Found this at a local garage sale

Pretty upset on a sentimental level. Recently moved back into my parents place and left some of my collection on the bottom shelves, knowing it was a temp move. I never anticipated a flood happening.

I know most of these aren't exactly rare, but some are harder to get (like the Simpsons games) and a lot I've owned since new, and are (were) in pristine condition with manuals and everything.

Disks are still fine, but the covers and manuals soaked up all the water.

Not sure where to go from here

They tack on Game Protection plan without your permission and it’s baked onto the promotion at a discount rate. Employee said word for word too.

Last time I checked I can refuse game protection and no problems arise other than fucking up their sales metrics.

Shame on me for not checking my receipt after I finished paying. I did check the POS system during checkout and there wasn’t game protection added on to the games.

Update: Went back to GameStop, explained the situation to an employee I usually buy from, and got the refund of $6.10. Then used that $6.10 towards pre-ordering Halo: Campaign Evolved.

Problem solved, but now I’m very cautious of that employee every time I check out.

I'm finding myself having a sort of gaming life crisis. Like I am not getting rid of my PS consoles or games, it's where I have collected primarily for years. Since 2004. But, with the recent announcement of them getting rid of discs, I've found myself with a few issues.

The first is that I'm going to hold onto physical as hard as possible, so I decided to start bulking up my Switch/Switch 2 collection by grabbing any games from my PS consoles that are on the platform. I feel like Switch 2 could really be the last console we see with physical media, which is heartbreaking, but it feels that way.

This also has resulted in the second issue, that I'm now double dipping a lot. Not just on what I already own on PS, but with pre orders for games coming out soon. I am kind of preparing for the end, grabbing what I can new now, and also games I always wanted physically but kind of forgot about.

But the most interesting outcome of this, is that for how invested I am in PlayStation, that ecosystem, specifically the 3-5 era, with trophies and DLC purchases, etc... I just can't sit down to play my PlayStation systems and enjoy it with the thought looming in the back of my mind that it all kind of feels pointless. Like, if I can't collect new games physically on Sony after 2028, I know that it will deter me from buying or playing games, because I already cannot enjoy a game the same way digitally. I just like having physical media in my console, and playing it that way. Play a game digitally, and not having a sort of "physical trophy" to represent the game on the shelf feels gross to me.

I really want to play on PlayStation, because I like trophies and achievements, they give me a goal, or a thing to brag about when I platinum my favorite game, or something to guide me to complete a game or return to it later.

I am slowly realizing that I may just... stop collecting PlayStation completely eventually if that feeling keeps up. I have already been playing my favorites more on Switch, because it's on the go and convenient, even if the performance in many of them is worse... the games are still fun. Collecting those carts is fun.

I'm just... I dunno. Throwing this out into the void. I have kinda felt like a gaming refugee looking for a home, especially as a collector.

Has anyone else had these feelings?

So i just bought a PS4 (first time playstation owner always played xbox). I got it for the BO1 and BO2 port hype.

Realized I missed out on years if gaming and splurged on titles.

Let me know which should be played first or if im missing any!

Thought it was time I finally photographed!
All games are CIB - with all inserts and pamphlets etc.
Some of these games are from my childhood, but the majority of the collecting began in 2023.

Still have 5/6 on my list left to get 😁.

Hey guys just started collecting yesterday what do you think?

Pleased what good condition everything is in and manuals included

I have never seen this game in person, only saw ads for it back in the day. Stumbled upon it for $90 at a local retro game store and decided to snag it. Has anyone else played it???

Just move to antother house and finished my Retro Cave + Home Office + Cat.

Got 400+ physical Games and mostly RPGs since im focusing on RPG full Sets. Collecting only until PS2 Era. Rest is leftovers or things I played again.

Hope you like it!

Usually this pawnshop only has common sports games but I found this gem today. They also had the Musashi sequel but the Manual was missing, I hear that game is not that good anyway.

Some even very popular games are quite hard to find in Tokyo, a bit strange.

Just go these kirby amiibo at target for $15 each. (Originally $50) One for my brother and the other two for me for less than the price of one. Hopefully your target has some available.

This was an expensive one but I tried to come prepared with a Roku TV and a Wii to test the FE games. I tested the tv and Wii with a GameCube game the night before and everything worked plugged in together but when I got to the cafe, the Roku tv decided to attempt an update and failed (wasn’t able to input a network) so I couldn’t test the FE games and I was left with a choice to trust the seller and pay them for the games there and test at home (1.5hr drive) or leave it. I trusted the seller since they were kind and had good reviews as well as let me bring stuff to try testing it originally and am happy with the fair price. Learned from my mistake don’t take a Roku tv for testing (regretted not bringing the CRT despite being a 13” heavy thing).

Complete in box! And brilliant condition!

The biggest concern that I and many like-minded collectors have is that Sony‘s recent news about their shift to digital in the near future is we’ll see a lot of exorbitant pricing for older games. There have been several copies of Elemental Gearbolt passing through local hobby shops for years, and to be honest this is one of the lower priced copies I’ve seen.

Got to meet Michael G. This past weekend. He had a shirt that read “World’s Greatest Dad” and had a photo of Harry Mason on it. Loved the quote so I had him sign that on my copy of SH! 😂