Has anyone stopped collecting steelbooks, and why?

[Lemur]

Originally Posted by giantqtipz

Plus, steelbooks are small, so they shouldnt take up a lot of space!

That's what I thought too

[ingmar1988]

Im thinking about quitting collecting them all...there are just to many (unless you solely collect steelbooks, but since i collect ce and pk as well it gets to expensive).

Next gen, im only going to collect steels for games i like.

[Zaku77]

I feel as though I'm too deep in to stop at this point. As long as I collect video games, I will surely continue to collect their steels. I already have some 'restrictive' buying habits, though.

I only buy steels for games I own (or plan to own). I've collected games for a lot longer than I've collected steels, so to me they are just another part of that. There is absolutely no reason for me to have a steelbook for a game I'm not interested in and don't own. Being primarily a game collector, that just seems stupid to me. That definitely helps to limit it down, but with more and more games having 3-5 steelbooks each, it can still be quite difficult to stay up to date with.

[LyricalOne]

Originally Posted by giantqtipz

Plus, steelbooks are small, so they shouldnt take up a lot of space!

I remember when I had the same thoughts in mind.
Oh how wrong was I lol

Originally Posted by Lemur

That's what I thought too

We were all wrong LOL

[rapister]

just treat steelbooks as trimmings to your cake

[Vlad]

Personally I've stopped caring so much about steelbooks in the past however-many months because imo they're simply not that special anymore.

Too much is getting a steelbook release and so I don't really care much about it now. (This includes films/TV as well as games.)

[King Peter]

I'll stop collecting them when they won't be available in Future Shop anymore

For 10$ or less for each, I can't complaint

[Lemur]

I collect them cos of their artwork/effects, in fact the recent releases have seen great improvements in that aspect.

Artwork: Still great/unique
Effects: Even better now
Colours: Richer
Feel: Way better than plastic
Spines: Same awesome spine

Only difference is now there's more releases. If there's too many, just buy those you really like and those steelbooks will make a great part of any collection.

If you appreciate steelbooks then there's no better time than now. If you did it for some other reason, then yeah you're fucked

[vhal_x]

I love Steelbooks, however I'm currently having to majorly cut back on the number of them I have on order, as there are far too many coming out really close together now (I collect movie ones, too), as we've recently had a big drop in our monthly incomings (money), and I need to be able to afford to go to Scotland Comic Con this weekend, the Zelda Wii U next month, the Xbox One the following month, and then finally Christmas, as well as all my other "must-have" purchases in between

It's gutting, as knowing my luck, some of the ones I'll cancel will sell out, but there's nothing I can do about it.

Just gonna stick to the absolute must-haves for now xx

[RandellaUk]

I have slipped into buy what i love mode instead of the band wagon of every release as sadly like vhal said above too many wants each month so cut backs have to happen somewhere