My friend and I collect old video games. But all my physical media just sits on my shelves and collects dust. Why do I even collect them? I literally just emulate everything. Is there a purpose to what I do? People ask me why I collect and I never have a real answer because I don’t even know. If I never play my stuff, is it worth just selling?
I only collect the ones I want.
I had a friend over who was unaware of my collection and he said it was pretty big and valuable, but I don’t see it that way. I have it stashed out of sight, safe a few things that I take out to play on. He was completely flabbergasted though.
There have been things in my childhood that I couldn’t have, so now that I can and have the disposible income I look out for these.
A good example is my game gear’s TV tuner. Analog TV has been gone for years, but I really wanted it so I got it. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. I take it out from time to time and connect external stuff to it, like an XBox, just for the heck of it.
Most of the things I own I bought to play. Only a few things I don’t care for came with a larger sale.
Anyway, just wanted to say that I limit my “collecting” to things I actually want to play or use, and not just for the sake of collecting.