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Title: What is the best system to collect for and why?
Post by: seether on June 19, 2018, 12:23:44 pm
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Title: Re: What is the best system to collect for and why?
Post by: chrismb on June 19, 2018, 12:32:45 pm
I'd say PS2 and PS3 because there's all type of games + you can find a lot  of them for cheap.
Title: Re: What is the best system to collect for and why?
Post by: 98dgreen on June 19, 2018, 12:36:10 pm
PS2 Xbox Xbox 360 Wii PS3
Title: Re: What is the best system to collect for and why?
Post by: azure on June 19, 2018, 12:48:32 pm
I'd say PS2 for sure. Such an expansive library, spanning nearly every genre.
Title: Re: What is the best system to collect for and why?
Post by: burningdoom on June 19, 2018, 12:54:00 pm
That's a completely subjective question. What series are your favorite? What game genres do you enjoy the most? Do graphics play a big part in your game choices? Do you have a strong sense of nostalgia for any particular system? All of that comes into play and everyone is going to have a different answer.

For me personally, I'd say the NES. It has a fantastic library of games with a ton of different genres represented. It's relatively cheap to collect for vs say the SNES or Saturn. And it's quite common. Plus I grew up on it, so I do have a strong sense of nostalgia towards it.
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Post by: shfan on June 19, 2018, 02:40:54 pm
Are you looking for advice or creating a talking point?
Title: Re: What is the best system to collect for and why?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on June 19, 2018, 02:58:29 pm
There is no real best system, it's just what interests you the most.  Like I would love to own an N64 collection the most, even if it doesn't have the best games.
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Post by: badATchaos on June 19, 2018, 03:01:06 pm
The singular answer is the Vectrex.
Title: Re: What is the best system to collect for and why?
Post by: kashell on June 19, 2018, 04:11:31 pm
The N-Gage because reasons.
Title: Re: What is the best system to collect for and why?
Post by: bikingjahuty on June 19, 2018, 04:19:21 pm
I'd say the PS2 or original Xbox since they are very cheap overall and the games are mostly pretty common. There are certainly a few that are rare and very expensive, but you can get most of the really good games on these systems for under $15 each.
Title: Re: What is the best system to collect for and why?
Post by: wartoy on June 19, 2018, 04:32:03 pm
ps1,ps2,wii,xbox,xbox360 these systems still have lots of good games for cheap.
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Post by: ferraroso on June 19, 2018, 08:33:49 pm
At least here in Japan, I'd say the Saturn.
It has a ton of games that were never released anywhere else and most of its gems are still sold by very affordable prices. Most of them for less than ¥1,000 (around US$9.00).
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Post by: kypherion on June 20, 2018, 12:06:04 am
Yeah PS2 or wii
Title: Re: What is the best system to collect for and why?
Post by: NickAwesome on June 20, 2018, 02:08:06 am
PS1 is my personal favorite but generally the best system to collect for is the one that makes you the happiest. 
Title: Re: What is the best system to collect for and why?
Post by: dashv on June 20, 2018, 02:52:14 am
All of them.

Because, why not?

There are so many great games across so many systems.

Some never saw mass appeal, some were short lived, some had good runs only to be ended by licensing deals gone unrenewed.

Try to enjoy as much of it as you can while you can.

Especially this latest generation. I love the games coming out now but I worry for their future.

I’m convinced 90% of this gen’s games are going to be a dumpster fire of brokenness 20-30 years from now. But your NES copy of SMB 3 and Atari copy of Combat will still work just fine without patches or updates. ;)
Title: Re: What is the best system to collect for and why?
Post by: bantha on June 20, 2018, 03:00:44 am

I love the games coming out now but I worry for their future.

I’m convinced 90% of this gen’s games are going to be a dumpster fire of brokenness 20-30 years from now. But your NES copy of SMB 3 and Atari copy of Combat will still work just fine without patches or updates. ;)

This is heartbreaking, but probably true.

I guess the best system to collect for is probably the one you enjoy the most games for.

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Post by: sworddude on June 20, 2018, 05:10:22 am
All of them.

Because, why not?

There are so many great games across so many systems.

Some never saw mass appeal, some were short lived, some had good runs only to be ended by licensing deals gone unrenewed.

Try to enjoy as much of it as you can while you can.

Especially this latest generation. I love the games coming out now but I worry for their future.

I’m convinced 90% of this gen’s games are going to be a dumpster fire of brokenness 20-30 years from now. But your NES copy of SMB 3 and Atari copy of Combat will still work just fine without patches or updates. ;)

This is true for most ps3 and upwards games however it is not a solid reason to collect for older systems

If you like games like dark souls, gta or the last of us it doesn't mean your going to enjoy playing mario bros 3, combat or any games on those old systems. New systsems or pc will always fill those needs there is not going to be any issue for most people since new things will come.
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Post by: burningdoom on June 20, 2018, 12:46:04 pm
I’m convinced 90% of this gen’s games are going to be a dumpster fire of brokenness 20-30 years from now.

 :'(

Well, that's a downer. But true.

And if they do survive, they'll probably just make us pay for a new download of the games each generation.
Title: Re: What is the best system to collect for and why?
Post by: rayne315 on June 20, 2018, 03:48:25 pm
ps2 is my favorite and what I personally collect for (other than a blanket everything). but I would actually say anything Neo Geo. they are all well built systems/games and hold and maintain value throughout the years. good enough that whatever you find is worth playing and exclusive enough that I have never even heard of a shovelware title on the systems (even the handheld ones). the only true issue with collecting for it is by now almost every single game has found its way into a collectors arms so its almost impossible to find in the wild and much of the games are on the expensive side $40+ on the cheap end.
Title: Re: What is the best system to collect for and why?
Post by: piscean64 on June 20, 2018, 08:37:09 pm
There is no "best", just favorites. My favorite is N64 because it holds the most nostalgia for me, the library is relatively small and easy to collect for, but with lots of killer games. Also, there aren't many games for it that truly break the bank.
Title: Re: What is the best system to collect for and why?
Post by: oldgamerz on June 20, 2018, 09:32:39 pm
There is no "best", just favorites. My favorite is N64 because it holds the most nostalgia for me, the library is relatively small and easy to collect for, but with lots of killer games. Also, there aren't many games for it that truly break the bank.

Welcome to the VGCollect forum piscean64 :) I saw this is your first post

anyway, I also like the Nintendo 64 and it's library too :)

 but a lot of people claim not to like it, because of it's controller. In my opinion the Nintendo 64 is a fantastic party machine, there is a lot of games that are good on it. I actually have most of the games for it all bought under $50 each, mostly from an online seller by the name of www.jjgames.com.

I find it has some gems on it like Xenia Warrior Princess, War Gods, and many vary fun both arcade and simulation sports games. I love the sports games on the Nintendo 64 but others find it not appealing
Title: Re: What is the best system to collect for and why?
Post by: turf on June 20, 2018, 10:39:19 pm
There is no "best", just favorites. My favorite is N64 because it holds the most nostalgia for me, the library is relatively small and easy to collect for, but with lots of killer games. Also, there aren't many games for it that truly break the bank.

You are a champion. Welcome to the forums.

The best to collect for is the one that makes you the happiest.