THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Himu on February 05, 2011, 12:59:48 PM

Title: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: Himu on February 05, 2011, 12:59:48 PM
I'm 25 years old. I don't need all these consoles and games anymore when we got emulation.

I'm considering selling my beloved Genesis (the first system I owned  :'( ), all my Genesis games, my Super Nintendo and all those games, my n64 and n64 games, and a giant bulk of psx, dreamcast, and ps2 games.

Who the hell would want a game gear?

The more recent machines makes getting rid of all my systems hard, however. ps3 can't play ps2 games, and Shenmue 1+2 and Jet Set Radio still aren't ported to other systems and they are currently the only reason I still have my dreamcast hooked up. Saturn doesn't seem worth selling, at least right now. It depends on how good saturn emulation is these days.

I'm going to keep the bulk of my psx games because it's my favorite system and most of the games are rare and not on psn (suikoden 2, tron bonne;etc). To be honest, psn and psp have made keeping most of my psx games pointless, but I still don't trust psn to fully retain all of my purchases in future generations since Sony likes to take out features so fucking much.

I don't even know what to do with the xbox. Gamecube isn't worth keeping due to wii.

Tips?
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: Smooth Groove on February 05, 2011, 01:04:10 PM
Yes, just sell it to a Mexican buddy for $200.
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: demi on February 05, 2011, 01:12:38 PM
PM me what you got and I'll buy some.
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 05, 2011, 01:30:17 PM
sell 'em.
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: Diunx on February 05, 2011, 01:36:07 PM
Sell them!
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Post by: Raban on February 05, 2011, 01:51:31 PM
PM me about this. I'm interested in some N64 things and possibly some PS1/PS2. I'll take your OG Xbox if you have one, name a price.
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: Don Flamenco on February 05, 2011, 02:02:16 PM
sell.  and forget about random games that you love in theory but never play.  sure, you might get itch to randomly play JSR or Suikoden 10 years from now, but it'll pass
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: Diunx on February 05, 2011, 02:06:09 PM
Plus you can play Suikoden in any ps1 emulator.
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: drew on February 05, 2011, 02:10:32 PM
who would want a gamegear?

I WOULD WANT A GAME GEAR!
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 05, 2011, 02:13:34 PM
sell.  and forget about random games that you love in theory but never play.  sure, you might get itch to randomly play JSR or Suikoden 10 years from now, but it'll pass

this
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: magus on February 05, 2011, 02:22:39 PM
i still have my olde psx,i personaly never tought about selling it but that's because i'm pretty sure it wouldn't fetch for much

or not?
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: Don Flamenco on February 05, 2011, 03:32:53 PM
i still have my olde psx,i personaly never tought about selling it but that's because i'm pretty sure it wouldn't fetch for much

or not?



I sold one a few weeks ago on amazon for about $20.  That was with a controller, a/v cables, adapter.  After shipping + fees, it would have been about a dollar profit, but I lied to USPS and sent it media mail.  I didn't mind getting about $12 to get the thing out of my place.


 
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: Trent Dole on February 05, 2011, 03:54:36 PM
I still have my nes and everything beyond. I'm a hoardy little shit. :teehee
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: Himu on February 05, 2011, 03:55:08 PM
sell.  and forget about random games that you love in theory but never play.  sure, you might get itch to randomly play JSR or Suikoden 10 years from now, but it'll pass

I play JSR like once a year :( I'll start a new game, get every character, and Jet rank every map.
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: Himu on February 05, 2011, 04:09:41 PM
I'm definitely willing to part with my entire collection except this gen, psx and ps2. I have over 100 ps2 games. I could get that number down to maybe 15-20 easy.
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: OptimoPeach on February 05, 2011, 04:11:36 PM
Get a list going. I'd probably buy a couple too

I still have my nes and everything beyond. I'm a hoardy little shit. :teehee
Yeah same. My favorite is my pee-yellow SNES
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: Yeti on February 05, 2011, 04:16:51 PM
Well post a list and prices mang. Isn't there a buy/sell/trade thread on this forum you could use?
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Post by: Stoney Mason on February 05, 2011, 04:18:57 PM
I sold all my old consoles and games a few months back. Got rid of most of my current gen stuff also at least on the software front. It was just time. I'm nostalgic as the next person but it was just time to move on. I'm just not going to play most of that shit anymore despite how much I like to think I would.

Got a good chunk of money for it too. Haven't looked back.

Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: demi on February 05, 2011, 04:27:00 PM
First dibs bitches. Get that list going.
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Post by: Smooth Groove on February 05, 2011, 04:28:01 PM
I just throw all my old stuff into my parents' garage since gamestop would only give me a buck or two for each game and it's too much of a hassle to sell them online.  
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: Himu on February 05, 2011, 04:32:37 PM
Hmmm.

My games and systems that aren't this gen are at my parents home, aside from the 'Cast.

Next time I'm in town I'll drop by half price books and sell them all there. Though in the mean time I'll make a list.

I didn't post this in the buy/sell/trade thread because that thread am dead.
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: demi on February 05, 2011, 04:45:07 PM
If you are gonna just dump them off at any store, might as well sell to someone who will find use for them. Like me.
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: Don Flamenco on February 05, 2011, 05:07:28 PM
Hmmm.

My games and systems that aren't this gen are at my parents home, aside from the 'Cast.

Next time I'm in town I'll drop by half price books and sell them all there. Though in the mean time I'll make a list.

I didn't post this in the buy/sell/trade thread because that thread am dead.


you're not going to sell the valuable stuff online?   cause HPB will give you even less than gamestop would.
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: Himu on February 05, 2011, 05:09:50 PM
I'll sell the valuable/rare stuff online, fa sho.
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: CajoleJuice on February 05, 2011, 05:17:45 PM
I've been thinking about doing the same, Himu. Especially since I have the boxes for quite a few of my systems. I'll always keep my OG Game Boy, though.
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: Himu on February 05, 2011, 05:25:03 PM
when i finally do the deed will i feel like andy in toy story 3
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: demi on February 05, 2011, 05:28:06 PM
Nope
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: Positive Touch on February 05, 2011, 06:27:31 PM
i've been doing this recently too, actually.  as much as i love my game collection, i don't need 300+ games sitting around, while i DO need the moeny (and this collection is worth A LOT of money).  ill never have the time to replay 99% of those games, so all they'll do is collect dust.  plus i can replay most of them through emulators, which is why i'd urge you to sell your ps1 games too.  the emulation is always perfect, but realistically by the time you actually get around to playing one of the flawed games they'll prolly have the issues resolved.  i'd say only hang on the the games you are totally 100% sure you will want to play again and have no other way of doing so.  make a schedule if you need to and sell off a game after you replay it if you know you're prolly not gonna replay it after that.  there's just no reason to hold on to a large collection cuz it's just gonna collect dust.  and of course omg teh moniezzz
Title: Re: To sell game collection: Y/N
Post by: demi on February 05, 2011, 08:07:58 PM
What a fucking lazy bitch. Where's my list.