How much does IGN value your game collection at?

[Gemini-Phoenix]

I've recently been attempting to upload my collection to IGN, and it's taking me ages to do... I'm about a third of th way through, and already IGN value my games at just over $8,300.00... (Considering I am having a little difficulty seeing as the majority are PAL, and some games aren't even listed on IGN)

I was wondering ~ For those of you who have already done so - How much does IGN value your collection at?

[videogameking26]

Here's mine-

865 TOTAL GAMES
249 GBA 28%

134 PS2 15%

88 Xbox 10%

69 PC 7%

62 PS 7%

42 NES 4%

41 GCN 4%

34 DC 3%

32 DS 3%

27 SNES 3%

24 Saturn 2%

20 Genesis 2%

18 PSP 2%

12 N64 1%

6 TG16 0%

6 Sega CD 0%

1 32X 0%


Favored platform: Game Boy Advance
Favored publisher: Nintendo
Favored developer: Nintendo
Estimated value of collection: $18,410.32

That is about 70% of my collection....

[Gemini-Phoenix]

I'm determined to get my entire collection uploaded to IGN. So far it stands at:

399 TOTAL GAMES

66 DC 16%
56 GCN 14%
48 Xbox 12%
42 N64 10%
41 PS 10%
38 NNG 9%
28 GBA 7%
27 Genesis 6%
23 PS2 5%
12 GBC 3%
9 SMS 2%
4 GB 1%
4 Jaguar 1%
1 WSC

Favored platform: Dreamcast
Favored publisher: Nintendo
Favored developer: Nintendo
Estimated value of collection: $9,128.63
IGN Editors' avg. score: 8.0


Still a long way to go as yet! It'll start rocketting when I start adding PS2, PlayStation, and DC games, and still have a load of Mega Drive games to add. apart from that, I think everything else is more or less completed...

[Nez]

960 TOTAL GAMES

246 DC 25%

124 2600 12%

81 PS 8%

53 Saturn 5%

51 Genesis 5%

49 PS2 5%

42 NES 4%

38 SNES 3%

38 GCN 3%

32 32X 3%

25 SMS 2%

18 N64 1%

17 Xbox 1%

16 Sega CD 1%

15 PC 1%

14 GBA 1%

13 Ody2 1%

11 NG 1%

10 TG16 1%

10 3DO 1%

9 Intv 0%

8 GB 0%

8 7800 0%

6 Jaguar 0%

5 Coleco 0%

4 5200 0%

3 TI-99 0%

3 NGPC 0%

3 Lynx 0%

2 NNG 0%

2 Mac 0%

2 GBC 0%

1 NGCD 0%

1 VB 0%


Favored platform: Dreamcast
Favored publisher: SEGA
Favored developer: *None (no company)
Estimated value of collection: $21,388.25
IGN Editors' avg. score: 7.9
Su1c1de's avg. score: 9.5

[-hellvin-]

Pfft...ign's value system is so dumb...I think it marks everything at 25 dollars. GO SMB/DH GAME!

1833 TOTAL GAMES

479 Genesis 26%

204 NES 11%

151 2600 8%

116 PC 6%

115 SMS 6%

89 DC 4%

80 Saturn 4%

75 PS 4%

73 SNES 3%

68 Sega CD 3%

45 PS2 2%

36 Intv 1%

35 32X 1%

33 TG16 1%

25 GG 1%

23 GCN 1%

23 N64 1%

22 Coleco 1%

21 Xbox 1%

20 Ody2 1%

19 GBA 1%

19 3DO 1%

19 5200 1%

13 Jaguar 0%

10 DS 0%

9 Lynx 0%

4 VB 0%

4 7800 0%

2 GB 0%

1 Arcade 0%


Favored platform: Genesis
Favored publisher: SEGA
Favored developer: *None (no company)
Estimated value of collection: $38,502.58
IGN Editors' avg. score: 8.2
Hellvin's avg. score: 8.5

[Jumpman Jr.]

I think I remember Joe saying that he was working on a similar feature for the DP collector's database. I hope he does, cause that would be sweet :D
I don't have my list on ign, but as hellvin said, the numbers cannot be correct.
Everytime I look at somebody's collection list, I see a ridiculous total that the total amount of games wouldn't amount too unless they were all new-era games.

[maxlords]

LOL...it'd take WAY too long to upload my stuff to IGN. Not to mention a lot of my games aren't listed, nor are my promo materials.

[shaggy]

Total 1088

298 NES 26%

167 2600 14%

102 PS 9%

84 Genesis 7%

48 Sega CD 4%

46 Intv 4%

44 SMS 3%

36 DC 3%

34 N64 3%

33 Saturn 2%

32 SNES 2%

24 GCN 2%

21 Xbox 1%

20 Ody2 1%

19 PS2 1%

15 3DO 1%

14 32X 1%

13 TG16 1%

11 Coleco 0%

10 GG 0%

10 5200 0%

9 CD-i 0%

8 7800 0%

6 VB 0%

4 Vectrex 0%

4 GBA 0%

3 DS 0%

3 TI-99 0%

2 GB 0%

1 GBC 0%


Favored platform: NES
Favored publisher: SEGA
Favored developer: *None (no company)
Estimated value of collection: $22,162.78
IGN Editors' avg. score: 7.9

Well, here is mine.

[starchildskiss78]

I agree with the "too many games are being counted by ign as being worth $25" point but here goes anyways:

225 TOTAL GAMES
54 Genesis
24%
38 NES
16%
25 DC
11%
21 SNES
9%
19 GCN
8%
15 PS
6%
15 Saturn
6%
9 N64
4%
7 GG
3%
7 GB
3%
7 2600
3%
5 GBC
2%
2 GBA
0%
1 Sega CD
0%

Favored platform: Genesis
Favored publisher: Nintendo
Favored developer: *None (no company)
Estimated value of collection: $4,426.92
IGN Editors' avg. score: 7.9

------------------------------------------------------------
Genesis does what Nintendon't!

[Cobra Commander]

784 TOTAL GAMES

247 NES 31%
94 SNES 11%
67 Genesis 8%
63 PS 8%
58 GCN 7%
46 PC 5%
43 2600 5%
37 PS2 4%
36 GBA 4%
19 N64 2%
17 DC 2%
10 GB 1%
9 5200 1%
8 SMS 1%
7 7800 0%
6 DS 0%
5 G.com 0%
3 Sega CD 0%
2 GG 0%
2 Arcade 0%
1 C64 0%
1 Saturn 0%
1 Coleco 0%
1 TVgame 0%
1 GBC 0%

Favored platform: NES
Favored publisher: Nintendo
Favored developer: *None (no company)
Estimated value of collection: $14,821.80
IGN Editors' avg. score: 7.9
Cobra_Command's avg. score: 8.2

[Oobgarm]

I took my collection off IGN a while back. I think it was over $10k before I did.

[DragonMaster Sam]

197 Total Games

62 SNES (32%)
43 PC (21%)
30 PS (15%)
19 GBA (9%)
13 PS2 (6%)
12 GCN (6%)
11 NES (5%)
4 N64 (2%)
2 GB (1%)
1 Genesis (0%)

Favored Platform: SNES
Favored Publisher: Nintendo
Favored Developer: Square
Estimated Value of Collection: $4,346.99
IGN Editor's Avg. Score: 8.4

[Gemini-Phoenix]

Th fact that IGN doesn't really differenciate between PAL, NTSC J, and NTSC U games means you can never get an accurate reading. It also does not compensate for the differences invalue between sealed and unsealed games either.


One thing I find very annoying is: I own PAL and NTSC U versions of the same game, but IGN will only let me upload one or the other. The alternative is if you own all three regional variations, in which case you are allowed to choose "All", but this is very frustrating when compiling a list. Especially if you want to know how many games you own.

Also, you can't upload multiple versions of the same game. Some of us may own two or more of the same game from the same region ~ Some PAL games I own sealed and unsealed, yet the system won't acknowledge two or more copies.


I have also found that not everything is included. I have come across a few instances of LE games not being in the database, such as Metal Gear Solid III: Metal Edition...


It would be interesting to know exactly what price IGN values each individual game at though, and whether or not it changes at all...


Still, it's a nice feature to be able to load up your games and I hope Joe gets around to adding a similar feature on here as part of the online rarity database or something

[pacmanhat]

371 TOTAL GAMES
66 Xbox
17%
48 NES
12%
43 N64
11%
30 GCN
8%
27 SNES
7%
26 PS2
7%
19 Genesis
5%
18 Ody2
4%
17 DC
4%
11 PS
2%
10 DS
2%
9 2600
2%
7 32X
1%
7 Saturn
1%
6 Jaguar
1%
5 GBA
1%
5 Sega CD
1%
4 VB
1%
3 SMS
0%
3 PSP
0%
3 GBC
0%
3 3DO
0%
1 Intv
0%

Favored platform: Xbox
Favored publisher: Nintendo
Favored developer: Nintendo EAD
Estimated value of collection: $8,657.07
IGN Editors' avg. score: 8.6

As much as I love IGN's collection features, this is my biggest complaint. It wouldn't hurt them to do better than ballpark estimates of the values of things.

[davepesc]

Here's mine:

682 TOTAL GAMES
229 2600 33%

132 Genesis 19%

76 PS2 11%

46 SMS 6%

41 PS 6%

32 Sega CD 4%

30 N64 4%

12 SNES 1%

12 Coleco 1%

11 DC 1%

9 GBA 1%

8 Ody2 1%

8 Saturn 1%

7 PC 1%

6 32X 0%

5 GG 0%

5 Pico 0%

4 GCN 0%

4 GBC 0%

2 GB 0%

2 VB 0%

1 7800 0%


Favored platform: Atari 2600
Favored publisher: SEGA
Favored developer: *None (no company)
Estimated value of collection: $14,808.43
IGN Editors' avg. score: 8.2
davepesc's avg. score: 7.6

[davepesc]

I think I remember Joe saying that he was working on a similar feature for the DP collector's database. I hope he does, cause that would be sweet :D
I don't have my list on ign, but as hellvin said, the numbers cannot be correct.
Everytime I look at somebody's collection list, I see a ridiculous total that the total amount of games wouldn't amount too unless they were all new-era games.

My stats: 682 games (mostly 2600 and Genesis) / $14,808.43 = $21.71 per game.

Yeah, that's a bit high.

[Howie6925]

Here's mine I also asked a similar question about his a while ago:

379 TOTAL GAMES
78 PS2 20%

60 PS 15%

38 Genesis 10%

28 2600 7%

28 NES 7%

28 PC 7%

27 Xbox 7%

22 GCN 5%

14 TG16 3%

14 GBA 3%

13 N64 3%

12 SNES 3%

6 DC 1%

3 32X 0%

2 Sega CD 0%

2 TVgame 0%

2 Saturn 0%

1 GB 0%

1 Coleco 0%


Favored platform: PlayStation 2
Favored publisher: Nintendo
Favored developer: Atari
Estimated value of collection: $7,867.92
IGN Editors' avg. score: 7.6
Howie6925's avg. score: 10.0

[Kuros]

222 NES
41%
110 Genesis
20%
105 SNES
19%
21 Xbox
3%
14 GBA
2%
12 DC
2%
11 GBC
2%
10 GB
1%
7 32X
1%
5 GCN
0%
4 GG
0%
4 VB
0%
3 Saturn
0%
2 TG16
0%
2 NGPC
0%
2 NNG
0%
2 DS
0%
2 N64
0%
1 Lynx
0%
1 3DO
0%
Favored platform: NES
Favored publisher: Nintendo
Favored developer: *None (no company)
Estimated value of collection: $9,671.01
IGN Editors' avg. score: 8.4

[NESVIDIOT]

1055 TOTAL GAMES
169 GCN 16%

127 NES 12%

107 N64 10%

92 DC 8%

87 SNES 8%

62 GBA 5%

53 Xbox 5%

51 PS2 4%

41 Genesis 3%

31 2600 2%

31 PS 2%

29 GG 2%

28 GB 2%

28 Coleco 2%

26 Intv 2%

25 GBC 2%

13 DS 1%

12 Sega CD 1%

9 32X 0%

7 TG16 0%

6 3DO 0%

5 SMS 0%

5 GW 0%

4 VB 0%

3 NGPC 0%

2 7800 0%

1 Arcade 0%

1 Pinball 0%


Favored platform: GameCube
Favored publisher: Nintendo
Favored developer: *None (no company)
Estimated value of collection: $23,395.64
IGN Editors' avg. score: 7.9


I agree in that the value system is off because if they are counting the fact that my SMB pinball and Galaga Cab are worth 25 bucks each, they are way off for sure.

[mills]

91 TOTAL GAMES
48 SNES
52%
26 NES
28%
6 GB
6%
4 GBA
4%
3 GG
3%
2 PC
2%
1 Genesis
1%
1 GBC
1%

Favored platform: Super NES
Favored publisher: Nintendo
Favored developer: *None (no company)
Estimated value of collection: $1,651.47
IGN Editors' avg. score: 8.4

[scorch56]

Taken from a reply-post of mine a couple of months back:

Actually.. the IGN datbase.. as far as prices go.. is no longer being maintained OR updated. A couple of years back when IGN was tied in with a major game retail chain (which one.. escapes me now) they based their estimated values DIRECTLY on what their store "tie-in" charged. In other words.. you used to be able to buy games THROUGH IGN.. but they tied into Gamestop.. or the like.

So.. let's say you had a copy of Chrono Trigger to add to your collection. Once you did.. the value of your collection might go up by say.. $35; and if you bought a copy of CT from their Gamestop pages via IGN.. you'd pay $35 (I know this WAS the case because I thoroughly researched this one evening in their forums and their FAQ, and found this answer.. wondering and asking where they got their values from.). At the time however.. this wasn't very accurate as well. The reason? If you bought that copy of CT from them.. 99.9995% of the time.. you would simply recieve a bare cart. In fact.. the site would show a disclaimer stating the fact that one should realize; and count on getting a bare cart or CD MOST of the time.. as available. I never ordered 8 or 16-bit carts from them for that reason.. because I'm a completist. In fact.. out of about 5 or 6 current-gen titles I ordered.. only 1 ever came with a case and manual.. so I stopped. Now anybody also knows that a copy of CT with box-insert, manual & maps.. in any sort of semi-decent condition is worth.. or will fetch.. A LOT more than $35.. especially on eBay.

When the big game company and IGN stopped supporting each other awhile back.. I think IGN simply kept their pricing database.. and stopped updating it. I think I've pretty much proved that to myself because no matter what games I've added in the past year or so.. they ALWAYS seem to raise my value by never more than $20 to $25 exactly; anymore.

IGN is grossly undervalued in my opinion as well nowdays. Look at my collection.. I have approximately 650 games.. and MANY of mine are rare.. HTF.. or simply "wanted". Divide that 650 into the estimated value of $13,000 and you get about $20 per game.. value; as an average.. but 95% of my games are totally complete. Anybody would tell you that almost any complete "older" game is worth that much.. on a good day.. on eBay (NOT counting sports titles [of which I have NONE] or commons [of which I have few; i.e. Mario, Sonic, DK, etc.]). So you see what I'm getting at here? If all of my games are worth AT LEAST the $20.. but my Snatcher might be $75.. or my Metal Warriors might be $100.. then isn't my collection worth WELL more than $13,000? So I don't use the IGN figure as an accurate quote either.

[Gemini-Phoenix]

I was adding sub-collections all at once (Ie, all Pokemon games) for ease, and I am pretty sure some of my Pokemon games were valued at stupid prices!


However, I do have my fair share of rares in my lit, plus I added two Steel Battalion' early on which bumped up the price by a fair whack

[SKVermin]

455 TOTAL GAMES
133 PC 29%
48 GCN 10%
43 Xbox 9%
37 DC 8%
34 Intv 7%
28 PS 6%
26 GBA 5%
19 2600 4%
16 SNES 3%
15 NES 3%
8 N64 1%
8 Ody2 1%
7 SMS 1%
7 GG 1%
7 Genesis 1%
6 Coleco 1%
4 DS 0%
4 PS2 0%
1 GB 0%
1 Jaguar 0%
1 TVgame 0%
1 GBC 0%
1 Saturn 0%

Favored platform: PC
Favored publisher: Nintendo
Favored developer: *None (no company)
Estimated value of collection: $10,853.42
IGN Editors' avg. score: 8.4

[Amy Rose]

228 TOTAL GAMES

Favored platform: Genesis
Favored publisher: SEGA
Favored developer: Sonic Team
Estimated value of collection: $5,054.95
IGN Editors' avg. score: 8.5
StrayHellcat's avg. score: 8.6

Only a lil' babeh collection here. I like how my favourite platform, publisher and developer are all realistic now!

[djbeatmongrel]

Heres my collection up to date minus my wonderswan stuff (their directory is missing tons of games for it so i havent bothered). basiacally the list is missing 30 WS games and 17 WSC games.

465 TOTAL GAMES

92 2600 19%
60 PS 12%
55 PS2 11%
52 NES 11%
48 Genesis 10%
28 GCN 6%
26 SNES 5%
17 Coleco 3%
16 GB 3%
16 DC 3%
14 Saturn 3%
11 DS 2%
8 GBA 1%
7 GG 1%
6 N64 1%
3 Sega CD 0%
2 SMS 0%
2 GBC 0%
2 VB 0%


Favored platform: Atari 2600
Favored publisher: SEGA
Favored developer: *None (no company)
Estimated value of collection: $9,370.88
IGN Editors' avg. score: 7.8

[SegaAges]

For the games that IGN actually has that I inputted (I own probably at the most 4 games that are not in their system):

605 TOTAL GAMES
70 DC 11%
66 PS2 10%
63 Saturn 10%
50 N64 8%
41 2600 6%
38 PC 6%
33 Genesis 5%
32 PS 5%
27 GCN 4%
26 Xbox 4%
24 SNES 3%
22 GG 3%
17 GB 2%
15 NNG 2%
14 GBA 2%
14 NES 2%
14 VB 2%
11 32X 1%
8 G.com 1%
7 GBC 1%
6 DS 0%
4 Sega CD 0%
1 DC VMU 0%
1 7800 0%
1 Arcade 0%

Favored platform: Dreamcast
Favored publisher: SEGA
Favored developer: *None (no company)
Estimated value of collection: $12,844.54

And yes, I did count chao adventure. I have a vmu dedicated to it (too bad the battery is dead on it :( )

EDIT: I usually just input games as I buy them and look at the main number. I hinestly did not realize I had so many n64 games. And for awhile, I only had about 10 xbox games, and now I almost have as many xbox games as I do gc. I just now realized that. man, i need to get a room of doom going again! :deadhorse:
I have been telling myself i would do it since i moved into my new place (beating the dead horse again, I know he will wake up eventually :deadhorse: )

[shvnsth]

nobody has one over 50k?

im sitting at $14,570.68, but i stopped collecting 6 months ago, and haven't updated it since.

[alec006]

As of today at 4:35 PM CDT
Favored platform: PC
Favored publisher: Nintendo
Favored developer: Sonic Team
Estimated value of collection: $2,634.56

122 Games PC being the Most (21)

http://users.ign.com/collection/haloeep

[PapaStu]

I've not updated this in quite a while (my IGN acct) so I know its pretty off in the newer stuff, BUT for the time I had,

643 PS 42%
327 PS2 21%
137 Xbox 9%
103 GCN 6%
59 GBA 3%
58 DC 3%
52 N64 3%
30 Genesis 2%
21 NGPC 1%
21 GBC 1%
15 SNES 1%
14 32X 0%
13 GB 0%
2 Jaguar 0%
1 TG16 0%
1 3DO 0%

Favored platform: PlayStation
Favored publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Favored developer: Capcom
Estimated value of collection: $30,134.66
IGN Editors' avg. score: 7.4

With what i've got now numbers wise, i'd guess i'm sitting about 40k in IGN monies for my stuff.

[Ulticron]

That's not everything I own, there's several games that aren't in IGN's database.

661 TOTAL GAMES

176 NES 26%
69 Saturn 10%
54 SNES 8%
48 Genesis 7%
43 GBA 6%
33 GB 4%
31 SMS 4%
30 PS 4%
27 GCN 4%
21 PS2 3%
20 DC 3%
18 N64 2%
13 Xbox 1%
12 TG16 1%
11 GG 1%
9 GBC 1%
8 Sega CD 1%
7 3DO 1%
5 Jaguar 0%
4 32X 0%
4 TI-99 0%
4 VIC-20 0%
4 PC 0%
4 TVgame 0%
3 DS 0%
2 VB 0%
1 NGPC 0%

Favored platform: NES
Favored publisher: SEGA
Favored developer: *None (no company)
Estimated value of collection: $13,396.97
IGN Editors' avg. score: 8.0

[cyberfluxor]

For some reason I'm not thinking these prices are correct reflective of what I actually own. The games I've entered thus far are priced well above what I got them for and don't even sell for these values in the stores. I'm lazy so if someone finds out where they get their estimated values from and how often those values are renewed or re-estimated, please let me know. :)

[snes_collector]

My small collection stats:

354 TOTAL GAMES

110 SNES 31%

53 GCN 14%

40 Genesis 11%

38 NES 10%

23 N64 6%

21 GBA 5%

14 NGPC 3%

14 DC 3%

12 GBC 3%

7 PC 1%

6 PS 1%

5 GG 1%

5 GB 1%

5 DS 1%

1 VB 0%


Favored platform: Super NES
Favored publisher: Nintendo
Favored developer: *None (no company)
Estimated value of collection: $7,066.26
IGN Editors' avg. score: 7.8
snes_collector's avg. score: 9.3


Dang, I've almost got as many NES games as Genesis games, didn't relieze that.

[dreamcaster]

405 TOTAL GAMES

52 N64 12%
47 Genesis 11%
37 NES 9%
36 SMS 8%
36 DC 8%
34 SNES 8%
27 PS 6%
27 PS2 6%
19 Saturn 4%
18 2600 4%
15 Xbox 3%
11 GCN 2%
10 GBA 2%
9 GBC 2%
7 NGPC 1%
7 GG 1%
4 Lynx 0%
3 GB 0%
3 Sega CD 0%
1 32X 0%
1 GW 0%
1 DS 0%

Favored platform: Nintendo 64
Favored publisher: SEGA
Favored developer: SEGA
Estimated value of collection: $8,381.03
IGN Editors' avg. score: 8.2
Chris_Cubed's avg. score: 8.4

I'm not actually that fussed over the valuation of my collection, but I would like to perhaps have the PAL names for my consoles (Mega CD, not Sega CD and Mega Drive, not Genesis), more options for imports etc.

The DP collector database/lists are good, but I would like some sort of summarising graph like IGN's. If anything, it makes bragging easier. :P