[twistedsymphony]

GP I think you need to evaluate WHY you collect....

I can't say that I feel like I'm being dragged down by my collection... there are days when I stop and think "WTF am I actually getting for all this money that I'm spending?"

Recently, stopping to look at my collection I realized that most of my most treasured games weren't games that normally fit in my collection goals... and I've been considering selling off a lot of my collection and keeping only those games which have some kind of personal meaning to me.

The way I see it, you can collect with the intent of your items increasing in value, but that only really serves you if you actually resell them some time later.

You can collect with the intent of preserving history, but that only really works if you're sharing your collection with the public somehow (ie: documenting the details of the games, or having some kind of museum/gallery).

Or you can collect because the games you're buying have some additional meaning for you.

Beyond those three reason, I really can't work out a reason to collect.