Are you a game collecotr or a game trader?

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#1 creepa313
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i am a collector. I keep the new and old games that suck just because i dont want to sell them for 1/3 of their original price. HBU guys?

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#2 bluezy
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If I have no reason to own the game, I just list it on Goozex. Better value.
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#3 Drosa
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I go both ways. Adventure games and RPG's I tend to keep. I'll rarely keep shooters and strategy games.

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#4 Console_Gamer93
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I sold almost 70% of my old games and systems since i wasn't playing them. I think i'll try to collect games from now on but make sure i buy ones i like so i don't keep a badone just because i want to collect games.

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#5 Senge
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Collector. I can't imagine giving my games away/trading for less. I just like collecting things in general. That and I can't be bothered going around trading, heh.
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#6 accesdenied
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i am a collector. I keep the new and old games that suck just because i dont want to sell them for 1/3 of their original price. HBU guys?

creepa313

Im the same way I payed full price for a game I am not about to get 2 dollars back for it or lame ass store credit. I am a collector

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#7 BuryMe
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If i'm done with a game, why keep it? I'd rather get 1/3rd its original price than get nothing and let it sit there collecting dust.

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#8 fubbal
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I sell but it might take a long time depending on how good the game is.I still have Final Fantasy 7 but thats only because they wont buy it cause its too scratched up but it works just fine.

Trading you do lose money but not as much if you dont trade anything in.Holding on too something you'll never play is like saving a penny every month till you hit a million.Won't happen because you'll be dead well before that.

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#9 BradHummr
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I am a collector. Never have I traded/sold a game I didn't already own a copy of, unless it was for someone else. :P I really like looking at the manuals, the boxes/cases and of course, playing them again from time to time. GOod or bad, once a game gets in my collection, unless it gets lost/stolen/similar, it's there to stay.
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#10 IndianaJosh
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My games are like my children.

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#11 Nifty_Shark
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collecter but I sell games that I dislike which is very rare. Ex. PDZ, GRAW, MLB2K6, NHL2K6.

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#12 muthsera666
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I try to get as many games as possible. I don't usually pay full price or anything, so it's not the money part. I keep a lot of things. Honestly, I want to get a shelf system set up so that I can display all my game boxes.
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#13 Naruto
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I rarely sell games that I've already bought.
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#14 deactivated-58319077a6477
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Well I am a collector but only once I have traded and that is with Ninja Gaiden Sigma and Splinter Cell for the PS3 which I couldn't bring myself to keep, but I still have my old games.

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#15 Dollar75
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I usually pass on my old console and games, either to mates or to relatives. The games for the current console, when I've finished with them, I'll keep them. By the time the next gen console comes around, I'll have a good games collection.

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#16 k_smoove
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I typically keep everything, but truly forgettable titles may slip into resale every now and then.

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#17 _IronManDude_
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My games are like my children.

IndianaJosh
So... trade 'em in?
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#18 zarshack
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i sold alot of my older games when i was younger, i only starting buying back old systems and games a few years ago, but the games are alot harder to come by now. I dont sell any of my games or systems now.

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#19 yokofox33
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I will no longer trade in another game ever, so I'm a collector. You never know what's going to become rare or popular later on in life.

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#20 shinian
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Collector. I didn't sell a game in years.

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#21 kingdre
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I'm a collector. I can't seem to part with any of my games. :P

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#22 AzelKosMos
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If i like the game then i keep it and have almost 200 titles so yeah a collector i guess XD

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#23 ForsakenWicked
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I tend to keep games ,however sometimes I get so bored of some games and I trade them. But those are mostly games I didn't enjoy too much.
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#24 staindcoldlp
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Definitely a collector. And not in a sense of, "This is going to be a collector's item later on and can be sold for thousands!" type of way either. I just like collecting games. A lot.

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#25 rdeo
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I used to be a proud game collector, until I realized how much money I was spending on games, now I only keep the game i'm currently playing, so it doesn't remind me of my gaming addition. peace.

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#26 stike22
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Collector...but actually with the Wii I have acted a bit more like trader.
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#27 PlayBox39
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I go both ways. Adventure games and RPG's I tend to keep. I'll rarely keep shooters and strategy games.

Drosa

Yeah I'm the same way.

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#28 Amnesiac23
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I'm a collector. Have 16 consoles and 206 games. Although last year I had to trade in some games because money was very tight...:(
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#29 sukraj
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I'm a game collector.

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#30 whisperingmute
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I'm a collector. Though, not in the sense I'm collecting every single game. Only those that I know I'll play and am content with. E.g. I don't like playing sports games so I never buy them. Either way, I don't see the point in selling a game. Never know when you might want to play the game again.

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#31 vieri321
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Collector, but if I hate a game a lot, I will trade it.

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#32 dchan01
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I've never sold/thrown out a game in over 25 years of gaming. I guess that makes me a collector.

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#33 calvinsora
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I really don't have any bad games, and I go back to them eventually. If I ever sold a game, and just by chance wanted to play it, then I couldn't. So I have a pretty nice collection going, and it can only grow.

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#34 Im_single
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If it's a game I know will be hard to find later on and I see myself playing it again (95% of my collection) then I keep it, if it's a game I do not see myself playing again, or I know i'll be able to find it for 9.99 at EB games in a couple years I'll sell it.
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#35 GAMECAMILLER
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I'm hands down a collector type (own over 1k games), but I have been known to sell some games that i don't want, usually to improve the collection and use the money to buy other games. :P
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If it's a game I know will be hard to find later on and I see myself playing it again (95% of my collection) then I keep it, if it's a game I do not see myself playing again, or I know i'll be able to find it for 9.99 at EB games in a couple years I'll sell it.Im_single
That's when I get almost all of my games.
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#37 StaticPenguin
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I'd like to keep my games but I dont make enough money so I trade them in.

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#38 DeckedInPink
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I have never traded in a game (yet).

But I remember when I was young, I brought a backpack full of PS2 games to sell at Gamestop...apparently, I needed someone with an ID with me. hah. Silly me.

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#39 Senor_Kami
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I never sell games, even if I hate the game. I'm not a collector though. I feel like collectors enjoy looking at boxes more than playing games.
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Collector. The only game I've traded in this gen is Far Cry 2.
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#41 HenriH-42
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I'm a collector. I've never sold any game and I'm not planning to. 450+ games and growing ;)

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#42 skp_16
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When I'm done with it and if I know I won't play it again, then I sell it. :)

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#43 i-rock-socks
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collector of ps1 games

trader of current gen games (but know i just rent)

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#44 calvinsora
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I'm hands down a collector type (own over 1k games), but I have been known to sell some games that i don't want, usually to improve the collection and use the money to buy other games. :PGAMECAMILLER

Wow, I thought my collection was big. Congrats on the awesome collection, I'm jealous:D

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#45 muthsera666
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I never sell games, even if I hate the game. I'm not a collector though. I feel like collectors enjoy looking at boxes more than playing games.Senor_Kami
Yeah, no. Not at all. I enjoy looking at the scale and scope of my collection, but if I didn't play the games and have fun, I would be collecting something else.
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#46 Treflis
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Collector.
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#47 FatalFantasy206
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I've never sold or traded a game. I have given plenty of games away once this system is obsolete, many of my friends don't upgrade to the newest consoles for quite a while.

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#48 Iceman8012
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I collect games. I have just learned over the years what games will be rent worthy and what will be buy worthy and I never have to trade any more.
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#49 DemoniclyAnglic
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If I enjoyed the game I'll keep it. If not, then I won't. Simple as that.

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#50 Humorguy_basic
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I've never sold/thrown out a game in over 25 years of gaming. I guess that makes me a collector.

dchan01
Me too - and only on computer, so VIC-20, Spectrum 48K, Commodore 64, Atari ST.Amiga and PC. I have about 300 games of the non PC variety and about 800 games of the PC variety. There's something special about seeing an original Sam and Max, X-Com UFO, System Shock, Ultima VII, etc on the shelf next to where you play! Also, when you consider how hard it is now to get (big box with manual, etc) games like Planescape Torment, System Shock 2 and Star Trek Bridge Commander! I have a 1995 RPG by Microprose, called "Darklands" which generally sells for over $100 nowadays on ebay!! I would never sell it, but glad I got it around 10 years ago for $15 in a game store (back when they still carried PC games!)! If people can have 'libraries' with books on shelves on every wall, I see no reason why I cannot have computer games displayed in the same way! When PC game playing friends see an original box of a game they have read about for years on sites like this, and know it's a classic, but have never seen or held, you should see their eyes light up! Their sons and daughters are amazed, for example, how heavy some of the old game boxes were, with their 200+ page game manual, an A1 map, an 80+ page spell/weapons manual, a games brochure and a registration card! Just likewith a record collection, because I still own these games, I sometime feel like playing a certain game.If I didn't have it, I might miss that I didn't have it or just play another, but for example, right now, I am playing the first Thief again, because I still have it!