What do we think of graded and sealed games?
In this special Peter (Retrogamepapa) together with Max and Michiel discuss the grading of video games. Why do people do it? Why do these companies exist? Slight spoiler: Max has a different opinion than Michiel and Peter have on grading video games…
Next to discussing graded games, they also talk a bit about owning and/or keeping games sealed. This is something which is almost inherently linked to grading video games. Is there actually a difference between the two in regards to why? For which reasons do people keep games sealed? So many questions… It’s all talked about in this side-quest!
Retrogamepapa’s Addendum: Max knew beforehand that Michiel and I wouldn’t agree with him on this, so props to him for suggesting this topic. I think we also showed here that a disagreement doesn’t have to end in people getting mad and yelling at each other!
Relevant links:
Dutch spoken Knights quest about the preservation of video games: https://www.retrogamepapa.nl/podcast/queeste-27-game-preservatie/
In that podcast we don’t touch upon the grading of video games, but the argument “preservation” is often used with the whole grading stuff. This is also something we didn’t agree fully on in this side-quest.
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