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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: June 23, 2024, 07:39:37 pm »

Just finished up "The Saboteur" on Steam. One of my favorite games, I was excited when it was relisted a few months back.

Playing Destiny on the Xbox 360. I'm amazed at how good it looks on the old hardware. It's meant to be played with people and I'm solo, so we'll see how far I can get :/

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General / Re: June 2024 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased New

« on: June 22, 2024, 11:51:10 pm »

I decided to check out an estate sale advertising electronics and left quite pleased. I left with the following, all for free:

- Talon Media Remote for Xbox One
- Xbox One Rechargeable Battery
- Xbox One Chatpad
- Xbox One 1708 Wireless Controller
- Xbox One X 1787

Edit: After looking around some more, I seem to now also own a few digital games. I'm unsure if they're tied to the previous owner's account or not, but I can launch them fine when logged into my own account. I'm not sure if removing the previous owner's account will remove the software.

No a very effective Estate Sale if they are just giving stull like that away free, lol.

Sounds like the original user has that set as his/her home Xbox. As long as that's the case, anything they bought will be playable by anyone on the console. If that person changes their home Xbox, you will lose access (Not Prominence Poker or Roblox because they are free games anyway). I think removing the account would also remove it as the home Xbox.

To be fair, there were a lot of expensive electronics mostly related to music equipment and larger items like TVs, but the focus of the sale was on furniture. Numerous large boxes completely full of miscellaneous cords, chargers, and other small accessories that I imagine nobody wanted to sift through were in a corner of a room, and the Xbox console itself just happened to be at the bottom of one. A friend who was with me even found a brand new 4TB external hard drive also placed in a box marked free. Apart from furniture, only the high-end electronics were priced. Of all things, a simple body mirror was the only thing purchased between the two of us for $2. I genuinely wasn't expecting much prior to going, so I left feeling that the trip was well worth it.

I actually forgot to check the disc drive until just now. Obviously, a game disc would have been ideal, but that wasn't so. Instead, a Blu-Ray disc of Ted Nugent's 6,000th concert popped out, which was laughably unexpected.

Good to know. I don't think I'll have issue with anyone updating the profile to a new console, since the owner is dead and it's doubtful any of the family knows about it. I'm barred from accessing the original account even if I wanted to, so I may as well keep it present to access those games, should I ever choose to play them.

Well, that's pretty cool I'm sure they were glad to clear some space. I figured the owner was the deceased one, but wasn't sure.

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General / Re: June 2024 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased New

« on: June 22, 2024, 05:57:11 pm »

I decided to check out an estate sale advertising electronics and left quite pleased. I left with the following, all for free:

- Talon Media Remote for Xbox One
- Xbox One Rechargeable Battery
- Xbox One Chatpad
- Xbox One 1708 Wireless Controller
- Xbox One X 1787

After setting up the console, I was pleased that it loaded and worked. It prompted me for a hardware update, so I began that process. However, once that was over, the console stopped being able to yield a signal, no matter the TV set or HDMI cord being used. From my understanding, this is a widespread problem going back several years. Shame on me for thinking an update would better the experience.

Edit: After attempting to start up the console in low resolution mode several times without any luck, I finally was able to, and the system seems to be working now. After looking around some more, I seem to now also own a few digital games. I'm unsure if they're tied to the previous owner's account or not, but I can launch them fine when logged into my own account. I'm not sure if removing the previous owner's account will remove the software. Nevertheless, these games are in my system's library:

- Air Missions: Hind
- Galaga Legions DX
- NASCAR Heat 2
- Prominence Poker
- Pure Chess
- Pure Hold'em
- Roblox
- Scrabble
- Uno
- Video Poker
- Wheel of Fortune

No a very effective Estate Sale if they are just giving stull like that away free, lol.


Sounds like the original user has that set as his/her home Xbox. As long as that's the case, anything they bought will be playable by anyone on the console. If that person changes their home Xbox, you will lose access (Not Prominence Poker or Roblox because they are free games anyway). I think removing the account would also remove it as the home Xbox.

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General / Re: June 2024 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased New

« on: June 21, 2024, 11:29:57 am »

Seen the Xbox Store had a sale on soon to be removed 360 games, so I jumped in and got a fir bit:
- Batman Arkham Blackgate Deluxe Editon
- Bionic Commando
- Black (OG Xbox, is backwards Compat)
- Burnout Crash
- Dark
- DeathSpank
- Final Exam
- Kane & Lynch
- Remember Me
- Street Fighter X Tekken

Apparently the store will be having a 2nd final wave of titles on July 16th, so I may have to prep for that too!

Technically this was the 2nd wave, the 3rd wave is July 16th.

I picked up
Adrenalin Misfits
Harry Potter Kinect
The Evil Within

I have them all on disc, but this makes it easier

I also notices I passed 5K on the game counter here (Though I don't catalog my digital or cartridge games...yikes)

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General / Re: April 2024 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased New

« on: April 04, 2024, 10:03:09 pm »

Honestly, most games don't take long to have a price drop. 6-12 months and they're down by 30-50% -- especially on big days like Black Friday. Here's the thing. If you're working to snag a PS4... enjoy the PS4. It's a better library and 95% of modern releases are also on PS4. Unless you're wanting very specific games exclusive to PS5, which there aren't many, just wait for PS6 and see if it'll be PS5/4 backwards compatible. Maybe by then, the PS5 will have a library worth owning a system for.

Not gonna lie to you, I want as well a PS3, have been reading a lot these past months and it seems that isnt that hard to release the true power of this console, for what have seen they aren that expensive anymore, might get one here if I manage to get one used in a Pawn Shop, thats how I got a Wii, a DSi, a PS Vita as well a 3DS, its kinda hard to get as many consoles/games when you are married and you are the only one that works at home, I said hard but not impossible 

Telekill is right about the PS5. I have one, it's a nice system...but there isn't really anything must have about it yet. Most games are still on PS4.

If you are thinking about a PS3...I'd say do it. It's a great system (I just bought another yesterday...I found one and was like...why the heck not), and I personally think PS3's and 360's are only going to rise in value. It was the last gen you could really just plug in and play with out relying on the internet.

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General / Re: April 2024 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased New

« on: April 03, 2024, 03:19:06 pm »

As it's a subscription "freebie" I'm not adding it to my collection, but hey... saves me $70.

Excuse me but since when the games started to cost 70 bucks ? 

XB1 X and PS5 games started to retail for $70.

Personally, I won't add any freebies from PS+ anymore. Since they raised the price of that to $80 a year I'm just letting it die when my sub ends. I don't like playing online much anyway, and cloud storage has been hit or miss.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Where do you draw the line? New Game Prices

« on: March 05, 2024, 07:22:17 pm »

I don’t seriously believe that R* is going to try to charge $150 for GTA 6, unless it is a version that includes all the future DLC. Then, it might happen.  They may do a $150 collectors edition. I could see that happening.
Rockstar does like to have different levels of releases. Deluxe editions, Super Deluxe editions, Super Mega Deluxe editions and the like.

Here’s my best prediction:
$80 Base Game
$90 Deluxe Edition including Base Game + Season 1 Pass + some exclusive item you can only get by buying this edition
$100 Super Mega Deluxe Edition with the Deluxe Edition and some online game money

That’s my best guess. We’ll see how it goes.


As for new game prices?  They don’t bother me much. I don’t buy many brand new games.

It's rockstar. More like

80
120
150


I won't pay these new prices. If you got a complete game...maybe. But now you are nickle and dimed to death with DLC (I like having all the content), So I'll wait for a minimum of a 50% off sale.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Duplicate List 2024

« on: January 27, 2024, 03:43:27 pm »

NCAA 2005/Top Spin. these are exactly the same.

https://vgcollect.com/item/11365

https://vgcollect.com/item/78794

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Classic Video Games / Re: how would you rank your collecting experience per console

« on: January 19, 2024, 06:54:10 pm »

PS5: I struggle to even call myself a PS5 collector since I know full well its physical games are more or less glorified CD keys. I don't think there is any future in collecting for the PS5 since I know these games will have no longevity in a decade or so from now when Sony pulls the plug on its servers. Nearly every PS5 game I've played requires at least half the game be downloaded, if not way, way more than that. And I've never been able to have more than a dozen or so games downloaded onto my PS5 at a time given how much space they take up and also there being no way to update the HDD in them. If not for the games being petty fun, this would be a straight up F Tier console in terms of collecting for me.

I often hear this argument being tossed around. My question to those who espouse this - couldn't the same logic be applied also to PS4 and even PS3 games, since there are quite some games even from that time period that saw updates and patches not included on the game disc? When Sony shuts down the server for those legacy platforms, and you can't get the patches directly from them, is there no point in collecting those either? I think the downloads included with many disc games are just a prioritized method of getting the latest version, when you have an Internet connection. Not that there isn't any version on the disc.

I acknowledge that it can be worse now when developers release a beta on disc and then patch it day one, but that's usually the exception and not the rule. It mostly applies to rushed triple A games, which is far from being every PS5 physical release. Sometimes there are definitive edition physical releases, if the game is a big enough success, but there's also a lot of smaller release and indie titles which are complete on the disc. I think too much is made of the issue. SomeOrdinaryGamers once did a video demonstrating that yes, you can in fact install and play games like Demon Souls remake and others without any Internet connection at all to his PS5. So there certainly is something on the disc with the physical games, more so than the hearsay is leading people to believe. Sometimes EA or Ubisoft will pull some crap in pursuit of their bottom lines, and screw the consumer of a complete or accessible product. But it's not a reason to write of PS5 collecting enitrely, IMO.

Well, for the PS3 the patches were usually pretty minimal. While there may be a couple games that rely on the patch to be fully functional (Usually DLC), Nearly everything is playable on the ps3 without any patches downloaded. Back then, the game was expected to be released completely functional and ready to go.

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General / Re: 2024 Gaming/Collecting Goals

« on: January 05, 2024, 01:46:24 am »

At the same time, I'd also like to play through more PlayStation VR games. I still have everything hooked up after having not played any for it in a few months, so hopefully that's enough of a motivator.[/font]

I treated myself to a PS4 VR a couple years ago, and I've never set it up. I keep buying VR games on sale too, lol.

I played a few things on mine - Astro Bot, Beat Saber, the Until Dawn rail shooter, Tetris Effect.  I liked pretty much everything I tried on it, but it has been packed away ever since they made it clear that it wasn't going to be PS5 compatible and I switched out my set-up from PS4 to PS5.

I basically have an old PS4 that I have dedicated to VR. I just haven't played it. I have it as a separate set up.

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General / Re: 2024 Gaming/Collecting Goals

« on: January 01, 2024, 05:12:38 pm »

At the same time, I'd also like to play through more PlayStation VR games. I still have everything hooked up after having not played any for it in a few months, so hopefully that's enough of a motivator.[/font]

I treated myself to a PS4 VR a couple years ago, and I've never set it up. I keep buying VR games on sale too, lol.

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General / Re: 2024 Gaming/Collecting Goals

« on: December 31, 2023, 05:20:05 pm »

Gaming wise? Try to limit my purchases to stuff off my wish list (Though I can't turn down a dollar game at a thrift store, lol). I don't plan to buy any "new" games in 2024, and would like to work on my massive backlog.

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General / Re: DK Oldies? A scandal, or just another smear campaign?

« on: December 26, 2023, 10:26:05 am »

everyone who is moral and good is getting shutdown, while the bad people are winning, I am also working my ass off to save whatever I can from people who sue just to create more bad things to do more bad things to good people, JN is to blame for everything, and I put up with her for life in prison.

PH Judy Neideffer and her real Facebook profile is currently invisible, ever wonder why we still hear B52's sometimes over our heads sometimes when there is no airplanes in the skylines?

Something must be wrong (again). I hear Rock Lobster above my head, not the plane.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Duplicate List 2023

« on: November 03, 2023, 07:29:41 pm »

https://vgcollect.com/item/109916

duplicate

https://vgcollect.com/item/135743

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General / Re: Warning!!! (do not toss or sell your OG Xbox Consoles)

« on: October 08, 2023, 10:35:12 am »

 The FBI knows I own a refurbished working OG Original Xbox that can play DVDS with that adopter That came with the sale. So maybe they figure I don't need to play all my OG games. On 360 due to fail-safe

This is 100% it.

I blame Reagan for what we have to endure here.