The Game Cemetery

Flyonthewall

Blackjack_Davy wrote: »

My games are all DLC now, I don't think I've bought a physical copy of a game in years. Can't get much more eco friendly than that.

I don't have to have the disc in the drive for it to validate before it'll run for one thing

the few odd physical copies that I'm no longer interested in I'll sell on Amazon or eBay, if they'll sell. Tried to get rid of a copy of Gran Turismo 3 for the PS2 on MusicMagpie when I sold a box full of CD's recently and even they wouldn't take it. Can't sell it anywhere theres 0% demand.

For the really old stuff there are emulators available, all of the stuff I used to have for the BBC Micro is available and there are damn good emulators available + all the content you could ever want, all for the grand price of £0.00p.

Amiga and original PlayStation emulators work well too.

Digital copies are great for some things, but I can find disks so much cheaper than I can get digital copies so for now the loss of space is worth the saving in money lol.

GT3 is the best in the series in my opinion. If you still have it, CEX offer 30p cash or 50p trade in. Grainger Games says 0p, but they claim to beat trade in prices by £1. They did used to do that offer with cash, but not so sure now. Either way that would be £1.50 trade in which is pretty good.

Emulators are useful, but personally I still find the games I like are best on the original consoles. Luckily I still have the consoles though so I can play them anytime anyway lol.

Giggs_11

I used to horde them but then again I did buy all sorts of games. Now I just buy 3 or 4 types. I re-sell them 2 months before the next version comes out.

The only ones I keep are the games like FM which needs Steam and are tough to resell because of it, and GTA because they are great for nostalgia and going back to play them after a few years.

Gold_Dust_2

vyle wrote: »

I used to trade them all in, but then it got a bit depressing, so now I have a giant book case filled with my games. I've got 258 that I still own that I've beaten, and 47 under my coffee table waiting to play (not counting steam). I'll never get rid of any now, not even if I hate them.

Can't live with them, can't live without them! I've never really understood how people could buy more games without finishing one first, gets too messy in my mind.

pukkamum wrote: »

We tend to trade games in, usually when there is a new game we want, I commented to dh the other day about just how many games we would have if we kept them all.
Having said that no doubt they would have ended up in the loft with the boxes and boxes of gamer magazines dh insists on keeping!

He sounds like my brother re: the magazines!

Gold_Dust_2

Flyonthewall wrote: »

For those who think the trade in/sell prices are too low to sell it's worth checking around for the best prices.

Games can vary in price between sites for selling online. Worth remembering there are fees and postage costs, but it's sometimes surprising how much certain games are selling for and if you can list for free then there's no harm in trying to sell it at a higher price and see if it sells.

I bought a really rubbish PS2 game in a 4 for £20 years ago. Sold it about 4 years later for over £11.There were others that were cheaper I think on the same site and on ebay you could easily pick up a copy for a quid or two.

I know that was a few years ago now, but I have sold stuff more recently for more than I paid and for more on one site than I could get on another.

For trade-ins, Game often have promotions plus both Game and Grainger Games will match and beat the trade in price by £1. Grainger Games did also beat cash prices, but not so sure if they are anymore. Blockbuster have also had odd promotions in the past and say they'll match prices, plus they have the reward system so you get points for game trade ins.

A few months ago (might have been end of last year), I bought a game for £2 that I decided I didn't like. I looked up all cash trade in prices, went to Grainger Games and walked out with about £18 cash.

So it is worth checking prices. Might take a little bit of time, especially with many games, but in the end you get more cash and more space.

An extremely helpful post, thank you very much! I've never even heard of Grainger Games...

Gold_Dust_2

Blackjack_Davy wrote: »

My games are all DLC now, I don't think I've bought a physical copy of a game in years. Can't get much more eco friendly than that.

I don't have to have the disc in the drive for it to validate before it'll run for one thing

the few odd physical copies that I'm no longer interested in I'll sell on Amazon or eBay, if they'll sell. Tried to get rid of a copy of Gran Turismo 3 for the PS2 on MusicMagpie when I sold a box full of CD's recently and even they wouldn't take it. Can't sell it anywhere theres 0% demand.



For the really old stuff there are emulators available, all of the stuff I used to have for the BBC Micro is available and there are damn good emulators available + all the content you could ever want, all for the grand price of £0.00p.

Amiga and original PlayStation emulators work well too.

I don't think I'll be buying any games on steam for quite a while yet, as I don't feel the same satisfaction that you get from buying the physical object, and the excitement you get from carrying it home and unwrapping it. It's kind of like shopping online, you don't see the money actually going, just a figure on a screen so it doesn't register in the same way. Plus, I'm slightly technophobic in that I don't trust computers to ..y'know, work without malfunctioning. I've been the victim of many a last-minute malfunction.

Gold_Dust_2

mttylad wrote: »

I keep all my xbox games too.

A trade in will get me a few pounds, keeping it and playing it again will give me more hours of fun, those hours can cost more than the paltry trade in amount.

Even the original xbox games can be fun, my favorite is the ghost recon range, GR1 especially.

My sentiments exactly!

Flyonthewall

Gold_Dust wrote: »

An extremely helpful post, thank you very much! I've never even heard of Grainger Games...

No problem. They've been around quite a while. You can trade in online if you don't have a store nearby. Not sure quite how the price match thing works online, sounds like you have to contact them first. I've always gone instore - never had a problem with prices even when saying somewhere else offer far more.

Game also say they'll beat trade in prices, but some stores can be a bit funny about it based on their selling prices and their site doesn't list PS2 trade in prices. Might be worth a try though if you've one nearby and would prefer to trade in there.

ineed

I tend to keep most of my games, unless I really couldn't get into them then they get traded in.

Blackjack_Davy

Flyonthewall wrote: »

Digital copies are great for some things, but I can find disks so much cheaper than I can get digital copies so for now the loss of space is worth the saving in money lol.

I think it depends, if you're paying straight retail price then I'd probably agree with you, but if you're looking at sales then its a different matter, you can get some heavy discounts 75% or more.

For example Tomb Raider (the latest one) is one sale for £7.50 and that includes 2 DLC packs at Game. Thats half the price of a physical copy.

http://www.game.co.uk/en/tomb-raider-game-exclusive-explorer-edition-187597

Flyonthewall

Blackjack_Davy wrote: »

I think it depends, if you're paying straight retail price then I'd probably agree with you, but if you're looking at sales then its a different matter, you can get some heavy discounts 75% or more.

For example Tomb Raider (the latest one) is one sale for £7.50 and that includes 2 DLC packs at Game. Thats half the price of a physical copy.

http://www.game.co.uk/en/tomb-raider-game-exclusive-explorer-edition-187597

Well I have that game, but bought the collectors edition so can't exactly compare with that price. I did, however, get it half the price of anywhere else (it was new) plus I get all the collectors stuff that you can't get with a download.

I've bought £20 games for £2 that can't be bought as a digital version or that are still £10+ as a digital copy.

I'd say I get a lot of games for at least 50% off the average price without needing to wait for the sales and for some I've sold them for more than I've bought them for so I'm actually making money playing them games lol.