At which point does a collector become a hoarder?
I mean looking at that image it seems the only thing that seperates the crazy ones with rooms full of old newspapers and garbage from collectors with rooms full of games they'll never play is the value of the things they hoard.
Yeah so how's that backlog coming along?
Brayden Brooks
Hunter Parker
Nigga just because you own your stuff digitally, doesn't mean you also have to be subservient to major corporations telling you when you can, and cannot download said titles anymore.
If you're scaed of thos elimitations, support the pirate scene.
Make it so the games that you obtain digitally are preserved forever, and freely shared amoung enthusiasts.
Isn't this inevitable?
Isn't all physical hardware going to turn into dust eventually?
Thus, doesn't it make more sense to have a digital library, but making sure it's not under the control of anyone but the gaming enthusiasts themselves?
Christian Rogers
>At which point does a collector become a hoarder?
When you don't play most of what you own anymore.
Matthew Sullivan
A shame we dont have vidya libraries like this in our actual libraries. Given the value of some games theyd get stolen instantly though. I guess I just have to make my own private one someday, I wanna preserve history
Hunter Foster
As many 40-100+ hour games I've got in my backlog and the small amount of time to play them during the week now, I've got probably another five years.
Juan Brooks
That's probably correct but you need to be able to reach them to reorganize or if you simply want to look at the collection.
Gabriel Phillips
There's "gaming bars" in japan that are a mix of collections, and a bar where you can drink (video game) themed drinks.
But they're having a serious crysis because Nintendo keeps shutting them down.
Seriously, Nintendo can be a bunch of cunts sometimes.
Justin White
>reorganize
>look at the collection
I don't think the people who dedicate entire rooms to something like a video game collection care about reorganizing or looking at their collection.
At that point they just fill a shelf, never touch it again, and move on to the next shelf they can fill.
There are probably hundred if not thousands of collection like the one in the OP that will never again see the light of the day or be played again. They'll be destroyed in a fire/tornado/flood/earthquake, rot away, be thrown in the trash after the owner dies and their family/new house owners/community workers mistake that dusty pile of boxes for worthless trash, or be sold to another compulsive hoarder and end up in another storage room.
It's a disorder really.
Isaiah Morgan
Its all about having to protect their properties. I forget where I read it, but if they arent actively challenging certain shit when they're aware of it, then they will lose future legal battles where its actually important because they can bring up all the times they didnt act against some people but did against others.
Also gj based japan. Having a huge library like that would require a lot of space and be really expensive. Not to mention it needs some level of security to keep it safe from people and housefires. I wonder if there will even be a place on the planet remote and comfy enough by the time I could assemble that
Julian Thomas
At one point in time I had a sizeable collection of Vidya and had to sell everything off due to unforeseen financial problems and I was very upset, but, once I started getting rid of them I felt a lot better. I've since bought back a few of the older games that I really enjoyed but really for those older games there is absolutely no reason not to emulate, very few companies are still getting money from those old titles.