.  If you're putting the game on a shelf I really don't see the plastic being that protective.  Of course most of you "seald game guys" probably have it all VGA rated and in a see through titanium case anyways.

[Bardoly]

I love the way you used speech marks instead of asterisks.  Makes it seem like a random quotation.  I think I'll start using it.

"well you know what they say - "ducks"."

Thanks for the grammar tip!

While I may have been an English teacher in a former life.  I'm not really 'up' on proper forum grammar.  If asterisks should be used when indicating an action, then I'll gladly begin using them.  (Actually, I believe that this instance of typing an action was my first.  I usually stick to words and leave the actions out, but in keeping with the vein of humor which permeates this forum, I felt that my above post warranted it.)

[Bernie]

Play the games....or gtfo of a gaming forum.  Pretty simple really.