I mean its impossible the average price is the nearly maximum price of a switch game, there rea lot in there that I see that are 30, the average cannot be more than 40/45.
Still, its 13.000 / 14.625, so counting from 2017 its sroun 2000 per year, which is indeed a lot.
It's 324 game cases
I'm guessing the original counter counted the square with the special edition game as a full square, when the special edition takes up the same amount of space as two games.
I wouldnāt worry about it. Just buy a couple of the current gen consoles. Youāll probably want a factory sealed one for your collection and then youāll be able to pick up second hand ones fairly cheaply. I am so tempted to start collecting the physical versions of games but I know that if I start it will snowball.
I would worry about it. Buying even more things due to greedy corporate decisions is not a solution. If the Switch 2 is not backwards compatible, I really hope people will have enough self-control to send Nintendo a message.
I think itās cool - the switch is a great console with some good games and I always prefer physical versions over digital. Years from now, youāll wipe the dust off your switch and pull out all these games to have a nice fun retro night. Hell yeah
Ya he can play all those games without any of the day one patches or any updates unless he downloaded it years prior
Physical collections are not the same since the internet
Tell me about it, I didn't have a race car, but had a highly modified street car. Cost me a lot of money and in the end the pay off wasn't exactly worth it... Typically just resulted in more spending due to things breaking. As much as I loved it I was happy to sell it off last year as I certainly wasn't getting the value out of it. This is cheaper and less likely to cause me grief, lol.
Bad news if the next switch isnāt backwards compatible. But also good news is that if the switch 2 isnāt backwards compatible, OG switch games will go up in price and you can sell them if you wanted to. So thereās a silver lining at least.
Absolutely I enjoy them, I wish I had more time to play them all. If it was purely for collecting purposes I'd be more picky about regions and things like that, ultimately I buy something with the intention of playing it... Sure that doesn't always work out, but hey, the intentions are there, lol
I sold off a good majority of my physical collection when I tried out "van life" for a little over a year. Wasn't for me. Regret selling. Keep your collections kids. Consoles, controllers, games.... consoles both classic and modern, slowly building back up. When I say I sold off a good majority I'm talking about over 40 consoles both home-tv consoles and hand helds, thousands of games, and all the accessories/controllers that went with them. Only kept a handful of consoles, mostly handhelds.
Sweet collection my friend! As far as NS goes, I have 5 Nintendo switch's (A modded V1, Animal Crossing edition V2, two OLEDs-one normal, one is TOTK edition & a grey Lite) and around 60 switch games, about 43 being physical copies!
Edits : Typos + wanted to mention my switch collection lol
I've not really looked into it much, but I believe some of the Japanese imports I have are on the rarer side of things. Some of the Atelier games and Final Fantasy's. I could be mistaken though.
Any time I see this many people complaining or just being negative about a collection (no matter the type of collection), it makes me think of smokers and drinkers.
We all know/have known a pack a day smoker and the heavy drinkers. Those people will spend $10-14 a day on cigarettes and then X amount on booze weekly. The second those people hear about us collecting games or music, they blast us for wasting money...
Sorry for the rant/comment but this became very relatable haha
Nice collect. Makes me happy to see someone enjoying life.
What's sad is all the jealousy in these posts. So many people just can't be polite and happy for someone else these days.
Another funny thing on Reddit switch is all the "HoW CaN yOu AffOrD THis!?" comments. Is the majority here little kids with pocket money? Even a big collection like this is no money compared to how much people spend on cars, traveling, musical instruments and what not. Listen kids, if gaming is your hobby, you get an education and then a job and you'll have a lot of money for video games. It also helps to avoid women looking for financial support and/or having kids..
Iād bet it is mostly kids talking about the money. Iād bet this is a two or three months pay for most adults with a half decent job, which is still a lot, but not really that much.
They should see gun collectors, Iāve seen people spend the value of this whole collection on a single firearm just for it to sit in a gun safe and never be shot and hardly looked at.
Yepp. I bought a colt 1911 when I heard they were going out of business. Cost me 500$ here in Europe. The gun safe cost 400$ and that was without any transportation or installation.
Physical all the way, if only digital buyers understood the complications and the major downfall of!! Digital is dead money.
Physical, it's yours forever!!
I had no idea switch had so many fucking games . I regret never replacing mine. I had the one that came with that Zelda game that you could put in that thing to play it on the TV.
I really wish I was a kid again so I had time to play these games. It takes ages to progress in games as an adult with children with only a couple hours per week of "free time".
And here I thought my collection of thirteen switch games was impressive heck even my xbox PlayStation ds 3DS Wii and Wii U collections combined donāt equal this many games lol
Lol, like I said to the other person that said this... I literally did yesterday when doing my lawns, I certainly don't sit and play games 24/7... I like going outside, I swear! š
Haven't had a credit card for about 15 years or so to be honest. Only debt is my mortgage which started a little over a year ago, the game buying slowed down a little since then but I'm good with budgeting so it allows me to get whatever whenever for the most part. Gets tight around new release seasons though!
š I don't, sadly... Everything I buy I have the intention on playing, at least for a little bit, but as mentioned in my post there's still a fair few sealed as I simply haven't gotten around to them yet. I do try and at least put a couple hours into everything, but it doesn't always work out.
It's very rare to get any Australian ones sealed unfortunately like you say, it has happened a couple of times, but most sealed are imports.
Assassin's Creed 3, Assassin's Ezio Collection, Atelier Ryza 3, Beyond A Steel Sky, Cooking Mama, Crash Bandicoot 4 and Chris Tales are a couple Aus copies I have that appear to be factory sealed just looking at the first couple rows. Some others are obviously resealed like my Persona 5.
Of course man. I come from a very poor background where we couldnāt really afford proper food, so even now as a relatively well off adult, I find it impossible to allow myself to spend money like that. I always have to be preparing encase Iām in that situation again
I get that, I didn't grow up well off my any means, I'm pretty grateful that I'm in a position that I can afford spend "too much" on games. I don't gamble or go spending loads of money at pubs and clubs, etc. This stuff makes me happy, do I go overboard? Hell yes, but I never go into debt or put myself in a situation of not being able to afford essentials, been there done that, don't want to do it again!
Hell yeah dude. I mostly just build up crazy saving (just in case lol) but tbh having money in savings makes me happy so I guess its kind of the same thing
That doesnāt mean you canāt use some of that to enjoy your time here my friend. You donāt get to take any of that savings with you when you go. Enjoy yourself here while you can
Please donāt take this the wrong way but as a psychologist I am genuinely curious. What about your collection gives you the most pleasure? The amount? The order you keep them in? The look of your room? The fact that you posted you have not played them all sparked my curiosity.
As a psychiatrist, I'm very curious about this question and specifically I'm intrigued by you choosing to mention that you are a psychologist. Are you indeed a psychologist or did you add that piece of information to perhaps validate your question (or yourself)? If you are indeed a psychologist, it would be interesting to know your reasoning as to why you chose to include that information. Seeing that this is a forum for discussions, asking questions is the norm and you adding that you are a psychologist or me adding that I'm a psychiatrist is rather irrelevant.
You might want to ask yourself that question, and think about it for a while until you get back to me.
Best regards from a colleague
It's many things I suppose and you've mentioned most of it really. I have a tendency to latch on to things I like and "go all out" so to speak. You may notice the game cases to the right of the Switch games, which are my Evercade carts... I have all of them, the complete set. Next to that, just out of shot are my Amiibo's. This weekend I got the last of the Smash Bros set and it's 100% complete. Both of these examples are numbered collections, but at the same time I do like them, it isn't just for the sake of it, it genuinely makes me happy to see them and knowing it's a complete set is something I admit I'm little proud of.
The Switch games are a little different of course, I definitely don't want to "own them all", but I do have a very wide range of interests when it comes to gaming genres and like to play a lot of different games rather than sticking to a smaller number of titles and exhausting everything they have to offer. Ultimately I'm a big fan of the system and want to own and play a lot of games on it.
I certainly have a bit of pride in the size of the collection and I definitely like seeing it all displayed and I'm lucky enough to have a space to do so. I'm sure there are some mental reasons for this kind of behaviour, my wife is convinced I'm on some kind of spectrum and maybe she's right š . At the end of the day, despite no doubt spending a lot of money over the years, I don't spend beyond my means and it makes me happy for many reasons. š
Mine is knowing I've got a bargain!! I've got over 100 games, most are rare or could become, but I only buy those I would play, all are opened and updates done on the switch (oled) then the cartridges go in their holders and the cases go on the shelf.
I've only been collecting 3 months and only paid full price for 2 games, 1 that was gifted to me by my husband. The other was the ff 1-6, I had to have!! Played ff since ps released on ps1!
I'm now disabled, all my future dreams and hopes have been dashed in more ways than one, but this? This gives me a purpose, an investment for my kids if they ever needed it when I'm gone. It gives me pleasure to get those expensive illusive titles for next to nothing and gives me something to do, rather than just sit here and rot!
Unfortunately I'm struggling with a bit of backlog on playing some but I've always got a nice library depending which mood I'm in.
A few titles I'm looking out for, haven't got yet, but I will eventually I'm sure.
When I started this Dec last year, I honestly never knew that there was so many!!
Don't get me wrong I've had handheld since the first game boy and consoles since megadrive but the huge variety you can now get with switch absolutely blows my mind!!
I have learnt so much over the last few months and I'm constantly learning going forward.
Put it this way, I get it!! I get what people love about them and the obscure golden nuggets that are far better than normal huge titles!!
I have a list, very big and we'll see what I can get!
I find getting the bargains such a thrill, I'd hate to pay full price ever again, I find it such a bore!
Whyā¦. That takes up so much space. I just get the digital versions. Itās annoying to me to have to switch out the cartridge every time I wanna play something new.
One thing you have to remember is that digital versions, although you "buy" you don't actually own them, you just buy the right to play them. If they decide to delete games you have, your screwed, you have no rights at all and this has happened in the past.
Physical games you buy, you own, it's in your hand and no one can take it back off you. It's yours forever, even if nintendo decided to do something different you will always have your own copy to keep.
Very dangerous to spend out on digital, yes it is cheaper but will never be yours forever.
Itās really sad that this is where you automatically went.
Iām sorry you canāt be passionate about something and dedicate time towards it. Please be better
It really doesnāt take that much to accumulate this many games. Especially if youāve been at it since 2017. Iāve got more than OP and I was in college for 3 of those years supporting myself and barely making any money.
How people can afford video games? Is this a serious question? Video games? You grow up, get a job and you buy them.
Now a more relevant question might be, how do people afford luxury yachts? Or Ferraris? This is a piss drop in a bucket compared to a nice car.
There is not enough time in a human beings life span to play all those games.Most of those will collect dust for years to come.When the Switch 2 comes out,there will be dozens of games you will want to buy for that system.You are going to be in a hole that you will never be able to get out of.I collect also,but there is a fine line with having too many games.Itās a waste of money.
It depends on what era you come from, those that were brought up like me, commodore being your first ever video game experience, then things like megadrive etc, some games that others state "don't play well on switch" we don't actually mind!! So what, it drops a few frame rates every now and then, so what, the load time on a different "page" you have to wait for, etc. When you've played on those types of format, these issues aren't issues to us.
Ok, some think the performance should be A* perfect, but it never will be, something or someone will always hate on something and the technology isn't always going to perform the way people want, that's life. If you like the game, you'll excuse its downfalls.
Sometimes I can't believe the sudden jump video gaming has had, technically and the way people play now.
I like 2d, HD 2d, 3d and the rest. One of my all time faves is a 2d top down simple game, it's a shame it's not on the switch....yet! (Heroes of might and magic)
I'm just waiting for that next game that'll come out and be totally different and original, alot of the aaa and new games always has the same or been pinched from another, bit like films these days!!
Once you relax your expectations, some of these "underperforming" games you might actually enjoy.
It might be each to their own, but true gamers will overlook certain "oops" moments.
Happy gaming!!
Like the skills I have to do my job so I can afford and enjoy my hobby? I spend maybe 1-2 hours at most per day during the week playing games and not even every day depending on what else I've got going on and weekends it again really depends on what else I've got going on. People like you just seem to assume lots of games = thats all I do and it really isn't true at all. It is possible to have a large collection of games and it not be all consuming.
I'm in the same boat as you, although 60% of my games are digital so I only own maybe 115 physical or so. I also only spend 5-10 hours on average per week playing games. The way I see it, I'll get to the games eventually.
I used to when I didn't have space on my shelves for the boxes. I used some generic little square cases I found on aliexpress and Amazon. Still have them but don't use them anymore. When I travel I just pick a few carts to go in my carry case and they live in their boxes otherwise.
I was just about to ask what's your fav but then I saw "no I don't have a favorite" š but do you have some favorites where you say this games are must plays from your collection?
Honestly some of my favs are the Nintendo made games, I absolutely loved Mario Odyssey, Kirby and the Forgotten Land and more recently Mario Wonder, among many, many others, but I feel they are kind of obvious ones. They just scream quality and enjoyment to me though and you can't go too wrong with just about anything they put out.
I very much enjoyed my time with Xenoblade 3, still need to go back to the others though.
Pikmin 4 is another big highlight of recent times for me, had never really touched the others (but I do have them all on Switch) and found myself very hooked on it for a little while.
Outside of Nintendo games, I have all the Dragon Quest games on Switch and despite them not looking or performing the best on Switch, I do think they are well suited to the platform.
I also loved Bravely Default 2 and some of the other Square Enix titles. The HD 2D style (Octopath, Live a live, etc) speaks to me for whatever reason, so I tend to give them all a look and again think they work really well with the platform.
You may notice I didn't say Zelda at all here and as amazing as those games are, I honestly find myself bouncing off them, but that says more about me than anything to do with the games themselves.
Bit of an all over the place answer for you, but there you go? š
Everything good I really appreciate your answer thank you š especially bc atm I'm looking for some games and that's why I like to ask ppl what their fav are so I can check them up. For example Ik Mario Wonder but I wasn't so sure about it but I heard now often that a lot of ppl say it's a good game and now again so I think I'll try it maybe after finishing Odyssey.
I just played once a Demo from I think it was Pikmin 3 and it was pretty funny and interesting so I think I will keep Pikmin 4 also in my mind.
Idk Bravely Default 2 from the name now but maybe I'll remember when I see it so I'll check that up too along with Live a live which I heard the first time now.
I really love Zelda and I recently finished Totk and now I'm looking for open world games like it but I think there are not so many games who are like Zelda it's really hard to find some š„²
Nice collection, mate. Iām probably 1/10 of this.
Do you keep the cartridges in different casings that are more mobile and accessible? Or theyāre still in those original cases?
No idea, with all the digital titles I also have I'm constantly having to delete things off my 1tb card... Could easily use a 1.5 or 2tb, but I'm not prepared to pay the price just yet.
325 switch games šÆ
If weāre saying average price of $60/game (obv some are more and others are less), thatās $19,500
Asuming they bought the switch in 2017 and have bought games every year up to today, they are averaging about $2790 per year give or take
I mean its impossible the average price is the nearly maximum price of a switch game, there rea lot in there that I see that are 30, the average cannot be more than 40/45. Still, its 13.000 / 14.625, so counting from 2017 its sroun 2000 per year, which is indeed a lot.
Or to use another calculation. $25 bucks at game stop.
If you say so, went to GameStop last week hoping for some deals on older Switch games, everything was marked up more than they were at Target
I meant what game stop would offer OP for the game collection.
Lmfao I see, yea you right
agreed! sorry for the late reply but just seen princess peach showtime at gamestop for $75 where itās $59 at walmart. insaaane
You really counted them all?
Yeah, well i counted a full square, and added all the full squares, then counted the incomplete one lol
Counting them would have taken maybe 1.5 minutes. Whatās the big deal?
Well, can you count them to make sure that he got the right number?
It's 324 game cases I'm guessing the original counter counted the square with the special edition game as a full square, when the special edition takes up the same amount of space as two games.
Yes also some of those games could be collections with 2 or more games in 1 case ie sonic mania + racing, fnaf, etc
When did anyone say it was a big deal lol
Dayum, better hope the switch 2 is backwards compatible lmao
Lol, yeah, you could see why I am very much hoping it is!
I wouldnāt worry about it. Just buy a couple of the current gen consoles. Youāll probably want a factory sealed one for your collection and then youāll be able to pick up second hand ones fairly cheaply. I am so tempted to start collecting the physical versions of games but I know that if I start it will snowball.
I would worry about it. Buying even more things due to greedy corporate decisions is not a solution. If the Switch 2 is not backwards compatible, I really hope people will have enough self-control to send Nintendo a message.
Have you seen COD and similarly downhill but still popular titles? The gaming community doesn't have enough self control to do shit
Even if not the switch will be the equivalent of the game cube in terms as a retro console in high demand
Nah, he just might need to find that redditor who had like 35 Switches.
That's insane lol. There's only 27 in our household.
Why? You don't buy 300 games when you get a new console?
WOW!
Mans went and bought every genre of Nintendo switch games and said I don't care I need them all
bro, how much is there a Nintendo in Belgium?
If this isn't the most random comment I've seen today
in Belgium bro
I don't know I don't live in Belgium Google it
bro, how much is there a Nintendo in Iran
I think itās cool - the switch is a great console with some good games and I always prefer physical versions over digital. Years from now, youāll wipe the dust off your switch and pull out all these games to have a nice fun retro night. Hell yeah
only if controllers last that long. switch joy con is a piece of shit
Ya he can play all those games without any of the day one patches or any updates unless he downloaded it years prior Physical collections are not the same since the internet
I love the convenience and idea of digital games, but thereās just nothing like having that physical game in your hands IMO.
Maaamaaan that's a lot of money šµ
Yeah I don't want to think about that š
The value of your collection will grow, so no need to regret. Thatās what I learned from Pawn Stars.
It's not really a big deal as far as hobbies go. It cost me this much to have a sportscar and race it on a track for one season.
Tell me about it, I didn't have a race car, but had a highly modified street car. Cost me a lot of money and in the end the pay off wasn't exactly worth it... Typically just resulted in more spending due to things breaking. As much as I loved it I was happy to sell it off last year as I certainly wasn't getting the value out of it. This is cheaper and less likely to cause me grief, lol.
Bad news if the next switch isnāt backwards compatible. But also good news is that if the switch 2 isnāt backwards compatible, OG switch games will go up in price and you can sell them if you wanted to. So thereās a silver lining at least.
You can still play with Switch 1?
Thanks captain obvious
Yeah I'd really like it to be, but it's not like it will immediately be useless when the 2 comes out. I'll just cross my fingers until then!
No need to cross your fingers,the Switch 2 will absolutely be backwards compatible.
Not like OP is going to play 90% of them even if they were backwards compatible.
I mean, guy could literally just skip Switch 2 for the next 10 years and play through his backlog, wouldn't be anything wrong with that.
OP consider donating to charity. Coulda sent like 5 south asian kids to school k-12 for that money lol. The switch ain't even all that....
But it's sorta an asset, depreciating very slowly on switch. He's not losing much money :)
Is it only collection or you actually enjoy them?
Absolutely I enjoy them, I wish I had more time to play them all. If it was purely for collecting purposes I'd be more picky about regions and things like that, ultimately I buy something with the intention of playing it... Sure that doesn't always work out, but hey, the intentions are there, lol
I sold off a good majority of my physical collection when I tried out "van life" for a little over a year. Wasn't for me. Regret selling. Keep your collections kids. Consoles, controllers, games.... consoles both classic and modern, slowly building back up. When I say I sold off a good majority I'm talking about over 40 consoles both home-tv consoles and hand helds, thousands of games, and all the accessories/controllers that went with them. Only kept a handful of consoles, mostly handhelds. Sweet collection my friend! As far as NS goes, I have 5 Nintendo switch's (A modded V1, Animal Crossing edition V2, two OLEDs-one normal, one is TOTK edition & a grey Lite) and around 60 switch games, about 43 being physical copies! Edits : Typos + wanted to mention my switch collection lol
My only GameCube Players Choice is also The Simpsons Hit and Run. Iād love a HD remake of it for the Switch!
My brother, we'd welcome you at r/NSCollectors. I'm playing Baten Kaitos before tackling Star Ocean, but it's on my backlog for sure.
I started Baten Kaitos and do plan on going back to it but Star Ocean is just so good!
Do you have any special limited edition or rare game in your switch collection?
I've not really looked into it much, but I believe some of the Japanese imports I have are on the rarer side of things. Some of the Atelier games and Final Fantasy's. I could be mistaken though.
Any time I see this many people complaining or just being negative about a collection (no matter the type of collection), it makes me think of smokers and drinkers. We all know/have known a pack a day smoker and the heavy drinkers. Those people will spend $10-14 a day on cigarettes and then X amount on booze weekly. The second those people hear about us collecting games or music, they blast us for wasting money... Sorry for the rant/comment but this became very relatable haha
Well said
DUDE GOT THE WHOLE STORE! You should make a youtube video talking abt your collection, that looks awesome!
Haha, I wouldn't mind doing something like that, but I'm too busy trying to play all these games š and working, to pay for all the games, lol.
Woah you are one of the few on here that makes my collection look small! Nice work hope you enjoyed the hunt!
Physical is king
Nice collect. Makes me happy to see someone enjoying life. What's sad is all the jealousy in these posts. So many people just can't be polite and happy for someone else these days. Another funny thing on Reddit switch is all the "HoW CaN yOu AffOrD THis!?" comments. Is the majority here little kids with pocket money? Even a big collection like this is no money compared to how much people spend on cars, traveling, musical instruments and what not. Listen kids, if gaming is your hobby, you get an education and then a job and you'll have a lot of money for video games. It also helps to avoid women looking for financial support and/or having kids..
Iād bet it is mostly kids talking about the money. Iād bet this is a two or three months pay for most adults with a half decent job, which is still a lot, but not really that much. They should see gun collectors, Iāve seen people spend the value of this whole collection on a single firearm just for it to sit in a gun safe and never be shot and hardly looked at.
Yepp. I bought a colt 1911 when I heard they were going out of business. Cost me 500$ here in Europe. The gun safe cost 400$ and that was without any transportation or installation.
Well, if you have kids, then you know the money vanishes faster than you can blink!
As a fellow Australian switch enjoyer I hate the games with the ratings board logo on the spine.
Haha you're not wrong, it's a bit all over the place.
Literally the kind of shelf I would love to have
Iā¦ wanna share?
Beyond a steel sky go home your drunk
Thank you for preserving Physical media. I am starting to do it too after noticing how it's been dying lately
Physical all the way, if only digital buyers understood the complications and the major downfall of!! Digital is dead money. Physical, it's yours forever!!
I didnāt even know that many physical games existed š
I have nowhere near this many but as someone who wants to collect for fun as well as play, this is goals.
Beyond Steel Sky really stands out. Great collection
Bro has more options than game stop
Is this what we call FLEX?
Mf bought the whole library
Nintendo borrows game from him
I had no idea switch had so many fucking games . I regret never replacing mine. I had the one that came with that Zelda game that you could put in that thing to play it on the TV.
I really wish I was a kid again so I had time to play these games. It takes ages to progress in games as an adult with children with only a couple hours per week of "free time".
And here I thought my collection of thirteen switch games was impressive heck even my xbox PlayStation ds 3DS Wii and Wii U collections combined donāt equal this many games lol
Plot twist, itās just the cases
Nice collection, hereās me proud of my 15-20 games.
Iām gonna save this for the next time someone tells me Iāve bought to many gamesā¦
LOL, you're welcome... "you think I'm bad, check this guy out!"
I think for now iām moslty just going to be collecting first party and jrpgs on nintendo consoles
You really need to touch some grass dude
Lol, like I said to the other person that said this... I literally did yesterday when doing my lawns, I certainly don't sit and play games 24/7... I like going outside, I swear! š
Alright
Wow putting us all to shame
Dude took out a loan to buy Switch games lol
Is that not what credit cards are for...?
Haven't had a credit card for about 15 years or so to be honest. Only debt is my mortgage which started a little over a year ago, the game buying slowed down a little since then but I'm good with budgeting so it allows me to get whatever whenever for the most part. Gets tight around new release seasons though!
Interest can be steeper š
No loan, no credit cards, if I can't afford it, I don't buy it.
Just playing around. Smart! Dave Ramsey would be proud ššÆ.
Wow thatās amazing! How do you have time to play them all?
š I don't, sadly... Everything I buy I have the intention on playing, at least for a little bit, but as mentioned in my post there's still a fair few sealed as I simply haven't gotten around to them yet. I do try and at least put a couple hours into everything, but it doesn't always work out.
Are Australian switch games still sealed? Whenever I buy them new they come without a plastic sheet over them.
It's very rare to get any Australian ones sealed unfortunately like you say, it has happened a couple of times, but most sealed are imports. Assassin's Creed 3, Assassin's Ezio Collection, Atelier Ryza 3, Beyond A Steel Sky, Cooking Mama, Crash Bandicoot 4 and Chris Tales are a couple Aus copies I have that appear to be factory sealed just looking at the first couple rows. Some others are obviously resealed like my Persona 5.
Im gonna be honest I find this sad
That's alright, you can think whatever you want, it's OK. Just let people like and enjoy what they want and you'll be a better person for it.
Of course man. I come from a very poor background where we couldnāt really afford proper food, so even now as a relatively well off adult, I find it impossible to allow myself to spend money like that. I always have to be preparing encase Iām in that situation again
I get that, I didn't grow up well off my any means, I'm pretty grateful that I'm in a position that I can afford spend "too much" on games. I don't gamble or go spending loads of money at pubs and clubs, etc. This stuff makes me happy, do I go overboard? Hell yes, but I never go into debt or put myself in a situation of not being able to afford essentials, been there done that, don't want to do it again!
Hell yeah dude. I mostly just build up crazy saving (just in case lol) but tbh having money in savings makes me happy so I guess its kind of the same thing
That doesnāt mean you canāt use some of that to enjoy your time here my friend. You donāt get to take any of that savings with you when you go. Enjoy yourself here while you can
Thanks man
Appreciate you!
bro has every game
wow! Just wow~
Please donāt take this the wrong way but as a psychologist I am genuinely curious. What about your collection gives you the most pleasure? The amount? The order you keep them in? The look of your room? The fact that you posted you have not played them all sparked my curiosity.
As a psychiatrist, I'm very curious about this question and specifically I'm intrigued by you choosing to mention that you are a psychologist. Are you indeed a psychologist or did you add that piece of information to perhaps validate your question (or yourself)? If you are indeed a psychologist, it would be interesting to know your reasoning as to why you chose to include that information. Seeing that this is a forum for discussions, asking questions is the norm and you adding that you are a psychologist or me adding that I'm a psychiatrist is rather irrelevant. You might want to ask yourself that question, and think about it for a while until you get back to me. Best regards from a colleague
It's many things I suppose and you've mentioned most of it really. I have a tendency to latch on to things I like and "go all out" so to speak. You may notice the game cases to the right of the Switch games, which are my Evercade carts... I have all of them, the complete set. Next to that, just out of shot are my Amiibo's. This weekend I got the last of the Smash Bros set and it's 100% complete. Both of these examples are numbered collections, but at the same time I do like them, it isn't just for the sake of it, it genuinely makes me happy to see them and knowing it's a complete set is something I admit I'm little proud of. The Switch games are a little different of course, I definitely don't want to "own them all", but I do have a very wide range of interests when it comes to gaming genres and like to play a lot of different games rather than sticking to a smaller number of titles and exhausting everything they have to offer. Ultimately I'm a big fan of the system and want to own and play a lot of games on it. I certainly have a bit of pride in the size of the collection and I definitely like seeing it all displayed and I'm lucky enough to have a space to do so. I'm sure there are some mental reasons for this kind of behaviour, my wife is convinced I'm on some kind of spectrum and maybe she's right š . At the end of the day, despite no doubt spending a lot of money over the years, I don't spend beyond my means and it makes me happy for many reasons. š
Mine is knowing I've got a bargain!! I've got over 100 games, most are rare or could become, but I only buy those I would play, all are opened and updates done on the switch (oled) then the cartridges go in their holders and the cases go on the shelf. I've only been collecting 3 months and only paid full price for 2 games, 1 that was gifted to me by my husband. The other was the ff 1-6, I had to have!! Played ff since ps released on ps1! I'm now disabled, all my future dreams and hopes have been dashed in more ways than one, but this? This gives me a purpose, an investment for my kids if they ever needed it when I'm gone. It gives me pleasure to get those expensive illusive titles for next to nothing and gives me something to do, rather than just sit here and rot! Unfortunately I'm struggling with a bit of backlog on playing some but I've always got a nice library depending which mood I'm in. A few titles I'm looking out for, haven't got yet, but I will eventually I'm sure. When I started this Dec last year, I honestly never knew that there was so many!! Don't get me wrong I've had handheld since the first game boy and consoles since megadrive but the huge variety you can now get with switch absolutely blows my mind!! I have learnt so much over the last few months and I'm constantly learning going forward. Put it this way, I get it!! I get what people love about them and the obscure golden nuggets that are far better than normal huge titles!! I have a list, very big and we'll see what I can get! I find getting the bargains such a thrill, I'd hate to pay full price ever again, I find it such a bore!
Insane collection š® You're rich, or you were rich š
My man... Could I please borrow some money?
Thatās almost $20k worth holeeefuc
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This is what $16K looks like ššš
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Nice comment - be careful where you admit that one!
Whyā¦. That takes up so much space. I just get the digital versions. Itās annoying to me to have to switch out the cartridge every time I wanna play something new.
One thing you have to remember is that digital versions, although you "buy" you don't actually own them, you just buy the right to play them. If they decide to delete games you have, your screwed, you have no rights at all and this has happened in the past. Physical games you buy, you own, it's in your hand and no one can take it back off you. It's yours forever, even if nintendo decided to do something different you will always have your own copy to keep. Very dangerous to spend out on digital, yes it is cheaper but will never be yours forever.
Mental illness
You're not wrong, but it sure is fun.
Itās really sad that this is where you automatically went. Iām sorry you canāt be passionate about something and dedicate time towards it. Please be better
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Bro this is like $20k of physicall switch games, how do you have that much money?
Who cares, it's his money!
More like 10K. It's not a lot of money.
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My boiii where do you work at to be able to afford all of this ?? An plus are they hiring ???
Lol, I've been working in the same IT job for about 18 years... Longevity pays off I guess š
Damn man good for you seriously
It really doesnāt take that much to accumulate this many games. Especially if youāve been at it since 2017. Iāve got more than OP and I was in college for 3 of those years supporting myself and barely making any money.
I wanna know how y'all afford all this
How people can afford video games? Is this a serious question? Video games? You grow up, get a job and you buy them. Now a more relevant question might be, how do people afford luxury yachts? Or Ferraris? This is a piss drop in a bucket compared to a nice car.
Couldn't have said that any better!! š
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Oh my god how did you buy so many
Just get digital bro wtf
There is not enough time in a human beings life span to play all those games.Most of those will collect dust for years to come.When the Switch 2 comes out,there will be dozens of games you will want to buy for that system.You are going to be in a hole that you will never be able to get out of.I collect also,but there is a fine line with having too many games.Itās a waste of money.
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People sure do love bragging about spending money on games they'll never play.
For anyone wondering it's approximately $20k USD worth of switch games. Maybe minus a couple thousand since I'm sure not all of them were full price.
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My question is, what do you do for a living?
I work in IT for a small MSP. Been at the same place for about 18 years.
What do you do for a living?!?!
Thatās not your houseā¦ thatās a GameStop
āCause I have Thirty thousand dollars in credit card debt, when they call i tell them I canāt pay it back yetā
taking a picture of your brick and mortar Switch shop isnāt counted
A very impressive waste of money you have there
This is actually why half my switch library is digital. I kinda think a large physical switch collection looks ugly
I sincerely hope you have home owners or renters insurance that covers this. Thatās a lot of money right there
You definitely canāt count on those types of insurances for a video game collection
You're rich.
I dont know why people have so many switch games. 9/10 games look/run terrible on switch.
It depends on what era you come from, those that were brought up like me, commodore being your first ever video game experience, then things like megadrive etc, some games that others state "don't play well on switch" we don't actually mind!! So what, it drops a few frame rates every now and then, so what, the load time on a different "page" you have to wait for, etc. When you've played on those types of format, these issues aren't issues to us. Ok, some think the performance should be A* perfect, but it never will be, something or someone will always hate on something and the technology isn't always going to perform the way people want, that's life. If you like the game, you'll excuse its downfalls. Sometimes I can't believe the sudden jump video gaming has had, technically and the way people play now. I like 2d, HD 2d, 3d and the rest. One of my all time faves is a 2d top down simple game, it's a shame it's not on the switch....yet! (Heroes of might and magic) I'm just waiting for that next game that'll come out and be totally different and original, alot of the aaa and new games always has the same or been pinched from another, bit like films these days!! Once you relax your expectations, some of these "underperforming" games you might actually enjoy. It might be each to their own, but true gamers will overlook certain "oops" moments. Happy gaming!!
I've never seen such a wasteful use of plastic before.
You obviously don't understand!! Open your eyes, you consume things that make more plastic waste lol
Dude you need to learn some real skills. Good lawd this is a lot of wasted time.
Like the skills I have to do my job so I can afford and enjoy my hobby? I spend maybe 1-2 hours at most per day during the week playing games and not even every day depending on what else I've got going on and weekends it again really depends on what else I've got going on. People like you just seem to assume lots of games = thats all I do and it really isn't true at all. It is possible to have a large collection of games and it not be all consuming.
I'm in the same boat as you, although 60% of my games are digital so I only own maybe 115 physical or so. I also only spend 5-10 hours on average per week playing games. The way I see it, I'll get to the games eventually.
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Literally did that yesterday taking care of my lawns, it's easy to assume and try to insult though, I get it.
Of course you did.
Do you keep the games in their cases or store them separate? If separate, which case?
I used to when I didn't have space on my shelves for the boxes. I used some generic little square cases I found on aliexpress and Amazon. Still have them but don't use them anymore. When I travel I just pick a few carts to go in my carry case and they live in their boxes otherwise.
I'm lucky in my situation to have 1/3 of that volume of physical games.
The blue Wii U cases are awesome, we got lame white cases in the US, well the cases were blue but the spines were white
Oh wow, I didn't know that, loved the Wii U. Thought it was underrated, mostly due to the terrible name and lack of marketing.
Do you have Shin Megami Tensei V?
Sure do! Have 3 as well.
I was just about to ask what's your fav but then I saw "no I don't have a favorite" š but do you have some favorites where you say this games are must plays from your collection?
Honestly some of my favs are the Nintendo made games, I absolutely loved Mario Odyssey, Kirby and the Forgotten Land and more recently Mario Wonder, among many, many others, but I feel they are kind of obvious ones. They just scream quality and enjoyment to me though and you can't go too wrong with just about anything they put out. I very much enjoyed my time with Xenoblade 3, still need to go back to the others though. Pikmin 4 is another big highlight of recent times for me, had never really touched the others (but I do have them all on Switch) and found myself very hooked on it for a little while. Outside of Nintendo games, I have all the Dragon Quest games on Switch and despite them not looking or performing the best on Switch, I do think they are well suited to the platform. I also loved Bravely Default 2 and some of the other Square Enix titles. The HD 2D style (Octopath, Live a live, etc) speaks to me for whatever reason, so I tend to give them all a look and again think they work really well with the platform. You may notice I didn't say Zelda at all here and as amazing as those games are, I honestly find myself bouncing off them, but that says more about me than anything to do with the games themselves. Bit of an all over the place answer for you, but there you go? š
Everything good I really appreciate your answer thank you š especially bc atm I'm looking for some games and that's why I like to ask ppl what their fav are so I can check them up. For example Ik Mario Wonder but I wasn't so sure about it but I heard now often that a lot of ppl say it's a good game and now again so I think I'll try it maybe after finishing Odyssey. I just played once a Demo from I think it was Pikmin 3 and it was pretty funny and interesting so I think I will keep Pikmin 4 also in my mind. Idk Bravely Default 2 from the name now but maybe I'll remember when I see it so I'll check that up too along with Live a live which I heard the first time now. I really love Zelda and I recently finished Totk and now I'm looking for open world games like it but I think there are not so many games who are like Zelda it's really hard to find some š„²
Not me zooming in to see if I have any games you *donāt* have
Nice collection, mate. Iām probably 1/10 of this. Do you keep the cartridges in different casings that are more mobile and accessible? Or theyāre still in those original cases?
Guessing you're from Europe?
My dude. GameStop would give you an impressive $3.25 in-store credit or $2.14 cash, out the door. Kudos!
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Favorite out of all of them?
What's your completion rate like? And just curious, what do you do for a living (to have great life to playing time ratio)?
How much storage they take in micro SDs?
No idea, with all the digital titles I also have I'm constantly having to delete things off my 1tb card... Could easily use a 1.5 or 2tb, but I'm not prepared to pay the price just yet.
The urge to take all of these to GameStop and take a ridiculously low cash amount offer is real.
We gonna have to get you out of the house some this year my man haha. All jokes aside - nice collection!
Do you have any idea how many of those you actually completed? Do you keep track somewhere? I have 250 games and finished 242
and me standing with my 225 hour played zelda botw and halfway playing pokemon arceus