Quote Originally Posted by Drath View Post
But that's kind of my point. They are jealous of his money; maybe not the games themselves. Maybe jealously is the wrong word in that case, envy would better fit that. Like I said, if it wasn't sealed PS2 games, and he wasn't a gamer, he could of bought any useless materialistic shit and nobody would care because it's not game related and isn't marginalized to a community founded on elitism (well, unless it was art, haha). The point I guess at the end of it, besides all my envy/jealousy talk is if this was just another rich dude buying 10 Ferrari's nobody would care.

I think the "sealed" thing definitely is the major contributor to the negativity, I agree there, but I'm not going to wish I had his money to do amazing things with.
I don't think either envy or jealousy is the right word. It's more like paternalism as if this guy somehow has to spend his money in a way that comports with how others on this board would do it. Frankly, I believed that people were just not that impressed initially because it was a fairly current system with a very limited number of "rare" titles, but having seen this latest round of comments, I'm convinced that there are some very sad individuals on this board. Yes, the economy is bad and yes, people are hurting, but nobody has any obligation to stop spending their own money on whatever they want just because other people have made bad choices in life (i.e. bought homes they knew they couldn't afford, didn't save any money at all over the years, amassed massive credit card debt at high interest rates, didn't graduate from high school or college, didn't keep their skills up, etc...) or because factors beyond their control have caused them to lose their job.

Lots of us on this board do many charitable things and donate our time and money to the community. Who knows, maybe this guy does too. As for speculating about how he can afford all this, who cares? It's his choice. Maybe he chooses to live in a 400 square foot studio apartment and puts every penny into his collection. Maybe he's rich or maybe he went to college, got a degree in computer science or engineering or another field in demand and got a great job right out of college. I know I worked my way through college and didn't take out any loans and therefore, I was dirt poor for four years, but when I graduated, I had no debt and the ability to spend more than a third of my $60K salary from my first job on completely stupid stuff including lots of video games. It's not anyone's place to judge what other people and other collectors are doing with their money.