Collecting channels are copying other channels

[@pluspixel]

Obviously we didn’t create game hunting on youtube ……who copied who? Does it matter? Is similar content good? Is it bad? Who’s on first?

[@jerrymungo7677]

What's on second

[@GamerAhmer]

@@jerrymungo7677I don’t know is on third

[@Richard-g8c]

Gatekeeping is a crappy choice to make you know.

[@scotthelgert6473]

I have been a longtime fan of this channel. I don't know, but why don't you answer your own question and explain who inspired your work?

[@CobraShuttle]

Riff is so right about a boxes NES collection. It’s so damn colorful and interesting. Compare that now to a shelf full of Switch games.

[@Retrobash80]

I think fullset collecting has been a thing in the scene since atariage and nintendo age. I think it is also an easy thing for content, it is a story line beginning middle end that pays off over multiple videos. I don't think anybody is copying other channels it's pretty common in collecting even without youtube. If there ever is a list people are going to go after that dopamine hit of scratching a game off the list. Every set has that one bad game that is only desirable for Fullset collectors (color a dinosaur, packy and marlon, pga european tour, ribbit king, fritz chess) the value on those games has stayed pretty consistent, it's a rare game that only full set collectors care about and they stay around $100. The top games / grail games will continue to rise because of rarity and demand for them.

[@NSquaredPodcast]

These thumbnails are kinda wack

[@jonathanbuescher8689]

The font reminds me of Dollar General

[@Maloney_]

I like them, it feels like they found their style with podcast clips now. In the past their thumbnails were slightly misleading for their podcast clips which I’m sure hurt retention. At least now the people that really want to see the clips are seeing it now, probably helps them out a ton view wise.

[@liersenic]

I’m glad I’m not the only one.

[@jacobjones1273]

They mentioned the quality of the thumbnails with Phoenix resale they spend 10 bucks for them

[@NSquaredPodcast]

@@jacobjones1273 wait, they pay for these? Lol

[@GamerAhmer]

I’m just moving through the sets now. 😂 Gotta collect em all! Definitely a great topic to talk about. I won’t be selling mine though…

[@BlakeBickerstaff]

Have you completed any yet?

[@GamerAhmer]

@@BlakeBickerstaff Yes. I have completed the North American and Pal Nintendo 64 (only 20 ish left of the Japanese for a full worldwide set). Finished Sega Pico, Finished Magnavox Odyssey 2, Finished Game Com, I’m 150 or so away on the North American SNES set currently with 200+ Super Famicom games, I have around 300 left on the GameCube and still early on for the NES so I haven’t counted yet. There may be some others near complete like Virtual Boy, Atari Jaguar, and Sega 32x and maybe another couple complete.

[@BlakeBickerstaff]

@@GamerAhmer that's amazing

[@GamerAhmer]

@@BlakeBickerstaff Thank you

[@CobraShuttle]

I’ve found so many good channels because of this, GamerAhmer for example. I’m not going for a full set, but I still try to find things I want for a curated collection, so following others who are going the next level is enjoyable. If they get more views it’s just more people interested in the hobby. That’s a win!

[@TheBretttracanna]

Ive had the worst anxiety lately and this podcast is the only thing that has helped take my mind off. Yall are the best

[@titodenino]

Loser.

[@MortsGarage]

Complete set? That's almost as weird as a complete set of complete games...

[@Hot.TubTony_TheCamelCrew]

well... I know this guy...🤣

[@EvilyoshiJAPAN4]

Yet another thing Demolition Man got right, vintage collectables are HUGE.

[@GameKollector]

I finished the N64 set in 2016, the NES set in 2020 or so…200 or so from SNES set. I’ve been in that complete set and complete series collecting for a long time now. When I say series, I have all retro Pokémon cartridge based games CIB, all Zelda cartridge based games CIB, Mario cartridge based games CIB, etc…many different series and try to get them all CIB. My KZbin short on my channel you can see a lot of these.

[@bryankoepke1358]

Riff’s energy is delightful. lol can’t wait to meet the squad in person one day.

[@sleepytwiggaming]

its cool seeing people collecting full sets but thats something I'd never want in my collection. very specific on the type of games I want.

[@gothamsghost]

I have wrestled with collecting an entire system before, I just don’t get any joy from buying bad games (unless there is nostalgia).

[@bobbygarcia34]

The only set I collect is game of thrones funkos 😅

[@bootlegheroes]

a man of culture right here! lol

[@TeamRocketGrunt1036]

Collecting full sets makes a good KZbin series but it really ruins the authenticity when people immediately sell those games off because then it’s obvious it was just for views. As a regular guy with no KZbin channel I don’t see any merit behind collecting full sets I just get stuff I actually want. I am collecting all things Yoshi and thankfully that’s not a hot thing people care about so it’s fairly easy and cheap to find stuff. On a side note I want to mention that I was at SEGE and saw riff talking to so many young fans and being so genuinely nice and caring to all the kids. Lots of respect for that.

[@RectWizard]

I 100% copied all of you 😂 jk in all seriousness you all inspired me to even go for a full set and it’s been a blast going for the full ps2 set and with 1850 games in the set I have a long ways to go but like riff said it’s about the journey 😊 much love fellas! ❤️

[@eye4eyelights]

as a seller i like completionists, helps me sell my snickle fritz games

[@markperkins2656]

Funny thing is… next Trend will be selling complete sets… because once you have a full set your like wtf have I done this 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@titodenino]

people going broke

[@markperkins2656]

@@titodenino also the joy is in hunting… once you have the full set you will never play 90% of the games. KZbinrs just glamourise the collecting….

[@titodenino]

@markperkins2656 i totally agree with you there .. its the hunt that we enjoy and finding the deal no one else took until you showed up

[@SKRILLZ_ILLA]

everyone got on nice shoes and we still have to look at the dirtiest crocs ive ever seen. thanks curtis

[@pluspixel]

@@SKRILLZ_ILLA 😉 after a full days work crocs hit sometimes

[@mjdf122]

I have all complete NTSC-U consoles and games from 1980-Now I’m working on NTSC-J now as of late I have all the consoles but working on all the games what a life of gaming throughout the decades

[@CrawlingPanther]

KZbinrs have been affecting prices on games for a long time now. It is what it is, and not something worth getting emotional over. There are a lot of games I'd never even know about if it weren't for all the videos highlighting certain genres and lesser-known games. I will never spend more than $100 on a game, and emulation is pretty much always available (at least for retro). So I'm fine with finding alternate ways to collect and play something like Lords of Thunder.

[@thetechbuzz]

I’m almost 400 deep into my collection of trying to complete the full NA NES collection.

[@israelloyaakawazoo4205]

Everyone that is rich is going for a complete set the rest of us just buy when we find the good deals at yards sales.

[@ar-game-test]

yep. pretty easy to complete a full set when you own a game store or a youtuber who gets games donated or hook ups on hard to find games

[@miguelpanty]

I just completed my 8th CIB set. NES, TG16, SMS, Sega CD, Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, VB, and Wii U. I have absolutley no intention of selling any. I strictly collect games. I dont collect displays, standees, posters etc. Just games. So getting complete sets makes sense for me.

[@BlakeBickerstaff]

Amazing. I'd love a Sega CD set. Do you have your list of Sega CD games anywhere?

[@LUMBEEPHENOM2012]

People have been collecting full sets since the beginning of time. What are we talking about 😂

[@ItsAllDougAndGames]

The general story arc of "collecting a full set of X" makes for a great roadmap to bring / grow an audience to participate in a longer term episodic series. That said, anyone with a KZbin channel can start a set collection series. Just as network TV has had hundreds of situation comedies over the last several decades. We all remember the ones that excelled in the format - and in this format, the difference between a "meh" set collection series and a must-see series comes down to the storytelling - of both the various sellers' stories, the stories about games connection to the collector, the curated trivia about the less well known games - that makes a series memorable. Just my two cents.

[@daveinthelife91]

I actually enjoy watching all of you guys go on collecting journeys I don't consider it copying. Now I will say, just passing down finds from one to another rather than going out and finding them does leave a weird taste in a lot of peoples mouth.

[@Jwizz2000]

Unpopular opinion Game set collecting is not fun to watch lol I’m sure it’s a great personal accomplishment but not as a viewer No hate, much love to yall guys Just my opinion, still here enjoying the content🎉

[@ogcib]

Complete sets 4eva! We been on Complete Sets CIB for 20+ years..... this ain't a new trend people just catching on. Keep the great content coming.

[@rahmanaizat9027]

Healing? Watch sunsets ❌ Watch pixel plus podcast ✅

[@donaldsmith5667]

I was actually in RetroGames Plus a couple weeks ago. Drove down from Mass. Took me like 2 1/2 hours to get there. I saw the flyer for the convention, so I will definitely be there looking for turbo and snes stuff.

[@commoncentsflips4030]

I resell to supplement my full time income, but I started collecting Mario games to make the reselling more fun

[@k0dyw1thaK]

That's kind of how I started too, but with Zelda

[@rylch44]

I love collecting things I had as a child or things I wanted as a child. I’m finding things now I never knew existed…. Don’t need/want. I’m filling my nostalgic itch. 😂

[@Hot.TubTony_TheCamelCrew]

gotta catch em all - Pokemon

[@beverlyhyso7553]

Your channel has showed me nes games i forgot about or even knew about i don't want to collect them but it's cool to see

[@mudachaproductions]

I'm not crazy enough to go for a full set for a single console, but I do go for smaller subsets. At the moment I've got 14 out of 16 on one set and 36 out of 38 on another.

[@Retrobash80]

what kind of subsets are you going after? I like this approach because it focuses on quality and doesn't waste money and space on low print shovelware

[@mudachaproductions]

@@Retrobash80 The first set is the 16 games that featured on the four European McDonalds Playstation demo discs, the second is the 38 EA home console games with the "blue banner" on the bottom, from the early/mid 2000's. I decided to go for those two because I had a lot of them in my collection anyway, and while there's some less than stellar stuff in those sets (X Squad and Catwoman come to mind) it's a good percentage of decent games, and it's been fun hunting for them.

[@deehen6386]

Mikey i need those crazy 8 kobe's 🔥☄️🔥

[@bootlegheroes]

This is the second run that came out earlier this year, you may still find them on the footlocker website lowkey lol

[@CaptainFrugalReviews]

I am happy I started getting XBOX games around 5 years ago and got almost all of them I wanted for cheap.

[@Lostinretro]

Awesome Video Fellas 👍

[@BiblestudysKjv]

I started my complete nes set , stopped at 210 and now I started the snes , got 95 , it’s hard to stop . Although I moved on to snes . I still buy nes games I need .

[@willywampa84]

Man, wish I could make it to Retro World, but I have to work that weekend, bummer!

[@RetroSho]

Gonna roll in and finish SNES & NES in 1-2 years. 11 games away from finishing FDS. Quick in and out! Now TG-16 collecting... boy lemme tell ya... 😂 Prices gonna go up because everyone is talking about these games now. It's literally inescapable. What matters now is how insane you are to keep going when others give up.

[@ItsAllDougAndGames]

Also crunching the numbers to see if it will cost less than $100 to cancel and rebook my airfare for RWE today so I can run up to Kris at show open. And then make a video documenting how profitable a move this was. LOL

[@RC_11982]

... I would be playing NES Play Action Football and the SNES version. It was a game I had as a kid. It was cheap then and is cheap now.

[@punkrok0007]

I buy books 📚 now

[@liersenic]

Are these thumbnails done with AI?

[@MANNYSARCADE]

I can't stand youtubers who are going for complete sets, they are the worst 😉

[@MediCali951]

I mean a couple years ago not everyone was even collecting games at all. Used to go to swap meet at 10 am and find nes snes games for cheap. KZbinrs ruined the game

[@T3COLLECTS]

You think collecting the full set of a video game collection is bad, try being a completionist for action figures it's way harder and crazy expensive. Also Watta is owned by PSA that's how PSA got into video game grading and now they are doing comic book grading, funko pop, action figures, movies etc

[@alfredoserrano8067]

I stopped collecting because of pixel game squad. I feel like KZbinrs affect the market 100% and messed up collecting for everyon

[@scatterbraynedav9311]

xbox 360 has definitely been spiking on the east coast recently (within the past few months)

[@Non-Giving-UpSchoolGuy]

I just looked up the dentist guy's twitter. Yikes.

[@GGFallenWarrior]

people with a big following are needle movers that simple.

[@sammoodyiphone]

The self imposed rules always seemed odd to me

[@StephenHopkinsVaults]

Would you still collect games when the discs n carts start rotting? We don’t play our games anyway . Emulation is an option. I probably would but won’t pay much for them.

[@scatterbraynedav9311]

See you in August Chris. (hopefully) LOL

[@PlasticPhono]

Im less than 45 games away from my full Dreamcast US CIB set so please don't start collecting DC :P

[@7thangelad586]

I wish you’d copy any other channel’s thumbnail.

[@bwagz8966]

You guys got roasted in the comments by those toy federation subs. They were talking mad Sh*t about yall.

[@VinnyVidiVintage]

Complete sets is dumb… I prefer getting a collection of games I would actually want. But there are a ton of games I just don’t ever want or need… No hate on guys who want the full sets, just not for me.

[@ar-game-test]

quality over quantity. i dont need 1000s of games im never gonna play, just in storage or in a wall like paintings

[@80sNinjas]

Apparently everyones not scum bag reseller till it’s time to sell me a Hagane CIB for the low low 🤦🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤭