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Quality or Quantity? What do you go for in your collection?
tiktektak:
A real collector always has quality and quantity.
These are two things which can't be divided if you've got a real collection.
There were so many game systems and so many games for them that even if you collect just the good ones you'll end up with tons of games!
I have 2053 games on around 35 systems in my collection at the moment and not one of those is complete rubbish at least to me.
So kinda both if you are a collector and quality if you are a gamer!
AppleQueso:
--- Quote from: tiktektak on March 02, 2011, 10:31:17 AM ---A real collector always has quality and quantity.
These are two things which can't be divided if you've got a real collection.
There were so many game systems and so many games for them that even if you collect just the good ones you'll end up with tons of games!
I have 2053 games on around 35 systems in my collection at the moment and not one of those is complete rubbish at least to me.
So kinda both if you are a collector and quality if you are a gamer!
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I like this post a lot. I have like 1/10 of the collection you do but I have the same philosophy.
BadChad:
I only collect games I actually like. Anything I aquire that I feel doesnt deserve the space it takes up on my shelf, I get rid of it. And Im sitting at around 700 games now.
shenske:
I'm with Tik on this one. If you call yourself a collector you inevitably end up with less than stellar games. I think my gems of my collection outshine the "bad" titles completely though. Also, I have a bunch of games people would classify as "bad" games but to me they have different worth. I absolutely love my American Gladiators for SNES because it was one of the only games we had growing up for the system. I played it for hours then and I could play it for hours now.
I also have games in my collection that I don't necessarily like but I have respect for the series. I don't really play RPGs but I have Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior/Quest and other Squeenix games. Are those "bad" games in my collection because I don't play them? Far from it
I have games of all sorts and I have a justification for owning all 830+ of them!
MedaForce:
A little bit from both.
While I was growing up my Dad banned games from our house after he wound up playing Ghouls 'n Ghosts for 24 hours straight.
I wasn't able to get back into video games until last Generation and since then I just pick up whatever I can of the old school stuff that I find at Goodwill and Pawn Shops, most of it is really good stuff but there is some junk in there too.
I will go out of my way to buy quality old school titles on eBay, when I do that I'm very picky to make sure the game is complete and in pretty decent condition.