Promotional copy - Not for resale games

[wellu]

Hi, new one here

I just started making a database of the games i own and thought first to list all the promotional games i have (games that were sent to review, usually marked "promotional copy - Not for resale") so i put about 250 games up just using the regular retail releases (they are all promo releases) and made few new ones in just to try it, now how should i mark them? since i have made few new ones and marked them all "Game (Promo)" i have had some changed and some not, one was allowed as i put it, one was changed to just "Game" and one was changed to "Game - Promo Only (Not for Resale)"

So what should i use?

I still have about 300 promogames to list and of course in time i would like to make separate releases with pictures (i suck at taking them, so we will see how well that goes"

I also have presskits, some came with game others not, would these be a new gategory? what should i use? "Game - Presskit"

[desocietas]

"(Not for Resale)" is pretty standard to include in the title, especially if it's printed somewhere on the item: https://vgcollect.com/search/not%20for%20resale

This results page might help you figure out where things go - there is a demo category for most platforms in case that helps at all. I don't know much about presskits, but one of the other admins might have some suggestions

Welcome, by the way!

[tripredacus]

Disc only releases, such as this
https://vgcollect.com/item/95090
https://vgcollect.com/item/97975
Should be (as this is) Promo Only (Not for Resale) because that text is on the disc.

For a packaged release, such as this one:
https://vgcollect.com/item/113886
While it does say the same Promo Only - Not for Resale on the disc, it does not appear to say Promo Only on the case. So in this case, you would call it (Not for Resale) in the title, and you can put Promo Only in alt-name field.

Also please make sure you are putting the item number on these items.

[badATchaos]

I know in collector circles the term isn't used much, but I personally prefer "Press copy" for modern games because that's what they are: Copies sent out to magazines, news sites and streamers. That's generally what people in the industry call them.
"Press" would not 100% apply to older Not for Resale cartridges however, because that same labeling was used for store demos.
Since modern store displays use compilation demo discs, most of the Not for Resale discs (discs that solely have one game on them) we see today are Press copies.

[wellu]

Ok, thx, il try to make my best attempt using the guidelines 

Personally i have also heard promos been called "official copies" meaning copy of the game

To complicate things same releases for example ps3 might be sent disc only or with the cover, theres also retail games that have been marked with stamp or/with cut corners (like music promos are sometimes cut/holes punched etc (collect those also ) ) to be promo games, games that have covers marking them as promo but inside its the normal retail disc and instructions, nokia n-gage promos are marked "Gold master Review kit" and they might have games marked "proto" or different versions etc.etc. so collecting this stuff is interesting

I collect promogames, presskits and also all kinds of media etc. material (and of course normal retail games)