Regretted Trade-ins and why?

[Crunchy English]

I saw the other topic and this instantly sprung to mind. At my store we constantly get people buying back games they traded in earlier, more or less giving us free money. I've never bought them back, but I've regretted a few trade ins myself.

1) Shadowrun Oh, yeah, I can hear you out there. Shadowrun?! That game only had like... 5 maps! Why do that when you can play ___________ (Halo, Counterstrike, COD4, Rainbow Six Vegas)

Shadowrun, like no other shooter I've ever played, required teamwork. One loser on your team (and believe me when the game launched there were lots of Halo-holdovers who had no business being there) and you're not going to have any fun. But playing for a few months I found a tight-knit community on there and they were all great guys and girls. I had tons of fun. I wish I'd stayed involved but my Xbox ringed out on me and I culled just about my entire collection of games waiting for the repaired one.


2) Hitman: Blood Money, I beat that game and in my euphoria turned it in towards some other game. What I hadn't realized after all that work was that after doing a perfect kill and getting the big points, you can always go back and "sandbox style" your kills. Sloppy can be fun if you take the right equipment and screw around.


Howabout you guys?

 

[Jobz]

Whenever I trade in a game that I enjoy playing I find myself regretting it at some point down the line, because I always get an urge to play good, old games again. Usually at a time when no good games are coming out.

 

[The_Deleted]

Where do I start.? GTA: SA, God of War 1&2, Warhawk. There've been so many, but thankfully the last gen one's are pretty cheap and easy enough to find again.

 

[clarinetJWD]

Honestly, I regret _not_ trading in more games. I always tell myself I'll play them again, but never do.

 

[Crunchy English]

Wanna a quick fix for that? Introduce someone whose never played them to it. Describe it to them or better yet sit down and play it with them. I find it helps.

 

[internutt]

Castlevania for the DS. I got all the souls for Soma. With the 3rd game on the way I really want to pick up and play the game again.

 

[clarinetJWD]

Wanna a quick fix for that? Introduce someone whose never played them to it. Describe it to them or better yet sit down and play it with them. I find it helps.

That's a good point, maybe I will. I have a ton of Wii games I haven't finished yet, and a boatload of old PC games

 

[Slycne]

There is one or two that I might have regretted at some time, but considering I can't remember them now that shows you how much it actually mattered. I tend to hold on to anything that I might replay later.

 

[Mistah Kurtz]

I trade video games online so I'm hip to the gamestop scam - I NEVER trade in my games there because they give you less than 50 of the FMV of a used copy of that game. (If you can sell a copy of a game for 50 bucks, gameespot will give you 25 or less.)

I always snicker when the gamestop employees shout after me, "Bring some tradeins next time, save some money!"

Yeah, handing over 50% of your shit's worth for free is an awesome deal.

 

[PxDn Ninja]

When I was younger, I traded in my SNES and Harvest Moon / LoZ / Earthbound for a new console (Thinking it was the Dreamcast). I have since become a collector with an impressive collection (I feel) and have replaced all of them except Harvest Moon. Been searching for it for the better part of 3 years.

 

[Terramax]

Suikoden 2 for about £8... now it's worth over £100.

Ico for £15 when it was at one stage selling for £70+

Likily I've rebought Ico (to keep, not sell again).