Gamer Gives Up Dream to Own Every Game Ever Made (Best Collection I've Ever Seen)

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I'm shitting my pants. This belongs in a museum. I hope some incredibly wealthy game fan out there buys it and donates it. Hell, this could form the foundation of a gaming museum itself.

http://www.slashgear.com/gamer-give...n-of-3000-titles-across-20-consoles-02434477/
Slashgear said:
Call it what you will, but sometimes it just becomes necessary to give up one's hobby. That seems to be the reality one video game fan is facing, as they're selling a collection of 3,133 titles that span 20 different consoles, most of which are included, all in good to excellent condition. With games ranging from the original NES all the way to the PlayStation 3, including rarities from the Turbo GrafX 16, Atari Jaguar, and Panasonic 3DO, the full collection seems to have taken a lifetime to put together.


User "mywholevideogamecollection" on eBay explains that he's moving to a new house, thus the difficult decision to let this collection go. "This may be the hardest thing I've ever had to do. Since I was a little kid I've collected in hopes I would have every game ever made," the seller writes on the listing. The fact that the collection is so huge, with everything in near-mint condition or better, and in many cases including the original boxes, is why the asking price is set at $150,000.
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Wow incredible!!, I wish I had enough money to buy all of that. Seeing some of those old Sega and Nintendo 64 games bring back so many good memories!. Amazing how he kept those old N64 games perfect in the boxes like that, my box would already be broken after the first few days haha.

150K is actually very reasonable for all of that, there is so much rare stuff there.
 
I think I jizzed in my pants looking at that lot.
 
I wonder if 150k is a good deal or not. My dad just started collecting videogame systems and games even though he's never played a game in his life (some weird midlife crisis thing going on).

Would a collection like this appreciate in value in let's say 10years ?
 
Where are his pre-NES games? What was that little black system where you'd have to slide on a different transparent plastic map over the screen for each game?
 
lakersfan45 said:
I wonder if 150k is a good deal or not. My dad just started collecting videogame systems and games even though he's never played a game in his life (some weird midlife crisis thing going on).

Would a collection like this appreciate in value in let's say 10years ?
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Videogames generally aren't a great investment. If you have the space and conditions to maintain this collection in its current condition, as a whole, then in 10 years, it probably won't be worth a ton. In 30 years though? This will be worth millions. In 50 years that may be tens of millions.

Without attributing any extra value to this collection based on that it is still a remarkable deal in terms of sheer retail value. If those were $60 a pop then it would be $180K+ for the games alone. This guy is essentially adding nothing to his asking price for the sheer rarity of these items (especially in mint condition), and the fact that they come as a package in such a profoundly rare collection.
 
lakersfan45 said:
I wonder if 150k is a good deal or not. My dad just started collecting videogame systems and games even though he's never played a game in his life (some weird midlife crisis thing going on).

Would a collection like this appreciate in value in let's say 10years ?
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Of course it would appreciate. As the generation that played these games as kids gets older, they're going to have more disposable income to spend on their childhood toys.
 
Can't be certain, but it looks like the auction ended with it being unsold.

Tough to find the right buyer for that collection
 
Madmick said:
Videogames generally aren't a great investment. If you have the space and conditions to maintain this collection in its current condition, as a whole, then in 10 years, it probably won't be worth a ton. In 30 years though? This will be worth millions. In 50 years that may be tens of millions.

Without attributing any extra value to this collection based on that it is still a remarkable deal in terms of sheer retail value. If those were $60 a pop then it would be $180K+ for the games alone. This guy is essentially adding nothing to his asking price for the sheer rarity of these items (especially in mint condition), and the fact that they come as a package in such a profoundly rare collection.
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True, but 90%+ of the games are probably worth less than $5 now. There's a few games that really escalated, like the PS1 FFVI, but there's not many of those.

The only value of the collection is that it's fairly close to be a complete set.

Isn't there a old NES game that's extremely valuable because there were only like 50 of them. They were given out as a contest prize and not sold. I wonder if he has that one in there.
 
Scerpi said:
True, but 90%+ of the games are probably worth less than $5 now. There's a few games that really escalated, like the PS1 FFVI, but there's not many of those.

The only value of the collection is that it's fairly close to be a complete set.

Isn't there a old NES game that's extremely valuable because there were only like 50 of them. They were given out as a contest prize and not sold. I wonder if he has that one in there.
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I'm speaking to original retail value. This isn't about IP value.

With emulation all those old games are effectively free. Just download them from a ROM archive. Doesn't matter. That's not the same thing as paying $5 for a mint condition cartridge of an NES game with the box: not even close. It's certainly true that individual items and games will stand out in terms of value (i.e. Mario Bros.), but the value of the games has nothing to do with their current value in terms of IP. We're talking about items, here.

I mean, this is $150K. The context changes the dimensions of "value", here. Otherwise, there's nothing out there that can possibly compete with a $900 PC in terms of gaming value:
  • It will run all of today's multiplat games, including AAA titles, and will be relevant on low settings for at least 5 more years into the future, or at least for the duration of the PS4 & XB1 generation.
  • This includes all the "console" exclusives where either Sony or Microsoft shares a game only with the PC, but not with their competitor.
  • It will emulate everything (for free) from the PS2/N64/Dreamcast generations and earlier- everything runs pretty perfectly. This includes arcade & handheld games. The Gamecube emulator is comprehensively playable. The Xbox emulators out there are supposedly pretty crappy, but ultimately the Xbox, Xbox 360, and PS3 will all be added to that list.
  • Don't forget this includes all PC games & operating systems going back to the 1970's.
  • For all the consoles it can't emulate it sometimes sees ports of true exclusives on those systems-- possibly years after their release (ex. Silent Hill 2, Alan Wake, Resident Evil 4, DMC 3 & 4, etc.)
  • It can emulate many Android and iOS games for which there doesn't exist a PC version (and we're already seeing touchscreen monitors in addition to touchscreen laptops).
  • It runs all the PC exclusives including thousands of independent, free games. The free-to-play culture is by far at its most robust on the PC.
  • It can any run any webware game out there.
The value of the collection is the rarity of its components in mint condition, not just its completeness. This isn't about IP, or bargain bin deals and rummage sales items. I thought that was simply self-evident.
 
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There's another guy in Australia who has every single console and game released. I'm having trouble finding a link right now.
 
Here's another guy in Wyoming with over 50 consoles and 5700 games. He values his collection at roughly $164k.



http://time.com/3484519/ebay-video-games/

Edit: I love how organized and professional everything looks.
 
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Man any rich sports athlete could buy this collection up, 150K isnt even that big for a rich video game nerd, heck if I could drop that amount on video games I would, same with every magic card ever made.
 
That's pretty awesome. I remember a guy had every marvel comic released and I think it sold for $200k, which is cheaper than what he would have gotten by breaking it up. I can't imagine how difficult it would be to catalog and track down all that shit.
 
Madmick said:
I'm speaking to original retail value. This isn't about IP value.

With emulation all those old games are effectively free. Just download them from a ROM archive. Doesn't matter. That's not the same thing as paying $5 for a mint condition cartridge of an NES game with the box: not even close. It's certainly true that individual items and games will stand out in terms of value (i.e. Mario Bros.), but the value of the games has nothing to do with their current value in terms of IP. We're talking about items, here.

I mean, this is $150K. The context changes the dimensions of "value", here. Otherwise, there's nothing out there that can possibly compete with a $900 PC in terms of gaming value:
  • It will emulate everything (for free) from the PS1/N64/Dreamcast generations and earlier- everything. This includes handheld games. The Xbox emulator is beta, I believe. Soon the PS2 and Xbox 360 will be added to that list.
  • It will run all of today's multiplat games, including AAA titles, and will be relevant at least on low settings for at least 5 more years into the future.
  • This includes all the "console" exclusives where either Sony or Microsoft shares a game only with the PC.
  • It runs all the PC exclusives including thousands of independent, free games. The free-to-play culture is by far at its most robust on the PC.
  • It runs webware games.
  • It can emulate many Android and iOS games for which there doesn't exist a PC version (and we're already seeing touchscreen monitors in addition to touchscreen laptops).
The value of the collection is the rarity of its components in mint condition, not just its completeness. This isn't about IP, or bargain bin deals and rummage sales items. I thought that was simply self-evident.
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?? I'm not trying to argue with you. I agree with it's an amazing collection. However the value of several games really isn't there though. Some of them yes, but not the majority. If it was me, it would be idea of having almost (maybe soon to be) collection of games. I also agree that they would be more at home in a museum environment where they could be appreciated for the nostalgia factor. There's a cool used video game store here in Houston that has a nice display area with old systems, games and misc paraphernalia.

It's going to take a unique buyer though. Many collectors look at the value and potential value of their pieces... like say baseball cards, comic books or coins. I just don't see it with games, so you're not going to really attract the interest of someone who's looking for future value. It's got to be someone who wants it just because it makes them happy, not for investment.

Obviously, I could be completely wrong about all this and the collection might be worth a few million plus in 20 years time. The true value of anything is really what someone is willing to pay for it.
 
And I thought James and Mike from Cinemassacre had huge collections, damn.
 
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