How long do you keep games?

[deletemeplease107]

I never get rid of mine until i move on to a different console.
I still need to get rid of my PS2 stash...

 

[LowFatLoki]

If I beat a game I may sell it. But only if I didn't have a fun time playing it (forced yourself to play). A perfect example of this was Silent Hill 4: The room.

 

[Vrex360]

I never ever get rid of them, I have friend who keeps trading in games so frequently that you can never guarentee that he'll have them when you come over. It's like:
"I'll trade in Tenchu Z for COD:WAW."
"I want Tenchu back, I shall now trade in Halo 3."
"I will trade my copy of Soul Calibur 4 to get my copy of Halo 3 back."
"I want Gears of War 2, so I'll trade in COD:WAW Halo 3 and Tenchu Z to get it."
"I will now trade Gears 2 for Rock Band."
"I will trade Rock Band for L4D."
"I'm off to go trade L4D for a store discount."
"Hey... where did all my games go?"

He just keeps doing this, getting rid of his games then wanting them back and deciding to get rid of another game to do so. He is the absolute worst shopper on the planet because the way he does things and the rate of how fast he does it means he is essentially paying $70 dollars FOR A RENTAL. If he's going to take such a wierd approach why not just rent the games and save seven hundred dollars?

I keep every game I choose out because I like knowing that I have them and can always rely on that in case of a rainy day. That's being LOGICAL.

..besides I don't need to trade, I've got money pouring out the wazzo so (*blows a big fat raspberry*) to that.

 

[asdsdgsdgsdg]

for my console games, as long as i still play them with friends, ill keep them. if its a single player game that wasnt amazing i'll sell it, if it was i'll keep it.

i also keep all my pc games, as i just like having so many from over the years, and most shops dont let you sell them!

 

[kogane]

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

Same here!

 

[Biek]

I keep most my games. Though the thought of selling some hasnt crossed my mind, I sometimes give a game away if I know ill never play it again. (for example, I gave Rachet and Clank away to my nephew who got a PS2 for his birthday.)

 

[Yossarian90]

Personally I keep the games upto a certain point, and I will get rid of games I don't enjoy or I stop playing. I ususally keeping games up to about 5 years max, more If I love it.

I dont keep the games unless I have the platform, with the exception of Harvest Moon and Red Alert for the Playstation.

Also I keep the game if I think its significant in any way, like Halo 3

 

[branalvere]

Forever. In a box tucked away I still have my SNES & N64 carts, all my Dreamcast games, my Gamecube stuff and my PS2. One day I still intend to go back and finish Chrono Trigger and Shenmue 2....

 

[ffxfriek]

Personally I keep the games upto a certain point, and I will get rid of games I don't enjoy or I stop playing. I ususally keeping games up to about 5 years max, more If I love it.

I dont keep the games unless I have the platform, with the exception of Harvest Moon and Red Alert for the Playstation.

Also I keep the game if I think its significant in any way, like Halo 3

seconded...perfect answer

 

[WittyName]

I only keep games up to the point when I get bored of them, then I'll trade them in for another game.

 

[GonzoGamer]

I keep them forever.
I only ever sell the ones that really suck.
Last year, the only game I sold was No More Heroes.
I still have all my old games/consoles and games from the nes to the ps2.

 

[JediMB]

If I deem them to be good...

EI-EN-NI

That is, eternally.

 

[Sixties Spidey]

forever baby. Hey, it helps when you want to break out MGS1 just for nostalgia's sake.

 

[mrfusspot]

I don't think I've ever sold a game to anybody/place. I have games from the NES that I still hold onto, even though my NES doesn't work anymore.

 

[Desaari]

I've kept all the games I've ever had, including old B:\ games and ones that used to take like 6 A:\ discs like X-wing. For nostalgia mostly I suppose.

 

[Sindre1]

Forever.

 

[UltimatheChosen]

It depends. Some (those without replay value), I'll trade in once I beat them. Games that are continuously enjoyable, or games that I enjoyed so much that just seeing the box fills me with rapture, I'll hang on to.

 

[sadpolice]

I still have some mega drive games, but i still don't get rid of many games, if they really suck then i'll get rid of them, but only if they really suck.

 

[dekkarax]

I've never traded in a game, even ones I don't like.

 

[edgey_berzerker]

I tend to keep my games (unless I really really didn't like them)
I had to rebuy my NES collection because my brother sold all the games for it. I think he did the same with the N64 as well. I just added some new games to my Sega Saturn collection