Never trade in?

[DantesInferno5]

So I know quite a few people that like to trade in games after they have played them so much, gotten all the achievements, beaten the Single player on every difficulty, annihilated the multiplayer, and are now completely bored with it. But there are always the few games that never seem to be traded in. So which games are those to you? I for one will probably never trade in my Devil May Cry PS2 Set, plus DMC 4 CE for 360 when I have it, all of my Halo Games, and EDF for 360 :D

[TopHat]

If i had Skate. it would be Skate.

Also, any of my tony hawks games.

[JeepChick PMS]

Oblivion - COD2 - COD4 - Mass Effect

[Dirty Blonde PMS]

Any of the Ghost Recon series, I still have my XBOX originals!

[Freakstylez]

I don't trade-in games. Nor do I sell them. I learned my lesson in that respect.

Unless they suck and I don't enjoy them at all to begin with, but even then.

[H2O SkywalkerX]

halo 1. (still have my original from 01)
dmc1-4.
cod4.
guitar hero 3.

those are the only games i have xD
sorry halo 2 and 3, your easily expendable (but i probably wouldnt trade them regardless).
i've traded in a lot of things i wish i hadn't, like my n64.

im bad when it comes to trading in games, i've lost thousands of dollars to trading things in, i've had 3 ps2's, 3 orig. xbox's, 2 gamecubes, 2 360s, 1 ps3. and all of those were back when they were pretty expensive. im baaadddd

[PMS Slaughter]

I still have all my orginal ps1 and ps2 games, never trade in!

[Freakstylez]

I still have all my orginal ps1 and ps2 games, never trade in!

You wouldn't happen to have Star Ocean II: The Second Story or Valkyrie Profile, would you?

Those two games are the whole reason I stopped trading/selling my old games.

[H2O Raiden]

I have never, and probably will never, trade in a game. I have also never sold a game to any stores. I sold a game to a friend, but immediately regretted it, buying it back a month later.
I am attached to my possessions in that way..

I know, I'm weird.

Oh.. and for those wondering what type of games I have.. I have about a quarter of the Nintendo 64 library, a bunch in the Xbox library, and a few from the X360 library as well, obviously. My main gaming following has always been the PC though. There is no end to what I have for the PC.. listing every game ever played, bought, rented, etc., would be impossible at this point. I have everything from Oregon Trail (yeah, the original.. on the HUGE real "floppy" disc[s]), to SimCopter (love it!), to Duke Nukem 1, 2d, 3D, and so on. I played Counterstrike back when it was in its pre-public state.. when it was undergoing testing as a simple indy mod.. and afterwards when it became more popular.. and still today, after it has been swallowed whole by valve and steam.
Big ones?
* Team Fortress Classic (TFC)
* Starcraft
* Every Command & Conquer (C&C) game, including C&C: Renegade (spent 5 years on it)
* Halo (again.. major fan)

Yeah, I love my games. Now.. where to put all those HUGE oldschool game boxes..
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/9323/1smalljd6.jpghttp://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8271/2smallix1.jpghttp://img174.imageshack.us/img174/7297/3smalliz3.jpg

[KilloWertz]

I rarely trade anything in anymore, but some of the games I'll never trade in are: Gears of War, Mass Effect, Oblivion, Bioshock, Jade Empire, DOA4, and any of the Ghost Recon games I still have.

[H2O Raiden]

... You guys are all listing games that came out in the last few years or so.. come on, there has to be someone else who has uber old games! .. Right? =/

[KilloWertz]

... You guys are all listing games that came out in the last few years or so.. come on, there has to be someone else who has uber old games! .. Right? =/

I actually still have my Sega Saturn and about half a dozen or so games for it. That's about as uber old as it gets for me though. :) Most of my older consoles are gone.

[CrazyLSU]

The ghost recon series

[DantesInferno5]

haha old games you ask? I still have Oregon Trail!!!

[CrazyLSU]

OMG... I didnt think any computer today would play that!!!

[PMS BiznessTime]

I have Earthbound. :)

I would NEVER EVER trade in Earthbound. I also have Chrono Trigger. NEVER.

[H2O Raiden]

OMG... I didnt think any computer today would play that!!!

I have a 5¼-inch disk reader that I converted to be external by USB. :D

I have Earthbound. :)

As do I. I also have Dragon Quest.. a few of them.
<3 Slimes
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1c/Rockett.jpg
Anyone remember the random slime Nintendo Power had in nearly every magazine.. and in almost all of the pictures?

[Freakstylez]

I have Earthbound. :)

I would NEVER EVER trade in Earthbound. I also have Chrono Trigger. NEVER.

I have the Playstation version of Chrono Trigger... not the same at all. The load times make it worthless. Well, that and the fact that it skips now and then, and has the potential to freeze.

Thank God for emulation.

[Jumper PMS]

I don't trade in games.. I did it once when I was like 12 and I traded like 5 genesis games and got like... idk $15 for them? It's not worth it to me.. I'd rather keep them unless they are really sucky then I'll ebay them or give them to friends :p ha

My games I'll never part with:
-Bubsy/Bubsy2 (ha bet no one knows these games!)
-all my super mario games
-Sonic games
-Mass Effect
-Halo games
-Kotor1+2
-Half-Life series
-Doom series

and yeah.. pretty much :) I still have my genesis, nes, and snes.. and all the games I had (I don't have many though :/)

[Freakstylez]

My games I'll never part with:
-Bubsy/Bubsy2 (ha bet no one knows these games!)

That was a joke, right? Tell me you're joking? I loved the Bubsy games! It's been soooo long since I've played them. Haha, good memories.

I'm going to come over to your house and play them, so if you come home one day and there's some strange man playing Bubsy, you'll know it's me. Just say hi. :p

[Zwanka]

I have every game I've ever bought-- seriously.. I've never gotten rid of a game or a system. I can't name off the ones I have.. but the trade in would only affect newer games (mostly) I have a friend that trades in games all the time and gets new ones with the "discount" from the old... then he borrows them again from people like me that don't trade them in.. so who is the sucker? LOL

[KilloWertz]

I don't trade in games.. I did it once when I was like 12 and I traded like 5 genesis games and got like... idk $15 for them? It's not worth it to me.. I'd rather keep them unless they are really sucky then I'll ebay them or give them to friends :p ha

My games I'll never part with:
-Bubsy/Bubsy2 (ha bet no one knows these games!)

I remember Bubsy too.

The amount you get for games nowadays is the main reason why I don't trade in much of anything anymore. Getting $20 at most for a game they will turn around and sell for $55 is a joke. It really doesn't matter if I plan on playing it anymore or not.

[H2O endeavor]

Lolz at Bubsy 3D. Was an awesomly annoying yet fun game.
The only time ive ever traded a game in is when i wanted GTA San Andreas and didn't have the money. Wouldn't do it again though.

[H2o Redeemer]

I keep all my classic RPGs from all systems still. At one point I printed out a list of every USA released RPG for psx and snes and n64 and went around and bought them. But the one non-rpg game that I will never sell that truly got me to love games is Little Nemo: The Dream Master for NES. I will never sell or trade that game.

http://www.racketboy.com/images/littlenemo-cover.jpg

[H2O Pyro]

I'll never get rid of...

-Final Fantasy 7!!! (Most amazing story EVER!!!)
-Metal Gear Solid (original for PS)
-Halo: Combat Evolved

[H2O Galang]

little nemo is soooo damn hard....im one of those people who trade in all the time...i just dont like clutter :D

[H2O.pry0r]

I will never trade in any of my games. I still have all of my games, even the ones back from NES

[...Kanocode...]

Truthfully, I never trade in my games unless it's a serious emergency, I just can't bring myself to trading my games in for some odd reason. I May be a bit of a pack rat when it comes to my Videogames.

[iTaLiaNWhiTeBoY]

I don't normally trade in much of my games--once I have them, I have them. I traded in my Nintendo Gamecube awhile ago, and just a few days ago, my old XBOX. I never played them, so there was no point in keeping them. (I did get rid of my Halo 2 with the XBOX. I know, I shouldn't have... :( but I'll get another one to add to my collection)

I'll never get rid of my Ps2 though, my Socom games, and all of my EA Sports games.

[applesauce]

kirby's adventure NES
megaman X SNES
super mario 64 N64
megaman legends PSX
DDR Max 2 PS2
Katamari Damacy PS2
Final Fantasy Tactics GBA (wish i could find it...)
Animal Crossing GCN
Super Mario Sunshine GCN
Metroid Prime GCN
Phantasy Star Online GCN
Super Smash Bros. Melee GCN
Pikmin 2 GCN
Super Mario Galaxy Wii
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Wii
The Orange Box PC
Bioshock PC
Civiliation IV (and its expansions) PC
Oblivion PC
and Evil Genius PC

wow, kind of a long list...sry bout that

[Opforsoldier]

I have a big problem trading games in as they literally ream you on the value as they have since the trend started the day after the 1st gen consoles went on sale. Receiving $10, if that, for a game that they turn around and sell for $30 and up is ludicrous. My last stop at EB Games they were still selling GoW used copies for high $40's. Interested in knowing I asked how much they would buy it for and the guy told me $14. Now even Gamefly is in on the trend, allowing you to trade in for credit on your account. Even games that I find have limited re-playability on the campaign mode, such as Battlefield 2 and Ao2, just aren't worth it for me. Trading in 4-5 games to get enough credit for 1 new one is a tough one.

Of course being able to pull out a copy of an old game and running through the campaign again can be as much fun as when you first grabbed a copy. I still have my old Sega Genesis with the 32X and a handful of games such as Earthworm Jim and Mortal Combat. While it is rare I play them, it is fun to pull them out here and there and have some fun.

[Chocopolka]

I never trade in games.

[Sapphire]

I will NEVER get rid of my Dreamcast with the games Space Channel Five and Seaman.

Final Fantasy VIII and Chrono Cross for Playstation

And the Sims/Sims 2. These games are games i can play until i die and never get bored of it

Achievements are nice and all but it's like people aren't even buying the game to play. Just to get the achievements so once they've done that, they bring the game back. I only buy games i know i'll have fun in and love ^.^

[Draco88]

Kirby's Adventure and Duck Hunt for the nintendo. i used to play those games all day, they were my first. I would never part with them.

[Largo]

Earth Defence Force was defenitly the Bomb. Love that game. ^_^

But as far as the topic, and what ppl are saying, I can understand how you may think the prices are low for trade in values, 20 bucks for a game they will sell used for 55. Okay, so if 20 or 25 bucks isnt fair, then how much do you feel they should give you for the games? Everything depreciates in value once you open it and use them. So lets say your 60 dollar game was used, it depreciates by 10 dollars, now for it to be resold it can has to be sold at 50. So what are they going to give you. look slike they are giveing you 50% of what they can sell it at. Now you could sell it for that if you wanted to spend the time and energy to sell it for 50. But most ppl dont have that ability to do so. Gamestop has to pay employees to take these games catorgorize them, set them up and re-sell them. They need to make a marginal profit off of them. So from what you guys are saying, you expect to make more money off the game then the store you are tradeing it in too. Becouse even if they gave you 30 bucks for it, then they would only be making 20 for it.

Now myself, I usually only trade in when they have an extra deal, aka i can get an extra 40% towards trade in credit.

[H2O Sonik]

craigslist/ebay.
the buyer and seller both win.

the buyer can buy it for most likely cheaper than gamestop and the seller can sell it for more than they would get for trading in.


i always consider this line that happened to me.
i traded in my snes, original gameboy, n64 and playstation which each system easily had 15 games each if not more.. (this was when the xbox just came out btw) all that classic stuff that i really regret selling now.

with all of the stuff i sold all i could afford was a gamecube, so i bought a gamecube (no memory card) and had to rent games for it and have my mom buy me a memory card. i got tired of my gamecube so i sold it and got a james bond game for ps2, i ended up selling james bond and basically ended up with nothing.

so i sold all my classic systems and games for nothing in the end.
as long as you dont really care that you are barely getting anything then i guess trading in is fine.. if its just collecting dust then whats the point anyways. but i will never trade in anything anymore for the simple fact that you lose money that way. keeping them will be of greater value to you and your wallet.

[Flea Sixty]

All my Final Fantasy Games, Wild Arms 1 & 2, Breath Of Fire 3, My Japanese Snes Games,Heck im done with trading in unless a games really bad. Which is kind of a problem as i have quite a few games now and im running out of space.
:mvshock:
I want loads more though.
:mvclap:

Oh and Earth Defence Force on the 360 is awesome, i have to agree i love that game.

[H2O Mujestu]

I have an issue trading any of my games in. I still have old nes games. Am I weird for making them things a part of me. If I selll them I feel I'm missing a piece of my heart....... I still have genesis and nintendo.... All sonic collection, Final Fantasy I probaly will never sell.....

[H2O Commando]

You wouldn't happen to have Star Ocean II: The Second Story or Valkyrie Profile, would you?

Those two games are the whole reason I stopped trading/selling my old games.

Same here. I also have my original copys of James Bond and Jet Moto, Heck even Twisted Metal. I actually haven't even explored my old PS1 Case..... Forgotten memories lie in there.

[Draco88]

I have a box of old atari games in my closet even though my atari died almost 4 years ago

[Flea Sixty]

Heres one thing i would never trade inm i have it boxed up in mint condition.
I once nearly snapped the tabs off so i could play magical flying hat turbo adventure when my megdrive/genisis died on me.
:mvshock:


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Sega_Multi_Mega.jpg

[H2O Vapor]

unless its a recent release i dont trade in games, you dont get good enough value for them, but in my opinion:
Halo 1-3
CoD 2,4
gears of war
any other games that are direct sequels

[MKH14]

Cod4
Halo 1,2,3 :)

That's it .. i want to trade in RSV2 as im not that keen on it :/

[GrandPhoenix]

I prefer to just never trade my games in because I always end up saying, months down the line "I really want to play that game now..." and I can't cuz I've traded it in. I just get a CD wallet and keep all my games now. It's just so much easier. The tradeback value sucks anyways. $15 back for a brand new game? I mean it's something but not nearly enough. I could sell it on eBay or Amazon for more cash so.... why would I settle for $15? :mvshock:

[Black Capone]

lol, I trade in everything, lol.......but some of my PMS and H2O friends play nothing but Halo 3, so I'm thinking about asking for that one back.

[GrandPhoenix]

OMG STRETCH!! I traded everything in from the time I was 7 but it just got ridiculous. I'm serious when I say this : just go on Amazon and see how much the USED copys are going for. When you buy a new DVD or game, just save the case and put the disk into a DVD wallet for safe keeping. When you're ready to trade it in, stop, think for 5 seconds, then decide against it and sell it on Amazon. You can get $27 for Halo 3 if you keep the case. You can get $25 for Devil May Cry for the 360 and $37 for the PS3 version. $30 for Super Smash Bros. Brawl and $60 for Mario Kart (Wii) if you're willing to part with the wheel as well. It just makes more sense :mvsmile:

[H2O Commando]

Trading in isn't worth half of what it used to be...