Do you trade-in your games or keep them?

[J-Unit40]

Just as the title states, what does everyone do with their games after they have played them for a good amount of time?

I was just thinking about this earlier and wondered if most keep games in their "library" of games or do you choose to sell them online or trade them in when they still have some value at stores like Gamestop, GameCrazy, Best Buy, etc?

Me, I do a little of both. I keep some of my favorites and tend to trade-in non-sports games that don't have a great online multiplayer mode. I also have my fair share of games that find their way for trade-in credit if they simply don't live up to my expectations.

[MC Fatigue]

Re: Do you trade-in your games or keep them?

I throw them out.

[ruserl88]

Re: Do you trade-in your games or keep them?

Just as the title states, what does everyone do with their games after they have played them for a good amount of time?

I was just thinking about this earlier and wondered if most keep games in their "library" of games or do you choose to sell them online or trade them in when they still have some value at stores like Gamestop, GameCrazy, Best Buy, etc?

Me, I do a little of both. I keep some of my favorites and tend to trade-in non-sports games that don't have a great online multiplayer mode. I also have my fair share of games that find their way for trade-in credit if they simply don't live up to my expectations.

i keep all my old games , all the way back to original ps1 . the only games i actually revisit occasionally are my old racing games

[Hassan Darkside]

Re: Do you trade-in your games or keep them?

I trade them in usually. Too lazy to list them on ebay so I usually just wait till GS runs some sort of deal.

[countryboy]

Re: Do you trade-in your games or keep them?

keep them. If for some reason I simply decide to get rid of a game..its via Ebay.

[Herky]

Re: Do you trade-in your games or keep them?

I trade in the yearly games like Madden and NCAA.

[BurghFan]

Re: Do you trade-in your games or keep them?

I trade in the yearly games like Madden and NCAA.

Same. I see no point in keeping such older editions unless they are a special edition.

[Mo]

Re: Do you trade-in your games or keep them?

I Use to trade them in, now I keep them, unless GS has some sort of trade in deal, that must be taken advantage of, which is rare though.

[TheShizNo1]

Re: Do you trade-in your games or keep them?

trade in. I'm 23, no one I associate with cares to see my totally awesome video game collection.

[Cebby]

Re: Do you trade-in your games or keep them?

I keep them.

I've long since given up on buying 20+ games a year. At this point I only buy about 5 top of the line games a year, and probably 2 would be greatest hits or whatever and have no trade in value. I don't buy games often enough to trade them in for good value when they're new, and because I only buy good games I generally will want to play them again at some point.

[jeremym480]

Re: Do you trade-in your games or keep them?

I sell most of my sports games on Ebay. The key is to sell them sometime between the end of the season in real life and about a month before the new game drops. I sold The show 09 in January for $30 and I also got $30 for Madden about a month ago. So it's essentially like I'm paying for a used game except I get it at release.

I also, look for deals. Like last year, Best Buy had a deal where if you bought NBA Live you could get Fight Night 4 for $20. Well, I played FN for about a month and hated it. So, I turned around and sold it on Ebay for $25.
I also, look for the "buy to get one free" type deals (usually Toys r Us is in October, BB in Nov, I think) so, I'm really only paying about $40 a game. 9 times out of 10, I'll at least get $20 for my game on Ebay so, it's basically like I rent the game for $20. I know so people probably see that as a waste of money but, once the new game drops I know that I will never play the old one.

The only games I keep are shooter type games that I may want to play want to play through again sometime in my life. Some of the games I haven't traded in are games like: Halo 3, Halo ODST, Gears of War 1 & 2, Uncharted 2, Batman Arkham Asylum, etc. I also keep games like Guitar Hero as well.

[Aces15]

Re: Do you trade-in your games or keep them?

I keep them because I just can't bring myself to trade them or get rid of them. Yeah it might not be the smartest thing to do financially, but when I get a game I add it to my "collection" and don't really feel like getting rid of it.

If I didn't have a problem with not owning my games, I would have probably signed up for Gamefly a while ago.

[slickdtc]

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By the time I'm done with a game, its value is so low it's not even worth trading it in. And you never know when you'll want to play some of those games again. I learned my lesson with NHL 2K3, I can't find it anywhere now.

[Sandman42]

Re: Do you trade-in your games or keep them?

I do a little of both. Some guys I've beaten and then traded them in while others I still hang on to. I do trade in all the yearly sports titles if I'm buying the new one. Even if Gamestop only gives me $10, its still better than nothing because I would never play it again.

[Evan_OS]

Re: Do you trade-in your games or keep them?

I do a little of both. Some guys I've beaten and then traded them in while others I still hang on to. I do trade in all the yearly sports titles if I'm buying the new one. Even if Gamestop only gives me $10, its still better than nothing because I would never play it again.

Exactly how I feel about keeping old Sports games. I'll more than likely, never play them EVER again.