I got the idea of starting to collect the Wii U when a year go I saw a bunch of the launch titles in a bargain bin, for 10-20 euros a piece. Of course, I already had every first party game on my shelf and then some, so I figured I'd be in pretty good shape if I got all the games in that bargain bin. Then I went to online retailers, and found more games in that same price range. I was at 50 games without even breaking a sweat.
Did I lose money on those 10 and 20 euro games? Maybe they were not worth even that, but you just have to buy them when they are available. It's not like they'll ever reprint games that have take a year to clear from store shelves. It might take some time, but I guarantee the Wii U will have a Dreamcast-esque kind of "how did it sell so badly with these kind of games?"-aura, and it'll attract more collectors to it. Well, any Nintendo console ever is popular among collectors, Wii U will be no different. Just glad I got most of these dirt cheap.
Of course, like any popular system, there's a lot of shovelware to get through.
Yeah, this is also one of the reasons why I decided to start collecting Wii U. It has a really low percentage of filler. Hell, it only has three sports games released for it, which is of course bad for the console but totally fine by me who doesn't play sports games.
That's really cool, props to finngamer for going for it.
Question though for people who do collect games. As a collector do you buy two copies of a game, one to keep sealed and minty fresh for the collection, and a second copy to play, use and maybe even resell? I would assume that most collectors play their collection, but I'm not exactly sure, hence why I asked the question =).
I open all the games I have time to play, but I think overall I have like 15% of my 2400 games sealed. I don't get duplicates of the same game unless I can get it for REALLY cheap. A while back I sold almost all of my duplicates away, mostly for space reasons, but I did make some profit there as well.
Some people question the idea of collecting everything for a single console. To me, games are art, games are pop culture, games are memories. Years from now, knowing you have every single piece made for a system is it's own reward and of cultural importance to have preserved everything. They might even be worth something (especially when you have ALL the games, good and bad), but that's simply a bonus on top of the fun of collecting and playing them.
Not that this needs to be explained, as collecting is a different hobby from gaming. The collecting just fully supports the gaming as well.
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