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Does collecting make sense? (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by DegenerationIP@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Hey there,

I had a tech talk about retrogaming on OG Hardware. We ended up with the point that discs, some GBA,(3ds) and Switch games just die and cannot be used anymore.

So i question what is the use in collecting then. Its basically dead money. Its not really a cheap Hobby.

What do you think about it?

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[โ€“] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I like collecting games for 2 reasons

  1. I like the games. Just having a physical copy is nice to have for the box and game art alone.

  2. so that I own a licensed and can backup the game before it dies. Since even if the game dies I still legally have a playable copy of the game.

[โ€“] DegenerationIP@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Thats one Argument for keeping the stuff OG. I really have mixed Feelings :/