Do You Buy Something Just Because It's Rare Or Fun Factor?

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aetherorange:
I only buy games I find fun or want to play. I understand the appeal to own games that are rare just for the sake of them being rare regardless of how good or bad they are, but I can never get behind that mentality myself. If games I like are common and cheap, all the better for me!

betelgeuse:
I use to in the past, when you could actually find stuff out at retail stores. I had a group of friends that I could trade with. We all lived/worked in different cities. Lately just been buying stuff to play.

hoshichiri:

--- Quote from: justin8301 on June 05, 2018, 05:13:28 pm ---Just because you don't like the color of a cover, or the fact that something is a second printing, doesn't make it inferior... Its the same exact game. By all means you can collect how ever you want, I just don't think there is any reason to knock these variants.

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It's physical objects, being collected, by fans of a primarily visual media. 'Being ugly' is a pretty big problem. You'll note not many are bothered by the variants considered to be ascetically inoffensive- your platinum hits, your Nintendo selects, etc.

I think there may also be a tiny bit of gamer cred at stake... after all, you don't get a greatest hits release unless you were, in fact, a great hit. Meaning everyone played the game ages ago. A greatest hits version on your shelf clearly reads "I did not play this when it was new"... which implies "I'm not gamer enough to have known it was good." A very tiny and pointless thing, really- but if people can have dick-waving contests over shit like PC vs. Console and 'my genre is better than your genre', why not throw 'I was here first' onto the pile?

turf:

--- Quote from: hoshichiri on July 03, 2018, 12:23:15 pm ---
--- Quote from: justin8301 on June 05, 2018, 05:13:28 pm ---Just because you don't like the color of a cover, or the fact that something is a second printing, doesn't make it inferior... Its the same exact game. By all means you can collect how ever you want, I just don't think there is any reason to knock these variants.

--- End quote ---

It's physical objects, being collected, by fans of a primarily visual media. 'Being ugly' is a pretty big problem. You'll note not many are bothered by the variants considered to be ascetically inoffensive- your platinum hits, your Nintendo selects, etc.

I think there may also be a tiny bit of gamer cred at stake... after all, you don't get a greatest hits release unless you were, in fact, a great hit. Meaning everyone played the game ages ago. A greatest hits version on your shelf clearly reads "I did not play this when it was new"... which implies "I'm not gamer enough to have known it was good." A very tiny and pointless thing, really- but if people can have dick-waving contests over shit like PC vs. Console and 'my genre is better than your genre', why not throw 'I was here first' onto the pile?

--- End quote ---

I like getting the non-greatest hits versions. It’s like getting a first print of a record or comic. I just like them better

droaa:
I cosign all the GH points. I have been for the most part trying to replace what I can in terms of what I have GH with non-GH because I personally like the black label better on the PS2 as well as the PS1 vs. the green labels. Same goes with the solid red PS3 covers vs. the black label and transparent PS3 covers. As it stands, I have a few left on my PS2 collection.

To answer the question, I say I now lean towards fun factor. I used to be of the mindset of such and such is rare so I must have it even though chances are I wont play it for sometime. The mindset now is if I want this then it better be played sooner than later.

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