Why Collect Sealed Games?

JRPGFan · #1 01-23-2014, 02:31 PM

I mean Memorabilia like Posters, Standees ect. makes sense for display but I don't understand the point in sealed games? Isn't the idea to open up games so you can play them? Same with CEs with all it's cool extra stuff so you can put THAT on display?

Thanks

Ayiu · #2 01-23-2014, 02:47 PM

I am mainly a sealed collector so I try to answer your question from my point of view.

First of all I don't have enough space to display every single bit that comes with a ce. The boxes tend to get bigger and I'm already struggling to arrange the boxes alone. Can't even think of displaying any of its content.

Secondly, it's already hard enough to keep those boxes clean from dust. I don't want to clean all the bits and bobs that come with them. (Just saying this because I cleaned my room all morning long,

)

My third reason and probably the oddest one is that I like the feeling to know that all those lovely things inside the ce's never got touched by anyone after they were sealed. I like to think that they stay there forever and no sun and no dust can harm them inside their boxes.

Though, I do open up first Editions that come with the game and some dlc only to play them

comaamen86 · #3 01-23-2014, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Ayiu

I am mainly a sealed collector so I try to answer your question from my point of view.

First of all I don't have enough space to display every single bit that comes with a ce. The boxes tend to get bigger and I'm already struggling to arrange the boxes alone. Can't even think of displaying any of its content.

Secondly, it's already hard enough to keep those boxes clean from dust. I don't want to clean all the bits and bobs that come with them. (Just saying this because I cleaned my room all morning long,

)

My third reason and probably the oddest one is that I like the feeling to know that all those lovely things inside the ce's never got touched by anyone after they were sealed. I like to think that they stay there forever and no sun and no dust can harm them inside their boxes.

Though, I do open up first Editions that come with the game and some dlc only to play them

your weird, you may as well of take a photo of it and not buy it

if i ever sell you a ce i will remember to take all the contents out and fill with sand and reseal

everybody happy!

Thetof91 · #4 01-23-2014, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by comaamen86

your weird, you may as well of take a photo of it and not buy it

if i ever sell you a ce i will remember to take all the contents out and fill with sand and reseal

everybody happy!

Great idea!

I will do that with the Dark Souls 2 for her.. She will never know!

ouroboros · #5 01-23-2014, 06:50 PM

I usually open the initial CE that I buy so that I can play the game. After that, I tend to keep everything sealed simply for values sake. There are certain cases in which I won't, like if different editions have completely different memorabilia, but most of the time that is why I keep things sealed.

SwiftDeath · #6 01-23-2014, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Ayiu

My third reason and probably the oddest one is that I like the feeling to know that all those lovely things inside the ce's never got touched by anyone after they were sealed. I like to think that they stay there forever and no sun and no dust can harm them inside their boxes.

This is basically the general reason for sealed collecting.

You are in essence buying an unused, more complete copy of whatever it is you're buying as it has the original seals and everything inside it has been untouched. I'm not really much of a sealed collector myself aside from a few sealed steelbooks but I can understand the mentality.

For example if you take old games, let's say Ocarina of Time. A sealed copy is worth maybe a dozen times or more what an unsealed copy is. Obviously this is supply and demand at work as there are far fewer copies of it sealed but that is supply of it, there must also be demand for it. That demand is likely due mostly to individuals who want to know they have a truly complete copy of the game. That they have what you would've bought day one back in 1998. I remember reading about a sealed N64 collector who had to sell some of his collection. He did it through craigslist to some fairly well-off guy. Guy in question was buying it for his kid apparently. At the exchange guy gave over $600 for 4 or so sealed games, then proceeded to hand games over to his 10 year oldish son who opened them in front of the collector. Suffice to say the collector started tearing his hair out lol