Ive just started buying physical video games, any tips from veterans?

how did yo lose them? did you destroy your consoles? the games won't magically disappear when the shops go down

Easier to keep one disc in working order than 50. Also easier to back up one disc to 50 than 50 to one.

Obviously more general to all games, but don't buy stuff just because it's cheap or is a"good deal", only buy games you plan to play immediately or maybe the very near future.

I got addicted to buying basically any ps2/ps3 game that was a good price. I'm now in the middle of getting rid of all the trash I've accumulated, and it feels shitty.

How did you back up your Wii purchases?

by keeping them on my Wii

Hard drives die out. Where is your backup?

I've etched the source code onto some lead plates. That way I know if humanity dies whatever comes after us or finds our ruins will be really fucking confused by our historical records.

if anything now is the time to buy ps3, xbox 360 and wii physical games, shit is probably being sold by weight at this point

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why are you so sloppy with your consoles? do you throw them around? a hard drive won't just fail out of nowhere if you take proper care of it, I could use the same argument against physical discs that you can't back up due to copy protection, take care of your shit and it'll last longer than you

If you're really getting into collecting/being a physicalfag keep a few things in mind
1) collect for the sake of having games to play and also collect what you like/have some kind of interest in. don't just collect for the sake of collecting/thinking its some kind of investment because its fucking not. I've seen so many get in and get out quick and realize they probably would have been fine just buying a few things they like. that mindset will also help keep your collection a little unique
2) if you're getting into older games, learn how to use ebay and price charting as ball park style references, not 100% accurate but if you use price charting along with ebay SOLD (not completed, go for sold) listings, you can get a general guesstimate on """worth"" for any game, usually this only matters when haggling over more rare and desirable titles (learn the difference there as well) but its a good skill to have. Also when buying on ebay or anywhere online, learn to spot repros and fakes, theres plenty of guides out there depending on the system, GBA/DS have it pretty bad depending on the game, other cart based systems may vary, just be careful
3) with modern games, for hard copies, make sure all your data comes on the disc or at least most of it, no need to buy something that has a big online component on a disc because its not really useful/will just take up space in the future, im even careful with the Switch games i buy, if the case says download required, i pass so for modern stuff you'll most likely be buying a lot of single player games or games whos multiplayer/online components aren't huge/have offline modes like Smash

That's all I can think of for now. Just enjoy it and narrow down why YOU want to have a small collections and what games YOU like. You'll value it more and enjoy it more
Signed - collectfag whos been at this almost 20 years

>a hard drive won't just fail out of nowhere

Are you serious?

Enjoy your rental service with games you can’t resell. Only way you won’t waste your money is by pirating

do you tend to use your consoles as footballs by any chance?

Give those back

Wii has a few games that have high prices but most of the good stuff can still be found for decent bucks/really cheap, PS3 and 360 are for sure at a low point and considering how long lasting those generations were and how high most production runs were for some games, i really don't know if a collectors market will ever form around either of them, point being, both a cheap/easy/great ways to get some games right now

Hard drives fail especially 10+ years on man. I'm glad you've been so lucky.

>buy game (physical)
>years pass and i get an urge to play it again
>niece fucked up the disc
>go to buy it again digitally this time
>error you already own this game
and that's the last time I ever bought anything physical

I have HDDs from the 90's that still work
take good care of your shit and it won't fail, jesus, are all of you slobs?

How do you "take care" if a hard drive? It just sits there.

Will physical games still be here in 10 years? I buy physical but the industry is really pushing this cloud crap

exactly, I don't know what you fuckers are doing to make them fail so often

>games you can’t resell
yeah, because the secondary market is so strong with even my mom emulating these days

I would advise against physical games, with a few exceptions
Switch and 3ds games are the only things I still prefer physical for

Ok thanks for your non answer.

I just ended up getting a new hard drive for my Xbox and a new Wii and downloaded all the isos on them. Which just drove the point home that I was literally paying for air with digital distribution and I vowed never to buy any again.

so you can't take care of your things, thanks for reaffirming that

>How do you "take care" if a hard drive? It just sits there.
Depends on if it's a ssd or a hdd, and then what kind of hdd. ssds can sit becuase that's what they're built for, but platter HDD need to be boot cycles now and again lest the storage platters glom togheter

I didnt know that about HDDs, thanks for answering honestly.

Why is this kind of posting so funny? Is it because black people who play videogames have no taste and just buy everything they can get their hands on or the fact that they've just as likely stolen their collection from each other?

Joshua Ulmer Indian head Maryland.

Anything before the PS3/360 can be pirated, it it's PC it can most definitely be pirated. PS3 and 360 are dirt fucking cheap, all of them. Fuck the PS4 and Xbone.

You bought just any game that was cheap? I made that mistake with Steam, I only buy games I want to play these days. Unfortunately I can't sell my Steam games, just another why digital in inferior.

Well, it could be an investment. I certainly wish I had my copy of Rule of Rose that I preordered back then right now. I'd actually still keep it though, I liked the game for all its flaws. I've heard about counterfiet carts but I never hear about counterfeit discs. Is it a problem for those as well?

You are right about modern games, even 360/PS3 games require patches out of the box. Should I just avoid that generation besides the Wii? I remember Nintendo was really pushing the "no patch policy" back then. Shame that didn't stick.

why are you black

sell them before you lose them all in a flood.

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Even considering nes, most games don't really have a collector's market...I went to a price site and it says that 518 of 956 nes games are worth 10 bucks or less
I don't think this generation will be different, the percentage of games will probably be lower because of the amount of shovelware new consoles have, but you will always have some big games that people want to have in the shelf

inb4 that picture of games with the black dude's hand

Always cracks me up when he deletes it.

You're saying you'd prefer the ones with a black guys cock?
faaaaaaaaaaaag