Are we video game COLLECTORS or HOARDERS?

[@brettsadler4211]

Every gamer gets to the place it seems you're at. I know I did. My collection took over an entire room. I heard people describe it as collecting old plastic. That struck me. Just in the past 2 months I went through everything and kept only the games I had to have. I did sell off some grails like rule of rose because I only had it because it was valuable. The truth is I got rid of about 1/3 of my games. Guess what, I have no regrets. Plus I made a ton of money. All of us know you end up with more than you can play in a lifetime. Also, I still have the games that mean the most to me. Lastly, it frees up space in your house. Great video again. Bravo!

[@JRPGLife]

Thanks for sharing! 😀

[@RideRedRacer]

Ya but you guys have it all on display, that's why it takes up so much space. You can fit large collections into cabinets or closets

[@Chaoitcme]

@@RideRedRacer What is the point of collecting if you are just going to keep things hidden and untouched?

[@RideRedRacer]

@@Chaoitcme i use my stuff

[@drone124]

I think once you finally start buying multiple copies of the same game, at that point you become a hoarder. Collecting is about possession and valuing what you have

[@Ryan_TheBold]

I’m primarily an action figure/record collector so I feel this so deeply haha! My experience is more of an “oops never got around to opening that…it’s selling for how much?!?” Also, that Superstars is finally starting to creep in price!

[@cicerothenekoknightplaysall]

My logic is if I can't display it I don't need it

[@kaox44]

I started out as a "collector" of just a few games here and there.....but then somehow end up owning 10 Pokemon Emerald, 15 Pokemon Sapphire, 12 Pokemon Ruby, 4 SOTN, 15 GBA SP, 15 GBA, 5 Switch, 4 PS1, 2 Sega Saturn, 1 NeoGeo Gold, etc etc etc. Now I'm not sure what to do with it once I move...

[@JRPGLife]

Haha very cool!

[@thewickedgamah4088]

I relate to your videos quite a bit as my girlfriend and I thrift and go to yard sales together almost every weekend. At first she didnt understand why I get so exited about these things, but over the years she has seen the return financially and understands the value of my personal collection. She’s also gotten better at knowing what to look for so she adds that much needed extra set of eyes. We have a similar system where we use a shared savings account that is only funded by reselling. It’s a win win because I still get to add items to my collection for free while we watch the savings grow quickly from moving what we don’t want and need. About 90% of my collection unfortunately sits in storage due to space but it’s great to periodically look up a few of my higher dollar items and get exited at how much they have gone up in value over time. Thanks for the video, great content as always!

[@JRPGLife]

Thank you for sharing!

[@neilarnold5506]

I feel like I'm leaning towards hoarder, but in the same extent I think when the time comes that I have the designated room for the Game Room/Man Cave, it will be worth it, since I can show off the way I would want to. Even your overflow/reserve spot (lack of a better term for it) is incredible. I always enjoy seeing the variety of content from channels, and it nice to just have a little look through stuff and talk, even compared to game hunting video - which I love, but I truly just enjoy seeing the love of this wonderful hobby being showcased in every aspect. Thank you for a little stroll through the normally unseen stuff, and another great video. Hope you both are doing well, and have a wonderful day/weekend. #Roadto4k

[@neilarnold5506]

Also hope Elisa is feeling better

[@JRPGLife]

Thanks for saying so Neil!

[@christinestachurski9435]

Haven't quite gotten to that point in collecting....yet. Space is gold in our house, so we try and turn stuff around quick. Great video, as always. Hope Elisa gets well soon!

[@horroRomantic444]

It always helps to have an imprest amount. Set the maximum number of games you are willing to have so it does not reach hoarder territory.

[@marsbase1357]

I cut collection down 3 years ago. I cut back to 50 games per console. My top 25+ then -25 must haves . Do I need 60 sports game's. Do I need 30 wwe game's Now I just buy what I'll play only.

[@zombee38]

What would happen to our collections when we die? Some possible scenarios 1) Your widow or kids will sell everything for way less than price charting estimates 2) Widow will not want to deal with the selling of such massive amount of games and dumps them all at Goodwill, whispers finally this junk is out of the house . 3) if you don't have any loved ones then the state will take over and sells everything at the first $50 bidder. 4) You get old lonely cuckoo and die of a heart attack while playing Suikoden 3 and months later your neighbor finds you by the stench informs the authority of your dead after he clears out of games your garage. Any more scenarios? Please leave yours 😂

[@JRPGLife]

5) my widow plays all of our games and continues the collection in honor of our shared love for playing and collecting them

[@b4rs629]

6. You leave behind a will with a list of prices & say you're welcome here is you're retirement fund.

[@Xtrafix2015]

Noice collection hidden in your extra projects cabinets! I have vita stuff nerding for years and haven’t had a chance to store them properly or figure out my next step, after buying my steam deck,I modded my vita but also lost track of my collection 😂 it’s time to get myself organized

[@damian9303]

This was exactly why I sold off my entire Wii collection, so I wouldn’t end up feeling this way with all the crappy shovelware I owned from finding them out in retail stores back in the day. Now the reseller who bought them has to worry about selling each and every one, many told me as-is they were interested only in a few particular titles which I left there purposefully so there’d be interest. Same reason I included it with a spare console I had on hand, too

[@tonberryhugs6435]

I'm proud of my modest collection but its mostly PS3-5 and Switch. I get the latest version of older games (HD collections or remasters) and sell original. I don't buy sealed games to keep sealed, solely for resale, or used games that dont have cover art. This keeps everything looking great on the shelf and limits the space it takes up. My 1/4 scale statues are another story lol.

[@enthusiasticgamer88]

Personally I only collect games I intend to beat and buy Custom Game Cases for everything to avoid paying the outrageous prices for CIB while keeping the shelf nice and uniform. I ended my collecting goal at 253 games, possibly may add more PS1 in the future but other than that and finishing up my list of higher priced titles, I'm finished. Everything else I can play through flashcarts or ODEs like hacks and translations so I'm pretty much set for life. One thing I had fun with was making repro carts for games like Trials of Mana, Starfox 2, Pokemon Unbound, Ocarina of Time Master Quest, etc. I appreciate those who collect full sets and/or thousands of games but that's just not for me is all.

[@b4rs629]

That's an awesome idea. I just got into buying games for xbox cuz I didn't grow up with xbox or playstation. I've been focusing on remasters & compilation of games on newer hardware like Mass Effect Legendary edition, Bioshock collection, Crash bandicoot insane trilogy ^ Mainly to cut down on storage My childhood collection between ages 6-18 grew to almost 50 games - 95% of them were bangers. Held onto them until I was 25 before I started selling them off to build a switch collection. My collection 95% bangers for gbc, gba, ds, gamecube, & wii games. Now I'm 30 & between 2023-now I accumulated 100 something games for Xbox series x Switch 3ds I went from 10 games on steam - 50 something now. I've never had a backlog before. So now I'm worried I may never play these games. I'm trying to slow down, but watching physical games disappearing from brick & mortar stores has given me fomo.

[@DLeif-bk3ye]

Nice less than Jake shirt. Great band!

[@shaqirseferi3463]

"No reason to open it and play it" - I think you've answered your own titles question...

[@JRPGLife]

Haha right?

[@jasonshouseoffunandvideoga7169]

I have a closet of doom as I so call it. Not for things to resell at any point at this time, just a lot of things I don't have space for in the gameroom. Most serious collectors have a closet, a space like yours and a very large space for things like what you have. Great vid and maybe it might entice me to show off the closet of doom at some point on my channel. 🤟🔥

[@JRPGLife]

Heck yeah! Attack that closet!

[@THEKLEVER187]

Dope stuff

[@expensivecardboard]

Foe the sealed game to be considered for grading (in my opion) is 1st check how tight the seal in on the game if it's like loose around probably not the best to send in, 2nd make sure the folds were tampered with, really easy to notice if someone used glue at one point, 3rd also looks at the case art itself. That comes into play as well. Make sure it's not offset (it's the same with pokemon cards) 4th any residue on the seal itself stickers, ect. The last a lot of people miss over is check if there is scratches on the cellophane. Highly scratch drops the grade dramatically. Weather or not people like to grade games. It's your games do what ever you want with them lol. I graded a few games for my PC collection because I like they way they look in the plastic cases and give another layer of protection. But with me grading games I only grade the ones I want to keep for a long long time like my favorite series. But I have bought and resold one to make some decent peoft which is nice lol

[@JRPGLife]

Thanks for the knowledge!!

[@lesterbronson2385]

Grading games is lame

[@Gameboy_Steve]

The Shantae game is awesome

[@ozera16]

Question u need to ask am I hold onto these games coz I like them or for value … I then started investing in stocks and made more money.

[@techdj5641]

I have 2 storage bins in my closet of extra games Sealed This video reminds me I have got to go through them soon cause wow I can't tell you what's in them and I need another bin

[@JRPGLife]

Yes! So fun!

[@retro_escape2969]

Cool stuff. You might consider getting clear plastic game protectors for those sealed games, usually under $1 each. Because when you slide sealed games against each other too much they get surface scratches.

[@JRPGLife]

Good call, thanks for the info!

[@undamned]

Most of my games are packed away in boxes now because of my nerd cave becoming my son's room, but I do have a big "to sell" box that is always in flux.

[@Nostalgia_Road]

I have a sealed box in the game room closet with all the sealed games I’ve found. Honestly forget it’s there most days lol.

[@JRPGLife]

Nice!

[@Groglor]

I have a similar stack but its not hidden away. But usually its way worse games lol

[@linyongjun2188]

ffviii and ffxiii are also my top 2 ff games. Nice video!

[@JRPGLife]

Nice! And thank you for saying so!

[@tennisace06]

I love collection/hidden collection videos! My eyes lit up seeing those Digital Devil Summoner games, some of my faves, if you guys decide to sell eventually, I'd be so down to take those off your hands. I kinda have the same cubbyhole that has alot of extra and empty game cases for ones that had like steelbooks. Hope Elisa recovers soon, definitely like seeing you two as a team! Thanks for holding it down, great video today :D

[@JRPGLife]

Thanks so much!

[@RideRedRacer]

Every single game i have bought, i have improved in some way. I feel like I'm saving these games from death. I clean pins or replace batteries.

[@JRPGLife]

Yes!!

[@bocanegrageorge]

I got a couple bins of sealed games. Got most cheap. I just put them in and forget about them for years. Also got a bunch of modern stuff like ps4, switch, and vita games sealed. I buy more than I can play😁😅

[@JRPGLife]

loved "I buy more than I can play!" LOL SAME

[@swiftlogic699]

I like to call it "organized hoarding"

[@JRPGLife]

Haha nice

[@daver7178]

Very much appreciate the hustle here. However, as someone who cleared out/sold all their "speculative" games I was hoarding during the price surge with the pandemic, it wasn't worth it from an investment standpoint. There are numerous better vehicles to park capital in than speculating on a potential game multiplying in value over a few years. But again, love the hustle and great collection.

[@JRPGLife]

Totally agree! This definitely isn't a source of financial investment for us. Since it's all basically free inventory at this point, we like watching the values fluctuate as time progresses 😀

[@robrichardson9117]

Do you count limited run vita games in the complete collection?

[@JRPGLife]

We don't, we just have the complete US retail set

[@RyanSheriff]

What shelves are you using to display your game collection? I'm going for a full PSP game and movie collection myself.

[@JRPGLife]

We use Billy bookcases from Ikea 😀

[@RyanSheriff]

@@JRPGLife Awesome thanks for the reply and yeah definitely the Persona series is my favorite too. Just paid $140 for Persona 3 on PSP recently.

[@slayer2211]

Your cat is so cute

[@oisinosborne4154]

I like to think large video game collection are organised hoarding lol

[@JRPGLife]

Hahaha right?

[@expensivecardboard]

I'm nearly have a wii u collection. Started collecting for it around like 3 years ago or so. I still need about 15-20 games currently, but I have like a lot I mean a lot of duplicates. I'm like should I sell them now or wait a bit longer? Some of the lower dollar ones and easy to find main party I've paired with an extra system and got good money. But for the uncommon and rare I'm in the same boat lol. All paid for just don't know ejat route to currently take

[@pattimcb31]

I regret giving up my Dreamcast i miss those games

[@XzaroX]

Well you are a bit of a hoarder, but for me, a big reason for owning physical games is "Ownership". Nobody will barge into my house and take my physical copies away, nor erase any "expired" licensed music. This is also why on PC, I use mainly GOG and ZOOM-Platform.

[@jasenwm]

The majority of people that sold valuable games bought them because they wanted them not because they planned to sell them. You have no idea what games are going to be valuable in the future. Buying as an investment I think is a mistake

[@JRPGLife]

Agreed. That being said, everything that is in this area has already been paid for 100%, so any funds accrued from them is liquid regardless

[@jonm4802]

Dang you found stunt racer. I have yet to find a n64 heavy hitter.

[@ginosensei]

Never ever read "Goodbye Things" by Fumio Sasaki 😅

[@JRPGLife]

Haha minimalistic we are not

[@osrsnoob9416]

I have a shelf just for sealed games I find thrifting, best one so far is Naruto the broken bond on 360. My fiance doesn't get the sealed appeal so she calls me a hoarder lol

[@JRPGLife]

Hahaha awesome

[@lullylew9083]

No CRT for the retro collection!? Blasphemy! he he ^_^

[@JRPGLife]

Haha we actually have two, they are just in a different private gaming area 😀

[@lullylew9083]

@@JRPGLife oh good :D that's ace.

[@TransformersAndVideoGames]

I don’t think this is hoarding. When you buy collections and lots you end up with extra stuff that can take a while to trade or sell.

[@LuisEduardo-cn7oi]

So basically you are especulating

[@JRPGLife]

Pretty much, but we have nothing to lose since most of these products were technically free. Since the release of this video, everything has gone up significantly in value 😀

[@LuisEduardo-cn7oi]

@@JRPGLife I think that 3DS games are particularly collectible since they usually are system exclusive and hard to port to other consoles

[@defordefor9865]

It's sad to see hoarding like this, or speculative purchases like these. It's no more about games, about gaming, about the hobby -- it is about price-rices, investments, scarcity, rarity... Do you love games or is it a fetishism to plastic boxes and to an aura of "exclusivity" created within particular social group? My prediction is that I'll see you in a few years in a video where you will be selling the whole of your collection (of plastic and your memories) because you'll eventually come into a realization that this addiction can't go on.

[@JRPGLife]

I would agree with you if any of these purchases were made by themselves. Every single game in this section of our home came as part of a larger/bulk purchase in which we kept other parts of it for our collection. But I get it, it's definitely not for everyone 😊

[@andrewhagen9343]

This is cringe to watch

[@JRPGLife]

Haha we're not embarrassed 😊

[@lesterbronson2385]

Then why are you watching? Hahah

[@lesterbronson2385]

Do you guys sell games on e b a y? If so, do you mind telling me your username? Thank you! Also, I have a sealed copy of UnMetal and Mooseman for the Vita. Debating on selling them or keeping them.

[@JRPGLife]

We do! The link to our eBay store is in most of our video descriptions 😀

[@lesterbronson2385]

@@JRPGLife My apologies! I should’ve checked first. Thank you.

[@JRPGLife]

No problem

[@Skyetan1]

Do you have the to the moon limited edition?

[@JRPGLife]

Nope 😊