Do you have a cut-off of when you are going to stop playing/collecting videogames? [Archive]

swlovinist

08-30-2009, 03:24 PM

Cobra Commander

08-30-2009, 03:27 PM

No cut-off's for me really. I collect mostly everything from NES forward. I usually only buy older stuff if it's really a good deal. Even though I love the aesthetics of the old Atari and Coleco stuff, it's not my main focus.
For me, there are NO limits. If it's a video game, I collect for it.

Therealqtip

08-30-2009, 04:11 PM

i collect anything MGS or anything strange like I saw a nintendogs book at GW but it was a scholastic book, it was a dog book but with nintendogs and nintendo slapped all over it. I try to cut myself from that strange stuff like that just because it's stupid and pointless and makes my room look ghey but I do it anyways.

ottojello

08-30-2009, 04:18 PM

I'll stop when all content is delivered exclusively on-line.

le geek

08-30-2009, 04:25 PM

Time, money and space limit my collecting. I generally keep good games that I want to get around to playing (or want to keep around to replay). So I generally have a personal "greatest hits" for each console. I do have a large Atari 2600 collection though.

Battlesmurf

08-30-2009, 04:43 PM

Simple question: Many of us have been collecting and playing video games a long time. We have seen trends, seen games modernize into movie like productions. Does the direction of video games affect your "cut-off" point of playing or collecting them?

For example: I pretty much collect anything 32 bit and before, but have been more selective as time goes on due to space. Also, with more videogame content starting to be downloadable only, this has affected what I collect. I want to be able to play something long after any online service is provided. As for playing videogames, I play all current systems, and plan on to for time to come.

I will most definitely buy WAAAAY less if they ever go download only (and are not completely DRM free- at the bare minimum).

Space and money effect my collecting more than anything, though. I try to collect only what I'll play (or can trade for what I'll play- though this is not too often). I found I buy waaaay less stuff if I sit down and make a list- a goal if you will- of stuff rather than scooping up everything that looks cool. Saves alot of hassle :)

The 1 2 P

08-30-2009, 04:57 PM

I'll stop collecting the moment I get that invite to the space ship that houses Michael Jackson, Bruce Lee, Elvis and that midget from Fantasy Island.

garagesaleking!!

08-30-2009, 05:36 PM

when i get married, i will stop playing video games.

11killer11

08-30-2009, 06:10 PM

when i get married, i will stop playing video games.

Really, Man?

My answer is I collect anything that i find at garage sales but my main interest is anything and everything that is not usual that you see at stores everyday.

Deadman

08-30-2009, 06:17 PM

when i get married, i will stop playing video games.

No you won't. Ever. I'm 42 with two kids (11 and 8 yrs old) and I stopped playing video games in that late 80/s early 90's strictly because I was in college and had no funds. I still have my original Atari 2600. I still have my Atari 400 computer. I still have my vectrex. They were in my closet for some years, but eventually came back out and I'm glad I never got rid of them. I got back into gaming when I graduated and got a Genesis. Since then, it's been an on/off relationship, but I never really strayed away too much. Even when you're married you'll still game - they'll just be different games and genres that you play. You'll play rock band at couples parties, and Mario Kart Wii online with your married friends. You'll have a retro game night at your house and you're new buddies will be blown away by your stuff. You'll eventually have kids and they'll be the ones who actually get you back INTO gaming hardcore. If you enjoy games, you'll always keep playing them. Once a gamer, always a gamer.

kupomogli

08-30-2009, 06:20 PM

When I get married I will ignore my wife unless it's for sex or playing video games together.

Just kidding.

Anyways, this is like another thread that recently came up in classic gaming. Assuming since being in modern gaming, it means when would I stop collecting for future systems.

I'll stop collecting when it goes all digital. From that point on, in order to still play new games, I will actually start purchasing digital games, even though it might be like one game when I'm ready to play it. Won't buy it and leave it sitting like I do alot now.

garagesaleking!!

08-30-2009, 06:37 PM

aclbandit

08-30-2009, 06:44 PM

My collecting cutoff has to do with what I want to play. If I won't play it, I don't buy it -- simple as that. I collect as a player of games, so if the game doesn't interest me (no matter how "rare" it is), I won't get it.

portnoyd

08-30-2009, 07:01 PM

God no. That's crazy talk, good sir.

alexkidd2000

08-30-2009, 07:21 PM

I just do not have the room or money to be a real collector. The only system I really try to collect for is ColecoVision which of course was my first game system. For me I have to rely on emulators and such to play all the classics. Digital Distribution doesnt bother me so much as long as I can always play offline (PS3 seems like all your DLC will work as long as your system does haha). I still have not found a good way to emulate mame in my living room without using a computer :(

I def go in gaming spurts. I was huge huge into coleco and sms and genesis era. I had a saturn and ps1 but once saturn died I lost a bit of interest being such a hardcore sega fan. Once dreamcast came out I was back in hardcore and once again when it died I had a ps2 and xbox but just was not the same. This gen I feel rejuvinated because there are so many great games plus I love the HD graphics. I loved DDR and Samba which were great but Rock Band is my fav by far.

Hey, I lost part of my finger a month ago, right index down to the first knuckle :(
So my gaming has taken a hit I just can't compete in fps without my right trigger finger. I am trying to adjust to my right middle finger but its just not the same. I also cannot play that long before it starts to really hurt. I cannot drum in rockband either. And as you can see my typing has taken a hit haha.

Life goes on, I am sure I will be gaming until I die. I look forward to gaming parties at the old folks home !!

Eric Dude

08-30-2009, 07:23 PM

I'll stop collecting the moment I get that invite to the space ship that houses Michael Jackson, Bruce Lee, Elvis and that midget from Fantasy Island.

I'll see that, and raise you this:

When they pry the controller from my cold, dead hands.

Rickstilwell1

08-30-2009, 07:43 PM

I won't stop collecting. I already decided to stop collecting any and everything and only collect what I like to play. I'll learn what games I like for older systems by downloading and trying roms.

If I don't like the game I'll delete it and if I do like the rom I demoed I'll buy the real game.

For newer stuff, buying games will be based on

1 - Do I like the game character or series?
2 - Do I like the genre?
3 - Have I heard good things about it?

So for example I'll buy any game with Mario's face on it even if it's bad, but if it's bad and has nothing to do with anything then I won't bother. If a game is an RPG, I'll buy it just because it's my favorite genre.

ScourDX

08-30-2009, 07:49 PM

I stop playing already. As for collecting, I'll stop when online purchasing replace game store.

smork

08-31-2009, 08:02 AM

I really do think i will stop gaming at some point. If i am able to find an amazing wife that i love, i will want to provide for her, and eventually have kids. Seeing gaming is one of the main things i do now, i will want to do other things in the future. Like travel, go out, and spend time with my kids. I am only 19 and this is my fairytale dream for my future, but i guess i can see myself on rare occasions busting out my 360 years from now, but it will probably red ring by then, lol.

Eh, when you get older your hobbies change, but I keep coming back to mine. There's a need for balance in life - doing things you enjoy, things good for the kids, things with the wife, etc.

You can play games and still do all the things you mention.

GarrettCRW

08-31-2009, 09:36 AM

It's called, "Death."

Icarus Moonsight

08-31-2009, 09:54 AM

When it stops being fun?

WhatsMyUsername

08-31-2009, 10:07 AM

I collect anything that is a North American Release. Expanding beyond that is to much to collect. I'll collect till things become DLC only which is a day I am afraid of. We see now with xbla, psn, and the wii one that i for some reason can't remember the name off, games can be sold online. And even more recently with games on demand on xbox we see xbox 360 full games downloadable online. I worry that this means next-gen will be DLC only. If not next then the one after certainly will be. Which is kind of a double edged sword, on one hand it means an endpoint for collecting so one hypothetically could get a "complete" collection of every game. While on the other hand it's teh end of game collecting haha.

duffmanth

08-31-2009, 01:31 PM

I've been playing and collecting video games since I was a kid in the eighties and still do to this day. There's been some periods of time over the years where I got out of gaming, mostly because I just needed a break from it, but I always got back into it. I was really into gaming in the 8 and 16 bit eras, then missed most of the Playstation/N64 era, but got back into things at the tail end of the 32 bit era and the start of the PS2 era.

My collecting and buying habits have changed a little over the years. Obviously when you're a kid, you're really limited as to what you can buy. As I got older though, I could afford to buy my own systems and games, and I think I went a little overboard in recent years. In the last 2 years or so, I'm really becoming picky about what new and current games I spend $60 or more on, and I still like to collect older and rare games, but I won't pay inflated prices anymore like I would sometimes do in the past. The only games I might pay a little more for is anything Metal Gear Solid, some of the more obscure and rare NES and SNES games, and maybe some of the harder to find PS1 and PS2 games. The older I get, I don't find myself becoming a cheapskate, I'm just more careful and selective about what new games I'm willing to spend full retail value on and older and used at inflated prices, like a black label FFVII at $100 for instance!?

AMG

08-31-2009, 02:47 PM

No, I have no cut off point when it comes to collecting/playing video games.

Clownzilla

08-31-2009, 04:21 PM

I think the cut off point for me is getting VERY close. I'm really upset with buying a game and having to buy DLC to complete the experience. I don't care what people say about DLC because I personally think that I should get a complete game from the start. I have nothing wrong with DLC in general and find it acceptable that a company adds a weapon here, a car there, and a level in between. That seems to be so far from reality though. DLC has become standard in the gaming industry and selling a one-off copy is considered "so 90's".

fergojisan

08-31-2009, 04:37 PM

I have thought about this, and I will probably stop collecting and get rid of mostly everything either if I ever move again, or if I get sick/have some sort of health scare. I thinned out my collection last year quite a bit; it will be harder to thin it out again.

SegaAges

08-31-2009, 08:29 PM

I'll stop when all content is delivered exclusively on-line.

So, does that mean I can have your collection now? hehehe

I will stop when I have enough money to go to the grammies and have a reserved seat for myself the entire time, or when I die, whichever comes first (I plan on living until I am old, and death seems to be easier than going to the grammies)

Zthun

09-01-2009, 03:20 PM

I will stop under the following conditions:

1. I am dead
2. My hands get chopped off and there is no artifical hands that work with my body.
3. I get kidnapped and strung up in a high place, with my arms tied.
4. Chuck Norris comes by and roundhouse kicks my game room into space. I probably wouldn't stop playing from this, but my head will explode in sheer amazement. See #1.

BetaWolf47

09-01-2009, 03:38 PM

What swlovinist said in the title and what he asked in his post are two different things. I have a cutoff generation for which I will no longer collect. Yet I will continue to collect and play previous generations.

I actually regret collecting for this gen, because it's too much FPS, music games, sports, and racing. You can counter this by listing a handful of "ReBirth" games and DLC platformers/shmups, but look at those compared to the huge sales and discussion of Madden, Rock Band, Call of Duty, and Gran Turismo. Get any system between C64 and Dreamcast and the other genres are huge and plentiful.

That, and I'm disturbed by how big my backlog is. There's a huge amount of revered classics I haven't even scraped the surface of. Generation 7 may be my last.

chrisbid

09-01-2009, 03:50 PM

this will be my last generation of consoles, unless a next gen system can come up with a dozen new (not sequel) must-play games.

that hasnt happened across this entire generation

but that wont stop me from collecting and playing the old stuff :)

Cloud121

09-01-2009, 03:57 PM

I will stop under the following conditions:
Terry Bogard comes by and power geysers my game room into space. I probably wouldn't stop playing from this, but my head will explode in sheer amazement.
Fixed.

Lady Jaye

09-01-2009, 05:10 PM

Nope. I don't collect, but I'm a gamer. It's not going to change, and there'll always be a new interesting game to play. And even if there never was any new good game ever published, there are so many games that were released through the years that I don't see myself stopping playing any time soon.

And about the idea of giving up gaming for love? c'mon. If you're still interested in gaming, you'll still game. Maybe not as often, but it doesn't mean you'll never touch a controller again. If you're an avid reader, will you stop reading books forever if you fall in love? I don't think you have to.

Ed Oscuro

09-01-2009, 07:42 PM

4. Chuck Norris comes by and roundhouse kicks my game room into space. I probably wouldn't stop playing from this, but my head will explode in sheer amazement. See #1.
5. When people stop making Chuck Norris jokes. Wait, that was well over a year ago.

IRT Topic: No thanks, no thanks...

Zthun

09-01-2009, 09:42 PM

5. When people stop making Chuck Norris jokes. Wait, that was well over a year ago.

IRT Topic: No thanks, no thanks...

I fall way behind on the times and intentionally try to make myself uncool. Being hip and cool is for those "in-crowd" losers.

Zing

09-02-2009, 10:28 PM

Playing? Never.

Buying? I don't anticipate buying any newer systems or games beyond the Wii/DS. I have a collection of PS1, GBA, DS, and Wii games which will last me for at least 15 more years.

jonnyutah

09-03-2009, 12:02 AM

someone said they wii stop gaming once they get married?? eww! no way man. i'll be 31 next month and i'll always be gaming. heck, my dad is in his 60's and he plays games. there are many 80 year olds that play wii. LOL.

as for me? i'm not a good collector. wish i was. i always sell the games i'm collecting at some point. >.< I think I need a small safe to lock up collectables in. hehe.

Nature Boy

09-03-2009, 10:05 AM

Does the direction of video games affect your "cut-off" point of playing or collecting them?

Absolutely not.

If I stop collecting it's because I've lost interest in them as a whole, and not anything else.

I feel about video games the same way I feel about music: there is music that I love that was released 15+ years ago, but to ignore the music of today is to deny myself the joy of discovering something new.