How long do you keep games?

[Jato Jay]

Do you sell tham as soon as you beat them?

Or do you archive them across platforms, even ones you don't own anymore? Still have any carts lying around?

Why? Do you resell games to keep cash moneys, keep games because you replay them a lot and don't buy many new games? Whatever you do I want to hear it.

 

[About To Crash]

I generally keep games forever, unless I'm sure that either there's very little chance I shall ever wish to play them again, or I'll keep them if it's a novelty to have them.

 

[quiet_samurai]

FOR-E-VER

 

[Clashero]

I always keep all games. I love having my little geek collection sitting on my shelf, which is incidentally almost out of space.

 

[aleczm]

Yeah i have a huge collection of PS2 games, and i'm never letting them go. Also some N64 games.

Well i've never rented a game in about 5 years, so i just stopped. Now i ONLY buy games, but i only buy ones that i have read about, researched about, and i'm sure that i will enjoy. And i never sell it. I havn't traded in a game since my copy of Marvel Ultimate Alliance that came free with my Wii. That was terrible, and i found no loss trading it in. My brother, on the other hand, buys whatever he thinks looks "cool."

 

[Galaxialconda]

Unless I dislike the game I keep them forever.

 

[THEMANWHOIS]

I tend to just buy games because they look fun. For instance, I bought Wanted: Weapons of Fate, and played through it about 3 times in as many days. Then, because it had no multiplayer or anything, I sold it online. It was fun for a playthrough or two, but after that, I doubt I was going to pick it up again.

That being said, I've got tons of N64 games lying around, a lot of 360, a few PS2, and one PS3.

 

[KING BOB 2896]

I usually keep games that I like that I still have things to do in them.

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

FOR-E-VER

I keep them longer than this guy.

 

[Merteg]

I never get rid of my games, no matter how bad they were.

 

[Citizen.Erased]

I keep them unless I really can't be bothered to play them anymore in which case I sell them to my friends.
I made the mistake of buying godfather II and yeah, while it may have been fun one time, I came to the bitter realization that I had burned 60$ for that. No way was I keeping that around, I'd rather have a third of my money back.

 

[BBLIZZARD]

I only sell games that I know I'm done with. As in, I haven't touched them in over 6 months and have no desire to do so. But I keep all of my PS2, NES, and SNES games.

 

[SmilingKitsune]

I keep them unless I really can't be bothered to play them anymore in which case I sell them to my friends.
I made the mistake of buying godfather II and yeah, while it may have been fun one time, I came to the bitter realization that I had burned 60$ for that. No way was I keeping that around, I'd rather have a third of my money back.

We have a new member, welcome to the escapist!
A similar thing happened to me with Too human, urgh, tha game was awful, I still kick myself for paying full price for it *ow*.

 

[Leorex]

Yeah i have a huge collection of PS2 games, and i'm never letting them go. Also some N64 games.

Well i've never rented a game in about 5 years, so i just stopped. Now i ONLY buy games, but i only buy ones that i have read about, researched about, and i'm sure that i will enjoy. And i never sell it. I havn't traded in a game since my copy of Marvel Ultimate Alliance that came free with my Wii. That was terrible, and i found no loss trading it in. My brother, on the other hand, buys whatever he thinks looks "cool."

this, except the brother part.

 

[wastedyouth89]

I keep them. I used to sell my old gamecube games. But now I keep them all. After awhile I ended up buying back most of the games I sold because I loved playing them so much.

 

[ADDLibrarian]

I always keep all games. I love having my little geek collection sitting on my shelf, which is incidentally almost out of space.

Ditto. Same thing with my anime...and my dvds....and my books....and my collectible figures....my I am sad.

 

[Ossum]

I keep all mine... there's been a few stinkers I've returned, and even one I sold then bought back again because I regretted the sale. Hilariously, four years after the sale of the used disc, I get a new untouched copy of an out-of-print game.