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Yeah.... I forgot to mention that I already sold it to a local guy. I meant to put that at the end of the video.

Self reflection is important for the future. Sometimes I wish more people would reflect on their poor choices rather than lash out at others and blame them.

Lol now that would be a very interesting tale indeed.

Just bought a 8TB HDD but it's for UA-cam footage lol.

I think I floated in between the two. At times I was more of a collector. At the moment (now that I sold most of it) I'm a gamer. It really was a strange thing. At some points, I'd go months of buying games and maybe playing one or two. Then I'd go 5 months and not buy anything and focus on playing them.

I think in the future I'll sit down and make a realistic "collection" list of titles that I really want, and see what happens in the next 5-10 years.

This is also true.

You aren't lying. I give myself like 5-10 years before I even think about it (more like 10). We'll see what happens. I'm hoping some things fall into play but you never know.

Sorry, I forgot to mention at the end I sold it to a guy locally!

It definitely a fine line between collecting and hoarding. Idk. Like I see guys on UA-cam with massive collections, but they seem to have the money and space for it. I guess I could be wrong though lol.

Sorry I forgot to mention I sold it to a guy locally.

I appreciate it! And I've already starting asking for Target giftcards for my birthday and Christmas to be able to save up for a Switch 2. Probably won't get one at launch but I'd like to get one a little bit after it releases.

I appreciate it!

Never said I didn't put myself in this position? I stated quite a few times that my financial distress was my own doing by not being serious about my finances when my cost of living was low.

It is sad, but I know I made the right decision. Thanks for watching the video!

It also sounds like his wife probably pushed him to do it. I would not be surprised if she didn’t do anything to help out.

I bought most of my collection pre-covid/when prices started to go up. So I got the majority of it for cheaper than what you can get now. The main issue that happened was when I took a job that was a massive pay cut. We thought we could make it work. It in fact did not work. Then my daughter was born. That job ended up not working out, so we moved back to where we used to live. Issue is, the cost of living is just high and the job market sucks. I ended up taking on debt at the other job just to be able to provide necessities for my daughter. While I know I did what I had to do at the time, debt sucks.

​@ My wife works full time and so do I. No, she didn't pressure me to sell. Did I ask for her input? Yes, because that's what married people do. She told me that the choice was up to me. So after thinking through some things I made the choice to sell. I don't see what's so hard about that. Just because I'm married doesn't mean I can't make my own decisions. I did this to provide for my family over my own wants. It's part of being married/being a parent.

I appreciate the comment!

@Throggy You're welcome! Thanks for the response!

I appreciate it. We are just taking it one day at a time over here. Right now we're just working on finding better paying jobs and paying down debt. Those are going to be the keys to getting out of this situation.

Same here with me. Never seen his channel or videos before today but this one was really great and made me think about doing this again myself too. Slimming my collection down. 👍🏻

@@Splitsplatofficial I appreciate you stopping by and watching the video. Wish you well on slimming down your collection!

UA-cam isn't a career choice for me. There's a 99.9% I'll never make enough money off of it to survive, plus I enjoy my IT job. I'm hoping that I can pivot into cybersecurity in a few years and work my way up the ladder.

True. I'm not against emulation, I just haven't really dabbled in it all that often.

@@Throggy play on jailbreaked consoles then. You still benefit from not requiring storing discs and just playing from harddrive or micro sd etc etc epending on the console

You aren't lying. Selling my stuff helped me stay afloat, but I ended up getting a second job to make ends meet. After a month though, the only thing I've really missed is my Nintendo 64 collection. Everything else is sort of ehh to me. But as many have said in the comments, collecting sometimes comes and goes depending on the season of life. I'd love to get back into collecting in the future, but it would probably be very curated unless I was just rolling in piles of cash (which I doubt that happens).

@Throggy yeah, I have 300 or so games, but I only get stuff that I either loved as a kid or really wanted to play and couldn't. I went to Japan recently though and went a bit overboard, I got a lot of stuff that maybe I shouldn't have. I definitely had fun getting those things though so I don't regret it.

Lulz. I've gotten that recommendation about getting a mini PC and just loading it down with games. Right now I have OpenEMU on my Mac, and I like it so far. I think the interface for me is something I really enjoy. I only have like two NES games on it, but it's a start. I think if I ever get back into collecting, it'll be a small curated collection.

I appreciate it. Wish some people in the comments saw your perspective. Some people are well..... it's difficult to say. I think if you don't have kids, you can't really imagine what it's like to have to provide for them. It's sort of like a hypothetical situation. You can think/plan all you want, but until you're in the thick of it, you'll never know what it's really like.

I appreciate it. Ironically a month later, the only thing I really miss is my N64 stuff. But all the other stuff is just sort of ehh. But I don't wish this decision on anyone. I know how important stuff is to people, and sometimes the things that we have are what get us through difficult times. I look back on my life and think about video games helped me through some tough times.

Absolutely. It's hard to explain to people who don't have kids. I think sometimes trying to explain the constant thoughts of providing for a family. It's a little daunting at times, but hey, I do what I have to do in order to provide.

Thank you, I really do appreciate it. Like I've said to others in the comments, I still have a sense of peace about my decision. I think the only thing I really miss is my N64 collection. And I appreciate the comment about being a good man. Really means a lot.

Ahh yes. I played that for a little bit. A very solid game if I may say so myself.