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My name is Sean McLoughlin and I've been sent from the futurepast to march with my fellow robots to victory. For Niero!
My favorite games can be numerous (as I'm sure is true of most here at Dtoid), but my all time favorites are Final Fantasy VI, Diablo II, Bioshock, Braid, Demon's Souls and Metal Gear Solid. I never rent games and I rarely trade in or sell the games I buy so I have a pretty massive game collection. For the sake of space I'll just list the consoles and portables that I own: NES, SNES, Genesis, Game Gear, Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Advance, Playstation, N64, Playstation 2 (one original which is broken and a Slim), Dreamcast, Gamecube, Xbox, Neo Geo Pocket, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi, PSP 2000, Xbox 360 (red-ringed once), a fully backwards compatible Playstation 3 and a Wii.
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I realized the other day that I have over 50 games purchased on XBLA and over 30 for steam. I also have 2 on the Wii: World of Goo and Lost Winds. There is also a considerable list of downloadable titles for the PS3 that I am interested in when I finally purchase that system. My point is, downloadable titles are hard to ignore. Scrolling through the list of XBLA titles I don't have, I realize that I've bought or at least downloaded a trial for every single game I am interested in on the service. There is something about the ease of downloading these titles that makes them addictive. Combined with the ability to switch between games without pulling my lazy ass of the couch and I am thoroughly hooked on downloadable games. On top of that, if I look at all the retail titles that I have been interested in but missed this generation, the list is staggering, but the list of downloadable titles I've missed is almost zero. The ease of purchasing new games without leaving the house and dealing with the joys of Gamestop is really what does it. For me anyways, downloadable games is the way of the future. I already download every PC game I play from Steam and I look forward to the days when I can do the same thing on my consoles. Until then, I'm gonna have to stick with XBLA and a pile of green DVD cases full of games I'm too lazy too get up and put in my 360.
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It's just so easy to buy stuff when you don't have to get up.
And they're more than likely cheap.
I hope discs never go away, yet, the convenience of downloading is always nice.
I'm a person that games on a budget. The main reason I haven't bought GTAIV's Lost and Damned isn't because I don't think it's a fair price ($20) but because I still only have a 20 GB hard drive and can't afford the space.
I don't collect games like Fallout 3, as good as they are. I play them then trade them in for $20 credit towards a new game. I have a handful of permanents that I keep coming back to for more, Halo 3, COD5, L4D ect that I hold onto.
I might finally get Patapon 2 when I have the extra bucks, but I can't afford to watch $60 evaporate into thin air with no returned value but for whatever enjoyment the game brings.
I also used to be a collector, I had an amazing PSOne RPG collection that I made $700 on ebay years ago. People won't be able to collect anything anymore, it's kinda sad in my opinion.
I don't have an xbox anymore, and I'm not so much of a steam addict, I mostly just buy the valve games. But PSN gets me for 10-15 bucks a week, whether it goes to games or renting movies.
As an avid collector of all types of video games, I disagree with you. Some collectors have a hard time with downloadable titles, because there is no physical box to display, but I have no problem with it. You should see people's faces when they come over to my place and I boot up XBLA and ask what they wanna play. Collecting XBLA, Steam and WiiWare titles is just as fun to me as collecting retail games. But nothing beats hunting down RPGs for the NES/SNES and Playstation. That collection you sold sounded epic, what was in it?
Sometimes I like having the box, but I think I'll get over it. Until they take away game sharing and start charging $60 for everything, then I'll be sorry I ever said it.
I agree when we're talking about XBLA, PSN, or cheap steam titles like the new Plants Vs Zombies. I guess it's the normally retail games at full price that take up huge space where I stop seeing the convenience of it all, but that's just my opinion.
My PS1 collection had around 25 titles, all the thick jewl case and it looked awesome on a shelf. It had Valkyrie Profile, Suikoden 2, Xenogears, all hard to find ones that were released stateside...not to mention the ones that go without saying like the Squaresoft games and all them. I sold it so I could go on a trip to Hong Kong