

Not to mention the fact that unreleased games usually don’t play on retail systems. Collectors have to search out rescued discs (it’s not unusual for hardcore collectors to dumpster dive whenever publishers move offices) and trade games with others in what is often something of a gray area of the law.


It’s not unusual for members of the media to play cancelled games, as not every title makes it to retail release, but the media is often given direct access to those games. Game prototypes have long been a source of fascination with collectors.
