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Has collecting ever affected you emotionally?
Einhander:
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on December 18, 2014, 10:35:32 AM ---Yup - pretty much the same story for me. Except i would NEVER prioritise a game or console purchase over something necessary, and i would never put myself in financial difficulty for it (or take an extra job). Apart from my first 2 spectrums, I have worked for and bought everything myself. I saved for months to get my first master system.
I sold most what was left of my childhood collection after i was burgled (3 times in 3 months), as i had the mindset that it wasn't worth having any possessions like this if someone could come in and take what i had worked hard to buy. Luckily for me, my spectrum, amiga and master system stuff was stored away at my parents house - and those are where most of my childhood memories lie.
After i moved in with my partner, and we bought a bigger house, I got myself another PS2, and started getting back all the stuff that was sold or stolen from my collection. Then re-bought a dreamcast and did the same. Then snes, and megadrive. Then it was the games id missed out on, and then systems and games for those. (coleco, xbox, neo geo pocket, original game boy, etc, etc)
Luckily i'm financially stable, and have enough 'disposable' income to spend on my hobby. In the 10 or so years since starting to collect, my collection has grown to over 3200 games across 40 or so systems. I love having this 'stuff', and to me i get the same appreciation someone would get from paying thousands on a piece of art - but if my situation changed, i would have no real qualm about selling it all. Hell, i've got enough extra systems and duplicate games to raise a fair amount of cash already, but i'm a lazy collector, and there aren't any retro stores for me to just take it to.
I honestly don't see me holding on to it all into my old age, but who knows. I would really like to have a huge library, with everything displayed - and I think this will happen.....eventually.
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I got people telling me it's not worth it to spend 200 on a game if I can download it. In a way I feel they're right logically, but in my heart I feel I am right and need it. What do you suggest for someone like me to do?
sheep2001:
--- Quote from: Einhander on December 18, 2014, 05:58:16 PM ---
I got people telling me it's not worth it to spend 200 on a game if I can download it. In a way I feel they're right logically, but in my heart I feel I am right and need it. What do you suggest for someone like me to do?
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If you can afford it, and it will give you 200 dollars worth of pleasure, then go for it. I think it's more important what you and your significant other think about it than anyone else's opinions. Personally, I wouldn't usually spend that much on a single game. But if there was one I wanted that much, then I might. What game is it?
As a side note - you say you NEED it. That's a bit of a strong word. You need food, you need to pay the rent/mortgage. Nobody needs stuff! Unless it's an addiction. And that's not healthy.
Einhander:
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on December 18, 2014, 06:07:06 PM ---
--- Quote from: Einhander on December 18, 2014, 05:58:16 PM ---
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on December 18, 2014, 10:35:32 AM ---Yup - pretty much the same story for me. Except i would NEVER prioritise a game or console purchase over something necessary, and i would never put myself in financial difficulty for it (or take an extra job). Apart from my first 2 spectrums, I have worked for and bought everything myself. I saved for months to get my first master system.
I sold most what was left of my childhood collection after i was burgled (3 times in 3 months), as i had the mindset that it wasn't worth having any possessions like this if someone could come in and take what i had worked hard to buy. Luckily for me, my spectrum, amiga and master system stuff was stored away at my parents house - and those are where most of my childhood memories lie.
After i moved in with my partner, and we bought a bigger house, I got myself another PS2, and started getting back all the stuff that was sold or stolen from my collection. Then re-bought a dreamcast and did the same. Then snes, and megadrive. Then it was the games id missed out on, and then systems and games for those. (coleco, xbox, neo geo pocket, original game boy, etc, etc)
Luckily i'm financially stable, and have enough 'disposable' income to spend on my hobby. In the 10 or so years since starting to collect, my collection has grown to over 3200 games across 40 or so systems. I love having this 'stuff', and to me i get the same appreciation someone would get from paying thousands on a piece of art - but if my situation changed, i would have no real qualm about selling it all. Hell, i've got enough extra systems and duplicate games to raise a fair amount of cash already, but i'm a lazy collector, and there aren't any retro stores for me to just take it to.
I honestly don't see me holding on to it all into my old age, but who knows. I would really like to have a huge library, with everything displayed - and I think this will happen.....eventually.
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I got people telling me it's not worth it to spend 200 on a game if I can download it. In a way I feel they're right logically, but in my heart I feel I am right and need it. What do you suggest for someone like me to do?
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If you can afford it, and it will give you 200 dollars worth of pleasure, then go for it. I think it's more important what you and your significant other think about it than anyone else's opinions. Personally, I wouldn't usually spend that much on a single game. But if there was one I wanted that much, then I might. What game is it?
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Okay it's called Gaia Seed for JP PS1. It's on PSN, but I just want it bad cuz I think it's a unique game, great music that makes me get sentimental.
Nintendoadvantage:
For me collecting has a lot of nostalgia. Finding a game I played when I was a kid makes me very happy. Much like Aaron finding a game my mom got with me is special. ( we got all my games at the pawnshop). Like recently I found a cib copy of quest 64 at a flea market ( I know its horrible) and I remembered picking it up with my mom and thinking how cool the label looked. (false advertisement) I grabbed that glorious crap heap without a second thought and I was filled with real joy. Im not a very jolly guy so yeah Id say that collecting makes me emotional.
Hoggs17:
For me, the collecting of old games is all about nostalgia. I will try and get the games that I used to have as kid because it reminds me of being a kid and that's pretty cool sometimes. Also, if i find a game that I never had as a kid, but saw in a magazine then i will buy that because I never had it. Luckily most of those games are only a few bucks on ebay. I'm not talking Earthbound here. 34 year old Hoggs is the hero to 10 year old Hoggs. If you would've told that kid that he would own all these games, he would've been very happy!