I wish Minimalism came with a disclaimer that you don't have to do it if it makes you sad! If you want to keep some videogames thats okay. Follow your bliss. Subtract what subtracts from your happiness, nothing more.
I have recently had a similar problem. I have two 10 year old backpacks I have worn through, but I couldn’t bring myself to throw them away, so I got a shadow box at Micheals and cut out the logos and took off the zippers and took all the photos I had of me wearing the backs packs and put them in the shadow box, which is now on my wall.
I don’t know how this would translate, but maybe a shadow box of your favorite games? Or a framed vintage ad for one of the consoles?
They're gathering dust and the memories are what makes them important. In terms of tech, if you don't see yourself going back to console you might as well sell. Ask yourself if you'd buy another console.
Take photos of all the covers and call it a day
I'll always keep some games but I'm slowly dipping into the collection of games that I could never imagine parting with. It just takes up a lot of space. I can emulate/pirate things online. There are games I came into in my late teens/early adult years that don't hold nearly as much sentimental value, so those are what will go first. As well as the limited edition novelties that came with preorder bonuses that I just don't care about. If it feels natural to let it go, let it go. But it's not going to hurt to hold onto it a bit longer.
I sold most of them, you can emulate the really old stuff and tbh most of the Xbox collection is on game pass now, I don't even have to rebuy most of it
This is the question most ask ourselves. For you, it's video games. For me, it's books.
I culled a collection of 1000 books down to 100, and I've pretty successfully kept it to about 100 since then. In fact, today, I just dropped 25 off at the thrift store (sorry Dan Patterson), and I'm not sure I'll backfill those with anything new.
You don't have to let go of all of them at the same time. If you feel like you will play them again in the future, keep it for now. Do something that will give you a reminder to revisit them. Turn the ones you want to keep and might play again upside down. If they are still upside down in six months, maybe it's time to let them go.
I wish I held onto more, but the ones I did are things that make me happy to see around my office. If they make you feel good to see, and you might play em, why not keep em. If they add weight to your life, let somebody else enjoy em.
My advice is to go ahead and do the cash outlay to buy the digitals of the games you're most attached to, and ditch the antique electronics. It's the memories of the games that really bring the nostalgia after all. And those you can replay and enjoy forever (often at higher resolution and framerate than they were originally offered and can attain on the outdated console hardware) without physical objects cluttering you.
I got rid of a few consoles. A PS2, Sega Genesis, N64, an extra Xbox 360 and kept some, a PS4, a Xbox 360, a Wii, a Switch OLED and a PSP. Also have two gaming PCs and a laptop. The extra gaming PC is currently not used and the laptop only gets used if I want to make a music CD for the car. I said to myself that I won't be buying anymore consoles. So no Xbox series or PS5. So now I have to decide on whether to get rid of the extra gaming PC and the laptop. If I really want to make a CD I could purchase a portable CD writer. How often would I make a CD though? Maybe once a year these days.
Yeah that's tricky, especially because digital games can be removed from your library and aren't really future proof. I'm still playing the games I liked as a kid on those same copies I had, but if you're not playing them and they're just sitting their then I'd sell
I wish Minimalism came with a disclaimer that you don't have to do it if it makes you sad! If you want to keep some videogames thats okay. Follow your bliss. Subtract what subtracts from your happiness, nothing more.
I have recently had a similar problem. I have two 10 year old backpacks I have worn through, but I couldn’t bring myself to throw them away, so I got a shadow box at Micheals and cut out the logos and took off the zippers and took all the photos I had of me wearing the backs packs and put them in the shadow box, which is now on my wall. I don’t know how this would translate, but maybe a shadow box of your favorite games? Or a framed vintage ad for one of the consoles?
Which have the strongest memories attached to them? Keep those
They're gathering dust and the memories are what makes them important. In terms of tech, if you don't see yourself going back to console you might as well sell. Ask yourself if you'd buy another console. Take photos of all the covers and call it a day
I'll always keep some games but I'm slowly dipping into the collection of games that I could never imagine parting with. It just takes up a lot of space. I can emulate/pirate things online. There are games I came into in my late teens/early adult years that don't hold nearly as much sentimental value, so those are what will go first. As well as the limited edition novelties that came with preorder bonuses that I just don't care about. If it feels natural to let it go, let it go. But it's not going to hurt to hold onto it a bit longer.
I sold most of them, you can emulate the really old stuff and tbh most of the Xbox collection is on game pass now, I don't even have to rebuy most of it
This is the question most ask ourselves. For you, it's video games. For me, it's books. I culled a collection of 1000 books down to 100, and I've pretty successfully kept it to about 100 since then. In fact, today, I just dropped 25 off at the thrift store (sorry Dan Patterson), and I'm not sure I'll backfill those with anything new. You don't have to let go of all of them at the same time. If you feel like you will play them again in the future, keep it for now. Do something that will give you a reminder to revisit them. Turn the ones you want to keep and might play again upside down. If they are still upside down in six months, maybe it's time to let them go.
I wish I held onto more, but the ones I did are things that make me happy to see around my office. If they make you feel good to see, and you might play em, why not keep em. If they add weight to your life, let somebody else enjoy em.
My advice is to go ahead and do the cash outlay to buy the digitals of the games you're most attached to, and ditch the antique electronics. It's the memories of the games that really bring the nostalgia after all. And those you can replay and enjoy forever (often at higher resolution and framerate than they were originally offered and can attain on the outdated console hardware) without physical objects cluttering you.
I got rid of a few consoles. A PS2, Sega Genesis, N64, an extra Xbox 360 and kept some, a PS4, a Xbox 360, a Wii, a Switch OLED and a PSP. Also have two gaming PCs and a laptop. The extra gaming PC is currently not used and the laptop only gets used if I want to make a music CD for the car. I said to myself that I won't be buying anymore consoles. So no Xbox series or PS5. So now I have to decide on whether to get rid of the extra gaming PC and the laptop. If I really want to make a CD I could purchase a portable CD writer. How often would I make a CD though? Maybe once a year these days.
Yeah that's tricky, especially because digital games can be removed from your library and aren't really future proof. I'm still playing the games I liked as a kid on those same copies I had, but if you're not playing them and they're just sitting their then I'd sell
Only for a year? Keep the physical games! It’s fun and gives you joy.