I always keep my games, even if I didn't enjoy them. They are all part of my ever growing collection.
Poll: What do you do with games you've beaten?
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It depends on the game.
Games that convinced me to devote an absurd amount of time to them because it felt like they were building up to something good but never got there like Grandia, I will find some fitting way to destroy them in a glorious fashion.
Games that were terrible and had no value for me I sell to gamestop, I don't care how much they'll give me. It is my way of voting with my dollar, I bought this game, to me it was a blight upon the community, and that isn't an acceptable reason to return it to the store to reverse my purchase, so the only way to do that is to make sure they don't get credit for someone's future purchase to balance the sale. example: Madworld
Games that I enjoyed but don't think will have replay value, I'll hold onto until I find someone who won't buy it due to lack of disposable income and I'll give it to them, I'd rather a friend buy the game to add another sale to a good title, but if they aren't going to I'd rather they get to play it. example: Dragon Age
Games that were good and I think will have replay value I'll keep next to my xbox/pc where it will most likely collect dust, and I'll think when bored Hey I should play that, ooh new colbert! example: Mass Effect, Oblivion, any old version of Civilization
Games that were mediocre to bad, but not TERRIBLE, I'll throw in a box figuring I'll get around to finishing it or playing through it again, and not remember it until I unpack that box after a move or two (I frequently never finish unpacking between moves so it could take awhile). example: Beowulf (got it as a gift)
Games that convinced me to devote an absurd amount of time to them because it felt like they were building up to something good but never got there like Grandia, I will find some fitting way to destroy them in a glorious fashion.
Games that were terrible and had no value for me I sell to gamestop, I don't care how much they'll give me. It is my way of voting with my dollar, I bought this game, to me it was a blight upon the community, and that isn't an acceptable reason to return it to the store to reverse my purchase, so the only way to do that is to make sure they don't get credit for someone's future purchase to balance the sale. example: Madworld
Games that I enjoyed but don't think will have replay value, I'll hold onto until I find someone who won't buy it due to lack of disposable income and I'll give it to them, I'd rather a friend buy the game to add another sale to a good title, but if they aren't going to I'd rather they get to play it. example: Dragon Age
Games that were good and I think will have replay value I'll keep next to my xbox/pc where it will most likely collect dust, and I'll think when bored Hey I should play that, ooh new colbert! example: Mass Effect, Oblivion, any old version of Civilization
Games that were mediocre to bad, but not TERRIBLE, I'll throw in a box figuring I'll get around to finishing it or playing through it again, and not remember it until I unpack that box after a move or two (I frequently never finish unpacking between moves so it could take awhile). example: Beowulf (got it as a gift)
I've actually replayed a lot of games from the start after a few months, even if I haven't actually beaten them yet. Mostly, though, I just play them for a bit and then forget about them.
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I keep it for awhile jusst in case I want to play it again. Some games however I will sell when I don't want to see it sitting on the ground collecting dust.
Left 4 Dead 2 and Assassin's Creed Brotherhood are two such games right now.
Left 4 Dead 2 and Assassin's Creed Brotherhood are two such games right now.
I keep them, put them away and most likely play them again in a year or two's time. Unless the game was terrible and I definitely wouldn't play it again, then I sell it/trade it in.
I rarely play a game more than once. Usually it takes a well put together RPG or a RTS to keep me playing more.
Games like Oblivion, Saints Row 2, Fallout 3 and the Civilization franchise tend to stay on my gaming shelf. Everything else is usually forgotten.
Games like Oblivion, Saints Row 2, Fallout 3 and the Civilization franchise tend to stay on my gaming shelf. Everything else is usually forgotten.
I used to sell games after I'd beaten them. But eventually that started biting me in the ass when I wanted to play some of my old games again and I had to either rent them or buy them again.
Not really a bad decision since game retailers rarely ever make it worthwhile for me to trade in anyway.
Not really a bad decision since game retailers rarely ever make it worthwhile for me to trade in anyway.
Keep them. Usually, if I like it, I try to beat it again in a different way, either through getting achievements or by trying to do things I missed or doing it on a harder difficulty or as a different class, etc.
I also keep games I don't beat (because I dislike them) because I never know when I'll want to take it on purely for satisfaction.
I also keep games I don't beat (because I dislike them) because I never know when I'll want to take it on purely for satisfaction.
I keep them between a badass set of antique bookends that are shaped like globes on a shelf near my computer. I like to think one day i'll have a study and i'll line it's walls with them lol.
I keep most, sell maybe a third, I only sell the ones that have no replay value AND left no real impression on me.
I never sell my games, even if they are the worst, most unplayable piece of crap under the sun, i still keep them. Although i have obsessive compulsive hoarding disorder, so that may have a say in why i do it, because i do own a few games that are beyond terrible, and ive only played them for, say, 20 minutes each. Yet i still keep them. I even have double copies of some games.
I have 3 copies of Forza Motorsport 2's because of back in the day when almost every Xbox 360 console came with a copy of them game. I have 3 Xbox's because my father seems to think we need one in every lounge room in the house... and also the dining room >.<
I have 3 copies of Forza Motorsport 2's because of back in the day when almost every Xbox 360 console came with a copy of them game. I have 3 Xbox's because my father seems to think we need one in every lounge room in the house... and also the dining room >.<
Keep them. I sold my PS1 and my 20ish games for it and really regret it, same with a bunch of gameboy games. I rarely sell games anymore.
I keep them. With very rare exceptions, I usually enjoy games the second time through, because at that point I know what I HAVE to do, so I can spend more time on what I CAN do. I can also pay more attention to the little interesting bits of a game's story and/or universe when I'm not having myself bombarded with the big stuff.
I think the only exception to that rule in recent history would be Alan Wake.
I think the only exception to that rule in recent history would be Alan Wake.
Ill rarely sell a game, and if I do ever give a game to a friend, I ask for it back once they have beaten it, but leave the offer for them to take it back whenever. Did I mention in my group of friends, we ALL do this. It cuts down of cost by a crapton (Im very precise in my measurements)!
Most of the time I'll replay a level I enjoyed or thought too hard, then I'll just pack the game away then play it who knows how long later.