Last CE/LE/SE you purchased or got

[Xtincthed]

got the Dante's Inferno Death Edition (PS3) and Perfect Dark Zero LE this week

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Originally Posted by gurpswoo1

Got this yesterday for £20 factory sealed, what a bargin.

very nice! i've bought this one 5 times now and 0 times it was mint sealed.. always dented sides etc..

[gurpswoo1]

very nice! i've bought this one 5 times now and 0 times it was mint sealed.. always dented sides etc..

Were you able to return and get your money back on those? I still amazes me that seller can send these in jiffy bags and poor packaging thinking this is OK.

[scourdx]

Picked up for the past two weeks

• Fallout New Vegas CE
• Final Fantasy XIII CE
• DJ Max Portable 3 LE
• Fable 3 LE

[scourdx]

Picked up Civilization Chronicles

[zeeyah]

Man, I'm looking into starting a collection but I don't know how you guys can resist keeping them sealed. I got a couple of collector's and just couldn't wait to open it.. but then I leave it alone after the suspense is gone lol..

[gurpswoo1]

Many of us decide to purchase 2 copies and only open a play one, this is ofcourse for certain releases.

I have plenty of Collector's games which are not sealed aswell and I'm perfectly happy with them.

Having them sealed ensure they hold their ultimate value, however it not always essential depending on the game itself.

Certain games will never be worth much in the future, to some collectors a perfect sealed copy is a must, for others it's having the game itself which is most important.

In fact we should have a poll in what the collector's on the forum think

[zeeyah]

ehh two? One regular one collector's? I don't know whether to hold collector's as an investment with resale value or as a display to open up and show off.

How do you know/value collector's that you know won't be worth while in the future?

[gurpswoo1]

I don't know about the others, but I only have a few titles that I have for duplicate for that I intend to sell in the future. Most of my games are for collection only.

Determining the value of a game is difficult, some are easy such as those that is restricted in numbers such as Dead Space Ultra edition, Metal gear solid 4 edition,etc.

Others become cult classic and don't sell a huge amount, these can vary in value but always hold their value and increase over time.

The opposite is also true, a game can be super popular and therefore very few were left factory sealed.

Certain genres tend to increase value more than others, RPG is certainly one that seem to best, Shooters don't seem to hold their value as well unless again it is a limited release. Stay away from sports game unless unique such as Super Mario soccer instead of Fifa 1x.

In fact all special edition release by Nintendo will at least hold its value while other game franchise will shoot up, e.g Zelda, Mario Platform game, Donkey Kong and Kirby. These are sure thing as they have a great and loyal following. Plus the games are decent most of the time.

Certain franchise are also a good bet, Final Fantasy, Metal gear solid, Mega man, tales of, etc. Again loyal following. They are becoming a little long in tooth and are diluting the franchise so it may not be true in the future.


Stay away from any game franchise that has a release every 12-18 months, these will fall through the floor, again except for limited releases.

A single game release with no sequel is also a good bet, especially if the developer never makes another game.

It really is difficult to determine these, but as I said before. I collect the games for the purpose of collecting and not for the intention of selling on. It will take some time for the games increase in value anyway.

So put on the shelf for me.

[scourdx]

Originally Posted by zeeyah

How do you know/value collector's that you know won't be worth while in the future?

It is hard to predict which collector will hold in value. You have to get it by chance. My experience is franchise title don't hold value as much.