Poll of the Day > Y'all must be rich to never have to sell your video games!

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Jesus, the results of toda's poll says that most of the people that come to GameFAQs are all rich since they never sell their used video games at all. I can't imagine keeping a $60 game that was so bad I never want to touch it again. I could use that money for other stuff.

Or we're picky about games we buy and are smart enough with our money that we don't need to sell any of our possessions

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KaijunoKami posted...

Jesus, the results of toda's poll says that most of the people that come to GameFAQs are all rich since they never sell their used video games at all. I can't imagine keeping a $60 game that was so bad I never want to touch it again. I could use that money for other stuff.

I can't imagine buying a $60 game that was so bad.

I've sold every console and game I ever owned, but I wouldn't say I sold games regularly. So I voted the last option.

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why are you so mad today

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I'm actually more disturbed by the 20% votes to buying digital..

People aren't always like that because of wealth. In my case, I just seem to have a good eye for games. The last time I paid full price for a game that was so bad I never want to touch it again was Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly on GameCube, which I traded in toward LoZ Wind Waker.

I have a substantial backlog, and I regularly go months at a time without buying any new games (this won't be one of those months). Last game that caught my eye had a Metacritic rating in the 40s, which I ended up rather enjoying and would probably be replaying had I not been hit with an itch to pull a game I bought a couple years ago but never finished out of my backlog.

xjayguyx posted...

I'm actually more disturbed by the 20% votes to buying digital..

Don't be. That option doesn't account for however many people (myself included) who buy most of their games digitally at least in part because they don't regularly sell their games.

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Or maybe we're not so bankrupt that we actually need the pennies-on-the-dollar that our hoard of old games might bring in. =p

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Digital cuts out middlemen like gamestop. Every digital sale is worth more to publishers/developers than a physical sale by a pretty wide margin. Theres also no risk since you can't overprint or under print a digital release.

Making it easier for a game to be successful means it's easier for devs to stay afloat without having to appeal to the widest possible audience. Digital is the way to go. It's also convenient to not have to go anywhere to get it and to near instantly have access as long as you have your account even on another device. It boggles my mind that anyone outside of collectors would still buy physical knowing it's worse for devs at the same cost to you.

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I never buy games at full price or even near full price, so theres little point selling a 10 game as i wouldnt gain much.

Well y'see, the people who don't sell their games... tend to play the ones they have more than once

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It is the closest thing we'll get to a wall of skulls. Jokes aside, I have a collectors/hoarders mindset so simply like to keep stuff. However I have shifted to digital games and books years ago to avoid taking up more shelf space.

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Seems like a shitty troll topic.

KaijunoKami posted...

I can't imagine keeping a $60 game that was so bad I never want to touch it again.

1) You're assuming people pay full list
2) You're assuming that the games are worth all that much when you go to sell them

The fact that there's very little money in selling most games I'd be willing to part with is why I don't bother to sell them.

KaijunoKami posted...

I could use that money for other stuff.

Most of us aren't hard up for the $5 or $10 that would come from selling a lot of used titles. And the ones that are moderately valuable are things I'd rather keep. For example, I own a still-sealed copy of Rule of Rose which is apparently hard to find these days

https://venturebeat.com/community/2013/11/11/rule-of-rose-a-flawed-masterpiece-that-you-will-never-play/

I paid maybe $25 or $30 for it years ago and just never got around to playing it. If you look around on a lot of sites like ebay, etc, people are apparently attempting to sell used copies for over a hundred or two hundred.

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I think maybe a view the creator is getting at is that so many of us as kids had to sell our games to get different ones.
I'd get a few new games for my birthday and stuff, and then throughout the year I'd trade in games so I could play even more.

As an adult, I rarely return a game at all; usually only if it doesn't work.

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TC are you like 12?

For a normal adult, 60 dollars here and there isn't a big deal.

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jkdarlow posted...

I never buy games at full price or even near full price

This. MSRP is sucker price.

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I dont understand why this is a difficult concept.

If I like a game, I keep it and replay it. If I dont like a game or dont have plans to replay it, I sell it.

Having old games is great because it means theres always something to play. Its better than crying about gaming droughts.

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JOExHIGASHI posted...

Or we're picky about games we buy and are smart enough with our money that we don't need to sell any of our possessions

Right? I almost never preorder or buy brand new games, unless they've got day one content I can't get in any other way, I have enough at the time to afford it, and I know I'm likely to love the game (for example, most of the FF series, or stuff I've played in demos). I certainly don't buy so many games at full price that I would end up with enough games I didn't want to keep to make trading them in worth the money.

OP, your interpretation of the poll is so ridiculous I can't even. I have to save for months to buy a full price game if I want to. That's why I'm not stupid enough to go randomly buying crap I'm not sure I'll like. I don't take risks on brand new, unused physical copies of games, because I've never really been able to afford that. There are plenty enough people like you out there, who are comfortable blowing their cash on full price games against the chance you might not like them and would decide to return them, so I don't need to do it to keep up the industry. Who is it you think ends up buying the games you trade in, if not people like me? Dope =P

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I always sold games just because i'm a minimalist and don't want a giant box of dusty games in my garage one day that i never touched and end up just throwing away

Especially now with most games i ever want to go back and experience can be digitally downloaded.

KaijunoKami posted...

I can't imagine keeping a $60 game that was so bad I never want to touch it again.

It's a good job I don't buy games that are bad then. The price you get back for selling most games isn't worth the hassle too. Besides most my games are bought in sales/price drops because they are not worth full price. Perhaps you should do the same.

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I legit can't remember the last game I bought for $60.

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The biggest decreases in my physical game collections were mum tossing out the Mega Drive games (nobody plays them any more, we don't need them) or after a break in. I prefer to keep most of my games as long as possible. Also, sales and used games, I'm paying significantly less.
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i rarely buy at $60, unless it's a game i'm really pumped about. most of the time i'll wait for a deep discount, ok?

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I have only ever sold 1 video game and I regret doing so. Pokemon snap.

Its neat having your things on a shelf. Not gonna lie.

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Most of mine are collectors editions. I still have an unopened Halo 3 collectors edition. Im not rich I just dont need to sell what Ive bought because I still work.

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KJ StErOiDs posted...

Or maybe we're not so bankrupt that we actually need the pennies-on-the-dollar that our hoard of old games might bring in. =p

Speaking of penniea on the dollar friemd of mine tried selling a game to game stop and they refused to buy it saying the computer said it was only worth half a penny. Some bs about it was a online oriented game and the servers had since shut down. Ignoring the fact it did have single player and local multiplayer.

Anyways ive been so poor ive had to sell games just to have money to do other things i enjoy (never for anything necessary) but last time I sold any games was literally just cause I had zero intention on playing the games ever again. Uncharted 4 (came with my ps4 and I wasnt impressed) and for honor because I found only the online gameplay fun but i decided ps plus wasnt worth keeping.

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xjayguyx posted...

I can't imagine buying a $60 game

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As a kid, we were well off, so I didn't need to sell them, nor did I particularly want to. Now I don't buy console games. I certainly wouldn't pay $60 for one.
The majority of games I play these days are on steam, so can't really sell my games. I do get refunds for them sometimes.

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I've sold games that I've either 1)tried and discovered that I'm not good at (such as Zelda) or 2)I tried them once and lost interest for one reason or another (pokemon ranger series falls into this category). To me it makes no sense to play a game where I get so fustrated that I feel like throwing my game system or phone at a wall since you're supposed to get some enjoyment out of playing.

Games don't resell for much anyway, even if I wanted to sell them, so why bother?

How do I afford not selling them? Well...
Until just this past gen or so, I would NEVER get a console until the new gen was out and the old ones were super marked down. The games in turn also tended to be cheaper by then.
(Now with all the stupid pre-order only content and the fact that most games are half price within a year anyway and within 2-3 years all but the most common titles are gone from store shelves and can end up becoming MORE EXPENSIVE than at launch due to rarity, it kinda forced me to keep up w/ the times more)

JOExHIGASHI posted...

Or we're picky about games we buy and are smart enough with our money that we don't need to sell any of our possessions

Also this. I usually don't buy that many games. Probably average ~ 8 games per console. That's it.
I buy games I think I'll like or will be good, I don't just buy up hundreds of titles on a whim.

Most of the games I currently own aren't worth dick.

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Yup, have to rich to avoid selling $60 games for a buck or two. Have to be even richer to buy physical games, and avoid flushing money on renting worthless digital ghosts that aren't collectible, lendable, or resellable.

Who ever said videogaming was smart?

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KaijunoKami posted...

I can't imagine keeping a $60 game that was so bad I never want to touch it again. I could use that money for other stuff.

I mean, I'd rather not sale a $60 game for like $5. That's maybe lunch...

xjayguyx posted...

I'm actually more disturbed by the 20% votes to buying digital..

That is pretty disturbing...
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InfestedAdam posted...

It is the closest thing we'll get to a wall of skulls. Jokes aside, I have a collectors/hoarders mindset so simply like to keep stuff. However I have shifted to digital games and books years ago to avoid taking up more shelf space.

I could never do that. I will pirate before I pay for a digital copy. Books are even worse digitally.

You also can't have a collection like this of digital books:





xjayguyx posted...

I can't imagine buying a $60 game that was so bad.

Well I didn't intentionally buy RE6 and Hitman Absolution expecting them to suck. lol

YoukaiSlayer posted... Digital is the way to go.

Nope. I totally disagree. The only thing you get out of digital is a computer screen telling you you are borrowing that game.

With a physical copy, not only do you own the game for as long as you choose to do so, but you can put it on your shelf for display so you can enjoy something you put money towards. Not to mention that you never have to worry about the game no longer being available over time on your machine if the license were to expire, and you can let friends borrow it.

Oh, and if you don't like the game, you can sell it. You can't do that with a digital copy.

EvilMegas posted...

TC are you like 12?

For a normal adult, 60 dollars here and there isn't a big deal.

lol Nope. I'm 37 and have a job where I make $16 an hour with a Master's Degree and the cost of living is expensive here in CO. But that's my own fault for getting educated and being a teacher, right?

LinkPizza posted...

I mean, I'd rather not sale a $60 game for like $5. That's maybe lunch...

That is pretty disturbing...

Who are you selling yours games to for $5?

Anyway, thanks for the replies everyone. Some of you have got some interesting posts.

KaijunoKami posted...

Who are you selling yours games to for $5?

It may be an exaggeration. But I don't think GameStop pays much for games. And not many places buy physical games from people...
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KaijunoKami posted...

I could never do that. I will pirate before I pay for a digital copy. Books are even worse digitally.

You also can't have a collection like this of digital books:

Physical stuff is awesome. But there is a point where you have book cases on top of book cases holding all the stuff you own and you start wondering stuff like 'How dead will I be in an earth quake?'
https://i.imgur.com/RAUr0zl.jpg
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KaijunoKami posted...

I'm 37

and you made this topic?

fucking cringe

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I tried to sell one game but nobody wanted it since it was crap.
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I sold almost all my childhood games and consoles and I regret it now. But at least it's easy these days to find most old games again in various forms

KaijunoKami posted...

But that's my own fault for getting educated and being a teacher, right?

So you're saying you pulled this topic from out of your arse.

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I will point out also if a game really sucks and you buy it at $60 the market starts to get flooded with them especially if it was a game everyone thought would be great and bought it day 1.

I have seen some $60 titles go to like $20 or less used in the matter of a few weeks because the game sucks heavily. Keep in mind I mean $20 is what places like Gamestop would sell it for meaning they will give you a few bucks.

streamofthesky posted...

Also this. I usually don't buy that many games. Probably average ~ 8 games per console. That's it.
I buy games I think I'll like or will be good, I don't just buy up hundreds of titles on a whim.

Somehow it just seems easier to buy a game when I see it for cheap than it does to put a lot of thought into whether or not to buy it.

KaijunoKami posted...

lol Nope. I'm 37 and have a job where I make $16 an hour with a Master's Degree and the cost of living is expensive here in CO. But that's my own fault for getting educated and being a teacher, right?

Pick a better major in your next life.

And wait, you're bitching about the COL in fucking Colorado? -_-

DeltaBladeX posted...

Physical stuff is awesome. But there is a point where you have book cases on top of book cases holding all the stuff you own and you start wondering stuff like 'How dead will I be in an earth quake?'

You should see some of my bookcases. Forget earthquakes, I'm sometimes doubtful they can hold the weight of everything on them. Some of my bookcases that are only about 4 ft or 5 ft tall have books, etc, stacked atop them reaching almost to the ceiling.

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I've purchased like less than 10 (physical) video games in the past decade.

• Pokemon Y
• Monster Hunter Portable something or other
• Pokemon Alpha Sapphire
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 2
• Tales of Graces f
• Pokemon SwSh double pack (counts as 2 games I guess)

8 games in 10 years. Also 3 consoles (2DS, PS3, Switch). Why would I sell any of them?
To be honest, 2 of them weren't available on PC at the time of their purchase, 1 I got only because I bought a used PS3 and the others are locked by Nintendo's proprietary malware.

I'd love to sell some of my PC games but that would destroy those dank profit margins on PC.

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Zeus posted...

You should see some of my bookcases. Forget earthquakes, I'm sometimes doubtful they can hold the weight of everything on them. Some of my bookcases that are only about 4 ft or 5 ft tall have books, etc, stacked atop them reaching almost to the ceiling.

Would probably do less damage to the stuff below at least. How I'm doing this is a health hazard.
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I don't sell Anything. My games and consoles are too precious for me.
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Shadowbird_RH posted...

People aren't always like that because of wealth. In my case, I just seem to have a good eye for games. The last time I paid full price for a game that was so bad I never want to touch it again was Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly on GameCube, which I traded in toward LoZ Wind Waker.

I have a substantial backlog, and I regularly go months at a time without buying any new games (this won't be one of those months). Last game that caught my eye had a Metacritic rating in the 40s, which I ended up rather enjoying and would probably be replaying had I not been hit with an itch to pull a game I bought a couple years ago but never finished out of my backlog.

Don't be. That option doesn't account for however many people (myself included) who buy most of their games digitally at least in part because they don't regularly sell their games.

Flushing money is still flushing money.

Bigbuffetboy85 posted...

I always sold games just because i'm a minimalist and don't want a giant box of dusty games in my garage one day that i never touched and end up just throwing away

Especially now with most games i ever want to go back and experience can be digitally downloaded.

Ugh this made me cringe hard. Toss away games? Digital? You love to flush money don't you.. ouch.

LinkPizza posted...

It may be an exaggeration. But I don't think GameStop pays much for games. And not many places buy physical games from people...

Is Gamestop the only place in existence that buys games in your area? Because there's ebay, there's Amazon, there's a physical store near me called 2nd & Charles, there's another local game store called Level 7 Games, etc.

Mead posted...

and you made this topic?

fucking cringe

It's called fun. Imagine that, wanting to have a fun discussion for once on this message board that wasn't bogged down into politics or what movies sucks over which movie, etc. What is so wrong with that?

Zikten posted...

I sold almost all my childhood games and consoles and I regret it now. But at least it's easy these days to find most old games again in various forms

Yeah, there are a few I do regret selling. Ninja Gaiden Trilogy, Castlevania Bloodlines, Castlevania Lament of Innocence, most of my PS1 games, but oh well.

Zeus posted...

And wait, you're bitching about the COL in fucking Colorado? -_-

Yeah, it is becoming as expensive as California. One Bedroom apartments these days cost anyway from $1100-1400 and that's in shitty neighborhoods. The 2 bedroom apartment my wife and I have is $1700 and that rate is only because we moved in in 2012. The rate today for moving in for the first time is $2200. Ever since they legalized pot here the costs have sky rocketed due to how many bums moved here.

I just saw a video Ninja Gaiden Trilogy is a worse port of the games in a couple cases. They took the Nintendo games and were so lazy porting them they cut some major corners and they are worse.