Getting rid / selling your old games - DVD style cases

[slipd]

Hi guys,

Over the years I have amassed a lot of game cases - mostly post-Steam/digital account. The pre-Steam 'big boxes' I have been selling off on the Bay, and doing very nicely out of it I must say

But what are we meant to do with the DVD style case games? I don't need them anymore, the keys are all active on my accounts. I want to put them out there is there is a need but I'm a bit reluctant too with the keys, although used, still on the literature. Os there anything stopping someone buying them and saying their key has been hijacked ad getting it assigned to their account?

I know with Windows/Office you can call an automated system and get a key license freed up/reassigned because I've done it myself, legitimately, enough...

I have too much of a collection to just put out with the bins

Thoughts?

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I miss the big boxes and manuals, there was just something special about browsing the shop, taking it home, opening the box, reading the manual. Steam can’t do that. Call me old, but it’s an experience no one will have anymore.

Amyway, I binned all my old dvd case games.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

I've kept all my on my book shelf next to the rig for old times sake

 

[The_Arbiter]

Besides collections, i don't think media has any resale value sadly. You can try an clear it through car-boot sales when you need to shift loads of stuff, but the sad reality it generally ends up in the bin. Think of all those tapes.

It highlights our wasteful nature. It's good to learn from in the past i found, even if for financial sake alone.

 

[MouthBoy]

I probably would out those that do not activate on steam, and therefore can actually be resold and used, on the members market.

The rest, I would put all the codes and manuals in a drawer, bin the discs but put the cases on members market as I know someone will probably want them.

 

[slipd]

I miss the big boxes and manuals, there was just something special about browsing the shop, taking it home, opening the box, reading the manual. Steam can’t do that. Call me old, but it’s an experience no one will have anymore.

Amyway, I binned all my old dvd case games.

Completely! I'm 36 and I still fondly remember dragging my dear old Nan to HMV after school and hoodwinking her into buying GTA (18) for me when it first came out... I can still see the shelf full of PC game boxes and the promotional display feature, it was glorious! The manual, key map guides and maps - its not the same these days is it?

It's actually one of the games I'll be selling, so mixed emotions

I think I'm going take the keys away and just recycle.

I've kept all my on my book shelf next to the rig for old times sake

Nice! I'm not "allowed" to do that... - I just asked

Besides collections, i don't think media has any resale value sadly. You can try an clear it through car-boot sales when you need to shift loads of stuff, but the sad reality it generally ends up in the bin. Think of all those tapes.

It highlights our wasteful nature. It's good to learn from in the past i found, even if for financial sake alone.

I'll recycle the plastic/paper/card if it comes to it, although there's a geeky shop in town that I might ask first? They're are essentially only decorations though now, aren't they? The media is out of date and requires a key.

Maybe I'll find a collector that just wants the artwork!

I probably would out those that do not activate on steam, and therefore can actually be resold and used, on the members market.

The rest, I would put all the codes and manuals in a drawer, bin the discs but put the cases on members market as I know someone will probably want them.

Yep, I'll probably shred the keys and try and get rid of the paperwork as a lot. I'm determined to have a clear out.

The cases aren't really used anymore are they? I've just found a load of new CD cases, that I used to keep for when CD's I'd bought arrived broken. Which was extremely regularly!

I haven't bought a physical CD in around 6 year I reckon...

 

[The_Arbiter]

I just looked, 100x new cd jewel cases on ebay are £25 posted, £15 for 50x etc. I wonder how many of those are recently produced and not just NOS. Selling what you have would be hard, at a zero net gain might be possible. I'd take some off you if local as i still have a cd collection, but the money investment isn't worth it to buy online.

I recently sold some old bike parts, such as some wheels for near a mere £8 net return. The effort/time vs money not worth it, but least it's getting used.

Media covers would make a great wall piece also. As a last resort check if your tip can recycle the disks or case.

Hopefully the geek shop will take something at least.

 

[MouthBoy]

The cases aren't really used anymore are they? I've just found a load of new CD cases, that I used to keep for when CD's I'd bought arrived broken. Which was extremely regularly!

I haven't bought a physical CD in around 6 year I reckon...

I still buy physical music CDs a lot, but rarely a game. How many do you have?

 

[chaparral]

I miss the big boxes and manuals, there was just something special about browsing the shop, taking it home, opening the box, reading the manual. Steam can’t do that. Call me old, but it’s an experience no one will have anymore.

Amyway, I binned all my old dvd case games.

And the flight sims with there really thick manuals

The same as i used to enjoy movies far more when i used to have to go the video shop and rent them out..
Now you just scroll through a long list and click play

 

[arknor]

unless its something amazing then I would just bin it.

even if it is some amazing classic game it will probably get remade soon anyway.

I think theres very few gaming things I would have wanted over the years, and even less now it's just collectors editions for the sake of collectors editions.

something everyone buys as a collectors item to collect in their collection is never going to be worth anything because its whole point was to keep it. it wont be worth something one day..

on the other hand a sealed original copy of gran turismo might be worth something, a sealed copy of ff7 might be worth something but probably not after its been rereleased and remade as well even.

is there really any pc games anyone would give a crap about owning the originals of?
maybe half life, but it was re released soo many times anyway.

those big old cardboard pc boxes in the 90s had some cool stuff though.

I think bought one of the ultima games and it came with cards, a coin , cloth map? etc and it was just regular old box edition not collectors edition