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General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: xstonekinghtx on August 19, 2013, 06:55:59 pm
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I was thinking about this one because i saw a video on youtube (Scott his name, do video game sellers videos) and he was talking about that he doesnt like collect sealed games, because he want to play it and other stuff (well you can buy 2 copies or download a emulator xD) so i was thinking why not get sealed games? which is the real reason that he cant collect sealed games?. For me doesnt matter, but I like to collect sealed games over the prowend one. For example I have Final fantasy 8 and final fantasy 9 both sealed but also i have 2 more copies of each one (black label and gratest hits) that are opened, so if I find a game that i really like, i try to find the sealed copy for the reason that is valuable and because i like the game. So tell me, sealed or opened game and why :D
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as long as it has the disc and a box im happy. manual is a plus
im a gamer first and a collector second
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I don't really care to have sealed games. I like to play them and no emulating is not the same as playing the cart. I also really do not mess with disk based games I leave that to the kid. If I ever decide to get sealed games it will be a few games I had as a kid that are my favourites. The Legend of Zelda, Kid Icarus, Metroid, and maybe the the Marios and they will go on the wall in shadow boxes. I really do not see it happening though. I pretty much stick to thrifts for my games, sometimes I go to the used game store and see if I can get the 5 for $5 deal. I just do this for fun.
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honestly same reasons as scott(scottsquatch as it says on his youtube) for me. I never got why people collect sealed games. I tried to but they always somehow end up opened, and the two I have sealed still are for possible trades cause I either don't care for the game or it's a double, but got a great deal for it.
and honestly if you haven't checked out Scottsquatch's channel you should
http://www.youtube.com/user/JHMDF
and holy hell look at at his game room video
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My collection is meant to be played; but that doesn't stop me from buying a sealed game if the price is right. If I can get a sealed copy of a game for the same price as an open one, I will buy it and put it on the shelf sealed. When I'm ready to play the game I check ebay to see if the price has gone up. If so I'll buy an open copy of the game and put the sealed one on ebay. If not I wont waste two seconds opening it.
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Everything is correct, but i love more collect sealed over opened games, specifically on games I like. I think is the best you can get from that game you love, beside to play it of course (because if you love it you will want to get a used copy to play it and other for collect it). Like i said, I'm crazy with final fantasy games, and for example, I owned 5 copies of FF7 (misprint black label,misprint greatest hits, black label, 2 greatest hits) and I would like to have the sealed copy too because there i would say: now i have every copy of the game (also i have the international version and the Japanese too). I dont know maybe I'm too fanatic of the dam game that i get into craziness with it xD
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My hope is to become obscenely rich, buy tons of sealed versions of super-rare games, and make videos where I open them up and play them while laughing maniacally... and then sell them for a couple dollars just to mess with the market.
Having trouble with the "getting rich" part though.
Really not into sealed games, I don't exactly get the point of getting a game if you're not gonna play it (and if you buy extras to play... why not just open the sealed one and give it to someone who will play it?). The only reason I may have a sealed game is if I just didn't get to playing it yet... My only "sealed" game right now is Mario & Luigi Dream Team, and that's gonna change within a week or 2.
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I buy them opened, since it's cheaper, and I never keep my games sealed.
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I'd rather have an open game that I can play, than a sealed game that just sits there. Sure I have my Castlevania collection in nice plastic protectors, but I also have loose copies of each of the Cart based games to play.
Most of the sealed games I own are actually ones that I've bought and not gotten a chance to play yet... like the SMT: Devil Summoner games on PS2. Though I do have a couple sealed games that I bought cause the price was right, such as D for Saturn from Foxhack. I have one copy of a Naruto game that we got for a Review copy for Digital Something years ago. I never got a chance to open it up and review it and it sits on my PS2 shelf. I've decided to leave that one sealed.
But for the most part, I don't care for sealed games and agree with the point of view that a collection is meant to be played. Any game that I got new and bought it with the intention to play it will get opened eventually. And I always open Collector's Editions, because I like to look appreciate the work these companies put into making it special.
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I've passed over sealed games for open games. A local game store prices them the same. The price is based on title, doesn't matter if it is loose, complete, or sealed. But I figure, someone else will get more enjoyment out of a sealed game than I would who will just open it up.
Now, I do have a few sealed games. They are doubles and were found insanely cheap. They are some Game Gear games I found for $1 a piece. I plan on keeping these sealed. After so many decades, I kind of forgot what it was like to hold a Game Gear box. It's also the only system I have that has the horrible cardboard boxes. So, I plan to keep a few as a personal historical reference of... "this is what Game Gear games looked like". The sealed aspect just means I'm not opening them, bending the cardboard, and ruining the box. They seem to stay dent free easier when sealed. I know that thin plastic can't protect it, but somehow it seems to.
I don't see a big difference between sealed and unsealed Genesis games.
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My hope is to become obscenely rich, buy tons of sealed versions of super-rare games, and make videos where I open them up and play them while laughing maniacally... and then sell them for a couple dollars just to mess with the market.
Having trouble with the "getting rich" part though.
Really not into sealed games, I don't exactly get the point of getting a game if you're not gonna play it (and if you buy extras to play... why not just open the sealed one and give it to someone who will play it?). The only reason I may have a sealed game is if I just didn't get to playing it yet... My only "sealed" game right now is Mario & Luigi Dream Team, and that's gonna change within a week or 2.
You and I think to much alike sometimes.
VGA graded ones then take a hammer to the acrylic box. Don't damage the actual game box. I bet some collectors would piss right down both legs.
I figure you wouldn't mess with the market too much. Probably some reseller would snatch it up immediately and then post it for sell priced sky high before the dust settled. :-\
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I like to buy used games because I don't like to open them. My wife put an irrational fear of opening collector's editions.
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My collection is meant to be played; but that doesn't stop me from buying a sealed game if the price is right. If I can get a sealed copy of a game for the same price as an open one, I will buy it and put it on the shelf sealed. When I'm ready to play the game I check ebay to see if the price has gone up. If so I'll buy an open copy of the game and put the sealed one on ebay. If not I wont waste two seconds opening it.
This is the answer that would be the closest to my own.
I don't limit myself to one and/or restrict myself from the other.
IMO, under the right circumstances - they both are worth looking at.
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This is a pretty debated topic often. This is my point of view. If I find a game sealed for the right price, Ill take it. I have a lot of the games in my DQ collection sealed. They were actually cheaper (low watched auctions vs BIN) than a complete copy so I snatched them up. I also have a few games in my collection that I found sealed that I went ahead and bought. Do I search specifically for sealed games? No.
But its all taste. Some people actually prefer sealed games and to them I say good luck. Lots of people will mention the "games are meant to be played" as a reason to never own sealed games but, at the same time, people collect guns, stamps, money, cards, comics, etc. All of those items have a purpose outside of collecting too. I say do what you want and dont let anyone else tell you how or what to collect. :)
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This is a pretty debated topic often. This is my point of view. If I find a game sealed for the right price, Ill take it. I have a lot of the games in my DQ collection sealed. They were actually cheaper (low watched auctions vs BIN) than a complete copy so I snatched them up. I also have a few games in my collection that I found sealed that I went ahead and bought. Do I search specifically for sealed games? No.
But its all taste. Some people actually prefer sealed games and to them I say good luck. Lots of people will mention the "games are meant to be played" as a reason to never own sealed games but, at the same time, people collect guns, stamps, money, cards, comics, etc. All of those items have a purpose outside of collecting too. I say do what you want and dont let anyone else tell you how or what to collect. :)
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This is a pretty debated topic often. This is my point of view. If I find a game sealed for the right price, Ill take it. I have a lot of the games in my DQ collection sealed. They were actually cheaper (low watched auctions vs BIN) than a complete copy so I snatched them up. I also have a few games in my collection that I found sealed that I went ahead and bought. Do I search specifically for sealed games? No.
But its all taste. Some people actually prefer sealed games and to them I say good luck. Lots of people will mention the "games are meant to be played" as a reason to never own sealed games but, at the same time, people collect guns, stamps, money, cards, comics, etc. All of those items have a purpose outside of collecting too. I say do what you want and dont let anyone else tell you how or what to collect. :)
I do the same, i dont search for sealed games but if I see one I right away buy it (if the price is worth for it). That happened to me with the sealed final fantasy games, I was looking for final fantasy stuff on ebay and see this auction with the sealed game, so i wait until the game have lik 10s to finish and entered the bid and win :D (like for only $20). So yeah, if the game is worth it why not to buy it.
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I no longer buy sealed games unless it's the same price as CIB. I have been burned twice, even after doing research and lost hundreds of dollars. It just not worth it for a thin sheet of plastic around my games. The same reason I'm no longer involved in numismatics, there are just too many thieves out there and some of them are very good at what they do. It's not worth the risk imo when you get to high value items.
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I bought a sealed game once to play from eBay. When I opened it, it was covered in mold on the inside.
So I no longer buy anything that's new without checking it first with my own two eyes.
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I actually collect both to be honest.... That being said I only have maybe 50 to 60 sealed games, but I don't let it stop me.... I actually get fairly excited when I find a nice title NIB.... I equate it to finding a shiny pokemon....
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I don't hunt for sealed older games just because I want to be able to play them and also due to space and cost.
What I do when I buy a new game is I never open it til I'm ready to play it.
And then if time passes and the game becomes a classic and has any value and I never got around to play it, hey I own a sealed copy.
I just hate the idea of having to buy EVERY game twice just to have a sealed and open copy. that's just way to much money to spend. I know I have a huge collection but I'd only have half of what I own now if I bought every game twice.
If a stumble across a sealed copy of a classic game at normal cost, ya I buy it and keep it sealed. But it just makes me want to hunt for another one to play. For cart games boxes are bonus. As for CD games, those I require them to have their boxes.
I only buy them without if they are below dirt cheap. lol
As for the scams, yes this is another reason I don't like the idea of hunting old games sealed. You could buy a sealed copy of Chrono Trigger and inside could be a copy of Madden. Some people have resealed games and do a really good job that it's hard to tell sometimes. People who do this know people are not gonna open it and could put anything in the box.
@foxhack; Mold inside? geez must have been in an outside storage and gotten wet at one time. That would suck.
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@foxhack; Mold inside? geez must have been in an outside storage and gotten wet at one time. That would suck.
Good old Quarterback Attack brown sauce. I don't know which would be worse: a box full of mold or a box containing Quarterback Attack. A Tom Zito sports game... At least, I think it was Quarterback Attack with the brown sauce.
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@foxhack; Mold inside? geez must have been in an outside storage and gotten wet at one time. That would suck.
Good old Quarterback Attack brown sauce. I don't know which would be worse: a box full of mold or a box containing Quarterback Attack. A Tom Zito sports game... At least, I think it was Quarterback Attack with the brown sauce.
it could be worse, it could of been NHL 94 with brown sauce, the game is completely worthless and the brown sauce eat threw the label .
at least QA is a bit unique unlike NHL 94
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@foxhack; Mold inside? geez must have been in an outside storage and gotten wet at one time. That would suck.
Good old Quarterback Attack brown sauce. I don't know which would be worse: a box full of mold or a box containing Quarterback Attack. A Tom Zito sports game... At least, I think it was Quarterback Attack with the brown sauce.
it could be worse, it could of been NHL 94 with brown sauce, the game is completely worthless and the brown sauce eat threw the label .
at least QA is a bit unique unlike NHL 94
Them's fightin' words. ;) To be honest, I actually mildly like both of those games. I think NHL 94 is overrated. But it is still fun. And despite how bad some of the games are... I love Tom Zito.
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@foxhack; Mold inside? geez must have been in an outside storage and gotten wet at one time. That would suck.
Good old Quarterback Attack brown sauce. I don't know which would be worse: a box full of mold or a box containing Quarterback Attack. A Tom Zito sports game... At least, I think it was Quarterback Attack with the brown sauce.
it could be worse, it could of been NHL 94 with brown sauce, the game is completely worthless and the brown sauce eat threw the label .
at least QA is a bit unique unlike NHL 94
Them's fightin' words. ;) To be honest, I actually mildly like both of those games. I think NHL 94 is overrated. But it is still fun. And despite how bad some of the games are... I love Tom Zito.
its not fighting words, its fact and the worst part was it took forever to clean and it smelled like rotting potato and cigarette smoke
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@foxhack; Mold inside? geez must have been in an outside storage and gotten wet at one time. That would suck.
Good old Quarterback Attack brown sauce. I don't know which would be worse: a box full of mold or a box containing Quarterback Attack. A Tom Zito sports game... At least, I think it was Quarterback Attack with the brown sauce.
it could be worse, it could of been NHL 94 with brown sauce, the game is completely worthless and the brown sauce eat threw the label .
at least QA is a bit unique unlike NHL 94
Them's fightin' words. ;) To be honest, I actually mildly like both of those games. I think NHL 94 is overrated. But it is still fun. And despite how bad some of the games are... I love Tom Zito.
its not fighting words, its fact and the worst part was it took forever to clean and it smelled like rotting potato and cigarette smoke
Oh... I completely misread that. You got a copy of NHL 94 that was moldy. That sucks. At least, it is a fairly cheap game to find.
I wonder what it is on games that actually gets mold...
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were the Japanese N64 game boxes sealed?
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@foxhack; Mold inside? geez must have been in an outside storage and gotten wet at one time. That would suck.
Good old Quarterback Attack brown sauce. I don't know which would be worse: a box full of mold or a box containing Quarterback Attack. A Tom Zito sports game... At least, I think it was Quarterback Attack with the brown sauce.
it could be worse, it could of been NHL 94 with brown sauce, the game is completely worthless and the brown sauce eat threw the label .
at least QA is a bit unique unlike NHL 94
Them's fightin' words. ;) To be honest, I actually mildly like both of those games. I think NHL 94 is overrated. But it is still fun. And despite how bad some of the games are... I love Tom Zito.
its not fighting words, its fact and the worst part was it took forever to clean and it smelled like rotting potato and cigarette smoke
I wonder what it is on games that actually gets mold...
that's a good question and it always a brown mold too
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If I can get a game sealed. I'll take it, about 30-40% of my collection is sealed. I don't go out of my way too far for it though. I mostly just buy new games sealed.