Selling your collection

How many of you have considered selling all of you old systems and games? How many of you have actually done it? If you were to sell them, why would you do it? Would it be for money? Extra space? Something else?

For those of you who have sold your old systems, do you regret it? Did you end up buying them back?

Discuss.

I sold my PS2 plus all my PS2 games and PS1 games to get some games for my Xbox 360. I regret it a lot now, and eventually will buy it back along with more games then ever.

i still have my favs ps2 ps1, gamecube, still have psone console the small one and gamecube andi still buy old games

I would never do it.. Your not going to get enough back for it.

Although I didn't have many games for these systems atthat time, I sold my DC and PS2. I've bought both consoles again and wouldn't do it again. Too much regret and isn't worth it.

I would love to say I'd never do it, but I have. I sold my Kiwi Green GBC and my Pokemon Red along with a few other games a long time ago when I was still just a stupid kid. I regret it, as now I had to get a teal GBC that is missing the battery cover to replace it. I also got Pokemon Blue, and miss my Red. Oh well.

Then a while ago I traded my PS2 for a coin that was worth considerably more, but that was because I lost all the cords for the system. Then I ended up regretting it when I found the cords in my backpack with all my gaming stuff. What I wouldn't do to get another of those.

That is the extent of my selling, and now I wouldn't get rid of anything unless I had a double, or I could get something super rare for a bunch of really common games.

I couldn't sell my retro collection anyway. I'm too much of a retro gamer for that. I'd die if anything happened to my stuff. I've spent soo much money on it all.

I have thought about it at times gotten rid of some games even just to want them back luckily I only sold a few now I'm glad I didn't get rid of a ton of them like I was planning

I regret selling my Genesis + Sega CD + many, many games back in my childhood. Now I would love to have my old Genesis collection back. I got rid of at least 50 of my SNES games, too, although I still have my SNES and about 30 games, but I'd like to get back a lot of those games, too. In rage I threw away all my PS2, PS1, and Dreamcast games and really wish I didn't. Now I'd like to get back all of my RPGs and SRPGs I had on the PS1 and PS2. I considered the Dreamcast a lost cause and gave it away a few months ago. But I'm sticking with the PS2.

Sold my snes for an n64. I regret it. No I keep all my games

i will never sell my game, i would just cut back on appliences of that month and not buy extras

Over the years I have sold stuff. I have even given stuff away. It's hard to get money when you are younger, and EB Games you to have much more favorable trade in prices. I don't really have any regrets because you have to do what you have to do when you are young and want to play games. I think I have pretty much got back 99% of anything I had lost over the years. Up until I was 18 I probably had about 50 games bought for me, or I bought with holiday money. Now I have around 700-800 (I haven't unpacked everything yet).

When I was about 19 I pretty much was out of gaming and I gave away a Sega CDX. That I DO regreat, and it's probably the only thing. They are right around $200 on Ebay right now, and that is about $150 more than I would be willing to pay for one being that I have 5 Genesis' and 3 Sega CDs. But it was unique and I kick myself over it all the time. As for now,

I chewed someone a few hours ago for bashing people who buy games as a hobby. I'm 30 now, and I never see myself selling my collection for any reason! I take great pride in the things I have aquired, and the condition they are in. The stuff is fun to play, and display how you want it. I think it's a great hobby. I mean, if I were sick or lost my job, and needed money to live and I could get like ten grand for the collection, I guess that's life with any collection.

No I couldnt ever do it.

I've always sold most of my older consoles and only have my old NES from when I was really little and a few handhelds. Always just get the most current systems and sell off or trade in my old ones. I keep the best games from my old consoles though @_@. It takes up too much space to have all those old things hangin around.

I did when I was younger. Cashflow was a problem back then, so yeah I had to. But I ended up buying a lot(almost everything) back. So I won't do it again (if it isn't absolutely necessary).

I sold all my N64 games when I was about 12 and I've regretted it ever since. I've been trying to find all the games again but so far I've only managed to get Banjo-Kazooie and Ocarina of Time again. I almost sold the N64 itself but I just couldn't. I had the one with a massive Pikachu on it and I could never sell Pikachu.

I have never sold any of my systems, and never will. I was stupid enough to sell a few games here and there, but I was younger and needed the money. lol. They weren't anything that went anywhere in value, thankfully, so I don't regret selling the few games that I did.

i sold all my snes games because my snes was broken i regreted and i rebought almost every single one and more

so ya i did it and will never do it again , unless the next system can play all of them and or an updated version of it was released , from nintendo etc not some 3rd party ,,

so ya never again

we have two PS1's, two original xboxs, andtwo PS3s.

I really should sell the PS1s, and one xbox. Sell most of my xbox games, and leave helen's alone (on pain of death if i touch them).

Not so much a money thing; but getting more space for new PS3 games and dvds would be nice.

No, i will not sell my collection.

The only game i ever sold in my life (THE ONLY ONE) was Final Fantasy 10-2.... what a dreadful game, it was hedious, horrible, garbage, etc... a friend bought it for full price... so at least i recovered my inversion.

we have two PS1's, two original xboxs, andtwo PS3s.

I really should sell the PS1s, and one xbox. Sell most of my xbox games, and leave helen's alone (on pain of death if i touch them).

Not so much a money thing; but getting more space for new PS3 games and dvds would be nice.

rjxtian

please, If I had to start selling stuff to make more room for games...I'd start selling my clothes and heaven forbid, my stapler collection. I have so many old games and old systems that it's kind of pathetic, but I like it, and I'm just going to get more. I got an xbox 360 recently, and I don't seem to think that I'm strapped for room to the extent that I have to sell any of my over 250 games to make room for some 360 games. I just don't get it. How can you not have enough room for a few more DVD sized boxes??? I just cant seem to wrap my head around this one...

[QUOTE="rjxtian"]

we have two PS1's, two original xboxs, andtwo PS3s.

I really should sell the PS1s, and one xbox. Sell most of my xbox games, and leave helen's alone (on pain of death if i touch them).

Not so much a money thing; but getting more space for new PS3 games and dvds would be nice.

Mtngranek

please, If I had to start selling stuff to make more room for games...I'd start selling my clothes and heaven forbid, my stapler collection. I have so many old games and old systems that it's kind of pathetic, but I like it, and I'm just going to get more. I got an xbox 360 recently, and I don't seem to think that I'm strapped for room to the extent that I have to sell any of my over 250 games to make room for some 360 games. I just don't get it. How can you not have enough room for a few more DVD sized boxes??? I just cant seem to wrap my head around this one...

Unfortunately I have... but for good reason. It was done to save up for an engagement ring. I sold many of my NES, SNES, N64, PS1, PS2, DC, DS... almost everything, but I did not sell any of the systems. It was a collection that I had been building for about 8-9 years. I don't regret any of it because I was thinking to myself that I will get them back slowly, but surely. I had to sell the games that I knew would get my some dollars such as Lufia II, Valkyrie Profile, Suikoden II, Power Stone 2, MvC 2, etc. This was all done within the past few months. But now that I have reached my goal, I can start trying to rebuild my collection. Even though it was tough to sell most of these, the idea of searching for these games gets me excited.

i sold a few sega genesis and nes games when i was younger, but now I just keep adding more and more games to my collection. I even joke with my brothers about putting them in my will and making sure they get my games (like 160 games total, so not a HUGE collection, but bigger than anyone else i know). I dont have a ton of RARE games that are worth much, but a few of them are hard to find games that you dont see very often. I dont think i'll ever sell my collection, because I know I'd just regret it. I've invested too much time and $ to just sell them i guess.

I've sold many games i've owned and my beloved N64 i ultra regrett it now, i won't sell anything from now on

we have two PS1's, two original xboxs, andtwo PS3s.

I really should sell the PS1s, and one xbox. Sell most of my xbox games, and leave helen's alone (on pain of death if i touch them).

Not so much a money thing; but getting more space for new PS3 games and dvds would be nice.

[QUOTE="rjxtian"]

we have two PS1's, two original xboxs, andtwo PS3s.

I really should sell the PS1s, and one xbox. Sell most of my xbox games, and leave helen's alone (on pain of death if i touch them).

Not so much a money thing; but getting more space for new PS3 games and dvds would be nice.

Mtngranek

please, If I had to start selling stuff to make more room for games...I'd start selling my clothes and heaven forbid, my stapler collection. I have so many old games and old systems that it's kind of pathetic, but I like it, and I'm just going to get more. I got an xbox 360 recently, and I don't seem to think that I'm strapped for room to the extent that I have to sell any of my over 250 games to make room for some 360 games. I just don't get it. How can you not have enough room for a few more DVD sized boxes??? I just cant seem to wrap my head around this one...

i only have 125 games; but i do have 7 game consoles, 5 computers, 800 DVDs, and I like books.I forgot the 10,000 plus Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Slot Cars, and 75,000 Sports Cards.

It gets down to not only space; but to, how much I will use and enjoy.

when I was ateenager I used to sell alot of my older PS2 games and trade them for new ones.

thats how I sold Tomb Raider Legend and Anneversary, FF12, and a few others.

but I doubt I would sell too many games from my collection now

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[QUOTE="rjxtian"]

we have two PS1's, two original xboxs, andtwo PS3s.

I really should sell the PS1s, and one xbox. Sell most of my xbox games, and leave helen's alone (on pain of death if i touch them).

Not so much a money thing; but getting more space for new PS3 games and dvds would be nice.

rjxtian

please, If I had to start selling stuff to make more room for games...I'd start selling my clothes and heaven forbid, my stapler collection. I have so many old games and old systems that it's kind of pathetic, but I like it, and I'm just going to get more. I got an xbox 360 recently, and I don't seem to think that I'm strapped for room to the extent that I have to sell any of my over 250 games to make room for some 360 games. I just don't get it. How can you not have enough room for a few more DVD sized boxes??? I just cant seem to wrap my head around this one...

i only have 125 games; but i do have 7 game consoles, 5 computers, 800 DVDs, and I like books.I forgot the 10,000 plus Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Slot Cars, and 75,000 Sports Cards.

It gets down to not only space; but to, how much I will use and enjoy.

I'm not going to try to say "I have this and that", but let it suffice to say that I have a lot also. I bought all of the things I have because I like them, and would never dream of selling them. This is just my opinion, and you are entitled to your own. It is nice to see that someone out there likes books though...

368 games (1000+including amiga)on 27 consoles,so in answer to your question no i havent sold my collection and have no plans to do so

I've lost a number of games and consoles outside of my own control. Some kids broke into my mom's apartment years ago and stole my front loader NES and my Sega Genesis, along with most of the games. My dad and step mom, one year, suddenly decided that I no longer needed my Sega Game Gear and gave it to some other kid for his birthday, because his family was too poor to afford any nice gifts (nice for him i guess, but my parents coulda just bought something for him instead of giving my stuff to him). And while I was living out of town for a couple years, my step mom sold my N64 and all my games and controllers for meth. When I was living in Utah for a while, I had my PS2, xbox, and all the games and controllers stolen. Only things I've gotten replaced my PS2 and NES, but the NES is a top loader (which, of course, don't like the game genie).

That all being said, I'd never actually get rid of my legacy systems/games, even if I never planned on ever playing them again. I'm a collector when it comes to video games.

I'd be ashamed of myself for commiting such an awful deed to the video game world.