I seem to be a bit of a natural hoarder. Some things, make almost-complete sense to my warped mind. For example, I still have all the cartridge and CD/DVD-based games I've ever owned*. After all, some day I may want to play them again and they aren't worth much money.
On the other hand, I have also kept the box for my Wii (bought at UK launch almost 3 years ago) and all of the boxes for all of the accessories. I tend to keep stuff like that initially in case something goes wrong with it. But after 12 months, I think I should just get rid of it. I really don't think I'm ever going to be in the situation where:-
a) A boxed Wii is going to be worth much more than an un-boxed Wii
b) I'll be so desperate for cash that I'll need that difference in price


Hmm ... maybe I should also sell off some of the games. There are hundreds of the damned things, some of which I really can't see myself playing (let's say some day I play through Shenmue on the Dreamcast... will I then play through Shenmue 2 too?!). There's simply not enough time to play them all, and deal with the rest of work/life/food/sleep!


* Not floppy disk and not cassette - my Amstrad CPC 464 broke, and I don't think floppy disks would last 20 years +. Come to think of it, some of the older Dreamcast games might be getting ropey too...

Depending on the item I purchase, I keep the box for 30 days if I think there's going to be a return involved in the short term with an absolute limit of 'when I can't remember when I got it, it gets tossed'. Granted, I've made some exceptions to this rule (PS3, iMac) where the boxes have been kept specifically to protect the item if it's in transit.

Realistically, the Wii is a long way off from ever being considered collectible - like, a couple of decades off. If you really want to get one for collecting purposes, go buy another one, keep it in the box, and put it somewhere you'll never touch it. Play the other one and wait for the other one to gain nostalgia factor.

I completely understand the hoarding aspect of it; the sheer amount of stuff I got rid of when I moved across the country was staggering. Even I didn't know I had that much stuff. And I still have my original Odyssey2 and Vectrex in their boxes - but again, they hit collectible status a few years back and even then the boxes were kept by accident.

I'm sticking with tossing the boxes and finding one to put aside. Bear in mind that a clean, unopened, unplayed unit will always be worth more in the future, too.

cause it's murphy's law. Whenever I toss a box to something it breaks. Not sure your living situation but I put all my boxes in the attic. Just in case!

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> cause it's murphy's law. Whenever I toss a box to something it breaks. Not
> sure your living situation but I put all my boxes in the attic. Just in case!
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Hmm, yeah, but I don't have an attic. I have a small studio flat, with one small storage room which is very busy with a bunch of crap.
Even if the Wii breaks now - it's getting up to 3 years after I bought it, so any warranty would probably be with Nintendo anyway, so they won't want the box.
Cheers for the advice though. I think if I had the space, I'd keep the boxes....

And cheers to Sphincter too - you make a good point! The re-sale value is not very affected by the boxes at all!

I kept mine as I'm in an apt and knew I'd move eventually out of this place to a condo or a house so I figured it would be safer to hold onto it. I still have the PS3 box too, but it's still under warranty as I've had it just like 5 months now I think. Depending on storage where I end up, I'll keep them in case I ever sell (increases dork payout value considerably.)