Quote Originally Posted by LimitedEditionMuseum View Post
I dont understand why people get so upset. Most people look at US like we are crazy for spending only $100 on old NES games that they think are crap? If someone wants to spend one million on the same thing we collect, just on a much higher level, how can you criticize them? The grading thing is split in every form of collecting, cards, Hot wheels and vintage toys. I think the thing that gets us mad about the grading is thats when you start to take a love for the hobby and make it about money. I have a huge vintage Transformers collection and I HATE when people say "wow, those are worth some money"
I hate it!!!!!!!!!!!!! I collect mint in box but not mint in sealed box because I want to actually see the item inside. On the other hand, if you have an item so rare, it should be preserved the best way possible and that is to slab it. I have an Xmen #1 and I would be crazy not to slab it to keep it from deteriorating.
I just strongly disagree that slabbing a game is the best way to preserve it. The reality is that unlike books or comics or baseball cards, video games are made of not only paper and cardboard, but plastic and metal. Those components by their very nature will deteriorate over time and actually begin to react with each other and break down. Shrink wrap is an even more serious problem because there is no known way to prevent it from breaking down, shrinking or deteriorating over time. So, while a comic book might be able to be preserved in nice condition for perhaps hundreds of years, a video game cannot be. As such, people paying outrageous amounts of money for graded games are investing in something that will not last a lifetime and has very little long term value unfortunately.