Why did you start collecting?

[LowlyAssassin]

Originally Posted by kittychloe

Id explain mine but lowly seems to be some kind of creepy uk clone of me born 1 month later than i was...

But i started collecting with the hopes of creating an interactive gaming museum.. Australia doesnt seem to have a propper permanent one, just a 3 month convention.. Its just difficulft to get funding or a grant.. Or donations

i always felt some underlying connection with audstralia and now i know why

[Nightbane]

Briefly explained why I started in my introduction thread, but...

I started playing World of Warcraft back in 2007-2008 and that is where my real love to Blizzard games started. I was introduced to Diablo and Starcraft with D3 and SC2 and I have been wanting to make a real collection of their old games and memorabilia for a a while now. I decided that there is only so long you can think about something, and just snapped and started to collect.

My collecting is almost complete now in terms of games, I really dont want to overspend as I only just graduated Uni and money isn't exactly a vast resource right now...but the addiction has begun

[rapidly-greying]

Wasn't interested in collecting but I did own Castlevania SOTN with artbook and music cd.

After years of pondering I eventually sold it and regretted it straight away
That's why I started collecting.

I'll eventually get Castlevania back one day,but so far my collection looks pretty good for the short time I've been doing it.

[Harlequin]

I got my first CE in 2010 - Halo Reach. I didn't know what I was buying, honestly - a bulky case with a diary and DLC codes. 'This is... awesome.'

The next year, I had some Birthday money and whatnot to buy what I wanted - Saints Row 3 and AC: Revelations were out at the time: oh hang on. Are those special editions? FOR THE SAME PRICE AS THE NORMAL ONES? Heck yeah! And then it spread.

[Platfus]

My first CE that I bought was AC R CE 1.12.2011, i won one so I sold it and from that money bought Codex edition. That got me into it.

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[Onyxia]

Depends if the question only applies to CE.
Gaming in general, I've been keeping complete copies of my games since my NES days. I always thought they looked neat on a shelf, even as a kid. I'm really glad I did. Only a few of our very first games no longer had boxes --- and it was expensive enough to hunt back complete copies on eBay! No way I would have done that for all of them! I guess I just always had this "collector" mindset. Now it just makes me happy. Games always bring back so many great memories. I like to sit down, look at all my games and then just pick one to play.

As for CEs, well, I mostly started picking those up because they tend to look amazing... and of course, I love the extra stuff! Especially figures/statues and the such. Looks great in a collection! I don't always pick the CE over the regular edition, though. Some just don't come with anything I really want and I'd rather put the extra money on hunting down other complete games (Earthbound, you're finally mine)! This is pretty much why I haven't been around here as much. I feel like I have nothing to share. ;;;;