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Should they stay or should they go?
kingjohn3:
I think it may be time to trim the fat. I have a few hundred NES games and about that many more SNES, mostly boxed. Do I keep them and try for the completist thing or just keep the ones I grew up with and played as a kid? Some of the fat that might be trimmed are higher dollar, rare games and some are unlicensed. Thoughts?
Blumpkin:
I can't even imagine completing the NES library. But if you don't like playing them, and you don't like the way they look on the shelf, then what's the point?
I personally love having tons of games, even if I don't have time to play them all.
FritzWhite:
I've never understood having something just to have it. Some people are into coin collecting and others into having rare, sealed boxes that they would never open because it would degrade the value. I cannot understand the appeal of owning something I will never use, but it's all about what brings you personal satisfaction. If it makes you happy then it doesn't matter if the whole world thinks it's a waste of time, but why have games you will never play?
Maybe wait a month or two, play a few of the games you're considering selling, and if you still feel like you don't need them after some time has passed then go through with selling off part of the collection. Just don't do anything rash you'll regret later on.
larryinc64:
I guess you can trim sport games you do not care about, Buy you do not have to.
You do not have to go for a complete lot, or just games you played as a kid. Buy what you want, I got a list of games I want, and I pick up random cheep titles here and there.
I say post some pictures.
Dravenae:
I always thought collecting for the sake of collecting was a bit juvenile, collecting or buying games that you know that you won't like and won't play just seems like such an utter waste of money to me. Of course I don't have to understand why people choose to do it. If it makes them happy, who am I to tell them otherwise. I collect games that I grew up with or that I want to try out. If a game doesn't make the cut, that game gets its ass sold.
If they are games you know you won't play, you don't like, and (probably most importantly) you have lost the hunger for a complete collection, then sell everything that falls into the "I don't like & won't play category".
Don't sell a game if you haven't lost the hunger for a complete collection. You will hate yourself otherwise.
TLDR; You know how you feel dude. Do as you feel.