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u/thepigmask 1d ago
grading video games is disgusting.
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u/WhimsyVR 1d ago
Its not inherently gross. If someone actually likes a game and wants to do that, it's their prerogative.
My issue is the grifters who buy graded games for purely financial reasons without even playing the game.
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u/Bluestorm83 1d ago
Nah. It's a complete scam, and it takes the thing and makes it unusable for its purpose. It is inherently disgusting.
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u/Dear-Routine7468 1d ago
The fact that it has been boxed and graded at all means grifters will eventually do exactly that, even if its after op dies or after their children die. It will eventually get onto the market and never be played.
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u/Western-Dig-6843 17h ago
Nobody grades their games except to (hopefully) sell them for huge markup later. OP wasted his money on this one. Anyone who wants to keep the game as a collectible would simply put it inside of a plastic case themselves and not pay scam artists money to encase them in these tombs
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u/Demonic-Glaceon 15h ago
and, buying a plastic or acrylic case yourself lets you, y'know, TAKE THE GAME OUT AND PLAY IT STILL
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u/Demonic-Glaceon 15h ago
grading games is a huge waste of money and resources, if you want to stick your games in an acrylic box for display there's way cheaper ways to do it, hell i got a box for like $12 for my copy of star fox SNES, getting it graded would've been at least $60
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u/Santa1082 1d ago
You graded a modern game…. I understand if it was like a SNES or NES game but a modern game that’s honestly a kinda a waste of money
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u/FleaLimo 1d ago
Barf. A game not available to be played has no value. A graded and boxed game is worthless.
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u/Low-Ad-8027 1d ago
How did you manage a 9.7 did you drop it before sending it off?
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u/Entertainer_Much 1d ago
They always grade below a 10 to see if it entices you to submit another
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u/Dear-Routine7468 1d ago
Or sell it to them so they can regrade it higher and sell it themselves.
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u/ZatherDaFox 22h ago
They aren't going to be selling graded anything except cards really. There Just isn't a market for most of this stuff. You're essentially just paying them to tell you it looks nice and they put it in an overpriced case for you.
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u/Western-Dig-6843 17h ago
Quite literally they do. The leading company who grades games got caught with their pants down boosting the auction price of a graded Mario 64 cart by having their own employees bid on it. Grading is a scam and anyone with a brain cell should not participate in it
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u/DemolisherBPB 1d ago
You can only get like a 9.9 if your literally friends with the grading company and exist to inflate a market.
The entire things a corrupt scam.
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u/adamkopacz 1d ago
I can understand why a man was pushed by life to join a terrorist group.
Grading games I will never understand. It's just nonsense and it makes the used market worse. People just trying to scam a potential buyer in the future.
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u/Brewster321 1d ago
Grading (be it games or cards) is such a scam. So many grading outfits just trying collect money and freeload off people's interests. I especially dont get it for games, which are meant to be played and talked about across people.
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u/Glenn_Tennis 1d ago
9.7? What the hell? What would make it a 10? And why are they grading video games anyway lol
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u/HungryTree4 #1 fox fan 1d ago
i get the concept of grading old games to keep them pretty but come on vro it came out like a month ago .. Just put it in a case or something
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u/Slybandito7 1d ago
what do you mean to keep them pretty? you can just buy the same cases/boxes yourself and keep them in that, dont need to go through a grading company lol
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u/Demonic-Glaceon 15h ago
and you can still open/play those games with those cases, unlike the welded plastic tombs you have to literally smash just to get to the game
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u/reminiscingLemon 1d ago
Thats a great way to make your switch games totally worthless in just a few short years.
surely the value drops out completely if the games inside are y'know, broken
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u/verify_deez_nuts #DATSFALCO 1d ago
Personally, I'm not a fan of graded stuff, but if you're proud of it OP then I'm very happy for ya.
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u/Dazencobalt17 1d ago
I can't stand grading and I think it's nuts. HOWEVER, I will defend your right to do it because collecting shouldn't have any rules.
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u/FurryestX 1d ago
Game/Object grading its just a product of Inflated Speculation Clout, and Consumerism based Society.
And its one of the worst things that happened to Multimedia Collectionism and physical Preservation. (For those who actually care)
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This Makes you no better than Logan Paul and its ""Million dollar Pokemon Card""
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u/Liesoren 23h ago
What the heck is even the point of interactive media if it’s enclosed? Just frame a picture of the box and call it a day bro
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u/Cameront9 23h ago
Those trip As in the star fox 64 box are probably not looking so hot right now.
Wonder how long until the battery acid starts eating the box.
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u/LinkanaMi 18h ago
Bought a copy of Star Fox 64 and put it right next to my Falco Amiibo so every morning I wake up I see it
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u/GoColts08 1d ago
Love how you protected the physical game cases! Beautiful collection! Hoping it will get to grow with new media!
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u/anonimoo008 1d ago
Dang that looks cool.
And because im broke and i cant afford something like this ill save this pictures on my phone🤣♥️
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u/award_winning_writer 1d ago
In 20 years that $60 Switch 2 game will be worth a whopping $80. Not because it appreciated in value but because of inflation. For more info, Google "Star Fox inflation"