Downsizing your game collection
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- Опубліковано 6 січ 2019
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I had a long talk with my buddy Kyle about our game collections and he told me he decided to downsize a lot of it. This was sad for me to hear but I totally understood where he was coming from.
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Personally I only buy games I intend to play so while my collection has gotten bigger over the years I don't intend to downsize my collection because they're all games I care about.
I am the same. Only buy games that I have an intrest in playing.
My PS3 collection is really small because I didn't get one until that generation was done... well I guess that's not 100% true but is a boring story...
So my main console that generation was the 360 and with most cross platform games running better on the 360, that's where the bulk of my games for that gen are.
I have not counted but my PS3 'collection' has to be between 10 and 15 games (I just remembered they are on the computer desk at the mo, its 12). 3 of those being Uncharted and another 3 being Resistance.
For what it's worth. I'm not finished picking up games for the PS3. As it stands its a great time to pick up PS3 games. You can get a lot of game for very little money.
@@PicksterTG Man, I'm doing the exactly same thing...! I'm Brazilian and live in Japan, here, PS3 and games are cheap, and I decided to collect the PS3 exclusives, because I spent my time last gen, buying and playing in the X360 and PC. Maybe I'm little more ambitious than you, because I'm getting almost all PS3 exclusives. I still prefere MS exclusives, but is nice to have most of exclusives for both platforms. My PS3 collection includes the 3 Resistance, the 3 Uncharted, the 3 Killzone (Killzone 1 was remastered for PS3), the God of War Collection (with Gow 1, 2, 3, Chain of Olimpus and Ghost of Sparta via download), Gow Ascension, Catherine, Heavy Rain, Beyond, The Last of Us, Motorstorm trilogy, Dragon's Crown, 3d dot game Heroes, and the list goes on (I'm buying remasterd collections too, I picked up the Team Ico collection).
same here. I don't even really like buying games that I'm not sure if I would enjoy or not. I make sure every game I buy is something I would see myself liking and even then I read reviews and such before buying. I just really don't want any dust collectors in my library of games and don't want to waste money either. I don't do retro as of right now I just collect for the Switch. it's tough spending upwards of $60-$70 on a single game, so I'm very careful with my choices.
@@PicksterTG Same! I got my PS3 very late and have about 10 games for it. I'm glad I've held onto them because while I'd love to play some of those games on the PS4, classes sure ain't cheap but the games on PS3 were a steal. KH 1.5 and 2.5 were about $10 each for instance. I bought 10 games for under $100. Maybe someday I'll replay them on the PS4 but having more money left over is worth it.
Same here. I never buy games that I won't play. My collections are made up of games i owned before or games that I have played and liked. A lot of them are rare anyways but thats not why I bought or collected my games.
I completely understand where your coming from about 3 years ago I sold almost my entire collection. I said I’ll sell them and let someone else enjoy them. now my rule is if I don’t play it within a year it’s gone.
I think the bragging rights comes from saying "Yes, I have played all of these games in my collection", of "all these games mean something to me personally".
That intro thooooo. Killin it Reggie always keep improving and they will come! Have a good week my dude
Love the new into, nice to see your channel grow and evolve
Some games (most games) you're just not going to get anything from selling them. Better off keeping them in good hands if they aren't worth much.
My take exactly. You're not going to get squat for selling off. If you like old games keep them, you'll come back. Maybe your kids will be curious one day.
I keep the cheap games I can't sell for replacement cases or throw ins when I sell game lots.
what if you're like the youtuber "last gamer" though? LOL. that guy is wild...he had to build a new house (a mansion basically) to store his games......he has like 10-15 massive rooms that are all stocked up like videogame stores...and his own in-home arcade plaza with like 50~ machines in it. also has 5-8? full blown simulator setups. last I heard (a year ago) he had 50 thousand+ games and multiples of every console ever made pretty much. he has contacts at sega, nintendo, etc etc who help him obtain extremely rare games. he holds the record for the biggest videogame collection on earth and also the record for most expensive single game (some 1/2 game worth 1 million dollars and I believe the only other copy to exist was destroyed so it's basically a 1/1 game now) he seems like a good honest guy but he claims his main income is restoring then selling pinball machines...how do you get multi millions selling pinball machines....
@@rageagainstthetoymachine2410 i hope he never has a house fire that would be the worst :P
that intro is fantastic man!
I think the most interesting stuff comes at the end, when you say you want the Spider-Man game to be over since you've got so much other games to play. For me, when I think about my collection, there are feelings of pressure, guilt and a feeling of paralyzation from the overchoice.
This comment is me all over. Self inflicted stress when games are supposed to be entertainment, it should be a chill out zone not a situation of guilt.
Great advice as always Reggie love your content from the UK 🇬🇧 👍 keep up the good work
Thanks Reggie for this video what a great topic to discuss! I relate to this so much. I recently have been thinking about what to do with my collection and what I've decided to do is this year I'm not going to buy any new video games. I'm only going to play games from my back log. Thanks again Reggie!
I love your new intro Reggie. I feel you I think of getting rid of some things too. But maybe once I get a house I will enjoy my collection more.
Wonderful video reggie. I live in a 1 bedroom apartment so i have to prioritize my collection. I sold my CIB sega CD and games because it took up a massive amount of shelf space. I also got rid of about 40 ps2 games. My motto is if i havent played a game in 6 months (or have no intent to ever replay it) then it gets traded.
6 months? What if you change your mind and get the time to play that game?
I've had games sitting around for years then eventually got to play them and enjoy them. A CD and a manual takes up so little space, just throw away the plastic cases and keep the games in a storage case.
There's so many cool games to play - old and new ones - that selling the games you haven't played for half a year will probably never hurt you in the future.
It usually takes more than 6 months to find new found love on an old title so u should reconsider your plan man!!!! I got PS2 games that I just havn't got to yet that I've had for years, still plan on playing them but I'd have to get rid of heaps if that rule was in place. RETHINK YA LIFE!!!! :P kidding lol bad joke
@@JetWolfEX the sega cd has so many great games. Lunar, popful mal, space adventure, snatcher just to name a few.
If you wanna play it i recommend just emulating it or waiting until the polymega comes out.
@@JetWolfEX the lunar sega cd ports are way different than ps1. Even the story was altered. I heard that snatcher was censored on saturn and konami did a good job with the english dub.
Reg ur such a cool dude. I appreciate the way you enjoy your games and the passion for the good ones.
Great video reggie, just the video I was looking for !
Such a good video Reggie. When I started collecting again about 2 years ago I wanted everything for any system. Now I’m focusing on collecting just what I really enjoy and will play. Finally realizing I don’t need complete collections of everything. Being a true gamer means playing the games you own, not just collecting them on a shelf.
Happy to hear that man.
I've learned this lesson early on as child without a lot of games.
My mom would tell me & my sister her budget for Xmas or our Birthday & took us shopping to pick out what we wanted exactly.
It taught me to be more selective in games I was actually interested in & led me to pick games I deemed worthy of my time
To this day I still have my Nintendo Wii
Mario Party 4
Animal Crossing
Super Smash Melee
SSX Tricky
Harry Potter Quidditch World Cup
The non-lego Harry Potter 1-6
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3
Mario Party 8
^ I've poured my entire childhood into these games - I had a few other games I didn't mention because I sold them off because they weren't worth keeping around
To this day it's very hard for me to branch out of my comfort zone for video games, but they're all games I enjoy.
Nintendo Switch
Super Mario Party
Super Smash Bros: Ultimate
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Super Mario 3D All Stars
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2
Pokemon: Let's Go Pika / Eve / BDSP / SW & SH
Luigi's Mansion 3 - I've never got to play the original or dark moon
Diablo 3
3DS
Pokemon Yellow / HGSS / ORAS / XY / USM
A little tip that helps me. I don't play a game rushed to get to something else. I play what I feel like when I want. Most games have save points so I save and move to something else when I have that itch. I will circle back around to that game at some point. That way it's always fresh and fun.
I like the new opener. Keep up the great vids!
Thanks Radical Reggie. Words of wisdom. I was feeling flustered myself so I started selling off my amiibo collection. I feel no regret. And soon my pops are next. They where taking up so much reality in my small room of doom.
I've had to downsize the collection a couple of times in the past and always for "the greater good" when times got tough. Every single time I regretted it too. I absolutely do not have the time needed to get to the games we have, but I certainly have every intention after our daughter has grown and is taking care of herself and maybe when we're getting to the point where we don't feel the need to get out and about so much. I will say that though I don't get as much play time with the games as I'd like, we have an absolute blast with them being available when friends come over and get to revisit their pasts.
I think there are absolute pros to downsizing a collection. And I think there's sometimes more to the story when it seems like somebody is just racking up shelf candy. Good share here Reggie!!
Great video man! I love collecting topic videos, it has seemed like there are less collecting videos on youtube lately so they are always welcome by me!
I've done this to my movies, it feels weird at first but its better in the long run. Tastes change over time.
Love the intro man, this is why I do mostly digital now lol
Is it weird that I felt like the only one who thought the same way you do? Haha! I love the new intro by the way!
Intro's on point man good work!!! On a side note, time to start sending you games to counteract the downsize 😂😂
Great video Reggie!
Truth bro!!! Great advice Reggie! I need to get started on listing some stuff🤪👍 I’m to the point to where I probably have 10-15 games I haven’t opened yet. I want to play them but I have so much ahead of them that I haven’t finished😖 congrats on whatever ur celebrating man;)
Totally get where you are coming from. There is some stuff I want, because I simply want it in my collection, even if I wont play it much. There are others that I have which i will likely never play and will probably eventually get rid of to make room for things I do want, like that cool American McGee Alice figure you have in the background that I didn't know existed until this video!
I never have time to play 90% of my collection... I love looking at them on the walls but I've considered downsizing.. The risks and stress related to selling games is too high for me to bother... Plus I don't know if I'd be able to actually let things go. Great topic REGGIE! Love when you hit on things like this.
Smash JT smash!
Thanks for the insight Regg👍
I like your outlook on gaming dude, you just love gaming. The way you look at gaming is exactly how i feel. Stay radical dude!
Another great Rad Reg video. I have many games (A ton of them are digital). I've never been patient enough to count my physical games. I just wish I had time to play more. As a working father that's a tall order though.
So true man. I’ve downsized my collection significantly and I feel better for doing it.
Damn, bro! Nice intro!👍
I know right
I'm upsizing my game collection.
pizzamon 79 - MY TOO! 😆.
I am forever collecting AND (eventually) playing through my humongous and ever growing collection of video games across dozens of home consoles and portable handhelds. AND I don’t regret it.
Me too dude! But my man, reggie have a huuuuuuge collection im not even close
Love the new intro!!
Bro love the new intro!! Awesome video 👍
I 100% agree for the most part. I've downsides most of my games, particularly the ones I no longer play. At this point, they mostly just take up space.
I also think with the rise of mini consoles, there are much easier and affordable ways to play some of our favorite games.
Golf Story was surprisingly so much fun, I wouldnt call it a RPG as many people are calling it, but still a great little indie game I put 18 hours into the main story to beat.
You make a very good point about downsizing on stuff you don't often play and collect dust for!
Love the intro, man!
If this is the new official intro Reggie, I like it
I hear you on this. I want to downsize my collection, sometimes drastically, but I worry I would regret some of my choices. So for now I'm looking for duplicates and fluff
Crazy, I was thinking about this subject on my way to work this morning. I have a lot of stuff that I just don’t have time to play.
This was the truth, we all have things we don't need. NIce Reggie!
That new intro is awesome!
Love the new intro!
Congrats on your cool day Reggie! Hope it goes well.
So many of us have more games than we'll have time to play through in our lifetimes. It does become like an addiction. They say you can't take the with you when you die, but I'll damn sure try. Lol.
sotp leinf it dos not become like aidocnt thant alrl ey ben profing
@@ssjgotenks2009 precisely.
Heh, I hear you brother, but that SEGA CD offing was like a gut punch. 😢
Popful Mail is my shit. You've motivated me to appreciate it by actually playing it again. It's one of my prized titles.
Great video, fam.
I did the same thing, almost teared up when I sent off Popful Mail - in retrospect, I should have kept just Popful Mail and sold the rest, with the Polymega around the corner I could have played it on that.
the new intro amazing ,,,plz continue ,,
Awesome intro Reggie!!! :)
Awesome Vids you've got Reggie
Keep it up Bro 😍
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Good video im thinking about downsizing my 360 collection
Love the opening theme.
Suddenly, I need a hero.
Great video Reggie
That outro song makes me think about I like them big I like them chunky chunky...lol 👍
At this time last year I was working on collecting the entire North American og Xbox library as well as collecting for other systems. All told I had close to 2500 games across multiple systems. Right now I own around 400 games total, and I am fine with that. Collecting for bragging rights is stupid, and that is what I was doing. I was spending money I did not have to crap up my life with shit I did not need, and one morning I woke up and was just...done. All games, for me, have to meet one condition for me to buy, and that is simply if I intend to play them. If so, I keep or buy, otherwise I don't. Life is about experiences, not the shit you own. I know nothing anyone owns impresses me, and I am sure that goes both ways. I salute you for downsizing, RR. I had friends hollering about how I'd regret giving up my stash, and they were dead wrong. No regrets at all. Buy to play, folks. Like Reggie says in so many words, if you are buying just to buy, you're in it for the wrong reason.
This is a very interesting topic that should be discussed more. Especially as us collectors are now more likely to be in our 30s or 40s versus our teens or 20s. We now have careers, families and responsibilities. Do we really need to have large collections now that we are hardly going to play any more?
I agree, I used to get everything what I saw when I started out. Now my main focus is games I actually will play at some point!
Hello beautiful 🤩
Great vid! Cubivore for GC was the title you were thinking of. Atlus title of course :)
All killer no filler!!!!!!
Amen, I'm ready to do the same thing. House cleaning must happen.
I couldn't imagine downsizing my collection. I'm only getting started. Though one thing that is for sure is that I know what I like and will not buy games just to have them. Most of the time lol
Yeah dude i agree 10000 percent
Reggie is so chill
Great video Reggie!❤ The game you were thinking of was Cubivore if I'm not mistaken.
Thanks Reggie, makes me feel better for getting rid of one of my systems
Nice new intro!!!!! :) I kinda liked the creepy old one tbh lol but nice vid as usual m8!!!! Oh I watched the whole live 2 hour vid u did showing off your DS collection and man u get me so keen n motivated for stuff I wasn't that keen on before. Like I have a DS. I bought one cause they where dirt cheap. I only have a couple games but I modded it but most games I saw they looked average as hell but in your vid there where tons of games I had no idea that they where on the DS. Crazy. So now I've got new found love for my DS. Wanna play it more. So yeh there are people that watch your long vids, gd company having my tablet on with yo channel, great stuff m8!!!!!!! PEACE
Gonna watch this later;) something I definitely need to do😅
Do you ever feel like you have no time to play your games? And you can’t decide what to play because you don’t want whatever you choose to be a waste of your time?
Best way to downsize without regret is to sell them off slowly. If you want to sell a game, and a week later you still want to sell it, probably safe to let go without regrets. I put games I want to sell in a pile, and the next week I go through and remove any I changed my mind on. Just my thoughts
I like the music from your original intro, now only outro.
OK which video was that Steambot Chronicles unboxing from???
And sick intro
I'm slowly downsizing game's myself save up for House. Just don't have free time to gaming like l did in highschool.
Subscribe as well
Dig the new intro a lot
That intro! I need a hero too!
Hey Reggie! What shooter are you playing in the background?
I choose to selectively increase mine... never sold.. only passed off ones i feel are unplayable for me. Only a few ive tried and hated tbf.
100% right. I’m the same way, I wanted to play a lot of games, but ended up with a collection. I downsized once but then ended up buying most of them back later on. No regrets.
Sometimes i look back and regret downsizing my collection.
It's bad advice to sell your games. Stick the discs in a storage case and throw away the plastic cases. The manuals and sleeves can be kept as they don't take up much room.
If you can back them up digitally then do it.
I've had games on my shelf for years before I got to play them, but it was worth keeping them.
That's what I do trash the case n keep the book n artwork
Same here.
think he's referring to people with >2000 games. i used to have 2000, downsized to 500, on 2 big shelves, very happy with it, cos they're the best games. no trash filler.
@Darth Wheezius sold some n64 too, wow 35-40 quid is a lot, that's like 400 kroner or 2,000 imperial banabari's
Good advice, personally I keep my game collection concise to the point where each title should get equal love and attention.
Marie Kondo's Konmari method: Does the item spark joy? 😆
Great video Reggie a lot of people have video game collection and they never even beat 10% of the games they have me every game I play i try to beat it the latest game I beat was Castlevania for Sega Genesis and that was the first time I played that game It took a few days
I've got a small book shelf full of games. About 100. That's good enough for me.
I feel you, I only collect games I know im gonna play. Im sure y'alls back list is crazy too. Couldn't ever finish anything because i have so many others to play. It is a little depressing
Man listen for that beat drop in the video it’s fire 🔥
I downsized my ps3 collection the most, just because of time to play any of them. Just too many other games had me more interested. Now I regret selling not all, but a good chunk of them. But the reality is I would need three more lives to be able to say I have played every game I own. So in retrospect it made me sad I did it, but it was the right decision. Love ur videos man!
I feel the same about my Pokemon Gameboy collection, but then again I already played the snot out of them as a kid & they just sat around collecting dust serving a nostalgic memory.
You are so right I feel like downsizing my wonderswan and games it just collects dust and I have no emotion connection to it!
the way i like to collect is if i am going to use it somehow. like if i want to make a random thing about it or play it. i just think it just happens after a certain point regardless what your collecting.
I recently did exactly this took a good hard look at my collection and realized it was really random but i am a big Xbox fan so i started focusing on that. I took some of my smaller random collections. Wii U i had 3-4 games i had picked up cheap but didnt even own the system i was able to swap those for things i needed on xbox. All My sega stuff (Mostly common Genesis) is up next as i was always a nintendo kid so going to bundle that all up and see if i can get a few more for my SNES collections or Xbox whatever i can find.
I just started recently getting into ps2 and wii game collecting as its fun to go and hunt down wierd and odd games for cheap. I also want to collect because most people don;t take care of said games at the flea market. Sun baked and cracked and they still think they are worth it. I try to salvage and keep a copy of games alive as many people will forget them
that intro tune...we need a hero!
love that intro.
One day, I hope to be in the media glitch intro
Glad I picked up sweet home at launch. It's a good game. When it's in a tote or packed up you also can forget exactly what you have. Atleast I have.
yeah it happened to me lol I still have my games lol one day I will play them
Sad that the bulk of my ps1&2 collection some 500+ games are in boxes, I just don't have the space to display them all.
P.s. that new intro is sweet!
My thing is avoiding the NEED to collect everything. I tend to get hooked on a console and then buy, buy, buy and then a few months or a year later, I wonder why I bought a lot of this stuff. Also the space thing and moving around (like you mentioned in the video - stuff in totes, etc), its freeing in a way to trim the fat off the collection. It also helps to cut yourself loose from the whole limited print run stuff going on now (or at least be more selective with those titles coming out from the various boutique vendors)
Lately I've drilled down to a couple of thematic collections: My ongoing hockey game collection spanning all consoles/regions and my PSVR collection. The only new console I buy regularly for otherwise is the Switch. I'm satisfied with that.
I collecting obscure games to play on my UA-cam channel. Stuff I find at GoodWill. I've been doing that and naturally my collection is growing and I play games I didnt give the time of day when I was younger. So I've been having finding terrible and surprisingly good games. 😊
Never down size, always buy more, fill the room till it still's over that's how my game room is.
CosGamer 😆
I have regrets selling some games and getting rid of cases just to make room. I'm going to share with everyone that works for me. And that's taking out any CD game, X box, ps1, ps2, ps3, PC, and storing them in one of those CD binders that holds hundreds of CDs. Then I'll store the actual game cases away. Saves so much room.
I'm trying to find an ultimate emulator machine so I can store away my old game systems. They are too bulky and too much wires and plugs lol.
So far I'm ok with room. There are games I played like one time only. At the moment, I almost exclusively play skyrim and madden 15. I love skyrim because with every character I make, I give them a back story. I plan on writing a novel based on fantasy with elves orcs and all that.
I play madden because I love the game of football.
I make athletes for all teams, so not just my own team. Makes it way more interesting. Just wish I could create my own teams. With madden 12 I made all new 32 teams. But I don't like madden 12 but kept it for being the last one to make your own team.
That's basically what I do. With working practically all day 6 days a week, I don't have much time to play games like I did when I was a kid.
Game on my fellow gamers!
Reggie, did u ply Absolver? U shud do a vid on it!