Do not support the vga!

[mosavon]

Originally Posted by richy rude

The whole issue regarding game grading annoys me and is ultimately flawed. Depending on who 'grades' your game you could see a big increase or decrease in value.
But not only that, who's to say what the actual contents are like inside the sealed game??? I've bought brand new sealed games before (but i should just clarify NOT VGA graded) and the instruction manual had been creased. This has been on sealed xbox games with the xbox certificate of authenticity still intact. And I've had this before on retro games like on the nintendo 64. I know video game retailers can reseal games but these were brand new (And you can tell if a box has been opened before as the flush fit isnt the same and usually has a small crease due to being opened already).

Anyway I'm talking too much lol. But seriously I like the idea but it's ultimately flawed as you're paying a huge premium for something that you don't know what you're going to get inside. Like a box of chocolates really.... expensive chocolates at that

Why does it matter about the inner contents? Its not like anyone buying a VGA graded game has any intention of opening it.

I understand why people buy graded games, but personally its not really something for me.

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by mosavon

Why does it matter about the inner contents? Its not like anyone buying a VGA graded game has any intention of opening it.

I understand why people buy graded games, but personally its not really something for me.

Only matters if someone like you goes crazy and actually opens their collection

I would agree that 99% of people that are willing to pay the kind of prices VGA graded games bring will never ever think of opening them.

On the other hand, I remember reading about a Nintendo collector who had to sell their sealed NES games, I think it was NES, and did so locally to some rich guy. It was probably like a 1000 USD sale or something for maybe 10 games??? I don't remember the numbers so well but anyways rich guy was buying the games for his 9 - 10 year old son who he brought with him. Rich guy pays for the games and then hands 10 sealed games to son. Son proceeds to open every single game in front of collector, collector proceeds to lose his mind....

[geralds]

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

Only matters if someone like you goes crazy and actually opens their collection

I would agree that 99% of people that are willing to pay the kind of prices VGA graded games bring will never ever think of opening them.

On the other hand, I remember reading about a Nintendo collector who had to sell their sealed NES games, I think it was NES, and did so locally to some rich guy. It was probably like a 1000 USD sale or something for maybe 10 games??? I don't remember the numbers so well but anyways rich guy was buying the games for his 9 - 10 year old son who he brought with him. Rich guy pays for the games and then hands 10 sealed games to son. Son proceeds to open every single game in front of collector, collector proceeds to lose his mind....

Good games are ment to be played anyway. I do see why people collect sealed games but it just seems so freeking silly to me the games are ment to be played so why not leave it at that.

[Madigan]

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

On the other hand, I remember reading about a Nintendo collector who had to sell their sealed NES games, I think it was NES, and did so locally to some rich guy. It was probably like a 1000 USD sale or something for maybe 10 games??? I don't remember the numbers so well but anyways rich guy was buying the games for his 9 - 10 year old son who he brought with him. Rich guy pays for the games and then hands 10 sealed games to son. Son proceeds to open every single game in front of collector, collector proceeds to lose his mind....

Originally Posted by geralds

Good games are ment to be played anyway. I do see why people collect sealed games but it just seems so freeking silly to me the games are ment to be played so why not leave it at that.

That's why you buy 1 to play and 1 to keep sealed

[geralds]

I to me thats just plain silly but each to there own something im never going to ever see the point in sealed collecting.

[SwiftDeath]

I actually agree that I don't find sealed collecting all that appealing.

The only way I could do it without ripping every single one open would be to do as Madigan said. One to play with, one to keep sealed.

Otherwise I would go crazy looking at my own collection.

Games are indeed made to be played....

Although by that same argument, bombs are made to explode, missiles made to be launched....

Luckily the US just likes to look at it's nuclear arsenal and never takes it out of the box to play with....

[Madigan]

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

Luckily the US just likes to look at it's nuclear arsenal and never takes it out of the box to play with....

And now the question is, Do they have all the nuclear arsenal graded by Nuclear Weapon Authority? hmmmmm

[Twisted]

One time from a large reputable department store i purchased a new PSOne game back in the day..and when i brought it home and opened it..there was no disk!!!...of course the store promptly refunded my money...i think it was a fluke..as the packaging was factory sealed..and the instruction manual and papers were flawless...imagine if i kept it sealed and sent it in to VGA and they certified and graded it a high 9 or a 10 with a fancy label etc....talk about blowing smoke up someones ass.hahahaha..i think they should use some sort of x-ray tech to confirm at least inside there are contents.

[mosavon]

VGA do grade unsealed stuff aswell but i believe that it had to have originally come that way, so obviously contents would then be inspected, but honestly when i see some stuff up on ebay and i'm like wow an 80 grade or something i just think what's the point

[Twisted]

i think the glory days of game collecting in order to profit are behind us..cartridge based games were more involved in manufacturering so overall there are less of them out there as compared to cd/dvd based games..which they can rapidly produce...so i guess like for every 1 cartridge they produce..10 cd/dvd games are made in the same amount of time..so if people think cd/dvd based sealed games will be just as rare potentially as sealed cartridges could be considered rare these days is sorely mistaken.