collecting sub catagories

[LimitedEditionMuseum]

For you guys with a moderately large collection, if you have a favorite game like Final Fantasy, do you keep those in a sub groupe or with their perspective console games?

[Guyra]

I wouldn't call my collection even remotely near "moderately large," but I do have a large section dedicated to my King's Field collection (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?153416-Complete-King-s-Field-releases).

And I'd probably do something similar(albeit in a smaller fashion) with other favorites as well if I had the space. :P

[Cloud121]

For me it's Resident Evil, launch titles, and pack-ins.

[DK1105]

I mostly keep them keep them sorted by console but I do have keep all of my boxed games together as its own section. I don't exactly have a big collection though. NEED TO BUY MORE!!!

[xelement5x]

Most of my collection is organized by console and such, except for GBA games which are just in a big bag.

The only exceptions would really be my Popful Mail collection which has its own shelf above my CD games, and my Working Designs collection with variants/promos/bonuses/etc which has it's own bookshelf since it's rather large.

[The 1 2 P]

I use to collect wrestling games, both US and Japanese import titles. But all titles stay grouped with their respective system.

[SpaceFlea]

All my games are sorted lexicographically by console and region. Parsing out any individual series, even my favorite ones, would wreak havoc on my OCD.

[sloan]

My collection has 35 systems and over 4,000 games, and they are all organized according to system.

[o.pwuaioc]

What is moderately large? I'd think 4k+ is super large. Anyway, mine's a fraction of sloans, and I too keep everything separated by consoles and then alphabetical, except for series where the title is a bit off (e.g. Legend of Zelda v. Zelda II).

[Aussie2B]

No idea how you define "moderately large", but I organize my games by console, alphabetically, sometimes further broken down by different packaging types (PlayStation longboxes together, jewel cases elsewhere). But I do have specific collecting goals. I don't think collecting is nearly as much fun without particular niches that you're passionate about. One really big one for me is that I collect anything and everything related to games developed by tri-Ace.

[LimitedEditionMuseum]

Only reason I said moderately large is because it would have to be a good size to even have sub sections right?

[Jack_Burton_BYOAC]

I'd say over 300 is getting into big enough for categories. I'm right at that mark, and my whole collection is just mess. I keep the games I received for Christmas as a kid up on a shelf, the rest are just wherever.

[wiggyx]

Alphabetically by console with only big, stupid boxes like Point Blank and Donka Konga out on their own. Too hard for me to find anything otherwise.

[understatement]

I use to do something like this, I had all my Resident Evil and Working Designs games on display but as shelf space became more of a commodity as my collection became larger I was forced to take the displays down and go with the rows of side by side games. I still collect more for sub categories over just going for a complete set for a particular system but it's now all separated by system and not the sub category itself.

I would think the style of sub category your thinking of would happen more in smaller collections unless you just had a ton of room for a larger collection.