Just My Thought on Collecting Sealed Games

[grbolivar1]

Why THE FUCK would I want to open a rare, old, expensive SEALED game??? That's just PLAIN STUPID, people that buy rare sealed games just to open them and please themselves playing it for a while MUST BE BURNED, that's sacrilege. In fact, I myself have some rare sealed games and all of them are sealed inside custom acrilic cases, NEVER to be opened, that's how God wanted it. Thumbs up.

[storino03]

I buy sealed games as a hobby and because I never have the time to open or play them. but more as a hobby

[jonfeld1]

you my friend are an idiot. lets say you get super mario world sealed. Why would you eveer open it !! if you sell it you could buy 100 opened copies but if you open it your shit out of luck all you have now is a common game.. boxed

[BlackEyeVision]

Yeahhhhh... this was very stupid.

If you want to buy sealed games and leave them sealed, go ahead.

If you want to buy sealed games and open them, go ahead.

I would buy a sealed game, so that I'll know for sure that it's in a perfect condition... and I will then open it to play it.

The ONLY reason why I would NOT open a sealed game is if I allready own that game in a good condition and that the sealed game is for a low price.

[sinfulonekain]

great videos man; I myself am a Sealed game collector, but only in to those rare "limited box sets" I do it mostly for systems like the ps1 and ps2, if there exists a normal version of the game I try to buy the 2 versions and open and play the normal one. I myself own a sealed copy of earthbound, of course I never plan on opening that one.

[dglsmcky]

It's granted not granite

[SeGaSaTuRn1994]

another fool that knows nothing, not a true collector i call ppl like you. if you dont want sealed games for the snes and others dont buy them leave these for true collectors why buy it to open it its a pointless thing to do and making it more rare to get a sealed version and some ppl actual get upset to see them opened for no reason if u dont collect sealed games dont buy them plain and simple stop opening them and buy an opened version for little money

[bartenderproductions]

@SeGaSaTuRn1994 for the millionth time this video was made because i was ripped apart for buying a very rare game that barely ever comes up and i opened to play it. damned if i do, damned if i don;t. check out my other videos. you may like them.

[SeGaSaTuRn1994]

@bartenderproductions and for the MILLIONTH time why buy a sealed 1?? buy an unsealed version if u wanna play it u make no sence

[elduderinouk]

If I found a valuable factory sealed game which I happened to want to play, I would simply buy a used copy and play that! Finding older sealed games is much more of a challenge than finding used copies!

If a game is a genuinely factory sealed game, then I know it won't be missing manuals etc and it won't have ugly labels/writing on the cartridge/disc etc!

If I found an older sealed game in a charity/thrift store, I would feel as if I had found a diamond in amongst a lot of rubbish!

[TheDuskPhantom]

I prefer it being sealed, due to the fact that if it is sealed it most likely will be in mint condition, which is good in any case. Apart from that, if a game is in decent or above condition i'd be happy. Also just to point out, most sealed titles you buy from ebay are re-sealed by the sellers.

[DRAGONCLAN1000]

Look if it is a rare game and its sealed you would be retarded to play it go out and buy a used one if you wanna play it that badly but if you have a sealed game that is Old/Rare then you don't fking open it then there is not much value to it -.-

[scr99n]

People collect sealed copies of the games that they already have played and love. And most of the time if not always they already own an open copy that they DO play.

[blakebru97]

people buy sealed games and opened ones they just dont leave it there most people have played the game already and thats why they buy it

[PubliusAfricanus]

I have to agree. The only sealed games I have are ones that I just haven't gotten to yet.

Games are not pieces of art. Keep them for wrapped for a decade, and you'll be lucky if you can get a hundred bucks. Nobody is ever going to strike it rich collecting games. Just isn't going to happen.

[agentnono24]

@PubliusAfricanus you may not become rich but you can definitely get more than what you payed for the game originally my friend once sold a game for $170.. people who collect sealed games will buy it if the price is right i just bought a sealed tales of vesperia special edition for $130 the other prices on ebay were $300+ and a used one was $169.. just because games aren't disfigured paintings that people consider "art" doesn't mean you can't collect them

[JuggernautSoda]

Well, think about it. When Zelda Ocarina of Time came out in 1998, it was maybe 40$. If you go on ebey, there's copies of LoZ OoT that are sealed going for over 1000$. You do the math.

[bartenderproductions]

@JuggernautSoda few things: 1: I am not in anyways bashing collectors of sealed games, I was once ridiculed for opening a rare game to ACTUALLY play it and that's why I did this video. 2 i agree there is profit to be made on games, but i must disagree with you on your statement. right now there is a copy for sale on ebay but its a buy it now at 1000.00. If you scroll down you'll see there are dozens (still sealed) for much lower. the seller priced it at 1000.00 doesn;t mean it's worth 1000.00

[grindfanboy]

you live once, so why waste your time with bad games

[Jphitomicastillo1]

I agree with you bud, thats why some people buy like two copies of the game sometimes.

[AndrewDaniele87]

i bought about 7 or 8 sealed games since i started my collection, opened all of them no problem lol. i pretty much bought them because the other ones on ebay weren't the quality i was looking for.

[apeazy]

its like collecting currency. Some people search for better mint uncirculated coins. It's a hobby, plus now a days you can probably find the game you have sealed for very little money on ebay if you want to play it, or download a Rom on your computer where you could probably play any game. Its fun finding the people that reseal games and I like showing off my knowledge of how I know its a reseal. I mean if you have an uncirculated coin from the 1800's will you spend it cuz you will die someday?

[MrSuperhomarbros]

why collect sealed games and not play them?......frustating

[TortureBot]

"Brick of shit in there" for the win, LMAO! I see your point absolutely. I can also see how some people want an opened copy to play and then a sealed copy for collecting purposes, but if anyone simply wants sealed games to collect and never play, then that's stupid IMHO. If I wanted both, I'd want a crappy-looking copy to play (though completely functional, like a cart with a damaged label) & then a mint copy for collecting to take out when I'm 75 & show the grandkids the cool box art & etc.

[consolearena]

if i bought a game on launch then i wouldnt keep it sealed

[johnfotus716]

Well, I collect sealed N64 games, but hear me out, I agree with you in a sense that people should experience the game, not buy it and leave it sealed. But, there's many people, like myself, who have a lot of memories with older games, and go and buy them sealed, to collect them. For example, I buy DK64 off eBay, sealed, but I still have my old DK64 game that I can play whenever I want, does that make it wrong? I don't think so. But other than that, I believe you're right.

[consolearena]

i have a few 360 games which are still sealed because i have already completed them

[ShanetheGamer]

im half and half. games i wont really play i would rather be sealed and games that i would play would be opened

[TimbocClock20]

they prob collect a sealed copy and an open copy! but i agree i couldnt but a sealed game without opening it but then agine i found 5 rare sealed nintendo games in a little game shop for 10 quid each and i could sell them for 40 each!

[Bubbasizer]

I have another thought, collecting sealed games is like collecting liscence plates, or trading cards, or stamps, or coins, do coin collector use their coins, do stamp collectors use their stamps, no they just collect them, for collecting purposes.

[kungpao56]

thank you atleast someone knows what im talking about. collecting sealed games and not opening them just to sit there for years and years only to let them get destroyed in a house fire or flood. games are ment to be opened and played thats why there made. not to collect dust

[halo10001]

@kungpao56

You're a fucking idiot.

[kungpao56]

@halo10001 don't call me an idiot you douche

[halo10001]

@kungpao56

Hey man, sorry, but I collect sealed games because I love em, usually I already have another copy of it ready for playing.

[kungpao56]

@halo10001 oh yea then thats fine, i was talking about people who just collect games and never play them

[michael10662]

i buy 1 or 2 games

[HitomiLove]

Just get what you can, if you have an opportunity to get a famous game thats sealed, thats a plus.

Otherwise just aim for mint condition, manual and disc at least. Case is not a big issue to me, you could change game case easily.

[kuroibuta]

Im actually not a sealed game collector but I want to argue for sealed game collectors.

Collecting as a kid, I enjoyed the thrill of owning something that is valuable, something that is rare. I think this is what these collectors feel as well. They can also enjoy the nostalgic feel of collecting games from their childhood. As for the argument of not playing them, you`re leaving out the factor of emulators and roms, as they are perfectly legal to own if you own the game itself.

[TheDeathofGrace]

I have to say I would love to collect some limited editions sealed but i dont even have enough money to buy the games im going to play much less more expensive limited editions to not play.

[halo10001]

@Bubbasizer

If it is a fake seal, at least you still have a good box, game, and everything that came in it.

[Luckyrob72]

I collect sealed games...have 6 Ar tonelico II. u call urself a collector? FUNNY

[dAda313]

Sealed game collector are just a slaves of money, bunch of victims.

Sure not all, but the most are..

And i know a few of this idiots =)

[halo10001]

@dAda313

You're a fucking idiot.

[GaminRaymon]

I am a sealed video game collector and I am uploading my videos of me showing them off right now. I agree with what you said which is why I buy 2 copies of each game. I save/collect one and the other I actually open and play. All of the games I have sealed I also have a copy that is opened and ready for playing.

[backstreetsbev]

@GaminRaymon thats a waste of money.

[MrItB]

agreed good video...the only way i could see it being justified is if the person had other multiple copies of the game i guess

[CartmanLandZ]

agreed just goddamn play them lol

[halo10001]

@CartmanLandZ

You're a fucking idiot, if you had a sealed $1000 game, would you open it and start playing it?

[raskafari7273]

i agree with you

most of the people that buy sealed games dont want to play them but make money from them

but if your a game collector and you get them and dont open them just to keep them BRAND NEW! minty fresh

then why did you buy it?

to sit on your shelfes for nothing

i understand some people might have an opened copy and a sealed one

now thats acceptable

[notyoursavior78]

Yeah I definitely don't collect sealed games. Or see the need to buy a game twice and keep one sealed.

But oh well.

[JapaneseModernist]

Wow

[Aggiesgigem]

Thing is for N64 used ones are so cheap. You can buy them and play them. If you like them then you buy a sealed one.

[BamBooUK]

I collect factory seald games and if I want to play it i'll buy a used copy to play.

[sinfulonekain]

yep its a good practice to buy a shitty acceptable game and keep the prestine copy in top shape.

[yes347]

....'at least i have the opportunity to play them..dont these collectors want to experience the game?' - maybe they do actually have a second copy that they have bought to play?

poeple may keep a game sealed for reasons like nostalgia of that game or even investment.

it really doesnt make a difference to anyones life if someone chooses to keep a game sealed, so let people have their hobby and you can have your unsealed collecting hobby. why question the other??

[yes347]

wow man why do you care? seriously let people collect what they want. what difference does it make to your life if someone maybe 1000's of miles away is keeping a game sealed for their collection instead of opening it to play??

if they open it or not either way thats one less copy of the game so what difference does it make??

[flynnz]

couldnt agree more man. As I have said in the comments section of one of your other videos..collectors drive the prices up of these games, and a lot of them dont even play them!

I think we should go ninja style on these dudes and steal their games :)

anyway...great vid, keep up the good work.

[yes347]

'collectors drive the prices up of these games, and a lot of them dont even play them!'

haha what prices do they drive up exactly? only those of sealed games, in which you shouldnt care about anyway?

prices of sealed games dont affect that of normal games at all lol no offence but thats a bit of a bullshit statement to say the least.

[bartenderproductions]

the reason i did this video is not to shove my opinons down the viewers throats. the reason i did this was in regards to several people being EXTREMELY negative towards me when I had explained I had purchased a game i needed for my collection and it was factory sealed. i mentioned on a forum that i had finally finished my collection with a factory sealed game i needed and that i opened it to play and experience the game. i receive so much just pure hate form several member i left the forum.

[halo10001]

@bartenderproductions

Not to be a douchebag, but you're an idiot. If you want to experience the game, you buy just the cartridge, not a FACTORY SEALED GAME.

I mean, why the fuck would you buy a sealed game for a high price, like $40, when you can buy THE SAME FUCKING GAME, not sealed, for only $5? If you want to fucking experience the game itself, you don't buy it BRAND NEW. People who collect sealed games (me) buy them because we usually already have another copy of the game.

[halo10001]

@bartenderproductions

It's just a fucking waste of money, you buy a sealed game, and open it, effectively lowering the value of it.

Great, you just wasted money, good job.

Also, we collect sealed games because we love them, we love the game, so we want a new copy of it. This new copy brings us back to the 80's, it makes us feel awesome, most collectors keep these sealed games, at least until they really need to sell them in case of an emergency.

[Bubbasizer]

@bartenderproductions Sealed game collecting is like any other collecting, do coin collectors use or spend the coins they collect? do stamp collectors use their stamps to mail letters? no they just collect them, the difference is games can be played, but that doesn't make them any less of a collectable.

[PubliusAfricanus]

@bartenderproductions

What forum?

[flynnz]

yes347.

They drive up the prices on ALL games. Not just sealed.

Try buying chrono trigger for snes for a decent price. If collectors didnt horde games like that, the prices would not be as insane as they are.

I know that games will go up in price regardless of collectors, but they DO make the costs go up a lot quicker. And for a lot of the collectors that is the plan... buy tons of a game early on they think will be in demand later...meanwhile those games just sit being unplayed

[Bubbasizer]

@flynnz come on man I picked up a loose copy of chrono trogger for $6.00 usd, so if you just look around you can find great deals.

[Bubbasizer]

@Bubbasizer chrono trigger

[flynnz]

@Bubbasizer you kinda missed the point there. Of course if you get LUCKY you can find a good deal on the game, however most people wont be that lucky. I go to flea markets, good will, garage sales, and check online...and I have NEVER seen that game for that cheap anywhere. The point I was trying to make is, that it makes it very hard to get good deals on games when people just horde games for the sake of reselling later on.

[halo10001]

@flynnz

Are you talking about getting lucky on Chrono Trigger or just classic games in general? If you're talking about all games, then you're a fucking retard and you're not looking in the right places. If you're talking about Chrono Trigger, you're still a fucking retard and not looking in the right places.

[flynnz]

@halo10001 again with the name calling. and again you missed the point. I would try and explain it again, but sadly I think it would be lost on you.

[halo10001]

@flynnz

You're officially branded as a fucking idiot by every known collector in the world. Congratulations!

[flynnz]

@halo10001 wow a kid with a Halo tag calling me names...shocker! Ok little boy please explain why you disagree with what I said. (if you can)

[halo10001]

@flynnz

Hahahahahaha, you think halo in my name means the video game "Halo?" Maybe you should look up the word in a dictionary, yeah, halo was actually a word before the game.

Also, do you even understand what collecting is? Have you even tried collecting? If you had an antique sword in pristine condition from the medieval era, would you start using it to cut meat? If we love a game, we buy the factory sealed version, it makes us feel warm inside.

[flynnz]

@halo10001 oh my mistake, I should have known someone with in a gaming channel using the tag halo has nothing to do with the game. You must be an angel then :)

Anyway, you seem to misunderstand what I mean by collectors. In the context of what I was saying in the other posts let me explain it to you. Not all collectors buy games for "warm fuzzy" feelings inside. They buy them so they can resell them later of just be proud that they own 10 copies of FF7 to show off. THOSE are the collectors...

[halo10001]

@flynnz

Those types of people are business men, in my context, I mean collectors are the ones who keep the games until they die or until they are in an emergency (need money for rent etc.)

I love my games, I take very good care of them, I won't open my sealed games because they are memorabilia from the old days. I usually just buy another copy or just use an emulator if I want to play them.

[flynnz]

@halo10001 ....so those are the collectors I was talking about. I myself collect and play games, but I am a gamer first. I would never take a game out of the wild because I think it may be worth a lot of money one day. See the difference? Next time try and read within context, it will help you out.

[flynnz]

@flynnz also for future reference calling people names automatically makes YOU look like the idiot...just figured I would point that out. :)

[halo10001]

@flynnz

You were the one who started it out, I agree I went a little overboard there, but seriously, not all collectors are bad.

[flynnz]

@halo10001 Never said they were. If I did, I would be talking shit about myself hah. Nothing wrong buying a game special to you sealed because it means something to you. Sorry if you got that impression from what I said. I was talking about the people who see dollar signs. be it collectors who want to drive up the value of their own collection, or resellers who are trying to turn a profit. Not all collectors are in it for the love of gaming is my point, they are in it for money or investment.

[halo10001]

@flynnz

Yeah man, sorry if I went a little crazy. But yeah, I love my games, if you check out my collection vid, you can see I have one of those old turn dial t.v s with my NES hooked up to it. Classic.

[flynnz]

@halo10001 no worries man, and I will totally check out your vids.

[halo10001]

@flynnz

Read my other comment.

[halo10001]

@flynnz

Plus, these are NES games, we're not gonna play them as much as the games in this generation. If we want to play the game, then we just buy a loose cartridge version, or play it on an emulator.