Sealed vs Open

[Ayiu]

Originally Posted by Queen of Mudcrabs

Like a 50 year old virgin.

That's creepy

[MrBubbles]

Originally Posted by Ayiu

That's creepy

[Skoolstah]

Originally Posted by Queen of Mudcrabs

Like a 50 year old virgin.

Rofl! I open my games. Better to pop the cherry while it's ripe, not mushy and rotting. XD

[The Russian Bear]

Just deflowered my Two Worlds 2 Royal Edition but My Oblivion CE is staying a virgin forever

hmm to far?

[scourdx]

I get both. These day most CE package comes with sealant tape.

[Gemini-Phoenix]

Back on topic, I am especially paranoid about scratching my SteelBooks, therefore I like to keep these sealed out of fear of damaging them. I can usually obtain a cheap standard copy at a later date if I really want to play the game, but a lot of the CE's I have in my collection I only have because it was a CE, and I wouldn't have bothered with the game if it wasn't for that fact

And it's always there to open and play if I ever changed my mind, which to me is better than trying to search for a specific game in five or ten years time. It's there ready for me at any time I want, but in the meantime it just looks good on the shelf! Mind you, I have a backlog of well over 1,200 sealed games already, so chances are I will never get around to playing most of them in my lifetime - Perhaps somebody will appreciate them in the future when i'm gone?

[Drakan]

Very good question. Bit of both really. Gamer for me comes foremost than collecting.

Normally If I'm in the mood I'll buy two, exceptionally three copies if I really, really like it. One I open and play with. The others remain sealed & stashed away for personal display. Same goes with the CE Strategy Guides. The CESG remain sealed and I use the regular cheapo' ones.

Exceptions being seriously rare items of which I normally only have one sealed copy, such as DSULE, SMACX, ELSIII:MW, ACBCE, ACBBE. These will remain sealed for obvious reasons.

At other times, such as the upcoming Deus Ex Collector's Edition, I'll buy multi-platform. X360 Augmented Edition/GOTY for playing and the PC CE version for display purposes. I'll probably do likewise for Skyrim.

The thing is I don't collect everything that comes out just because, only very rare editions and games I enjoy, whether console (PS3 & X360 and older) or PC.

If I don't like it and play it, chances are I won't be collecting it.

[Gemini-Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Drakan

Exceptions being seriously rare items of which I normally only have one sealed copy, such as DSULE, SMACX, ELSIII:MW, ACBCE, ACBBE. These will remain sealed for obvious reasons.

What do all of these acronyms stand for?

If I don't like it and play it, chances are I won't be collecting it.

I used to have this mentality, but more recently I have found myself buying CE's for games I previously had no interest in, and only bought them because they had a nice CE. I really wish I hadn't wasted my time with some of them though to be honest...

[Drakan]

Hi

DSULE Dead Space Ultra Limited Edition
SMACX Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Alien Crossfire XP
TESIII:MW The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind
ACBBE Assassins Creed Black Box Edition
ACBCE Assassins Creed Brotherhood Codex Edition

[The Russian Bear]

Please post a picture of the Morrowind CE!!! I Want to revel in its awesomeness.