ridiculously large collections

[Strong and Nerdy (formerly tmntfreak7)]

just wondering what people think about collectors that have 100's of games for a single system.  Personally I have just over 200 games for all my systems (about 10 total) and I haven't even gotten a chance to play most of them.  Anyone think it's a little strange to just collect games and not play. 

Not trying to start a flame war or anything, just would like to hear people's opinions.

[sheep2001]

not strange at all - people colleect stamps and coins - i doubt very much if they play with those 

my current catalogued colletion looks like this (and a massive proportion are unplayed - although, each one i buy i do PLAN to play):


still got a few systems to get catalogued.....................

[Zelimpdna]

Same as sheep2001, I think of that kind of collecting as no different to collecting stamps, coins and what-not.
I think it's a shame when people collect them and don't play them, as there are plenty of people out there, including myself and I'm sure many others on this site, that would love to get them and actually play them, even if only to see what they're like before being retired to a shelf. But I don't think it's strange in any way.


Also, thanks sheep2001. Until I saw your image, I didn't realise Game Collector had a 'Statistics' bar graph like that.

[KaiserWAVE]

I have exactly 354 games spread on 9 consoles. I
 have played through and finished most of them. The only ones I need to play through are most of the Mega Drive and Xbox games. I was kinda late to the party As a kid I was a Nintendo fanboy and had a SNES but never owned a Mega Drive. Same with the Xbox, when that generation hit I bought the Gamecube on launch and later the PS2. Then I played more and more Xbox games that I liked so I got one and now I'm hunting on eBay and the likes for all the gems I missed. So right now I'm more of a retro collector and current gen player but I do plan to establish my own dedicated game room and then I play through the backlog one by one

[AppleQueso]

just wondering what people think about collectors that have 100's of games for a single system.  Personally I have just over 200 games for all my systems (about 10 total) and I haven't even gotten a chance to play most of them.  Anyone think it's a little strange to just collect games and not play. 

Not trying to start a flame war or anything, just would like to hear people's opinions.

Man I'm having that same problem. Because of that I plan on cutting down on how many games I buy, maybe just 2-3 a month.

[Beastman1975]

i have tons of games i havent played either , problem was i was working for an evil video game store , and when people traded in their old stuff in mint condition for pennies of what it was worth  if they sold it on ebay i snatched alot of stuff up cheap. i even tried to convice people that they  were fools for tradein stuff in, but got the " eh it takes alot of time to set online auctions" excuse,  so i benifited from other peoples laziness lol

[Drakul]

Well I don't have that many games right now and even then I haven't played them all



The way i approach collecting is more getting all the games I played in the past and adding all the big classics and games I may like. I will certainly not buy a crappy game or one I know nothing about just for the sake of growing my collection.
But to each his own of course.

[Doom]

I have somewhat of a problem, but without a job it's easy to catch up and hard to make it worse. I have kept track of the games I beat this year, should have (but didn't) last year, and sort of did in 2007.

Games I've beat since summer vacation (June 5)
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
Call of Duty 4
EarthBound
Pac-Man Championship Edition (200/200)
Guitar Hero III
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
de Blob
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (200/200)
Burnout Paradise

Games I've beat since the start of the year. (also includes games I completed this year. For example, I beat Super Mario Galaxy in 2007. I completed it this year. I won't count it towards my year-end total of the games I've beat, but I will record it.)

2009 video game related spending.

[juan0tron]

I've been trying forever to beat every game I own, but there are a certain few I keep going back to and replaying instead of moving on. Out of all my friends, I thought having 190 or so games was a lot, but then browsing through one or two of the more popular Backloggery users' sites, I realized thats kind of a weak number. Impressive only in the fact that I've been buying used my whole life with my own money and only getting new consoles when everyone else is upgrading to the next generation, but otherwise no biggie. I do like that now that I have a job I can get like 5-10 used games at a time as opposed to one or two

[csvo2000]

717 Games across 26 different consoles
This does not include several duplicate items
or Several duplicate consoles (ie 4 DC's etc.)

I buy about 3 - 10 games every 2 weeks.

[Drakul]

the real kicker is when you're an RPG fan.......

Since the beginning of the year i've played:

GTA IV
BioShock
Braid
Legend of Zelda - Phantom Hourglass
Assassin's Creed
Phoenix Wright
God of War
God of War II
SF IV (if you can consider finishing it)
FF XII (couldn't be bothered to finish it though, didn't like the gameplay at all)
Dragon Quest VIII (currently playing)
Henry Hatsworth (currently playing but gets pretty hard after Stage 3)

Voila

[h8b1llg8ts]

Then I'm the one to hate. Since getting married and having a child my life has turned 180 degrees from gaming to collecting. Knowing that what I buy I will enjoy when I retire.

In about 2039 ...

http://www.backloggery.com/h8b1llg8ts

[juan0tron]

Yeah even now that I'm working (and soon starting another year of private school...) I even have no time to myself. And I tend to jump around from game to game. I even have 4 books to read in three weeks plus an essay...

My logic is that the more used games I buy now at 5-10 bucks a piece, the less I'll be hunting them down on eBay at a later date. Now something in me wants the disaster that is the Virtual Boy really bad...

[tiktektak]

Now something in me wants the disaster that is the Virtual Boy really bad...

I know that feeling... Unfortunately in europe Virtual Boys tend to be pretty expensive.... Are they cheaper in the US? You pay around 100Euros for a good one here, in it's original package even more!

[Beastman1975]

i could bought the virtual boy for $30 back when Kaybee toystore was discontinueing them, kick myself for not doin it