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My friend sold his Video Game Collection, it just made me have a midlife crisis at 29. Is this normal? (lemmy.world)

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.