new forum for collectors of factory sealed games

[LuxKiller65]

The only reason that place exists is to try to keep the value of some sealed games high, especially those big members and other staff people own - just avoid it. I collect sealed games too by the way, but disagree with all the bullshit some of them throw.

[RASK1904]

I think a point that might have been missed is, once you open them they will never be sealed again. It's mine I'll open it when and/or if I want. Like someone said I don't have enuff time to play all my games. So when I do find an old game sealed it'll stay sealed. There rarer too. So the sealed ones can stay sealed..........for now!
Thanx RASK1904

[GameCollector]

so rask you are a sealed collector or a gamer withou time ?

[Gemini-Phoenix]

I started out as the latter and as a result found an appreciation for the other, but I still retain that I have never enough time but don't want to stop collecting. It is logical to leave them sealed until such time you are ready to play them, although in some cases it is more prudent to leave them sealed for posterity

[Xander]

This thread is dangerous and bumping should be done with care.

[Pascal]

I started out as the latter and as a result found an appreciation for the other, but I still retain that I have never enough time but don't want to stop collecting. It is logical to leave them sealed until such time you are ready to play them, although in some cases it is more prudent to leave them sealed for posterity

I know what you mean! But if i want to play a game I never would open one of my sealed games! I would buy a cheap used copy on ebay !

btw.: check out www.sealedgameauctions.com ! 100% free sell, buy, trade and search auction platform for video games!

[Pascal]

new forum on our own server at http://forum.sealedgameheaven.com and brand new sealed game database on http://guides.sealedgameheaven.com !
Check it out!

[GameCollector]

I really like the new database idea on http://files.sealedgameauctions.com/...itle=Main_Page !
I definitely will add some content!

[Pascal]

check out our newest SGH feature where you can present your video game collections like they deserve it ...

http://collections.sealedgameheaven.com

[Poofta!]

check out our newest SGH feature where you can present your video game collections like they deserve it ...

http://collections.sealedgameheaven.com

go away.

[jperryss]

I'm torn as to how I feel about sealed game collecting.

One part of me is fascinated with seeing 20+ year old games, still in their factory seal like they were forgotten by time.

But the rest of me says "WTF are you doing? Games are meant to be PLAYED, not looked at! You are robbing someone else of the chance to PLAY that game! What a waste! If you want to buy something just to LOOK at, why not collect stamps?"

[tubeway]

check out our newest SGH feature where you can present your video game collections like they deserve it ...

http://collections.sealedgameheaven.com

AKA, the "Everyone unzip and let em flop out so we can get the ruler" feature.

[tubeway]

I'm incredibly neurotic about collecting, and have a phobia of tearing shrinkwrap!

Yeah, I agree.

[Zap!]

Here's my prized sealed games:

[RagedGamer]

Very nice site you have. I've tried to make a forum for video game collectors but it seems the ratio for people collecting the games to people actually playing the games is around 1:100 so my forum isn't very popular I guess Oh well good luck with it its off to a great start.

As for collecting sealed games, think of it as an investment. Like someone else said buy a sealed mario RPG for $200 and then buy the cart for $30. Keep both, play the cart, and watch the value of your sealed copy grow in value. Tell you what, I'd have $20,000 in a collection of sealed classic games rather than in the stock market any day of the week.

[Ed Oscuro]

Tell you what, I'd have $20,000 in a collection of sealed classic games

This is why you won't have $20K. Tulip craze. Sure, everybody likes tulips and games, but if you get in and out at the wrong points, you're done for. Might as well diversify a bit. Admittedly game prices seem more "stable" than the stock market, but I have the feeling most people are just treading water (i.e. making inflation), and "collect anything because it smells good sealed" is a hopeless investment strategy.

[RagedGamer]

This is why you won't have $20K. Tulip craze. Sure, everybody likes tulips and games, but if you get in and out at the wrong points, you're done for. Might as well diversify a bit. Admittedly game prices seem more "stable" than the stock market, but I have the feeling most people are just treading water (i.e. making inflation), and "collect anything because it smells good sealed" is a hopeless investment strategy.

Look there could be millions of copies of one particular game out there. Lets say the original Mario Bros for nes. You can buy a cart for less than a buck on Ebay. This is because most of those people who brought it home from the store ripped the box open and threw it out since they couldn't wait to play the game itself.

Lets face it, no one back then thought to themselves, "Hmm, I think I won't play this game, in fact won't even open it. I'm going to give it to my grandson one day when its worth a lot of money." That's the thing with sealed games. Most are kept sealed by accident. Someone forgot to return it to K-Mart or someone got two copies accidentally for Christmas and one was thrown into the attic. That's why these things are so rare and why they go for so much money, because there are very few left.

[Ed Oscuro]

Right, the supposed scarcity of sealed games differentiates it from tulip bulbs, but the big point is that there's always the potential for dramatic revaluations of sealed games by the market. Buyers slugging out protracted bidding wars on eBay are one example of why this could happen.

It all comes down to common sense, and common sense says to diversify your investments. You can put some money aside in sealed titles (if I were to do it, I'd forget about classic stuff unless I could find it at thrift store / clueless flea vendor prices, and focus on getting games from the last decade that had fallen dramatically in price and which I assumed could go higher...unfortunately for me, it's anybody's guess whether people will give much of a damn about stuff like PS2 Shinobi or Otogi II; sealed games collecting seems to benefit people who cater to the great unwashed of gaming, but I'm starting to make value judgements...)

As an unrelated aside, I will say that I would lose much less sleep over money in a CD than I would over games sitting in a house where they can be destroyed, quickly or slowly, by any number of factors. Money in your bank account doesn't suddenly turn out to be counterfeit, or stuffed with twinkies, and money is always convertible. I have some rare stuff and I would say "good luck" to my earlier self asking myself to believe I'd be able to flip it easily...money doesn't pose that problem.

[Gemini-Phoenix]

It's not always about the money though. Do you think NES collector's who seek out and pay high prices for carts like Stadium Events do it because they want to make an investment and one day turn that into a profit? No, they buy it because they like the feeling of having something rare and which is sought after that very few people have the pleasure of owning. The fact that they surely increase in value s just a bonus

The same can be said for sealed game collecctor's, who obviously care more about having something desireable which is hard to come by, rather than its monetry value..

People don't buy a Ferrari Enzo simply because it costs a lot of money - They buy one because they want something which few people will ever get to own or drive

[boatofcar]

Right, the supposed scarcity of sealed games differentiates it from tulip bulbs

Where does that tulip bulb analogy come from? I know I've read it in a book somewhere...