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I brought the milk. Tell your ma I forgot...the eggs. Better go get em, she'll be really upset.4 words. That's more than we've spoken in years.
My collection is stored in our basement, safe and away from my 2 mini threats (4 and 2 yo). I tend to buy only physical so my collection is still growing, i have the last spot on my shelves to accomodate my PS4 collection when the PS5 will come out. With PS6 i will definately need more storage space.
Still i don't fall in the digital trap, i love to touch my games from time to time just to remember that i actually own them.
I think publishers should print final editions with all the patches installed and sell it full price, cause you'll buy it again.
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I did the same over the last 5 years or so, all I kept is a Genesis with a couple of games... Not worth much, but they are games I care about.Yep. I’ve started slowly selling my collection away. Useless clutter that doesnt get touched.
I've known a few people that still hang onto their baseball cards.I sold my retro collection back in 2014 to 2016 mainly. Although I still have some odds and ends around (recently sold a Genesis+Sega CD).
Sometimes I think of what I sold in 2014 and think how much more it is worth now, but I dont dwell on it too much. I made some good money as I collected mainly from 1999-2006ish, and it was all just sitting in boxes anyways.
First off, what do you do for a living that you have a house worth over a million dollars? Or was this a trust fund thing? You must be loaded to buy a million dollar house.EDIT: can a mod please fix my spelling of "nephew" (HAH!)
So my parents call me today and tell me my nephew has stumbled across my classic game collection which I keep stored away at their house (1,000km's from where I live). I told him not to touch them but I know him well enough to know my games are fucked. This kid is like Dennis the Menace.
It contains, among other things, mint copies of Super Metriod and the Australian version of Super Paper Mario (which is extremely rare as the release of this game was cancelled at the last minute in Australia, I once found a tattered copy of this for sale for $1,400). When I say mint, I mean mint. Back when I was a kid I would go to extreme lengths to make sure I never bent the tabs as I was opening those cardboard boxes. It would take me minutes to open a box because of how careful I was. The manuals? Pristine. Museum grade. I was anal as hell, with OCD levels of obsession about keeping my stuff in good condition.
I have an extensive NES, SNES, N64 and GC collection that I've saved up over the years that must be worth in the many, many thousands (at the very least).
As I've gotten older I now have a mortgage in the 7 figures. Hah. A few thousand bucks worth of retro games? In comparison this seems like such a drop in the ocean. This isn't a brag post by any means, I guess what I'm really trying to say is how the things that used to be the most important items in the world to me have just lost all value. If I visit my parents and they are torn to shreds I will feel a little sad, sure, but there's another part of me that just doesn't care anymore.
I'm curious whether anyone in their 30's or 40's have simply stopped caring about collectables? I guess at the heart of this post it's really about the digitalisation of the industry. I buy everything digital now. Fuck all this clutter. A rare copy of a game might go up 100x in value which seems great when you're 16, but when you're older you realise it's not even enough to pay for more than a few months of interest repayments LOL. I just can't stand shit in my house anymore, digital, baby!
I think publishers should print final editions with all the patches installed and sell it full price, cause you'll buy it again.
Thread *rise from your grave*I like this idea. Make something like a Criterion Collection for really good games.
Or the kid's parent/sHe needs his ass beat. It's that simple. Don't touch things that don't belong to you, that's how I was raised.
I am surprised that he cares about old games, most kids I know would not touch that stuff and just want Minecraft etc
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So my parents call me today and tell me my nephew has stumbled across my classic game collection which I keep stored away at their house (1,000km's from where I live). I told him not to touch them but I know him well enough to know my games are fucked. This kid is like Dennis the Menace.
It contains, among other things, mint copies of Super Metriod and the Australian version of Super Paper Mario (which is extremely rare as the release of this game was cancelled at the last minute in Australia, I once found a tattered copy of this for sale for $1,400). When I say mint, I mean mint. Back when I was a kid I would go to extreme lengths to make sure I never bent the tabs as I was opening those cardboard boxes. It would take me minutes to open a box because of how careful I was. The manuals? Pristine. Museum grade. I was anal as hell, with OCD levels of obsession about keeping my stuff in good condition.
I have an extensive NES, SNES, N64 and GC collection that I've saved up over the years that must be worth in the many, many thousands (at the very least).
As I've gotten older I now have a mortgage in the 7 figures. Hah. A few thousand bucks worth of retro games? In comparison this seems like such a drop in the ocean. This isn't a brag post by any means, I guess what I'm really trying to say is how the things that used to be the most important items in the world to me have just lost all value. If I visit my parents and they are torn to shreds I will feel a little sad, sure, but there's another part of me that just doesn't care anymore.
I'm curious whether anyone in their 30's or 40's have simply stopped caring about collectables? I guess at the heart of this post it's really about the digitalisation of the industry. I buy everything digital now. Fuck all this clutter. A rare copy of a game might go up 100x in value which seems great when you're 16, but when you're older you realise it's not even enough to pay for more than a few months of interest repayments LOL. I just can't stand shit in my house anymore, digital, baby!
you are over thirty and keep games at you parents house?
First off, what do you do for a living that you have a house worth over a million dollars? Or was this a trust fund thing? You must be loaded to buy a million dollar house.
Sorry I come from working class and am scrapping by with 40k / a year on a job at 42 years old, I just can't relate to having that kind of spending money. Let alone owning a home again (My ex-wife has that, and it was only worth 140k no six figures). Part of that is to do with stupid mistakes i made in my twenties that led me to further my career growth later in life as I squandered my youth on sex, drugs and rock and roll...but I digress as there are people like me who make way less and didn't make the bad decisions I did.
Why are you paying millions to live in a box?!1) I own it so I don't think it's that imposing to take up half a wardrobe in a 5 bedroom house lol
2) It's 2 people living in a 5 bedroom house, they can spare the space
3) Have you ever seen how small apartments are in the major cities (NY, SF, Sydney etc)? I can't afford to give up that much space for stuff I don't use
Why are you paying millions to live in a box?!
I mean obviously job, but still man. You can get half a mansion in my state for cheap.
Not to me, i'm in a small town but we want to move in the opposite direction, out in the country. You must be a people person, I definitely am not lol. To each their own right? I've lived in Chicago briefly, 1 month was enough I must say.Yeah I've thought about it before. But have you ever lived in a major city? Everyone wants to live there for a reason, cause they're super appealing.
Not to me, i'm in a small town but we want to move in the opposite direction, out in the country. You must be a people person, I definitely am not lol. To each their own right? I've lived in Chicago briefly, 1 month was enough I must say.
Man, I would pay good money for your Cube/64 collection. I know you said you don't care, but I hope they're all right for your sake.
God no. I refused to take a dime off my parents the moment I got my first job. I've been investing. Once I learned how to play the "game" and I wrapped my head around leverage, it was a light bulb moment to me.
Here's something really important I learned: the normal Average Joe will tell you how much they hate the banks. It's almost become like a trendy thing to do to slag them off. While you don't have to love the banks, treating them like the enemy will only leave you poor.
Leverage is not debtI just hate debt, though.
But leverage uses debt.Leverage is not debt
EDIT: can a mod please fix my spelling of "nephew" (HAH!)
If I visit my parents and they are torn to shreds I will feel a little sad, sure, but there's another part of me that just doesn't care anymore.