Ever wondered what happens to all the 3DS and DS games that never find a loving home, either brand new or on the preowned market? They get recycled, as the materials they are made from still have some value — even if the code contained on the card doesn't.
Reddit user HxCut works at a recycling plant and was kind enough to post this final picture of a 545 kilos (12000lbs) of abandoned 3DS and DS carts, all ready to be stripped down and used for other things. According to HxCut, most of the games in this photo are the critically-acclaimed (not really) iCarly 2: iJoin the Click!, but there are plenty of other equally unwanted titles in there.
Here's what HxCut had to say:
This is a gaylord (that's what the boxes are called), they are generally 48"x48"x48". I manage an e-recycling warehouse and these were at my buyer's place. The only value is in the gold scrap. Looked to be like 75% iCarly 2, with some others mixed in. I'd guess they simply couldn't be sold.
So now you know where these dreadful titles end up — and you also know that those massive boxes are called Gaylords — they're named after the Gaylord Container Company, so stop sniggering at the back.
[source kotaku.co.uk, via reddit.com]
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And 25% New Super Mario Bros 2
I thought they went into a landfill in New Mexico.
Wow. That's a gaylord of crappy games.
What, no official NL page for iCarly 2: iJoin the Click!?
I must say, some of this game (Sims 2 for example) are really only a scrap.
Let's have Jake Shapiro review iCarly 1&2.
Some people just want to see the world burn.
@Technosphile You know I only get assigned to the most respectable of games! Like Me & My Furry Patients 3D!
But why wouldn't anybody want the gaming masterpiece know as iCarly 2.
...and EA is where all of my wanted franchises go to die
This is what you get for making the DS and 3DS (and Wii) libraries comprised of 50% shovelware whose only marketing tactic is to con ignorant parents.
If this story gains notoriety, I bet the value of iCarly 2 will spike a bit.
May they enjoy spaghetti tacos in the afterlife.
@ekreig seriously would gamestop take them? not all of course but one or two
man that's a depressing image...
@6ch6ris6 Question is whether the gold is worth more than Gamespot will pay. Probably is.
I wonder if the TV show actors would care enough to play their own game at least once. Would they get sick after such a horrible experience? Or would they rejoice for having appeared on a videogame?
Ship them to gamestop, they love collecting junk titles.
I kind of want to sit in it like a little paddling pool...
come on now, Gamestop may sell a lot of used games, but even they can't sell that many copies of iCarly 2. gaylord boxes of 'em are no joke, they're made to be moved around on pallets. kinda makes you wonder how many copies they printed total, and if they buried this one box intact in the desert, could it be the next E.T.? :3
Recycling is so cool.
Wasn't there an old advert in England for a toy dog named Gaylord?
Some comments elsewhere said there was a copy of SMT Devil Survivor Overclocked in there. I either hope they were wrong or an illustrious Good Samaritan was able to recover it.
Considering their small size, I would try to pocket any oddities I find (I know there are risks involved, but I'd still try).
what a waste, not good for the planet. If they stop making crap games, then it will be better than this waste lol!
It's painful to see a 'gaylord' with so many -probably mostly- bad games that got a physical release, and an e-shop full of great games that will probably never get that kind of loving treatment.
Edit: loving treatment as in physical release, not as in being recycled, that is.
A bunch of iCarly inside a gayload, there's a sentence I thought I'll never say in my life.... I'll stop snickering now.
I can't help but imagine how it feel to be a gamer and have that much cartridges in front of you (even if it is the same). Scrooge Mcduck comes to mind.
I could see:
Someone else could also see Mario Kart 7 and Street Fighter 4 3D.
What's that blue/yellow DS cart in the bottom?
Now seriously, how much would this be (the Gaylord box full of DS carts) for trade in credit at Gamestop? I would think $59-$200 considering there are 3DS games in there.
I guess iCarly 2 is the next ET.
Woah. I see some Kid Icarus in there! Who's throwing that away??!!!
@Hyperion where?
There is loads of Zelda 3DS ones that must be faulty.
look at all those mario games right where they need to be.
as for the fabulous name of these cardboard boxes...im changing my last name to that
@Tsurii897 In England, there is actually a wedding catering company named G.A.Y.L.O.R.D, this is exactly how they named it, since 1966....
@DakotaM47 http://puu.sh/9ABoW/488139ac31.png here?
@6ch6ris6 It's not worth it. "That's a lot of games. We can give you 15 dollars for all of it."
At the bottom left, it really looks like kid icarus...ouch.
iCarly 2. I'm glad this poop is being recycled.
Well, I learned something new today. I didn't know those boxes had a name. They're built pretty well, it took me cutting them apart just to get them to go in the compactor at my job. Also, I wonder how it gets decided when games just get trashed/recycled like that. Is there a definite time-frame or something?
I would wear a speedo and jump right in to play all of those gamez!!!
I've seen some gaylords in my time, and sometimes covered in scrap gold but never one containing such a huge amount of poopoodoodoocacapoopledoople games.
Please watch the profanity — TBD
Damien Damien Damien, how would 545 kg translate to 12000 lbs? That's one zero too many.
So just destroy the games instead of giving them to charity? Surely some may want them
@GoombaJMR yeah.
Well I'm sure not all those games are unwanted.
But resale places do love stuff like this, destroy a thousands of copies of one game.... bam, the value of that game goes up. Its kind of disgusting really.
Send some to the AVGN!
why don't they sell them on ebay?
I REALLY hope that there aren't any first party games in there...
Eh, I saw this on Reddit yesterday.
Those gaylord boxes - so hot right now.
Hurts to see so many games go this way lol
We should pay $20 to reach in and get one handful of games. Whatever we get, we keep lol.
Good riddance! I've only two cartridges for my 3DS, and a TON of downloaded games.
Wow learn something new everyday. I have been working at Goodwill for 3 years now and we use Gaylords to sort donations in. Until now I never knew why they were called Gaylords I figured it was some sort of Goodwill lingo.
Don't show sakurai this cause there are a lot of Kid icarus cartridges in that abandoned pile.
I Wonder If There Make Games Out If Lame Ones
I'd jump in there to see if there were any treasures among that junk.
@Splatom Me Too I Play That Game And It Was Bad Game So I Sell It
@Nintenjoe64 Did You Know i Like EA Games ***
While we're at it, can we toss in some copies of Other M, too?
@HADAA That's about right, 12000 lbs would be an astounding number of trash, considering they're 75% of the same game.
Without being offensive, I think you should know the convertions to the SI (I'm not sure how you call it) because it's like what almost everyone in the world uses... But then again, maybe you just type another zero by mistake.
@Joshuaamylle
Although perhaps the games in question here would put them off...
@Jahir
It is humbly known as metric, here at the ends of the earth.
@midnafanboy How COULD they!?!? Kid Icarus was, and probably still is my favorite 3DS game to date. Especially with online multiplayer.
@Hyperion @Link506 Not just me then? I was hoping I was mistaken! Absoulte tragedy in that case.
What an iTragedy.
So, are you saying that iCarly1 is a must buy? lol
@ZenTurtle Thanks, I didn't recall how it's called in english, my bad.
Am I the only one who what's to jump and swim in that box of DS cartridges.
Or am I just crazy.
Doesn't surprise me this pawnshop near me had like so many ... bad ... games i think there was like ten copies of an icarly game there, and alot of wii games as well
Dophs his hat.
...You could have been Kirby, or Pokemon, and then you would have been loved.
Wait, I see a copy of KID ICARUS UPRISING? How in the world did it end up there?
I'm bawling right now. I look at this box of games and all I see are helpless puppies about to be thrown in a furnace.
Sure 75 percent of them are iCarly 2, but that isn't their fault! We should get a fundraiser together to rescue this gaylord if it hasn't already been crushed and distribute the games among our community.
It looks like all of Activisions and Ubisofts left overs, nothing of value here.
After carefully examining the picture, I see no copies of Kid Icarus: Uprising, not even where others said they did. It may look like it at first, but they have different cart art.
@123akis
What for? There are games that won't just sell, like the aforementioned iCarly 2, the Jonas Brothers games, Galactic Taz Ball (new 39 cents, used, 1 cent), etc.
There are about 3000 DS titles, from which I have more than 500 and some of them I wouldn't ahve them not even for free!!
@AddADashOfSalt
I'd have been a crime if a Kid Icarus cart showed up.
I can make a Rabbids 3DS game, on the bottom, mid to left part of the image. (I have the game, BTW).
Holy poopitypoop! I spy Call of Duty! Somebody send me that gold, I want it. Even more, I see amazing spiderman for 3ds! Why throw away one man's trash, when it is another man's treasure? Spare a thought for those poor ds games and the people that actually like them.
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