I've come to a point in my life when I have game collections from various videogame systems stacked in cuboards and closets.

I recently sold 3 games and I'm selling 4 more, including Mario Kart DS, Advance wars Days of Ruin, Boom Blox and more. It's come to a point where I have to get rid of good games as new ones keep coming in.

How do you decide what to keep and what to bin. I find myself keeping great games that I think I will play again and never do. Or keeping crappy games that have no resale value.

Sometimes its hard being ruthless and I'm trying to get rid of games I know I will never get around to replaying. It's tough.

If I'm truthful about it the games I keep either have to be GREAT as in Zelda great that you will dip back into because the experience is that good. Or short, as in you can get the same experience again without having to invest the world.

The last option is to limit yourself to one platform? Anyone willing to do this?

gamingeek said:.

The last option is to limit yourself to one platform? Anyone willing to do this?

I tried doing this with the Wii. It didn't work thanks to its crappy third-party support.

gamingeek said:

Ravenprose said:

gamingeek said:.

The last option is to limit yourself to one platform? Anyone willing to do this?

I tried doing this with the Wii. It didn't work thanks to its crappy third-party support.

How's it working with 360 only?

Or do you just borrow the wii you gave to your sister?

I haven't been 360-only since August when my sister gave me back my Wii; she got herself a new one for her birthday. When I gave my Wii to her last March, I told her that it was hers to keep, but she declined and only borrowed it until she could get herself one. I was surprised when she gave it back so soon.

I considered selling it, but E3 kinda changed my tune on the Wii with Wii Sports Resort, NSMB, and Super Mario Galaxy 2.

gamingeek said:

Oh right, you never mentioned it.

Hmm, I thought I did, but I may not have fully explained it. I don't remember.

gamingeek said:

Ravenprose said:

gamingeek said:

Oh right, you never mentioned it.

Hmm, I thought I did, but I may not have fully explained it. I don't remember.

Did you reclaim your games from her?

Yep. She didn't like most of them, including Galaxy! The only one she liked was Mario Kart Wii and Wii Sports. She now has all of the Lego games too.

gamingeek said:.

The last option is to limit yourself to one platform? Anyone willing to do this?

I've always done this (ok, well, one console, one handheld per generation).  There have always been enough games that I want meaning an additional console would just feel like I'm missing even more.

I was a collector up until the beginning of the last gen when I was hit with a double whammy.  In 2001 I broke up with an ex that had my NES and SNES and most of the games that belonged with them.  The bitch pawned them shortly thereafter (still a small price to pay for getting away from that beast).

Additionally I was laid off form my job the year before and couldn't get a new one to save my life, so I to keep afloat I had to sell off all of my remaining games, and the ones for my PS1 and N64.  

As a result, it sort of broke my compulsion as a collector.  Since then I never had more than about 20 games in my possession at a given time, and that's usually been for 2 or 3 systems.  There just aren't many old games I go back and play and once I realized that it made it a lot easier to sell them to buy new ones.  

Ravenprose said:

Ever since the 16-Bit days, I've had at least two home consoles per generation: Genesis/SNES, Saturn/N64, Gamecube/Xbox, and now Wii/360. It would be very nice to have only one home console, and still feel satisfied; but I doubt I'll ever feel that way again. The last time that happened was with my Atari 2600.

Same here.

Foolz said:

I've always considered selling things, but in the end, they just become a part of the house!

So you live in a sty?

How do you all arrange your collections?