500 physical games? Jesus christ why? I could see why you might have that many if you include digital because of stuff like humble bundle and steam sales. But physical only?
Probably only have around 30 or so physical games and most of those are games I regret buying.
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Maybe around 30-50 physical games, at a guess. Most of those are PS2 games bought on sales, and more recent purchases from a local retro store.
A lot more if you include digital stuff in various libraries, from givaways and deep sales.
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I just don't think it's a good idea to risk it if (like me) you think, maybe not anytime soon, but 20-30 years down the line, Playstation, Xbox, or Nintendo could POSSIBLY SOMEHOW go bankrupt, or there could be a video game crash, anything could happen.
Plus, there was a point where I had only a PS2 and a PS Vita, and neither of them really hit my gaming needs, nor did I have a lot of money to buy games (or systems) that would if I could, my gaming needs consisted of massive open-world Action-RPG's akin to Skyrim and Dragon's Dogma.
So now I buy as many games that fit my interest as possible and as many systems as possible so being bored or left without a console or game that fits my needs is an absolute impossibility. (I buy tons of movies as well, but it's nowhere near as large as my game collection.)
If we're counting steam then my collection is a lot bigger, according to my "games" section on my profile which I think doesn't count free games, I have 365 of em.
In most cases, those games will be available somewhere else. However, there has been cases where IP's ownership has been muddled so having a physical copy could be beneficial. But in this day in age, the idea of losing out on your digital copies seems to be the same chance of somebody stealing, breaking, losing your physical copy.
But... tbh chances are in 100 years, there will be at least 10 physical copies around regardless of what game you want, and sadly that just won't be the case with digital. I mean it MIGHT, but you'll have to keep repurchasing it.
Like for example in terms of the PSP, I guarantee you I'll be able to find a copy of something like "Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker", "Final Fantasy Dissidia", and "Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII".
I bought Sid Meires Pirates remake when it was released mid 2000. Eventually I traded it in (when you still could). I had to repurchase the digital version last year because I was like nostalgic for it...and I paid $2...the same amount I pay for a coffee. Am I really going to hold all my physical games (385 on Steam, maybe 20ish on different platforms) so I save myself $5 down the road? Meh.
Physical copies are going away...you can see it starting with the new console releases (PS5 has an non disc version), Xbox moving towards Game Pass and its streaming service. If there is a new console after these (and I would not be suprised if this is the last generation), it will probably be all digital.
Fairly large, definitely in excess of a hundred. The number has remained stagnant over the last decade or so, though, since everything went digital with this past generation.
So you're saying the PSP, which sold 82 million copies across all different regions, and it's best-selling game which sold 8 million itself, aren't going to be around in 100 years?
There's no reason to believe that as long as you take care of them and are fairly immaculate with them, they'll stick around, yes I know the NES is nowhere near 100 years old, but think about how many NES's you can still buy, hell you can still pick up an original gameboy.
I bought an NES in-box for my uncle just as a christmas present and it worked fine and is still working to this day as far as I know.
Yes the number will go down, but you can even find BRAND NEW unopened NES's, go check ebay right now, I guarantee you'll find at least 5.
The likelihood of there not being at least 50,000 working PS2's 100 years from now is very low, especially when there are tech-savvy people around to replace parts.
I never said that all of them won't be working I said I doubt many will be. And yes, I believe that's very accurate. 50,000 is a very small number comparatively speaking. The price to buy a working PS would be enormous. Plus the newer consoles have a relatively shorter lifespan.
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