Darks said

"Steam has an option built into the new client where you go to the support tab of the game and can have the game removed from your library permanently"

This is the stuff of nightmares.

Imagine a bug or malicious exploit that went inadvertently erasing your library, and you none the wiser, till too late my friend, too late ...

Anyway, hope to play everything, very selective and get what interest me (prospectively).

I will replay some games every few years, also incredible mods (Nehrim, Enderal, etc), emulated games.

Have a lot of boxes with DVDs from 1995 to 2000s, etc.

Taken much from sites for old, strange, goofy or unusual games like,
The hunt aka "cernaja metka" 2008 east european FPS horror, half-life like game but unique.
They're Alive
Revolution - loved this, so strange
Pariah
Breed
Powerslave-exhumed DOS game, used DOSBOX-X, a **dosbox 3D Accelerated version with savegame anywhere**, some ten slots using the function keys, not documented but it is there and works ok.
etc.

- - www.oldpcgaming.net (many "unknown" but good games, provides a virtual winxp, etc)

- - https://archive.org/ community software game
Have doom, heretic, duke nukem 3D fan maps collections to play with new engines and 3D models.
Oddities like Raven´s Shadowcaster, etc.

- - https://www.myabandonware.com/ (beware, don´t think it´s safe anymore)

- - etc.

Yep, crazy all-out but selective collector.

This comment was edited on Feb 18, 2020, 19:07.

Collecting is one aspect of my behavior.....and some of it is just buying a game to support a good dev or for convenience. I've bought some games multiple times on different platforms or in different forms just to make it easier to play or more accessible.

....but buying a box to get a cloth map or figure def falls in that category. I miss the days of getting a manual and a map....but not the damned code wheels.

IMO, game count isn't the end-all metric. There's a big difference between signing up for Humble Monthly and not making extensive use of the pause-a-month feature vs actively seeking out games.

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Darks wrote on Feb 18, 2020, 11:47:

Cutter wrote on Feb 18, 2020, 11:03:
I don't consider myself a collector either. Unless a game is exceptional it's rare that I ever go back and replay it. If I could sell off my used digital copies - as I should be allowed to - I'd have gotten rid of 95% of my library by now.

If you are interested, you know that Steam has an option built into the new client where you go to the support tab of the game and can have the game removed from your library permanently if you want to. once you do this, its gone forever though. so there is no going back, you would end up buying it again if you ever wanted to play it.

Its an option, I've done this to a few of my games that are utter trash and wanted them gone, plus some betas I've been in over the years that dont self clean up after the beta is over.

Yeah I know. That's the same as throwing money away however. I'd prefer my consumer rights to resell my property as I see fit.

eRe4s3r wrote on Feb 18, 2020, 12:37:
I have around 500 games.. and 96% of them I actually played.

Technically it's more, but I don't count non-digital games.

I'm guessing you don't finish many of them but that doesn't actually matter. If you enjoyed them for the first few hours and you feel you got your money worth then you are doing it right!

I have around 500 games.. and 96% of them I actually played.

Technically it's more, but I don't count non-digital games.

Slashman wrote on Feb 18, 2020, 10:52:
Where is Mr. Prez in all this I wonder?

Haha I agree with PHJF - the thousands of games I own digitally make me a digital pack-rat, not a collector.

Darks wrote on Feb 18, 2020, 11:47:
you know that Steam has an option built into the new client where you go to the support tab of the game and can have the game removed from your library permanently if you want to. once you do this, its gone forever though. so there is no going back, you would end up buying it again if you ever wanted to play it.

LOL, like it had to be that permanent.

Yep, should be different categories for digital collector & physical collectors .....

I have a decent amount of physical game collections , before the digital age - which is now very hard to get anything good physically anymore.

Mr. Tact wrote on Feb 18, 2020, 11:23:
Collectors are those people who buy multiple versions of game packaging because they "want" them both -- I've certainly never been that guy...

There are some rare games that I wish I would have bought. The Q3A tin box for example and another one that came with a t-shirt.
With the number of games I buy versus the amount I play I don’t think I’m a collector but I am going to make a concerted effort on buying less games this year. (There will always be a sale in the future)
I’m nowhere near the 700 count and will never get there.

Cutter wrote on Feb 18, 2020, 11:03:
I don't consider myself a collector either. Unless a game is exceptional it's rare that I ever go back and replay it. If I could sell off my used digital copies - as I should be allowed to - I'd have gotten rid of 95% of my library by now.

If you are interested, you know that Steam has an option built into the new client where you go to the support tab of the game and can have the game removed from your library permanently if you want to. once you do this, its gone forever though. so there is no going back, you would end up buying it again if you ever wanted to play it.

Its an option, I've done this to a few of my games that are utter trash and wanted them gone, plus some betas I've been in over the years that dont self clean up after the beta is over.

Collectors are those people who buy multiple versions of game packaging because they "want" them both -- I've certainly never been that guy...

PHJF wrote on Feb 18, 2020, 10:28:
Considering games are nearly entirely digital now... I wouldn't call having access to downloading a game "collecting" it. That's why "collector's editions" of games come with actual, physical swag, of which I have a few (none of which are remotely recent purchases).

One of my most valuable possessions will be my Game Store creds when I pass. A grand kid is going to be very happy.

I don't consider myself a collector either. Unless a game is exceptional it's rare that I ever go back and replay it. If I could sell off my used digital copies - as I should be allowed to - I'd have gotten rid of 95% of my library by now.

Where is Mr. Prez in all this I wonder?

Not a collector, but I do have an extensive library now. Buying games and playing them stacks up over time. Been a member of Steam since the start. So, yes after all these years, your library will build up.

Considering games are nearly entirely digital now... I wouldn't call having access to downloading a game "collecting" it. That's why "collector's editions" of games come with actual, physical swag, of which I have a few (none of which are remotely recent purchases).

Collecting isn't a number. It's a behavioral thing. The only question to ask is, "Do you buy games to collect them, or do you buy games when they go on sale?" If the answer to either or both is yes, then you are a video game collector. Fanatical is merely trying to define something that suits their ulterior business agenda.

I am a collector because I buy games when they go on sale even if I have no intention of playing them after purchase.