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| legendary25:
I decided to collect some of my old favorite PS1 games in mint condition and have been buying a few. Some are more difficult to find than others in relatively perfect or near perfect factory wrapped condition. I have a few questions for the more experienced collectors? If a PS1 Game being sold as New is not Y-Fold Sealed but has a shrinkwrap seal, does that mean the game has been resealed and is not actually a new game, or as valuable? Do some New games actually have a shrinkwrap seal by the manufacturer/factory seal instead of Y-Fold? (Y-Fold=New, Shrinkwrap=probably resealed in a store?) Also, as a side question, would PS2 games follow the same general rule with the Y-Fold vs. Shrinkwrap relating to my above question as to whether only the Y-Fold Seal is the only truly Brand New seal and the Shrinkwrap is probably used? Is it worth it to buy a Greatest Hits PS1 game New with Y-Fold Seal or is it better to buy a shrinkwrapped Black Label? Most of the PS1 games will be about 20 years old by now, so from a collector point-of-view do you think some minor tears in the Y-Fold seal is acceptable, and potentially a single crack on the plastic case? Many games are difficult to find in near-perfect or perfect condition so should a collector be patient and hope for that near-perfect or perfect copy someone held onto and preserved in Excellent, Brand New condition or is it better to buy a Brand New Copy in Great Condition with minor tears and potentially a minor crack or minor-moderate crack on the case, and maybe settle for a shrinkwrap seal instead of Y-Fold, and maybe a Greatest Hits instead of a Black Label (original release)? Also, many of the PS2 games I want to buy will be about 15 years old on average and there aren't as many PS2 games I want to collect but the ones I do are somewhat scarce and difficult to find so I assume I'll also need to settle for some imperfections, like I mention above. |
| oldgamerz:
As far as new mint sealed any kind of game. I personally don't leave something sealed unless I just want the game around for decoration. You got to be careful with buying sealed games used or second hand ( or even non sealed games used) because there always lye a chance that the game was resealed without the disc inside. The disc may or may not even be in the case if your game was resealed. I don't want to scare you, but unless you plan to sell a video game in the future if I were you I would not leave it sealed. Do whatever you feel I bought a sealed PS1 game once and the game was bent and it would not spin |
| rayne315:
good luck to you legendary on your sealed collection. as far as ps1 games go they were a combination of Y fold (most common) and flat fold (rare) in US. the main thing really to look out for is that they have the still sealed/unbroken holo foil on the top edge (unsure if every ps1 game had them but every one I remember did). and obviously if it just looks wrong/feels wrong it probably is. |
| legendary25:
--- Quote from: rayne315 on August 29, 2018, 11:25:52 am ---good luck to you legendary on your sealed collection. as far as ps1 games go they were a combination of Y fold (most common) and flat fold (rare) in US. the main thing really to look out for is that they have the still sealed/unbroken holo foil on the top edge (unsure if every ps1 game had them but every one I remember did). and obviously if it just looks wrong/feels wrong it probably is. --- End quote --- What is a flat fold seal? I tried googling it and couldn't find a picture to show how a flat fold seal looks. Can you look at this picture of a game and tell me if you think it is brand new or if it was resealed? |
| bikingjahuty:
PS1 collecting is hard enough finding some games used and with disk that doesn't look like it was used as a coaster for the last decade. New PS1 collecting is going to be unimaginably expensive and I doubt you'll find much outside online sellers. |
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