all collecty, no playee

[Anonymous No.5677318]

How do you feel about people who collect only to collect, and never actually play the games in their collection. I find this form of collecting to be ultra annoying since video games are meant to be played, not just look pretty on a shelf. For whatever reason, the collectors I know who do this type of collecting are among the most toxic as well.

[Anonymous No.5677330]

>>5677318
>How do you feel about people who collect only to collect, and never actually play the games in their collection.
Total and complete faggots. Hoarders lead to the artificial scarcity of many good games and they probably impoverish their families(if they have any) just to maintain their junkie neato plastic shapes habit. What they do is mindless and empty to the extreme.

[Anonymous No.5677334]

>>5677318
I have a ton of games on my shelf I haven't played but that's cause I have no time to play them. I don't buy literally just to say I own it

[Anonymous No.5677343]

>>5677318
as evidenced in the pic nintendo seems to be the only console that causes this physical hoarder mentality

[Anonymous No.5677346]

>>5677334
>I don't buy literally just to say I own it
^that is faggotry. Some of these mental munchkins spend good money on something that they never play and never seen again because they put them into boxes or behind stuff.

I used to "collect" things, but I got better.

[Anonymous No.5677351]

>>5677343
only *company

[Anonymous No.5677352]

>>5677343
>>5677343
>nintendo seems to be the only console that causes this physical hoarder mentality
To be fair, their games are the best and usually more memorable.

[Anonymous No.5677356]

I bought a CIB Earthbound for $300 and I have never even played the game. From what I've heard, it's a great game

[Anonymous No.5677361]

>>5677356
Based

[Anonymous No.5677362]

>>5677318
I really dont care about what collectors like pic related do. its the people who complain about them are way more annoying by far like OP

[Anonymous No.5677370]

>>5677362
People collect nice homes too. And women.

[Anonymous No.5677373]

>>5677343
It's all about status symbols for these losers

[Funcoland Clown No.5677376]

Like women, I'm always sure to use all the video games I collect at least once.

[Anonymous No.5677378]

When I get the next shiny thing I'll be happy.

[Anonymous No.5677380]

>>5677318
I bought a ton of games and some consoles back when you could still get deals on ebay. Only ever got around to playing a fraction of it.
I will be putting most of it back into circulation this summer by selling at high prices. I hope this upsets at least some of the people reading my post. That is all.

[Anonymous No.5677383]

>>5677370
OK?

[Anonymous No.5677401]

>>5677318
It used to be a real problem, but at least flashcarts filled the void.

I laugh every time one of these plastic hoarders loses it in a house fire.

[Anonymous No.5677419]

>>5677383
Have reflex

[Anonymous No.5677423]

>>5677356
CIB is ok to collect, in my opinion. you have more than just the game, and it looks good on display.

then you have the faggots with walls of plastic and you know 95% of it is garbage shit they wouldn't even want to play but they have it because they gotta collect em all.

[Anonymous No.5677428]

>>5677423

[Anonymous No.5677437]

>>5677318
>How do you feel about people who collect only to collect, and never actually play the games in their collection.

I don't feel any way in particular about this. Why do you let it live in your head without paying rent anon? Maybe you should talk to someone about your problems and start working toward living a more productive and fulfilling life.

[Anonymous No.5677439]

>>5677318
The worst part about hoarders is that they are sitting on many video game secrets in the magazines that they also hoard that they do not fucking read. Oh well, the die-offs will bring most of it back out inside 20 years.

[Anonymous No.5677445]

>>5677318
god damn, it's the piles of gameboys and the wall of n64 controllers that trigger me.

you don't need more than one of those things and collecting every color variation is just a huge faggot move.

[Anonymous No.5677446]

>>5677376
Never change gramps.

[Anonymous No.5677451]

>>5677318
Why the hell do you care? That's like me telling people who collect baseball cards they annoy me. They don't use them. It sounds to me like you are a bit jealous. Grow up.

[Anonymous No.5677456]

>>5677451
>be anon
>collect every Mario game because OMG MARIO
>never play them
>always that hollow feeling inside

Remember, everything's a dildo if you're brave enough, anon.

[Anonymous No.5677480]

>>5677318
People who do this to protoypes can rot in hell.

[Anonymous No.5677495]

>>5677376
EPIC!!!1111 HAHA SEX!!!

[Anonymous No.5677504]

>>5677343
Two of the biggest asshole hoarders I know are actually Sega fanboys. Both just collect so they can brag about it and keep other collectors from having the stuff they have.

[Anonymous No.5677506]

>>5677451
Not jealous I just don't want to compete with the faggots for a rare piece of hardware when I know I'll be the only one actually using it as intended.

[Anonymous No.5677517]

>>5677506
So If you are "competing" against others who might use it you feel better? Plus, who's to say the people or have it aren't using it? If you care what complete strangers are or aren't doing, I really envy you. Myself and others have real things to worry about.

[Anonymous No.5677523]

>>5677318
Mostly I'm just too lazy to sell my shit.

[Anonymous No.5677530]

>>5677318
Anyone who does this deserves to see their collection burn.

[Anonymous No.5677603]

>>5677517
>being a contrarian
>arguing on the internet
I'm you sure have a lot of things to worry about in your mom's basement

[Anonymous No.5677924]

>>5677318
I think it's pretty pathetic but I really do love how much it asspains poor underage bandwagoners. For that reason and that reason alone I think it's fucking awesome.

[Anonymous No.5677967]

>>5677318
I've never met someone who does that. I've seen someone with a collection like the pic, but they play their collection daily and even try to invite people over to play some of the more obscure shit.

[Anonymous No.5677983]

>>5677318
Feels like a shame that these games will never be played.

[Anonymous No.5677991]

>>5677318
>all collecty, no playee
kek

[Anonymous No.5678016]

>>5677318
Daily seething poorfag thread?

[Anonymous No.5678021]

>>5677318
For every collector that owns games and doesn't play them, there are probably at least 100 other people who played the games as kids but don't anymore and just have the games collecting dust in their garage/attic/basement or whatever just rotting away in the dust and the humidity in an old cardboard box. I would rather a collector who actually takes care of them owns them than someone who doesn't care about them at all. Why single out collectors for the crime of owning games but not playing them?

[Anonymous No.5678034]

>>5677530
Why does it matter that much?

[Anonymous No.5678040]

>>5677318
>collecting "player's choice" versions of games
>seperating them from the regular games

Cringe

[Anonymous No.5678041]

>>5678021
>Why single out collectors for the crime of owning games but not playing them?
My guess is that there's just more exposure. Games forgotten in storage and damaged by the elements are rarely seen.

[Anonymous No.5678164]

>>5677318
ME GET SO MAD

[Anonymous No.5678169]

>>5678034
Because they're the kinds of people responsible for making many retro games simply too expensive to buy for people genuinely interested in playing them, all so they could "collect them all" like it's fucking Pokemon. At least the OG Xbox and it's exclusives are still cheap to get since I can't emulate them well enough and it has exclusives I want to check out.

[Anonymous No.5678171]

>>5677318
For a while I was mad because hoarders shot the price of games way up, but I don't really care anymore since I own most of the games that have real nostalgic value, and anything else I have on a rom.

I another real problem is that the retro collector scene became fashionable on social media. People would buy games just to show them on their Instagram and get likes, gain popularity, etc. It became a status symbol.

[Anonymous No.5678173]

Why would anybody on "/vr/ - Free Games" care about what other people do? Everyone on this board pirates and makes fun of people who buy games anyway. Yet when you give them an excuse to yell and scream about people buying games, oh boy, nonstop replies.

[Anonymous No.5678175]

>>5677401
Why? Collectors like that often have at least a few things that are actually rare. Why would you want it destroyed just to spite someone for buying 30 year old games?

[Anonymous No.5678191]

>>5678021
>>5678041
collectors take games out of circulation, games rotting in an attic never re-entered circulation. if you remove the collector, more games are in circulation because they aren't there to buy and hoard them. if you remove the guy with the games rotting in the attic, nothing happens.

this mainly pisses off people who don't want to emulate, and is especially annoying because of the recent collector fad caused by MUH ECELEBS

[Anonymous No.5678216]

>>5677318
I'm pleased that the interest in collecting is in part preserving old video games that otherwise would be thrown away or destroyed.

And since we are all mortal and individual circumstances will change, there is a good chance that these preserved games will one day trickle back into the market to those who are interested in owning them.

[Anonymous No.5678229]

>>5678175
>Why would you want it destroyed
>just to spite
answered your own question. edgelords gonna edge

[Anonymous No.5678234]

I just don't know at what point the line between enthusiast and collector is crossed.

Like, I have almost 700 unique games, many cib, anything I bought intentionally was with plans to play it. I did buy large lots early on for cheap so I could get my hands on a few wanted games.

I still play 30-50 games a year. I love video games and I collect them as well. Am I an enthusiast, or am I collector? The extremes of the argument say I'm either a godlike enthusiast or the worst kind of collector.

I think the main thing is physically purchased games, if you intend to play them, is not only an investment of capital but also time. Time is the capitalist individuals' only leverage-able resource, so to predeclare one's intention by spending money on something you plan to invest your time in is quite a luxury.

Are games collections the retirement hobby of our generation's men?

[Anonymous No.5678241]

>>5678191
Who cares? Collectors are being left in the dust now that original game prices have skyrocketed. There are FPGAs, mini consoles, flash carts, ODEs, not to mention all the bundled collections you can buy on current hardware, fanmade reproduction carts and official reprints. There are so many different ways to play old games now. The only people who really care about owning the original copies are other collectors, so fuck 'em, let them fuck themselves financially for bragging rights.

[Anonymous No.5678243]

>>5677318
I dunno.

I wish I didn't fucking give all of my games away to GameStop as a kid, though. Imagine all of the shit I could be playing right now.

that collection looks really cool and I hope whoever actually collects that stuff plays it. I'd be terrified of it burning down, though.

[Anonymous No.5678248]

posers gotta pose no matter what you're into there will always be those people.

https://youtu.be/ckCRlDUsNtY

[Anonymous No.5678249]

I got pretty autistic about collecting video games in the 00s. Now I have about 5% of what i used to have

[Anonymous No.5678289]

I never play any of the physical pre-PS1 games I own, because emulation is a quantifiably better experience. Guess what, I bought them anyway. To collect. To look nice on a shelf. Does this make you angry?

[Anonymous No.5678291]

>>5677318
>im concerned about things ill never have and how people spend their money
case closed.

[Anonymous No.5678371]

For me it depends on what kind of person the collector is. If it's some pseudo-elite shut-in who uses his hobby as a status symbol, I don't like it (I assume those make up the majority when talking complete collections). If it's someone who genuinely cares about the games they get, I can understand that.

The games I really like, I also got CIB in good condition because they mean something to me. I also still play those whenever I have the time.
Things like figures on the other hand I keep inside their box and display them like that since I don't intend to play with them and they can be displayed either way. I prefer keeping those looking as good as possible since they're display-only material anyway.