Regrets from Giving Away Free Games

[@Aragorn7884]

Ian is 100% right about the sealed Special Editions!

[@jtoumai]

I got a sealed special edition madden. Who wants it?

[@pl6654]

I remember watching a video about a cheech and chong album with rolling paper inside it. I remember thinking that it must be super rare for those to still be around and in the comments tons of people were saying they had the album with the paper.

[@origintrackz5235]

@@pl6654 Yeah, i remember hearing about the rolling paper album, but they were everywhere, but people always said the ones with the rolling paper were rare , the album itself not so much. i always though it was a crock of shit tbh lol.

[@northofnashira2575]

Do you have the Pokémon Plantem guide?

[@sluming2672]

3:12 best part of any pod cast.

[@fernandomarroquin8901]

8:16

[@shorterrecording]

Maybe any pod cast ever.

[@Aragorn7884]

Phantasmagoria with *ALL* 7 CD's...?! Pat, bruh, that sux.

[@D-Fens_1632]

I had one like that, I figured "what do I need this for, I already own SMB, Tetris, and Rad Racer?" Tossed it right in the trash.
Just kidding!

[@EvaFull]

10:41 Ian hinting at the “PAT THE NES PUNK YARD SALE!!!” 😆 😆 😆

[@skabcat242]

I see those special edition items all the time at yard sales. It blow my mind someone spent that much money and not open everything else.

[@mfitzger99]

Cheap bins are not always a good idea for a store. Your store has to be behind what it sells, you have to consider things like refunds, or if the item is complete, working, usable. It also promotes haggling in customers, even on things not in a cheap bin, and gives more of a garage sale feel to a store. It's not worth the few extra bucks.

[@retrogamerfan123]

i regret giving away all my horror ps2 titles since most of em go for a few hundred today 🤦‍♂️

[@rumble360]

Eeee nnnn saying move on Patrick is classic eeee nnnn 😂

[@ucFJhnukZjfLtc3dPfZrh4qThSg3o]

Stop collecting dust catchers Pat, if you haven't even unpacked the stuff you already own.

[@thenostalgiafactor5023]

I could never give away games, consoles, or accessories for free.
Though I DO regret listening to my dad in 90"s and throwing out the boxes and manuals to games/consoles because "You don't need those. They're taking up space."

[@JuniperMe]

I ran out of space for my game collection, so unless it was in a steel book or some other sort of unusual case, I ditched all my plastic a few years ago and put the discs into a wallet. But I did keep the covers and manuals in a storage box, so it's taking up far less room.
I had giant boxes of Blu ray and various disc based consoles cases I tried to giveaway online, only had one reply and they never showed lol.

[@GeorgeNoiseless]

Most of the games I gave away in my life were through giveaways on Steamgifts, digital. No real regret to be had there :)

[@everennui1]

I gave about a dozen n64 games to a younger kid that lived in the apartment below my grandma, but I can't even remember what they were. It'd still be nice to play those for the nostalgia, but that was a long time ago now.

[@mjesus850]

You may have not remembered the games but they can always be rebought, but you did remember that generous gesture so i think that has value

[@JamilThePimpLol]

If I was that kid I would’ve remembered that gesture forever and would’ve kept the games forever as well. So your act of kindness made an impact.

[@menacexp]

8:28 - I REALLY feel Pat on this one. I'd be pissed if Ian gave that PC game away on me, lol

[@ewrooney]

The dirty thing about some of these Special editions is that you can go to like Walmart days or sometimes weeks after release and just pick the special edition up right off the shelves.

[@devilmikey00]

Oh yeah, sometimes you can still find them collecting nothing but dust on as shelf years after the fact. I picked up a WoW cataclysm collectors edition for 99c in a bin nearly 5 years after that expansion was relevant (I wanted the digital stuff it included). Same with the God of War 3 one where my local gamespot was stuck with 4 giant ass ultimate edition boxes they couldn't sell months after the game came out. Probably just got chucked at some point.

[@Horzzo]

I gave all of my SNES games to my sister when I left for the army. She pawned them all off. I mean they were hers to do what she wished but I wouldn't have given them to her knowing where they would end up. All the good RPGs. oof

[@ChrisMattchews82]

One of those "cheap deals" website got ahold a shipping container at auction full of unsold product I bet because I only paid 20 bucks for mine with like 5 bucks shipping I gave it to my nephew who was like 8 at the time made his day. This around 2010-ish

[@JoeFpoc]

I gave away my sega genesis to my cousin after buying a ps1 and completely forgot i did. About 6-7 years ago he brought it up at Christmas, i casually asked if hes not using it ill take it back as I’m collecting games and i got “no way you know what this stuff is worth now”. Only game i really remember worth anything was shining force 2

[@Uncreative1]

Definitely irks me when people buy "collector's/limited" edition things with the intention of reselling them (the ones that keep it sealed). The whole reason they exist is for fans to get something extra, sure it may cost usually close to double of just the game and realistically not cost much to be produced, but it something that is meant to be cherished or used; not just gather dust in its box and profited from.

[@fcancho]

When I was in high school, I gave my friend my only copy of xenogears. I regret it everyday!

[@Steelebourne]

I thought Pat was going to walk off when he heard about the boxed Phantasmagoria.

[@Mr.Persia958]

Phantasmagoria was dope back in the day

[@lennywright5655]

The only free video game giveaway anyone ever regrets is the one their parents facilitated (usually without the child’s knowledge)

[@devastator200]

Imagine giving away all your free games away to the John Hancock ‘humble museum’???!

[@DeeDee-zo3bi]

He is the altered beast

[@buttcher87]

Is he still spouting off that museum bs? I watched a few channels exposing that dirtball a couple of years ago.

[@devastator200]

@@buttcher87 Last time i checked he censored the word ‘museum’ from his comment section. He’ll also shadow ban you when asking when will the museum be ready.
He then attempted to copy strike anyone who uploaded their own video regarding the humble scam.
The immoral John Hancock.

[@elvinechevarria8079]

jaja people get ripped off .

[@achroous2]

Every time i find a large group of games at goodwill, i wonder what poor kid just had their childhood given away.

[@neoasura]

Lol, that was me. My old man gave away my box of SNES games years ago when I moved out, and he figured I didn't want them. I was pissed.

[@HEXONE4LIFE]

I gave away my super Nintendo with all my games when I was a teenager to a less fortunate kid. Felt good about it at the moment but as a grown man I regret it now LOL.

[@vram1974]

I gave away a nice NES top loader to one kid and a GBA SP w/a bunch of good games to another. I don't regret it, but I could've made some $$$ selling them now.

[@KaiserGX]

Same, I think I gave away most of my systems and games but hey at least they had the childhood I had with those same games.

[@sgt.zombie]

Wish the grocery store I worked at had the same business sense we kept products on the shelf that didn't sell some stuff over a year once it got its expiration date we threw the whole case out and they would reorder because they just charge it back to the company. Wouldn't it be better to just keep products that sell rather than waiting months to a year to charge for that one case? We did that with lots of items.

[@hjalmarjohnson5846]

A couple of years before I started collecting again I gave away my SNES and games to a kid I worked with because he mentioned missing his offhandedly. While I consider this to be good karma, I realize in hindsight I should have at least kept the copy of Chrono Trigger I gave away with it. Everything else was pretty mid-tier at best (Donkey Kong Country 1-3, F-zero, Uniracers, and I think Illusion of Gaia.) Everything else has since been replaced, but I've never gotten around to replacing that Chrono cart. I also used to give my older systems to my brother once I had moved on to the current generation. He scored an Xbox, Gamecube, and PS2 off me, and sold our old NES games back in the day to get a Genesis. It took me 20+ years to replace that copy of Dragon Warrior 4. And all so he could play Mortal Kombat 1 with the blood. I still bring it up at Christmas. I am a small, spiteful man.

[@blueflower3561]

How about having an uncle who bought video games from yard sales, Goodwills and in between I played to a N.world championship grey cartridge that looked as I remembered legit as I was like 9 years old and was given away to poor family in mexico 😬

[@jameslawrence4160]

Am I the only one thinking I need to drive to San Diego and check out this free bin?

[@gnagarysteventon]

I found so many of these over the years paid 1 to 2 bucks each and sold them all between 35ish 40ish bucks i knew it would be worth a little something in the future but I capitalized early just because I got them so cheap

[@game_master_rukia]

i don't even have room for my collection. i have a small game collection and a huge dvd and bluray collection

[@seany84uk]

Pats sound effects runnin wild brotherrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :)

[@ernestonavarro6742]

Pat makes a point with the cheap bin. Why not try to get a little something. Id pay 5 bucks for cool junk

[@benblem147]

re: cheap bin. Have you heard of Japanese 2nd hand store Hard off? They have a "junk" section: all untested, bad condition or just not worth testing for instance copies of Wii Fit and other common low demand games or bad condition consoles when they have dozens of good condition ones.
One might have seen that video where someone bought a Wii console for 100 Yen (no cables) from this and it had disc drive problems and the video output was messed up due to a capacitor fault (but said part could be replaced).
While I'm not into collecting right now, magazines and boxes tend to be what I ended up recycling. You can't keep hold of everything waiting for the right opportunity. I've still got a pile of magazines I'd like to try and do something with but demand is poor and they're expensive to ship due to weight. Throwing them out feels wrong as I don't think these particular ones have not been scanned yet (and are deliberately wider than A4 to frustrate scanning) but at the same time they're pretty bad being full of mistakes and being more modern a lot of the contained info can be found online (that's why I stopped buying them).

[@squidracerX]

Collectors editions have to stop wit the art books... no one wants them....

[@RoyStorey]

most of the games i've given away never really bothered me, but i once decided to give away my NES Wacky Races as a kid when i moved once. years later when i got back into NES gaming i tried looking for it... needless to say, that decision stings.

[@origintrackz5235]

You can get a halo 3 helmet for 60 bucks all day!

[@wailingentity]

Move on Patrick! 🤣

[@judaspriestchild]

7:10 thats just poor business practice. They should have just clearance it for 10 or 20 bucks so the impulse buyers would pick it up. Whats the shelf space of one book vs hundreds of games with most probably being worth less than that?

[@bryanobrien2726]

I gave my nephews my SNES collection , N64 collection , and my Gamecube collection . Consoles , games , controllers , the works :(...............

[@jelhaj7769]

how are they not limited? I mean I'm sure there are A LOT of those helmets but I'm sure there are more contra 3's than that halo helmet...

[@BobSentell]

Wow. Ian gave Pat the same tone I give my kids when they are three minutes into telling me a story about some Disney Plus show...

[@therealcoffeenation4701]

He got to drink a full soda🥤

[@TheCreepypro]

I'm glad I never spent money on any collector's edition or special editions they are such a scam to sell worthless nick knacks to a bunch of hoarders

[@HaythamGruxton]

The helmet is more expensive than it was made out to be in this video. I feel like Pat just looked at auctions, and buy it nows that might have been $80 but also had $60 shipping.

[@tbaker9409]

Gave my 5 year old grandson a ps4 slim. Sad about it.

[@tarantinoish]

The rock band plastic instruments come to mind for me. Plastic guitars were everywhere, couldn’t even give them away. Now people are willing to spend hundreds on fake guitars and drum kits, apparently.

[@Uncreative1]

Yeah, I was surprised to see it near the top of my most valuable items according to PriceCharting

[@ukatosp1953]

I kind of regret giving away a Resident Evil 2 n64 cartridge, amazing condition as well, wanted to buy anothet some time after that and is was then that I realize how expensive it was...

[@damonke79]

That whole idea of trying to flip something when you are the target market....that's exactly how I feel about sealed games. Wanna spend big money on getting a game sealed for YOUR collection? Go for it.
Wanna try to flip sealed games for big money? That's an asshole move.

[@crithon]

ahhhh yes, the "cat helmet."

[@michael_stout79]

Woah ian did the miss piggy grunt

[@McHaro0079]

Judgy tone, Ian?
Thou shalt not judge.
Thou shalt not judge people judging. 😅

[@surferbrg]

I wouldn't forget my last visit to Luna Video Games, when I saw free bin took a look and only thing I saw during my visit was a DJ Hero Controller missing battery cover. But was interesting to check out and still looking forward returning for another visit.

[@nunomoniz3788]

Dead island had a zombie bust.

[@paulchristofaro7773]

Pretty much gave away a turbo cd collection lol

[@user-fg7cp4sj6w]

The person who sold Ian the NWC Grey cart at a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of the price probably regrets that sell. It's too bad the King Know It All didn't give him a fair trade. Of course he had a lapse in judgement in taking a trade in of one of the Holy Grails of NES games! Not your fault Ian, no way, no how!

[@speakwriter]

Looks like Pat shadow banned this comment. It has more likes than the majority of comments on this video, yet it sits at the absolute bottom of the comments page. Suspicious!

[@Studeb]

Got that awful helmet too, never left the box either. :(

[@pmera]

I display my special edition stuff, and I'm happy with it, but I'm already at my limit for space, so no more for me.

[@grassycrab]

There is a small time frame for a collectors edition to flip a profit, I think it’s 3-6 months after it released. You sell it to the ppl who think it’ll be worth something in 5 years.

[@MSUHitman]

As I stated in my comment, I bought Halo 3 Legendary on clearance on Walmart dot com for $60 two months after release, & sold it on Amazon this month b/c I was looking to downsize my collection.

[@tonyAJ420]

It seems the re4 chainsaw controller has always been in demand and valuable.

[@CrAzYpotpie]

Glad I got two or them for $10 each back in the day from Gamestop. Definitely gunna sell them soon, the odd shape is hard to keep nice in storage.

[@d.j.daugherty4945]

For some reason I almost piss myself laughing every time Pat hits the “limited button”.

[@Jp-gc6bh]

Me when I gave away all my n64 and ps1 stuff... fuck. Never recuperated it and never will

[@theswapmeetflea]

I've never given but sold , really regretted selling my dreamcast collection but shoot to the present and I have some good games and 2 Dreamcast , one in box.
So, yeah but still hate that I sold my games before I knew better , oh , and not to Give you store credit Game stop , hell no!!! That , I know better than to sell to them.

[@Clay3613]

I never get anything cool in the free bin but PSP game holders and an iPad arcade stand.
Luna is losing money, strategy guide collecting is hot right now.

[@Terror0619]

A lot of collectors editions are limited though.

[@fabiodacosta9573]

Does anyone know what Ian does for work now?

[@brendanroberts1310]

To ebay or to trade in that is the question?

[@JebberGamingJaws]

I am the 20% 💪😂.

[@MSUHitman]

So I’m the one that sent this in via Twitter. The reason I asked was I remember Ian talking about Halo 3 helmet in the free bin. The picture I added to the tweet is the screenshot from my Amazon seller app.
$150 MSRP at release, I bought it for $60 on clearance on Walmart dot com 2 months after release. It sold on Amazon used, complete for $270 beginning of May 2021.
I decided to sell my Halo CE’s b/c I don’t have a huge love for the series, & I needed to downsize my collection.

[@Terror0619]

I gave away all my retro games for 200 dollars when I was like 13. Alot of the games I gave away were worth 200 dollars by them selves but I didn't know back then.

[@poepoe99999]

3 EDITIONSssS!!!!!!!! ALWAYS!!!!!

[@OakCityGamers]

If it was worthless for a decade.. that’s why it’s worth something now... and if you have a boxed sealed helmet you got from Ian... thank him.... thanks Ian fir making this stuff rarer every time

[@BurnTheFlag]

I'm probably close to $1000 up buying and selling those dumb Halo helmets over the last couple years. Such a huge margin between what some people sell them for and others are willing to pay. I always check them out when I see them posted.

[@BigSnipp]

I feel no Patreon peer pressure. I always seem to lose.

[@Sperminski]

I’ll take my Halo helmet to the grave.

[@ivanvargas2425]

🦭!!! 3:18