Do buy games you know you will never play?

[tuxedojoe]

I myself love to collect Japanese Super Famicom games. I know that I will never play them, but I just like to have them. Do you think that it is bad to buy games that you know you will never play?

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Do you think that it is bad to buy games that you know you will never play?

No, no I don't. I also have a bunch of super famicon games that I know i'll most likely never play threw. So no, your not alone on this.

[Drexel923]

If enjoy what your doing then it can never be bad. Just because you collect games, doesn't mean you have to play them all. I'm sure theres plenty of people here, who strive for complete collections, and don't play half the games they buy.

[Raccoon Lad]

I think that if you're going to collect them you SHOULD play them.

I went through the trouble of completing the US SMS collection, and I'm gonna give it the respect it deserves. even if it means it'll take longer to play it then it did to collect it.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I'll side with what Drexel said above, but for me personally, I wouldn't blow money on a game that I'm never going to play. At least in my case, the money's too hard to come by. On the flipside of that yet, I have got a game or two for a system I haven't gotten yet (PS2), but fully intend to procure soon. But that's as close as I come to getting a game that I'm not gonna touch - I only get games that I can't play yet.

[Cmosfm]

Stamp Collectors buy stamps they will never mail a letter with, what makes a Game collector any different?

I play games I want to play, but in all honesty, I've played maybe 15% of my entire collection. I find more fun in "the hunt" than actually playing the games I buy, and working 11 hours a day leaves me with little time to play anything.

So yeah, don't feel bad, I stlll buy every 5.00 PS2/Xbox/GCN game I find and usually don't bother even opening it.

[ECWSandmanECW]

Never, then again I only buy games to play them.

[imanerd0011]

"I'm sure theres plenty of people here, who strive for complete collections, and don't play half the games they buy."

That's exactly how I am. I buy TONS of NES games that I know I will never play. I test them once to make sure it is the correct game and is working perfectly, and then I toss it in it's spot alphabetically, where it will remain for years to come.
I only play the games I like, which is probabley less than 20% of my collection.

[drdrew1469]

Stamp Collectors buy stamps they will never mail a letter with...

I collect coins I will never spend

Bad, no, it's not bad. Then again, I play every game I get.

[Ed Oscuro]

On the flipside of that yet, I have got a game or two for a system I haven't gotten yet (PS2), but fully intend to procure soon.

Same here! I also still haven't gotten around to buying a Super Famicom. I've got a few RPGs for it that I won't be playing any time soon, but I'd rather have them than not.

I've got a number of strat guides from Japan I'll likely have no use for, as an example. There ya go.

[maxlords]

I used to buy everything and keep lots of stuff that I wouldn't play. A few years ago I realized that a lot of the things I had I simply would never play and had no interested in. For a gamer, what's the point? The games were made to be played IMO. So I've sold off everything I knew I'd NEVER play. Just GONE. I only keep games that I think will interest me now, and if I play them and don't like them, I sell them immediately.

[Promophile]

"looks at collection of sealed games on the wall"

yep.

[calthaer]

I buy some games that I intend to play but never quite get around to. Mostly those RPGs - they take way too long to complete. Second-tier ones like Arcanum and stuff...it's like, I think about the time commitment and I go "meh."

[Jibbajaba]

Pretty much my rule about buying games (at thrift stores and flea markets anyway) is that if they are a good price, and I dont already have it, I buy it. Whether or not I will ever actually play it only becomes an issue if the price is a little bit more than I usually pay. But I'll pay a buck or two for any game as long as it's in good condition and I dont own it.

Chris

[Dimitri]

I've recently (well...since the last CGE...) started collecting Japanese Megadrive games in addition to the US games I've been buying for a while. As I'm hoping to lean Japanese, I should be able to play a lot of them, though I play all the ones I already have 'cause they're mostly shooters. (Ahh, Dangerous Seed...) If I start buying PAL games, though, a lot of those will prolly be tough to be able to play -- might have to find myself a PAL TV, which I hear is no easy feat in the states.

[kainemaxwell]

I do have a few game sin my collections I won't play like DQIV and Videomation for starters.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

The Atari 2600 is the only system I do this with. All my other systems I have games soley based on if I want to play them or not. Basically, I collect 2600, but just buy a lot of games for other systems.

[max 330 mega]

i buy sealed games that are of some of my favorite series, like i wouldnt mind some sealed bust a move titles, i would say mostly the only games i buy that i dont ever really plan to play are sealed and other random titles that are to help complete a collection. any other game i buy and dont like, i sell it, because it generally pisses me off just looking at some shitty title next to all the good stuff.

[Jorpho]

I like to think that one day I'll play all the games that have come into my hands. But crikey, that's going to take a long time.

[Mr. Smashy]

I indend to play all the games I own. That's close enough to a "no" for me.