Poll: How Often Do You Trade-In Your Switch Games?

I still have my SNES and N64 games. These Switch games are going exactly nowhere.

Pre owned switch games is how I’m actually achieving a full nintendo published switch set. Almost own all games required for that. Buying it brand new would’ve been way out of my budget.

They forgot about us digital gamers. I don't have any games to trade in.

I’ve sold/traded in a ton…mainly because I decided to go almost all-digital after I already bought a bunch of physical games. Many of them were replaced with digital versions, but not all.

I’ve been moving towards digital more and more, but usually if I buy a physical game, beat it, and it collects dust for a certain period of time, I’ll offload it eventually. I’ll typically put it on eBay where I often make my money back or more. MUCH more than trade-ins at GameStop.

I always have bought mine new, whether it's day one or a couple of weeks after. I do sometimes trade them in when I need money but it's really not a big deal since I mostly drain them dry of the content offered.

In the UK that will create a big increase in market share for CEX

lol trade in my games. But also, pretty much everything I buy these days is digital since there are SO many amazing eshop sales all the time.

The last time I was in game it was selling more Barbie and trolls than gaming stuff!

Where is the option for "I buy pre-owned if it's a game I want that's out of production" on the second question?

I more often than not buy pre-owned from people who offer games/amiibos/etc on Facebook Marketplace. Most of the time the prices they ask for are more than reasonable for me. Though they also sometimes sell brand new games cheaper than at stores, that's how I got Metroid Prime Remastered and Puyo Puyo Tetris last year

A good chunk of my DS and Wii collections are second-hand thanks to stores like Gamers (in Mexico) that used to have a good selection of pre-owned games.

From my Switch physical collection, these are the games I got pre-owned: Mario & Sonic Tokyo 2020, Sonic Mania Plus (complete with the artbook), Super Mario Odyssey (with the Traveller's Guide), Snipperclips Plus, Metroid Dread (Special Edition, the bonus contents were still sealed), Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (unreleased game in America that I came across in a local market while visiting my sister in one of the 3 major cities in Mexico, official Switch stylus was sealed), WarioWare: Get It Together!, Namco Museum Arcade Pac, Sonic Forces, Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition.

For reference, I got my Switch on December 30th, 2019, so some of those games were out of production by then or weren't stocked at my local stores. I try to avoid buying online because I'm a bit of an impulsive buyer and right now buyer's remorse is the last thing I need.

As for the first question, I never trade my games unless I have it repeated or it's something that I consider shovelware no matter how much I try to look at its positives.

I made the “switch” to all digital back in the Wii U days after broken discs and lost cartridges with kids.
I still buy physical for older systems (obviously). I made the mistake of selling some GameCube and PS1/PS2 games in the past and realized that no matter the game, even a dud, I would like to have the opportunity to dive back in, even just for fun, at any given time.
There are risks for both, physical and digital, but having my games on a hard drive isn’t too much different than having them physical at this point - especially since current disc games have to be installed anyway.

As soon as I am done, I sell the game and move on. There are way too many games out there. I do sometimes rebuy down the road if it’s a remaster or a remake.

I honestly forget that GAME is still here in the UK. In my mind it has closed down multiple times.
Gone or not...I haven't missed it

It's slightly tangential to the focus of the poll, but I think it would be interesting to have a "no, but I mostly/always buy digital" option, just to see how that shakes out.

personally I mostly only physically buy either inexpensive B list (my favorite list) type games (like pocky and rocky) and some new first party games as they come out, so I rarely buy used.

Quite often, once I'm done with a game I sell it on Ebay and get atleast two thirds of my money back, which then goes towards my next game.

I used to trade-in games all the time as a kid because it would help me pay for the next game that I wanted. But not anymore though since I have a good paying job now.

I’ve got something like 400 physical carts now. I honestly don’t know what I have anymore. I’ve slowed down. I still have all my games from right back to N64 days I wish I had further back tbh

I don't sell mine on, but as I now have approximately 400 Switch carts and am moving homes in 6 months the thought of selling them has crossed my mind recently. Especially the ones that are still sealed/limited run versions etc.

The only time was when I traded in Link's Awakening vanilla edition for the limited edition.

I’m going to trade in Mario Wonder for Prince of Persia on thursday (it’s a good game but 2D Mario just doesn’t do a lot for me and Wonder did nothing to change that). It’s rare that I trade stuff in nowadays though, I only trade stuff if it’s a game I don’t care much for and will fetch a decent amount of coin against something else.

Trade ins used to be the only way I could get games between birthdays and Christmas when I was young though. I had so many great games that I swapped for others which stings but on the other hand I’d have never been able to play most of the games I did back then without the ease of trading in. GAME stopping them is a huge blow, granted it’s rare I ever did trade with them since their offers were always much lower than CEX but this is going to mean CEX can get away with giving much less since they’ll be the only major place doing trade ins now.

I can't speak for the UK, but if Game is anything like Gamestop, people probably aren't trading games in because they offer terrible trade values. I think most people here sell their games on Facebook marketplace as opposed to trading them in.

I sell my games once I finish them. Played Mario Wonder to completion and sold it for $50. I paid $55 for it. Solid experience for $5 no doubt

Maybe it’s an age thing. I’m… not quite ‘young’ anymore. I know when I’m finished with a game and that its appeal is spent. I’m better at letting go of them. Free up the space and put them towards something new on occasion.

I have never sold games and probably never will. Who knows if I'll want to play Sesame Street Sports on Game Boy again someday?

I never trade in games. I did sell a few on eBay earlier this year because they were mired in the backlog and I was never going to actually play them. I like buying pre-owned games every once in a while as long as they are in good condition.

I only ever buy Switch games pre owned as I'm never in a rush to play the exclusives and I like to save money where I can.

I like buy games physical and no I never sell those. First probably closest store to buy games is like...300km away and I have mostly given up selling online. There's one Finnish site that you can actually confirm more reliable buyers but yeah..Generally I have issue of letting go my precious items such as games.

I buy new because at least here preowned aren't that much cheaper if at all. I used to buy more used back in the day when there wasn't easy option to buy games here and I was bit late with consoles (I bought both N64 Zeldas used)

I never sell nor buy used games.

I had to give this some thought b/c it was specifically about "Switch" games and I've been buying physical games, new and used, and trading them in, for over 25 years.

I don't think I've purchased any used Switch games or traded any in, but there are reasons for that.

1. I didn't buy as many Switch games as most b/c I already owned a lot of them on Wii U or other consoles and still do, and I pretty much never ever double dip, so I had less to trade in.

2. I borrowed a lot of Switch games from my local library for free, played them, and returned them. So while a library is kind of like buying a used game and trading in a game when it's done I've never in all my years online seen any survey ask - "Do you ever borrow games from your library?" 🤷‍♂️

My Switch is not w/o trade in adjacent gaming however. I paid for about half of my Switch by trading in my Xbox One which I bought on clearance at Target for about the same amount as I got for a trade-in at Gamestop. And most recently I purchased Mario Wonder at Gamestop and paid for half of that by trading in Final Fantasy 16.

So I do trade in games, and have bought a few used from Gamefly, but not Switch games.

If I sell one, there’s probably some reason I don’t want to own that one anymore, like it irritated me or in the case of AC:NH, was too addictive without being fun.

I've never traded in a Switch game, but I've sold a handful: the Azure Striker Gunvolt pack, the Spyro and Crash trilogies, and Octopath Traveler. I keep the really good ones (and I have plenty of those).

I've got 2 reasons to keep our old games.

1) If we haven't finished it; and . . .
2) If we've finished it.

LOL.

If we haven't finished it, then I got to keep the game so that if we decide to try to finish the game, we've got it there to play.

If we finish the game . . . we put it back on the shelf up-side-down to show that we've finished the game. It's like our "trophy" for finishing the game. We've been doing this since our Wii. So we have a bunch of Wii, Wii U and Switch games "up-side-down" on the shelf!

It's kinda a nice reminder that we enjoyed those games.

Never! They're all precious! Even the ones I don't like.
I love collecting games and if I was richer I would have thousands of them. It's not just about playing them, it's about having and displaying them to others and yourself.

I try to buy used games if I can, mostly third party titles. Unfortunately Switch games that are pre-owned aren't even that much cheaper majority of times unless it's a shovelware title.

As for trading in games I haven't done that in years, you barely get any value back for what you trade in.

I have all but one game I've ever bought (well except for a few I lost in a break-up a couple of decades ago). Still wish I hadn't traded that one away (FF: Mystic Quest).

I own only one physical game release - Returnal for ps5. Everything on Switch is digital and most everything on PlayStation is digital. I'll probably regret that decision in a decade...

HOW do you sell unliked/unwanted digital games?
Oh you can't hence why digital only will never be better.
Game not selling secondhand will increase what physical copies people have.
Maybe I should start 'investing'...

People really don’t give Game Stop enough credit! (That’s a pun)

But after the eBay final value fee, shipping charges, and the cost of buying packaging… you get about the same monetary value at GameStop.

…AND GameStop buys all your shovelware that would never sell on eBay.

Just saying.

I don't offload games anymore; usually ended up regretting it and I haven't been strapped for cash like that since undergrad (I've only ever traded/sold like 20 games max). I just save for what I want now and have a monthly spend allowance for games. Plus I research very heavily (or try on gamepass) before I buy. I probably only have like 4-5 games in my library that are absolute regrets (usually indie games). I'm buying more digital now anyway.

I was just looking at my game case holder today and thinking "once this is full, no more physical switch purchases". I love my game library but hate having to find space for the boxes...and moving is horrible. If I owned a house I would feel differently but as a renter...yeah, I'm over it. I suspect for the switch successor I will go full on digital unless the game sizes swell to some crazy size.

I last traded a game in in 1994 [Edit: Actually 1992! Blimey] - World of Illusion for the Mega Drive. I was disgusted by how short and easy it was.

I still believe it was a terrible game, but regret ever trading it. Even though I own it twice again now.

I still have every other game I've ever owned.

I learnt my lesson from my Gamecube, Wii, Wii U, DS and 3DS... where I sold my collection to upgrade for the next console. Criminal. Never again. Slowly I am building those collections up (for twice the price minimum). I shan't be trading any switch games in thats for sure!

I'm a digital boy. Never had a physical game for the Switch. I know it's financially bad to do it like me, but I somehow enjoy collecting games and always having access to them. I have a 1 TB card in my console.

I tend to only buy physical switch games if I’m genuinely interested in keeping them, which tends to make it difficult to justify trading them in at any point. That said, there are exceptions, such as if I’m trading it in for an iterative sequel (e.g. Splatoon 2 for Splatoon 3) or if there’s a particularly good trade deal for a game I’m really interested in getting day 1.

When it comes to consoles that are complete bangers, I never give them up. I still have my OG PS2 with all the games, same goes with the Switch. Its just too good to give up, regardless of financial situations

@The_Blue_Mage - If yours still works, coubt your blessings. You're one of very few I know that their PS2 still works.

Still have mine and picked up a few rarities while they're still cheap. But my system is busted, and I await for either Retron or someone to replicate that system so I can get into a few of them.

I've been slowly giving away old games I know I'll never go back to again (either because they're bad, too antiquated for my tastes nowadays, or been remade/rereleased in modern systems) to a coworker who is a hardcore physical collector. It feels a lot better knowing they'll have a nice home where they'll be loved than to make chump change off of GameStop, lol.

@Paraka It does! To be fair though I always take good care of my consoles and its been in clean storage for a while

I don't buy pre-owned games. Except for Retro games and even then it's very rare. Also I mostly buy games from the download stores anyway. (except for some games with different reasons)

I own exactly 4 switch game cartridges. 2 of those I have kept since the beginning (Mario Odyssey and Botw) and the other two are constantly being traded for new games….
I have several digital games too, but those where bought long tome ago, as I realize is a better idea own physical and keep trading them…

I sell my unwanted games locally on Facebook Marketplace. I get way more for them than if I took them to a store. In fact, I can often buy and sell used games for the same price that way. So if I buy a used game and then re-sell it, the net cost is $0.

It's called eBay.

In the past I was proud to have a collection. I always regretted selling my SNES collection in 1997 but that allowed me to buy a USA N64 and games going forward.

I had my USA N64 and USA GameCube and games since they were released but sitting in my loft for over 20 years.

After bringing them out of hibernation and still not playing them for a year I started selling them on eBay. £3K later I've only got 3 games from each system left.

As for Wii/Wii U I traded them in via CEX and Game depending on which store gave me the most at the time as didn't have as much nostalgia to keep them.

Once I started selling on eBay though, that is where my Switch games go for the best cash value.

I'm only holding on to MK8D and hope it will work on the Switch 2.

I'll trade my Switch in at CEX once I have the Switch 2 in case Nintendo make the transfer process awkward again.

I do wish CEX would clean things like they did during the pandemic, or I wish some of the mingers that trade stuff in would clean their stuff or keep it in good condition in the first place 🤢

The only games worth trading in are the ones I want to keep. The ones I tried to trade in were literally only worth pennies, so I didn’t see the point. I traded in some duplicate WiiU games that I had on Switch and kind of regretted it.

The only trade in I remember making was my DS Lite which was done to help me afford a DSi when those were brand new. It was a trade that I deeply regretted just a few days after getting the DSi.
As for buying preowned games, I don't see them as worth it if they're only a few bucks cheaper than a new copy. But if there's a really good deal I am perfectly content to pick up a used game. Only in-store though. I've been burned by used games purchased online through GameStop and now I try to avoid even looking at their website.

I love it when people say they buy physical cause the copies retain value even though they’ll never sell anythjng

@The_Blue_Mage - Mine was too, sadly just played it too much and finally gave out. Did it to a Gamecube once too, at least when the GCN failed there was a local game store that did repairs.

I never 'trade' games, I just sell them on FB Marketplace or a specialist games forum.

About to trade in Luigi’s mansion 3 and Pokemon violet actually

For a long long time I think the only games I have sold/traded were ones I got bundled with a console that I never played. I think I may have reluctantly relinquished a few I couldn't see myself returning to during spring cleaning.

Would never trade into a retailer. Much more economical to buy secondhand and resell unwanted games on eBay. I only keep the games I suspect I will want to play in the future. Everything else is sold after a play to help fund future purchases.

I have never traded in a game. I never saw the appeal of doing so; I was never happy with prices offered in exchange for the games, but more importantly, I like being able to return to a game when the mood suits me, whether because I want to re-experience a game, or try to 100% etc. I also never traded in DVDs for the same reason.

On the other hand, thanks to people trading in, I managed to pick-up several second-hand titles for a pretty penny back in the day; though not so much anymore. I can normally find a new copy online for cheaper than pre-owned in store. Heck, even within game, I could find pre-owned copies which cost as much as a new version in store, which always baffled me.

The Switch games are in my collection along with my vast collection of retro games.

I'm all digital so I don't sell or trade in. In the past when I was still physical and making much less money, I would regularly sell my games and consoles to keep my head above water during the rough times.

I have less time for gaming then ever so I'm buying fewer games. I'm also in a better situation then I was as a kid. I no longer need to trade in games to get a new game. At the same time, I'm not a collector either. I prefer digital but I'm not opposed to picking up used games or new carts either.

trading in or selling my games would require effort, so I just put them in a shelf and call it collecting

I traded in games once during the PS3 era and regretted it almost immediately. I used to buy used more frequently, but these days digital sales make that a less enticing prospect.

I have never traded in a Nintendo Switch game, and I honestly don't think I ever will. I have only returned one game as well, but that was because of a poor purchase decision of mine.

@UltimateOtaku91 Vinted is pretty good for games too. Mario RPG for £30 the week after it came out, and if you have old clothes you want to get rid of you can keep the funds in your Vinted account and put it towards a game.

I really hate GameStop. So I will not trade anything to them, it's basically a scam.

The only Switch game I have sold is 1-2 Switch (which I did buy used).

That being said, I tend to not keep my collections beyond the life of the product. I have sold most of my Wii and Wii U games.

I like to buy physical carts to loan to friends and family, but also to resell down the road.

@dribLS But the option is always there. With digital, you don't have that choice

@OctolingKing13 What did you get for them?

Literally never lol. I still have all my old Game Boy, DS, GameCube, and Wii games too.

I just don’t think the payoff for selling any of it is worth it. Any of the valuable ones I own I want to keep and the rest wouldn’t be worth the trouble of trading in lol

Most of mine are still sealed due to backlog.

At least Nintendo-published tend to hold resale value…and of course much more sealed over time when go out of print (could apply to me should I quit gaming or find myself in a money crunch).

@The_Blue_Mage Exactly. And I do sell mine eventually. I am not a long term collector.

When digital is the same price as physical, I will opt for physical. The original Puyo Puyo Tetris was $20 digital and $30 physical (with a bonus key-chain). But most games have released at the same price.

There should be more digital deals for NSO subscribers. The best digital deal was probably using a regular voucher for the higher priced Tears of the Kingdom.

Unless I absolutely love the game I'll usually trade it in to take some $ off the next one. Most recently I sold Mario RPG and Robocop to get the upcoming Granblue game.
I still have a crap-ton of unplayed games laying around, it feels pretty good thinning the collection down to the stuff I'll actually replay down the road.

I never sell and rarely buy. I bought last year my 1st used cartridge, as the game was not sold as new anymore, and it was the 1st time I got the error message Switch cannot read the cartridge. What are people doing with it?

I bought Fitness Boxing digitally, since I wanted my fitness app to be convenient. However, I was disappointed that there was no discounted upgrade path when Fitness Boxing 2 released.

They are similar enough to not need them both. If I had physically owned the first one, then I could sell or trade it in toward the newer version.

I sort of regret selling my SNES, N64, GameCube, Gameboy Color, and DS all at various points in the past so my plan now is to never sell anything. I guess I say I “sort of regret” because I think I can pretty much play everything I care about on 3DS or Switch anyway.

I still prefer physical copies of games if they are first party titles, if is cheaper on sale or used (almost always except for day 1 buys).

If I don’t buy a physical game day 1 or on sale for 30%+ off I look for it on eBay for about the same discount.

As a kid, I would have to sell my old console to afford the new ones. I really missed them. So, when I finally got to the point where I could afford it, I have kept every system since.

These days I usually go for digital. But on the off chance I do have a physical copy I just let it sit and collect dust when I'm done with it. Sometimes I like to just play them again on a whim later down the line. Plus I'm over trading stuff in, it's never worth the hassle. Gathering all the stuff up, driving all the way to the store, and then getting back about 10% what I paid for it originally, and that's if they're feeling particularly generous at the time. Often it's much less.

I once had luck where Amazon was selling Splatoon 3 for £15 when it had just come out. I bought 4 copies and traded them in at CeX for £90+

@CharlieZee haven’t sold them yet, but GameStop offers 30 dollars cash or $50 in store credit. Thinking of selling them on Facebook marketplace tho

I don't trade them in any more. If I have a physical game, it's staying in the collection. It's a small thing that makes me happy.

I keep every game I own, even the bad ones.
Bad games are worth lots of money eventually too, my complete copy of Superman 64 is now worth way more than what I paid for it.

I own every Pal N64 game released here in Australia, all complete.
I also have a massive Cube, Wii, Wii U and Switch collections.
I'm keeping them all, my kids will thank me long after I'm gone.
They can sell them and fund whatever they like with them.

In the meantime we all get to play them together, so it's a win, win situation.

“Do you sell your games when your done” oh HECK no!
What if I want to replay it again after a while? Or if I want to let a friend (bah I don’t have any friends near me) borrow it? Or what if a game that I played was really good? So no I’m never selling my games.

I need the option: very 2-3 years i want a new toy…so i sell a console and a stack of games to buy…a steamdeck and a bunch of games to go with it. That was the last time I sold anything gaming related.

Without a good promo, the trade in deals are really bad. If I need to, I sell my games on fb marketplace or kijiji.

Ever since GameStop became trash with the resell values years ago, I rarely bother to sell a game now, unless I'm unloading an evergreen title with high value, or I'm not planning to play a system's games anymore and I'm just cashing in. There's such a high saturation of games now, combined with unsellable digital games, that the resell market is virtually dead for me.

I keep all my games now as an adult….but perhaps people are figuring out you can sell for the same amount as GameStop (assuming Game is basically the same as GameStop) is selling retail used, all by yourself on eBay… instead of a only few bucks for them in trade that they will turn and will make 500-1000% profit on. As a used game buyer… I can still buy used cheeper on eBay AND I know what it will look like as in the packaging. I was so upset buying Astral Chain and Octopath used for a large price and GameStop shipping it in a generic black boxes with just the games words typed on white GameStop paper. Returned that so quick it wasn’t even funny.
It’s their own problem no one is buying or selling at these places. It’s the greed of the companies… lol power to the player they say…. More like giving the players the shaft. Before Covid most preorders of good limited stuff goes to the employees as soon as it’s available and is held until their friends buy it off them they then turn it online for a profit. Saw this happening weekly as I visited often.
lol this one GameStop guy in a different town allowed me to snag his preorder monster hunter amibo set that I had to still pay for…. It costed me one of my 2 dark souls. lol dint even know the guy. This one time I was chatting with an employee as they were taking maps and inserts out of used games to keep lol. They were just like we just toss it anyways so I take it and sell it online.
So yeah…. I absolutely understand why people avoided used game store chains… why to much greed and now they prey on the players.

I have traded in a game only once. I was slightly short on funds tears of the kingdom launch day so I traded in my copy of Terraria for switch. I own it on steam anyhow so it was an easy choice.

Never.

Most of my Switch games are digital anyway.

I used to trade my SNES gear a lot, there was an indie joint on Westgate Road in Newcastle (later in the Greenmarket) that I used to do very well out of. Circumstances were way different for me back then though, and I don't think I've traded in anything since.

Buying pre-owned is always an option though.

It really depends if I think the game needs to remain in my collection. The last games I traded in were GOTHAM KNIGHTS and RED DEAD REDEMPTION for PS5 and 360, respectively. I received $35.00 USD trade-in value towards ARKHAM TRILOGY for Switch. And I figured my wife was getting me RDR on Switch for Christmas (which she did). I also now have access to GOTHAM KNIGHTS on PSN. So I feel my trade-ins were worth it.

I'm in the US. Trade-in value is nothing even if they offer 30% extra Trade-in value. I've heard of people from gamestop telling customers that didn't agree with their Trade-in values to go outside and try to get more from someone coming or leaving if he wanted better value for his games. I've never traded games in but I had a drug addict sister who stole about 7 games and was given $7.40 for all of them. She spilled the beans eventually. I can't imagine what they'd give for switch games as most of them hold their value so well. I can remember when funko land was the gamestop of the past and they'd have a price list for Trade-ins, it was ridiculous that they could get away with giving so little
, then reselling for 3 or 4 times more.

When it comes to games, I buy new or used, as long as they work then it doesn't matter to me. I don't trade in games anymore (I've done it in the past and have come to regret it), even more so, if the next console is backward compatible, with the Switch games I already have.

Since Switch’s launch I only buy digital, so…

I've sold some games, especially those I didn't like. Never traded any, mostly because the trade value is an insult.

I'll usually buy older secondhand games, especially when they are dirt cheap at the end of a console's cycle.

Just Animal Crossing: New Horizons so far.

I got over $40 bucks for it, and felt like I just robbed a bank!

I get rid of games if o don’t finish them, or don’t think I would ever want to return to them. For the most part though, my collection is 4ever.

Does anyone want to buy my copy of Anno: Mutationem?? Lol

@deKay love that game. I agree it is far too short but it’s in the multiplayer that it comes alive. My sister and I spent many an hour playing through as Mickey and Donald and my kids love it today. For single player Disney games Quackshot, Aladdin, Jungle Book and especially the Lion King provided a much better challenge.

@Gamecuber I was a poor teenager and spent £45 (probably 6 months pocket money!) on it based on the reviews. I then completed it as Mickey on my first go, as Donald on my second go, and in two player on my own on my third go. I took it back to the shop on the same day. Actually traded it in for Lemmings which I got several hundred hours play out of (and unlimited replay value in 2 player) rather than 3 or 4, tops.

I've never really liked any of the 16-bit Disney games. The 8-bit ones were all much better - Lucky Dime Caper, Land of Illusion, Duck Tales, Chip 'n' Dale... all far better platformers than Quackshot, Aladdin, etc. They just didn't look as good.

@Bret I sold my N64 and the games. I regretted it. I stopped selling my old consoles after that.

@deKay I remember those days well. I was possible a bit younger (about 11) when I played it, as well as some of the others I mentioned, so it probably was about my level at the time.

As for the 8bit games those were the ones I cut my teeth with: Castle of Illusion was my first Game Gear game in 1991, with Lucky Dime Caper my second. However, I always wanted the 16 bit games and Quackshot was one of my first. I only actually went back to complete it a couple of years ago. The puzzle element, while not tough in itself, made it much tougher than Castle of Illusion on Mega Drive. Aladdin had some tricky parts in the cave of wonders (and you were screwed if you had no apples for the final boss) whilst Lion King was just unfair in parts!

I stopped trading in games as soon as I had a decent income. It was a necessity as a kid as I didn’t have much money. Since then I’ve reacquired nearly all my childhood Mega Drive games barring 2. I love being able to revisit them and sharing them with my kids.

I never trade them in unless they're duplicates or exceptionally unfun games haha. I prefer to keep old gaming stuff to lend to friends and use to display at home. Everything from NES and up!

The rise of the Wii U and Switch meant I started to not buy as many physical games as I used to. I still have a healthy collection of Switch physicals but they're not ones I will be trading in or selling on ebay for a long time. I don't use GAME for trade ins as much as the wii and ds era where I visited the store frequently.

NEVER. NINTENDO IS LKE THIS SEDUCTIVE FRUIT. I MUST HAVE IT!!

Sorry people but physical is on the road of extintion, and who still hope for that live in prehistory.

I learned the hard way that I won't do that unless I disliked a game enough that I refuse to ever play it again (and that's super rare because I only buy games that I know I will like or that are very well reviewed!). Back in the PS2 days, I had the mindset that, "hey, I've beaten this game, may as well get a little cash for it." At that point I had never experienced nostalgia before, so I didn't take into account that, actually, years later, I will want to REplay this game. Video games are one of the few things in life that I will allow myself to hold onto "just in case" I want to revisit it, because I know that by the time I do it might be hard to get ahold of it.

Even if I don't like the game, I never sell, at least not when it's on the market. Just wait a few years, and cartridges start to command a premium in second-hand markets in this age of digital copies.

I had to say I "rarely" buy used because ONE Switch game I own was used. An impulse buy of a title I had never heard of when I saw it on the shelf, and I don't think was available new anymore.

But trade in? Never. I had a habit of that kind of thing when I was younger, and the regret doesn't die. Now I collect.