is this jut a fad?

[fattyuk]

does anyone else think this generation of collecting is just a passing train of what collecting is about?


the whole game collecting genre we're all in at the moment? latest collectors editions, VGA items, the rare"press kits" that aren't really rare? all collecting the mass produced CEs etc, collecting everything of one certain game that's only been out for a few years?


it's just that watching and seeing and prices etc, alot of big collectors of these recent games and recent CEs are selling up and whilst it's easily to fall in the hole of loving what we/you do/collect/buy/sell.

is it really worth it? yes it seems worth it at the time...but the on the long run is it?

ok all the ps3 exclusives and the press kits yeah they cool, yeah there great to collect..but it seems abit tad boring now.

I can name many games I've loved / still loved from this generation... loved collecting them items... but it only goes so far surely??

uncharted bioshock red dead redemption call of duty heavy rain infamous etc efc

great collectables from great games of this generation,

5 years time...... same circle of collecting the 15 collectors editions of the new "fad"... the must haves,

it reminds me of being in school...football stickers,pogs,Pokemon etcetc.

is this not just in the same level as that but in a more "mature" and more expensive scale?

I spent loads collecting what I wanted for games I loved of this gen, then another game came out and I collected that... and then looked at the old lot and thought "now what?? played that game to death, loved that game and always will, got loads of stuff...job done?? sell it and on to the next

I mean give it some years and "rare sealed games" ain't gonna be rare or hard to get, "rare press kits" ain't rare cause you can buy them left right and centre, "collectors editions" are being knocked out in mass production for every game - even if the games crap with no following and people will still pay alot of money just because it's a "collectors editions"