Quoted from inhomearcades:I never understood why people care what others do with their pins, pass judgement on them and come off like they are better than them. I could care less if this guy doesn't play his games, has a maid dust them or use them as showpieces. Why does that make him any less of a collector than guys who do play their games? Why does any one care?
This is just my guess, and I am NOT saying I invoke nor promote this:
Some people in this hobby can barely afford any of those games mentioned. It takes some people months to save up half of that for whatever reason: low income, high bills, higher priorities, families to take care of, job insecurity - whatever the case may be. Then, those people see someone afford 10+ games that are each at least double what they can afford, and it can be very frustrating. On top of that, based on the previous description of the seller, his lifestyle, and his lack of passion to play said games, it feels like an insult to injury.
In life, and I have seen this time and time again - it always seems like the people with the easiest access to things are the least passionate or driven about them. Good example: when I was 15, I had some brand-x drumset I bought out of one of those "service merchandise" style catalogs that came to our door. It was all of $200, and it had almost plastic, twangy drum heads, cymbals that had no ring to them at all, hardware that fell apart regularly, but dog gone it - I loved that drumset, and I played so passionately because that was all I could afford. I learned how to upgrade it, tune it, modify it, and my friends told me many times I made that kit sing, and they were amazed at how good it sounded.
Then, we had some kid that had like a Pearl MMX or Tama Starclassic kit (read: Metallica level gear). He had ALL the nicest equipment with gorgeous high-level Zildjian cymbals that sounded like windows breaking when you hit them. The drums sounded absolutely awesome right out of the box, the finish was amazing, and he had absolutely everything he needed right out of the gate to succeed and be incredible at the drums.
Guess how often he played: never. It totally floored me, and then I realized that (possibly) the reason he was not passionate about playing is because everything was handed to him on a silver platter. He didn't work for any of it; it just came to him. There is an old saying in life: things that are worth doing in life normally are not easy.
So to some people that struggle just to get one machine and see this guy sell off 10 machines that are 2x the value of theirs, it can be a bitter situation, and I can understand that. But guess what: life isn't fair, and sometimes things are just going to piss you off, and sometimes you get to suck it up and move on as this guy's life and his decisions have no effect on any of us unless we let them.
I don't know him, I don't know his income or how he got all those awesome games, I don't know his story or what he has been through. Maybe he suffered a family loss and the machines remind him of that person. Maybe he has financial troubles and is trying to keep himself safe. Maybe he had the bug and then had a very bad experience and wants nothing to do with the hobby. Maybe it is none of the above. Who am I to judge? If anything, I am sad to see someone sell off such an awesome collection.
/Logic off