SGH sealed game grading

Our SGH grading system is now ONLINE !

here are the (new) important links:

SGH Grading:
http://www.sealedgameheaven.com
http://grading.sealedgameheaven.com

Forum:
http://sealedgame.heavenforum.com or
http://forum.sealedgameheaven.com

Nice work there Pascal. Hoping to to utilize this to it's full extent. Is this grading system restricted to a specific region or is it open to all? (PAL, NTSC,etc)

thanks!
it will be open to all versions!

online

nice pics of the Persona 3 which you added
Talk to you in Skype

I think this is a great idea. I saw about it over at GameTZ (Sorry I hadnt signed in here in a couple months! I've been very occupied).

Anyway, everyone over there seems to think this is a joke, but I stood up for you. I think it's a great idea as I said and hopefully some day I'll have a handful of games I feel are worthy of having graded. (Hoping to grab me a sealed X68000 Haunted Castle!)

thank you very much!
We put a lot of work into our database and in our whole SGH grading system.
Hope you will find your sealed X68000 Haunted Castle soon and I hope we see some of your sealed gems in our database.

do you have different sized cases for different games , i.e smaller cases for gameboy games ???
could a game get damaged inside theses cases as they seem quite loose ??

happyheed wrote:do you have different sized cases for different games , i.e smaller cases for gameboy games ???

yes of course! different sizes!

happyheed wrote:
could a game get damaged inside theses cases as they seem quite loose ??

no

@Pascal: Why did your games just get so low rating? What was negative? Must I pay 14 EUR per Game?

gogeta259 wrote:@Pascal: Why did your games just get so low rating? What was negative? Must I pay 14 EUR per Game?

i also think your game should have a higher percentage ???

gogeta259 wrote: Why did your games just get so low rating? What was negative?

We have a standard scale system and we really look for the smallest, minor negative points! We do not want to overgrade any game. So you can imagine that a game with 100% is really really really perfect sealed.

gogeta259 wrote:
Must I pay 14 EUR per Game?

thats right! 14 EUR for each game that has a value under $100. and 22 EUR for each game that has a value over $100 .

Pascal wrote:

gogeta259 wrote: Why did your games just get so low rating? What was negative?

We have a standard scale system and we really look for the smallest, minor negative points! We do not want to overgrade any game. So you can imagine that a game with 100% is really really really perfect sealed.

gogeta259 wrote:
Must I pay 14 EUR per Game?

thats right! 14 EUR for each game that has a value under $100. and 22 EUR for each game that has a value over $100 .

Looking at the graded games i really think you are too picky Of cause sealed games might have many blemishes to inspect but hell.. I guess delving into every detail on a miscroscope level is wrong. These 93 and 87 pecrents can really raise many questions, Like "Why all these games look the same but still get different percents??" I guess you need to be more objective in your grading measures and maintain more accurate and efficient system. Like "50/60/80 percents or something".

i think you are being too picky as well , what if there was a very smal bump or slight tear ?? would the game only get about 18% ???

thats just my opinion , its your system so you know best ??

Dark Sol wrote:These 93 and 87 pecrents can really raise many questions, Like "Why all these games look the same but still get different percents??"

right ! That is the reason why I will add any negative point to our database (at the moment they all have the same negative points) ...
So stay tuned and you will understand that it is important to have a very very serious grading scale.

It is very important for me that a game is really really perfect and I have a high standard scale for my own collection.
I think its better to convert this standard scale to our grading system than overgrade every game! The users have to see what minor errors the game have for what they are paying hundred of Euros ! When you do not care about minor errors or something like that than this is no problem at all... you can buy all games that are lower rated ... the collector which are very strictly know that they are only can choice higher ratings!
Of course this way is more work for us but I think it is more satisfied...

happyheed wrote:i think you are being too picky as well , what if there was a very smal bump or slight tear ?? would the game only get about 18% ???

thats just my opinion , its your system so you know best ??

I have to agree, when you buy a game from the shop new - the game then should be classed as 100% - i don't think new games are devoid of small waves in the plastic. I think the games you showed were in mint condition in my eyes, and some of the games in my collection would not get a high percentage on Microscopic Analysis.

There are a lot of games that are coming from the factory with waves in the plastic seal or little waves on the top and bottom. The most notorious one I have seen lately is God of War 2, I have 4 copies and they are all identical with the waves. I would like to know how many collectors really care about a wave in the plastic seal anyway, if it's sealed then I collect it if there are no defects in the seal like a tear, rip or scratch.

Indeed. You're already grading NEW games. Such a wide scale fo grading can be really ridiculous. With such a "high standard" you can even give 10% off grade for a simple fungerpints on the plastic wrapping. Which is a nonsense.

Even a grade with 20 % or less is a good investment ! Why? - a simple answer: our grading system have high standards so every point you get is a point that increase the value of your game! so do not worry about the points your game will get !
Just focus on the grading level that you think is perfect for you ...
When you have low standards that doesn´t mean that everyone have those low standards and we want to serve every sealed collector with our rating system... So like I said just find the right rating level for you ..

@Dark: don't be ironic! I want a serious discussion and things that you believe can be improved...

thanks for clearing all that up . i fully understand your system now and i am very impressed with it . i wish i had loads of spare money so i could send some games but i will need to save
i keep spending all my money on expensive games just now but i will send some soon