What Do You Do With Your Old Games?

Kotaku AU

Are you a collector? Or a serial trader? Maybe you’re full of charity? Or perhaps just a hoarder?

You can only choose one option, so pick the one you do most often. And then explain why you do it in the comments below.


Discuss

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    Adrian

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 10:07 AM

    I trade them in once I’ve finished them, as I don’t have the time to repeatedly play the same game. Heck, I don’t even usually hang around for DLC unless I love the game (e.g. Fallout 3, Oblivion)!

    What’s the point of leaving them on the shelf gathering dust? I’d rather keep experiencing something new and different.

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      weresmurf

      Friday, August 6, 2010 at 11:21 AM

      I used to trade up until a few months ago. Now with the abysmal trade in prices they give for games, I prefer to keep them :\

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    ndroste

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 10:11 AM

    Usually end up selling most of my games on eBay. Never trade in. I have a collection of about 20 ‘keepers’ which I loved, I know I’ll play again, or I feel will become valuable. Eg: Red Dead, GTA IV, SotC, ICO, Zelda Link to Past for SNES.

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    Unicron

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 10:14 AM

    I am a displayer / hoarder. Having moved and lived in 50 plus houses in my 35 years, you get used to having your games collection in boxes.
    Just moved this weekend but am getting everything out this time.
    Must get a few pics of them for the ‘Show us yours’ section.

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      truncheon

      Friday, August 6, 2010 at 12:38 PM

      I’m exactly the same which is my excuse for such a poor “show us yours” showing last week. I only keep games consoles I have a childhood connection to. The memories are the priceless element for me. I don’t understand people who collect everything ever made and get multiple consoles of the same type even if they never owned or played one before.

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      The Cracks

      Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 12:16 AM

      Surely you’d just try to eat them, along with entire planets. Like Cybertron. Fear the great Unicron!


      You got the touch! You got the powaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!

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    Chuloopa

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 10:15 AM

    I’m a collector – i will never ever trade in a game, regardless of how terrible it is… terrible games could mean there is less of them, hence they MAY eventually be worth more… in my head at least… then again, it’s not as if i’d ever actually sell them…

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      welbot

      Friday, August 6, 2010 at 11:36 AM

      I’m with you on this one loops. I don’t care how terrible a game is, I’ll keep it. Hell, I still have a copy of Fusion Frenzy for original xbox, and I don’t even have that xbox anymore :0
      I also bought a copy of sega all stars tennis for $2, and it’s utter shit.. but it will never leave my collection!

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        Chuloopa

        Friday, August 6, 2010 at 12:55 PM

        Pfft… i’ve got fusion frenzy 1 and 2, rumble roses, bmx xxx, dave mirra BMX, Too human… the list goes on and on…

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          Paul P

          Friday, August 6, 2010 at 1:23 PM

          Don’t be hating on Too Human!

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            Chuloopa

            Friday, August 6, 2010 at 1:34 PM

            haha too human could have been A LOT better.. i’m actually hoping they do make a sequel, as i really want to know what happens next.. i finished the game so i think they owe me now!

            I didn’t mind the story at all.. it was just completely flawed in gameplay.

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              Aaron Clement

              Friday, August 6, 2010 at 11:09 PM

              BMX XXX? hah. The Penny-Arcade comic about that one rings too true.

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      The Cracks

      Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 12:18 AM

      I keep them, too. Even the bad ones (*cough* Two Worlds *cough*).

      In fact, of all the games I’ve ever owned, the only ones I don’t still have are my Sega Megadrive 2 and Atari 7800 games, which my dear mother sold at a swap-meet many, many years ago. Curses!

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    Ross Moir

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 10:15 AM

    I display the best and store the rest.
    There’s not enough room, otherwise.

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    DrW@dsy

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 10:19 AM

    I’ve occasionally traded games in, but rarely. It’s got to have been over a year since I’ve played it, or wanted to play it, before I’ll consider getting rid of it. Any game I like, I tend to keep.

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    NotoriousR

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 10:38 AM

    I generally keep my games, but some games that make me bored/angry or I just don’t care for, I trade in. Fortunately, I’ve done this only thrice.

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    murray

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 10:40 AM

    Steam is making this redundant for me however.
    I love looking at my steam library :P

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    url404

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 10:40 AM

    I have traded in most and keep some I love (GTA, Shadow of the Colossus).

    But I realise trading in is a mugs game. I have never ebay’ed anything in my life. Is it particularly difficult to get started?

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      ndroste

      Friday, August 6, 2010 at 11:07 AM

      Not sure if the process has changed since I signed up 5yrs ago but its about as hard as signing up to xbox live or psn, with a bit of waiting involved for eBay to deliver a letter. Same goes for Paypal, which you will need to be a seller, but which is really handy.

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        url404

        Friday, August 6, 2010 at 11:41 AM

        Cheers mate. I should get off my bum and get it done.

        Also need to clear out some DVD’s as well that I never watch (although I know I probably will get bugger all for them).

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    Zwa

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 10:48 AM

    I tend to hoard, but only cause I’m too lazy to do anything about my collection. If it did reach a point it was taking up to much space I’d probably just trash the stuff rather than going through the effort of selling it.

    I left a lot of stuff behind when I left my parents place a few years ago, and I haven’t picked up enough new stuff since to worry about space.

    At this point a may never have to worry about it. As a primarily PC gamer I’ve switched almost entirely to digital distribution. I have a small console collection, but that doesn’t even take up a single shelf yet.

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    Stone

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 10:58 AM

    Wow that is really surprising, at the time of my comment the ‘keeping’ percentage is a whooping 83% with the recycled percentage at only around 13%

    Personally I went through a period where I’d trade my games in but even though I’m not one to revisit an old game all that often I’ve regretted it a little later on. I think I’m also pretty particular about what games I buy so tend to want to keep a hold of them as I enjoyed playing them.

    With stats like this it is hard to understand how the publishers cry fowl over second hand sales. Surely there is more than enough markup to cover 10%-15% of stock being recycled.

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    Jason

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 10:58 AM

    Fully depends on quality.
    If i believe that a game was well worth the money I paid for it then i will gladly keep it for all of eternity.
    If i believe it was good enough that i want to play it again (not that i will) then I’ll keep it.
    if however it is something that i have no real feelings for then I’ll trade it in.

    i tend to be a game library for a lot of my friends as well so i keep a wide range of games. that said i do have a few games in my shelf now that im not exactly thrilled with and would trade instantly if they were actually worth anything

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    James Mac

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 11:04 AM

    I generally keep them… I’ve traded in stuff I don’t play / can’t stand / was crap, but I usually do that in groups of about 10 or 15 games at a time.

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      The Cracks

      Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 12:21 AM

      Dude, how many rubbish games do you buy?!?
      Read some reviews first? :P

      Yeah, impulse buys can be rather disappointing, no?

      Then again, Chrono Trigger on the Nintendo DS was an impulse buy for me, and I couldn’t be more thrilled.

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    Caligari

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 11:10 AM

    I’ve got two kids and I fool myself that any game that interested me is bound to be fascinating to them several years from now when consoles are all holographic and interactively create the perfect gaming experience every time…

    Surely they’ll want to play old Amiga and Saturn games rather than the newest LEGO games, right? :)

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    Crazyguy1990

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 11:18 AM

    If it’s a game I love, like World Grand Prix, Burnout 3, or Rayman 2, I’ll hold onto it forever.
    If I get sick of it after a couple of weeks, I’ll trade it in.

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    oggob

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 11:20 AM

    Displayer / Pack Away person reporting for duty…

    PS3/360/Wii/PSP are on display
    PS2/PSone are packed away, along with a few other oddities, as well as all the Limited Edition crap that I’ve picked up, love my crap!

    Need more shelves!

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    DogMan

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 11:20 AM

    I never sell or trade in my games. Usually they get boxed up and put in storage when I’m cleaning. They usually stay there until I give them away to friends. So I’ve got a pretty big collection of games and consoles but its not really a collection collection.
    I only really keep current generation stuff on display. Right now I’ve got two XBOX 360′s, a PS3 and a Wii plugged in with a few DVD racks full of games (although I keep the GameCube games in the racks with the Wii games). Once you throw controllers into the mix there’s just no room for things like the SNES.

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    Jim Neale

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 11:52 AM

    I keep them ALL and have them on my shelf and its beautiful. I never know when I want to go back to something for fun or nostalgia.

    I’ve traded in ONE game in my life, Saints Row 2 on PS3.
    Then 2 weeks later I bought it back.
    Never again <3 <3

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    Matt K

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 11:57 AM

    My fiancee and I have a giant collection. She never sells anything, but if I don’t like a game or never see myself ever replaying it, I’ll usually part with it. We have the vast majority of our collection on display, but it’s getting harder as it gets bigger. Collectors/Limited/Special editions make it a little more challenging with their unconventional shapes too.

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    Tom

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 12:10 PM

    I hoard. I don’t have a big collection, but I don’t trade because the trade in values are ridiculous. It’s not hurting me keeping them, anyway. :)

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    Bruce Abdul-Raouf

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 12:12 PM

    I used to play then trade but after I had to (well I didn’t have to but I did) re-purchase games I had stupidly traded I will generally keep them now.

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    Ben Routledge

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 12:58 PM

    I voted keep them as I’m new to console gaming, and PC games aren’t as easy to transfer.

    That said recently I traded in a swag of DS games for a few Wii and PS3 ones. I know trading is the devil, but it’s just so easy compared to selling individually and posting them all over the country.

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    legless joe

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 1:03 PM

    I would have voted ‘display them’ but i don’t have anywhere to display them at the moment, so they go into storage at different locations around the house.

    But i do like to revisit old games, thats always fun.

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    Ad

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 3:49 PM

    I try to make sure I only get games that I’ll want to play more than once, so I keep them. Every now & then will fire up Dosbox/computer running XP/PS2 so I can go back.

    I love my PS3, but I also love me some Psychonauts/Sands of Time/San Andreas/X-Wing! :)

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    Clocks

    Friday, August 6, 2010 at 3:53 PM

    I keep them on my shelf because the games I have are so bad no one will take them off my hands.

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