>>719212408
i sold it (most of it right before covid unfortunately, so i missed out on a lot of money), and spent some of the money upgrading my PC
>why
Mostly because it was too much upkeep just to play like once a month. Discs were fickle and would sometimes just randomly crash due to disc read error (my gamecube did this a lot), and have to troubleshoot whether its the disc or the consoles laser. get new laser, it breaks a few months later. Controller starts malfunctioning, have to buy a new one, especially bad with n64 controllers. Ps2 memory card would corrupt, have to buy a new one (don't buy third party ones, they corrupt like crazy). have to replace gameboy (and some n64) cart batteries so they can save and/or tell time. Have to check 2nd hand discs and carts to make sure they work, sometimes you won't notice till like halfway through the game when an FMV or song will keep skipping or some shit. have to deal with Psp batteries bloating, which happened to 2 of my 3 Psp's. Not to mention the price was already insane even pre-covid, and bootlegs were fucking everywhere.
Just ended up being too stressful to keep up with, and being able to load up a rom was a lot more convenient, even if a bit soulless. It also free'd up a TON of space which is now taken up by anime merch instead
I don't regret selling it, but i also don't disdain people who continue to collect. It just became too much to keep up with for me personally.