Is it worth getting into physical games or is it stupid?
>>739599301massive fucking waste of money and space. Once you finally have all those games you will feel a deep sense of shame. Don't do it.
>>739599301Huge waste of time and money.Also massively inconvenient.If you need local storage for some retarded reason just download your games to a big ass hard drive.
I buy/pirate on pc then rebuy the game on console when it's on sale.
>>739599301Poors will seethe if you own anything nice.
I think it's only worth it for stuff like racing games that will eventually disappear from digital stores due to licensing issues. I don't see the point otherwise.
>>739599301depends on what consoles you're collecting for. go for what consoles you already own first.
I only have games from the PS3 360 era and earlier, so I don't think it's worth anymore. But most people will probably disagree.
>>739599301To play them or as an investment? Both are bad ideas. You should only get physical games if you actually want to play them on native hardware and have the money to do it.
>>739599801I played the hell out of Starfox 64 growing up and the remake was announced. And I thought about buying it physically. I dont have any physical games.Because it would be like owning Starfox 64 again or some shit I dont know.But it seems pretty stupid to like keep your licenses on plastic in 2026.
>>739599916well if you own an n64 still, see if you can find a copy. There's a chance prices might've gone up with the hype for the new remake + the mario galaxy movie, but hey. At least you're not trying to buy Assault.
>>739599670IT's fine to buy nice things, but 99% of the stuff in OPs photo is slop
>>739599301I used to have a massive collection. I had probably $21,000 worth of rare games from NES all the way up to about PS4. Recently though I've started to figure out that I'm not as widespread into different genres like I used to be and I have a bit of a foot print on what kind of games I like, so I sold off about $14,000 of it and only kept my absolute favorites that I replay again and again. I think holding physical for that is worth it. Not so much for other shit.
>>739599301Yes. Owning your products, them being available 24/7 offline, and all the extra goodies that come with them, cannot be replaced. Hell, just the SMELL of a game manual is addictive.
only worth it for games you really like
Have you seen these prices?
>>739599301if you want to keep old games you like then do it in a manner that is hardware independent, otherwise all you're doing is collecting plastic. if you're collecting plastic on pure speculation so you can sell plastic to other collectors then just collect plastic.
>>739599301Heya poorfag here, i found a middle around between physical and digital media.I use NFC cards containing the appid of the game that i want to launch and built a wireless card reader out of spare parts.The cards are those cheap PVC ones nobody prints on those so you'll have to settle for glossy sticker paper.Since they are credit card sized they don't take up too much space and are nice to see since you can see the full box art instead of just the spine of normal boxes.Pic related are a bit scuffed since they are my first ones.
>>739599301You sound like a stupid person so I don't see the issue. The games I have physical carts for Nintendo consoles are all worth 4-5x what unpaid for them and can't be censored or removed from the eshop. That's a huge ass problem with all media today so yeah. If you think corporations should just shit in your mouth on a daily basis, keep renting your life from them
>>739600318I own files on my hard drivemong
>>739600318>PALthese are more useful as coasters for your drink
>>739599301ACK
>>739599301To a degree, yeah, but dont for pure numbers.Only buy games you really want to play and sell the ones you will never see yourself replay. I now have about 450 physical games and 6 consoles and I'm going digital. I'm old. Will I care if Yoshi's Book will be worth 120,- when I hit 68? No, lol.Also how much us physical fags meme that "our kids will get our games", giving your kids 450 games from the get to will be sure to kill their interrest in gaming, it will this generation lp collections(99% worthless trash)
>>739600318>7 years since he last took a pictureWow, you're getting a lot of use out of them!I can understand physical hardware to an extent, but physical media is full retard. It's way easier to just boot up a rom.
>>739600856HDDs are vulnerable, require a digital x86 based computer that is easily hacked, and they still lack the physical goodies and the overall FEELING of owning + playing YOUR games on a real hardware.>>739600884>Burger copeThe PAL Project Zero games, SH2 and RE2 alone are the definitive editions.
>>739600953How do you think you rip a ROM my dude?
Worth it for older games, but pointless for anything that requires an update to be playable. Especially current consoles where the physical media is just a key that let's you play the game that's installed on your drive.
>>739599301https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_rot
>>739600996>How do you think you rip a ROM my dude?I don't have to, they're all ripped already.
>>739599301get a flashcard for retro
>>739599301If you don't mind the hassle of selling them down the line, it's worth it; sometimes things grow in value over the years for whatever reason, and even getting just $10 back for selling a game is better than a digital copy rotting in your account if you never intend to play it again. If it's a franchise/game you love and you like being able to look back at the game/art, it's also worth it.Collecting with the idea that you'll have them forever is unwise. Lots of games require day 1 patches, either the function at all or just to fix numerous bugs/glitches they couldn't get to before sending the game to get printed onto discs/cartridges. If you delete the data from your hardware for space, and servers shutdown in the future, those updates aren't available to you anymore unless you resort to emulation/piracy/jailbreaking your hardware. You'll also see people talk about disc rot. If you don't live in a particularly humid area, and keep things stored in a decent environment, you'll probably get the full life of the discs/cartridges, and it shouldn't be an issue for 50+ years. The real issue is console hardware failing. Shit doesn't last like it used to, and you see stuff like disc drives or harddrives failing for the original Xbox already. So keep in mind that if you're in it for the long haul, you have to accept that you'll need to buy replacement consoles, pay to repair it, or give up on the consoles and resort to emulating it on a computer; which is a no-go for cartridges, and is becoming more difficult with blu-ray discs as computer blu-ray drive manufacturers are giving up on the format. The only real way to maintain access to games forever is backing up pirated copies to a harddrive, and rotating them to new harddrives as the drives start dying.
>>739599301No reason to not buy physical recent game. For older game unless you really like it there is no point, because you are gonna be paying the covid triple tax: lets say you want pokemon black white 2, if you bought it in 2019 it would have cost you 50$, now 150-200$. Adjusted with inflation 50$ is only still 70-80$Most people with massive collection either spend lot of money on them or for 99% of the case started collecting before COVID, so it used to cost them like 10000$ for 500 games than 400000$
>>739599301I continue to buy physical just to add to my collection. It's not stupid, these games do end up being worth money later on. Especially Dreamcast and Sega Saturn games.
>>739599301nope, not worth it, its a dust collector. i have a shelve twice as big and i am fed up with moving it every 5 years to another apartment, but i cant get myself to get rid of it... its purely emotional value
>>739599996No I'm not interested in buying old consoles. I was talking about buying the Starfox 64 remake on Switch 2.Like it sounds cool but does it even make sense a buy a physical game? Is that too retarded?
Just make a backup copy
>>739601902I mean if you have a switch 2, and want to buy a physical copy of the new starfox, you should! You can sell if it sucks, or keep it on a shelf to display it.
>>739600596This is just fancy shortcuts isn't it?
Jews are mad when you own things.
>>739602127Im just having a hard time making it seem like a rational decision.>no I want to pay more so the license is separate from my account
>>739599301All these fancy boxarts and you're just seeing a butt-ugly white on red title, this thurd worlder >>739600596 had the right idea tho.
>>739602245Basically yes, it just reintroduces the "ritual" of launching games using physical media while having something nice to look at.
>>739602318unless you're struggling financially, that 10 dollars might not be as big of a difference as you think. the more control you have over what games you purchase, the better.
>>739602784Yeah I think I will. Sounds fun.
>>739599301I love it when I get the desire to replay an old favorite and I can still grab my old copy and play it on the original hardware just like I used to. Nostalgic bliss.
>>739599301For all intents and purposes it's better to buy or build a NAS/home server and host the roms/iso-s on your network. You are not getting back the money you spent on a physical collection, it's not exactly a liquid asset, worst case you lose them due to a fire/flood etc. or you die and it gets sold off at a fraction of the cost. If you like the collecting part do it of course, but know it's an expensive an impractical hobby. I own some physical games, but only because I got them dirt cheap.
>>739599409>massive fucking waste of money >often costs less than digital???
>>739602989What do you suggest getting for memory, I have a 2tb stick on my PC but everything now is getting so fucking bloated I can only have so many games before the computer starts bricking.
>>739599301It is very stupid and you would only recover your investment if you find someone even more stupid than you
>>739603162What do you mean by that?Am I expected to "recover ny investment" on entertainment?I dont expect to get shit for my extensive Xbox 360 digital library.
>>739603157I wish I could give you better advice but the market right now is fucked and you better wait until things get back to normal.I've got 3x16TB disks in my home server that I bought for about 300 EUR each, and I keep a bunch of old games up to the 360/PS3 era.
>>739599409>>739599485>>739603162Let me guess you're the kind of niggers who say that taking a hike is a waste of gas and time and it would be just better to stay indoors?
>>739603234Game collectors just hoard stuff, dont play them all. Its a compulsory act that had nothing to do with gaming If I buy a game I play it, if it doesnt turn out too bad I play it fully and get my entertainment out of it, period
>>739600992>HDDs are vulnerableNot any more than plastic discs.>require a digital x86 based computerJust like your physical games.>and they still lack the physical goodies and the overall FEELINGThat's not an objective advantage. It's just your emotions.
>>739601091I have game cds from the 1990s that still read the same as the day I got them. Disc rot is way overstated unless you're burning to discs with shit quality manufacturing or you are a literal thirdie who uses them as coasters or whatever.
>>739599301Worth it if you prefer to play on native hardware and like have your own little library of games at home.
>>739603562What does this mean "native hardware"?
>>739599301>thirdie>want to keep buying Collector's Editions>customs keep destroying, losing, and/or sending back my packages>their response is just "tough luck, pay us 20%~ FROM THE TOTAL extra for the minute we spent tearing apart your shit, you also have to pay an additional storage fee if you want your half destroyed package back btw"God I hate the niggers working them so fucking much, it's insane.
>>739599301Do you play them? That's not stupid. Do you leave them gathering dust and never play them? Yes, that's stupid.
>>739599301I'm considering selling all my switch boxes. It's just far more convenient to keep the carts I own in cases like pic related.
>>739604859forgot pic.
>>739599301Nothing wrong with it, just realize developers and studios will not support it.
>>739600596This is very cool, you're cool, anon.
>>739599301Tefuq dis shit
>>739603709The original consoles that those games were played on before emulation and remakes.
Physical media is based as fuck. And it's nice to actually see your library in real life as opposed to a fucking digital list. Though you're supposed to keep your games positioned vertically not horizontally.
>>739605834>Though you're supposed to keep your games positioned vertically not horizontally.This really doesn't matter unless you're stacking them real high at which point what the fuck are you doing?The discs are sitting secure in their boxes, it's not like stacking vinyl in paper sleeves.
>>739603234If you're buying it to play it then no, who gives a shit. Same as buying movie tickets or booze or whatever.The "investment" thing is when people start paying ebay retard prices for sealed copies and plastic statues while telling themselves it's smart because "it'll go up in value". That's just beanie baby shit with JRPGs.
>>739604956They are called books, i think you read them
>>739599301Buy things you like not retarded collection for no reason.
All my old PC games (- the old boxed "jewelcase" ones)
>>739606096>Games for Windows Live
>>739603157that is good enough if you want to do a sort of best of or must play.if you want bigger collections that include PS3/360/ onwards probably will be looking at several TBs
>>739603263what a retarded comparisongames are for playing, not for the boxes to collect dust on your shelves
>>739599301It's certainly stupid but I like doing it.
>>739606650>if you want bigger collections that include PS3/360/ onwards probably will be looking at several TBsMy PS3 collection is about 600GB on its own and only includes PS3/7-th gen exclusives, it used to be larger but I deleted games that got PS4 remasters or PC releases.
>>739603071>implying any of these "collectors" actually play all of their gamesngmi
>I want to deliberately play games in the most needlessly inconvenient way possible Kek. This is as stupid as people still collecting CDs for music. Theres no practical reason to get physical media.The vast majority of games can be pirated and kept forever.
>>739607043I agree that collecting music CDs is pointless since it's just a digital copy, and the artwork and extras are lame compared to vinyl, but vinyl is neat, obviously still not practical, but very beautiful.
>>739606839thats actually not too bad, was under the impression that ps3 games kept that bloat that made the file on its max size.similar to xbox(?) and xbox360 games
>>739607361I freed up a lot of space when I got rid of Uncharted/TLOU, Quantic Dream games, Red Dead Redemption, Catherine etc. There's still a bunch of exclusives that were never ported, but I don't intend to keep absolutely every PS3 game archived, only those I might want to play in rpcs3 when my PS3 finally dies.
>>739607206Vinyl at least SOUNDS different. The needle produces an extra auditory layer that compliments the music and gives an extra dynamic range. That's a product of the medium in which its played. A physical game and digital game play exactly the same way. Even ancient games can be emulated to imitate scanlines and color pallets and other nonsense.
I collect physical games to actually own them and whenever I want to play them I pirate them on my PC.This makes poorfags seethe and cry for some reason, but sadly I will never understand the brain of a poorfag.
>>739599301If video games is your fav hobby, then why the fuck not?
>>739602989Not a liquid asset? Try listing them for like 20% lower than their value and they will insta-sale. Its not true for cheap ps2/ps3/ps4 game, but something like a Pokemon will always hold valueWell as long as the basedboy millenials and gen x keep going crazy about physical stuff, i doubt zoomers will value their Halo 3 copies enough that it start selling for 60$ in few decade (not adjusted for inflation)
>>739607206Only olders ones. Newers one are just digital master "limited" slop that are sold for 35$ that will sell out and then sell on ebay for 90$ meanwhile a CD sound better and cost 10$
I truly don't understand of collecting standard editions of videogames.I can completely understand buying collector editions that comes with freebies, artbooks, manual with cool art and story tidbits, etc, but otherwise just buy the digital edition or better yet, just pirate it.
>>739607964Forgot to mention, if you truly want to support a dev just buy their merch, it usually gives them a way better cut than copies sold through publishers.
>>739599301>console FPS
>>739607964honestly collectors editions suck ass too.you are nearly always better off straight up buying merch.it will always be higher quality and wont have filler shit like EPIC cardboard cutouts.
>>739603157You should find a way to put Sam Altman in jail over his many crimes.
>>739607441yea uncharted ttiles are 15GB+ each.for me, only missing bayonetta trilogy + xenoblade for the NS + Luigis mansion2(not sure if i want to play on NS or 3DS) , they were around 30~40gbs so i put it on hold because i was trying to keep my game storage to a minimum.
>>739600318>just the smell of it it's worth it I used to stash my pot in my MGS2 Substance PS2 case. It's been a decade and that smell is still there. I tried washing with water and soup and it didn't work.Fuck I want it to go away
>>739600889bro, your insurance?
