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I don't think I'll be able to give up physical media until it's no longer available.
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I'm the same way, but with my money.
Which is why it will always be under my mattress or in the freezer.
Which is why it will always be under my mattress or in the freezer.
I stopped buying digital games about 2 years ago. If I ever get into a significant financial hardship I have hundreds of Nintendo games I can sell for a nice amount to keep me going for a while.
Once retail isn't a real factor that time from time turns into "hella often" as anyone who uses Steam a lot here can tell ya.
I have almost 600 games on Steam thanks to constant sales, and that's a lot more than I ever would have had were physical still around.
100% agree. Physical games have helped to fund so many new games and console purchases over the years. Trade-ins, private sales, and promos have allowed me to buy almost anything new that I've ever wanted on the cheap for as far back as I can remember. This generation has been especially fruitful. Any game, day one, no question, cost never a concern. It's been a fun ride....
Because we have hundreds of digital games especially on Steam.
Well mainstream big selling titles will continue to have physical copies. You still see movies and music sold in retail stores. Same thing will be the case with games. Gonna be a long time until they go away. Even some Netflix releases get physical versions these days.
Of course you will probably have to sell them online or at a mom and pop store though. Places like GameStop seem to be on the way out. Maybe Walmart or something will get in on the buying back old software.
As for digital storefronts. Every store should have a return policy like steam. I know Microsoft tested such a feature, never heard anything from it. And I do wish there was an option for trading digital games, I think there is one store that does it. Recently purchased by Nvidia, forget the name.
Biggest issue with Digital, is sometimes games get pulled before you have a chance to buy them. Would be nice to be able to buy them from people that own the copies of the games.
Edit: Robot Cache is the store I was thinking of.
And it was AMD not Nvidia. Looks like a partnership, not a buyout though.
www.pcmag.com/news/372568/amd-joins-alliance-to-support-blockchain-in-gaming
Of course you will probably have to sell them online or at a mom and pop store though. Places like GameStop seem to be on the way out. Maybe Walmart or something will get in on the buying back old software.
As for digital storefronts. Every store should have a return policy like steam. I know Microsoft tested such a feature, never heard anything from it. And I do wish there was an option for trading digital games, I think there is one store that does it. Recently purchased by Nvidia, forget the name.
Biggest issue with Digital, is sometimes games get pulled before you have a chance to buy them. Would be nice to be able to buy them from people that own the copies of the games.
Edit: Robot Cache is the store I was thinking of.
And it was AMD not Nvidia. Looks like a partnership, not a buyout though.
www.pcmag.com/news/372568/amd-joins-alliance-to-support-blockchain-in-gaming
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Gamestop is closing in Sweden next year, as far as I know that leaves 1 store that accepts trade-in games and it's an online-only retailer.
There's not really a culture of selling higher priced games. Usually it's on the Swedish Ebay equivalent or in Facebook groups and it's along the lines of "any of these games for 5$ or 10$". If it's any more expensive people will just buy it from retailers or digital.
There's not really a culture of selling higher priced games. Usually it's on the Swedish Ebay equivalent or in Facebook groups and it's along the lines of "any of these games for 5$ or 10$". If it's any more expensive people will just buy it from retailers or digital.
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Will it? Some folks got really bent out of shape over the potential of Steam users being able to resell their software.
I go physical for all my consoles, and digital for PC.
I prefer physical so I can keep them forever or sell them whenever I want. I visit my friends a lot for parties and bringing physical discs to play with them is awesome.
Also, when a platform's digital storefront closes, the physical games will likely go up in value.
I prefer physical so I can keep them forever or sell them whenever I want. I visit my friends a lot for parties and bringing physical discs to play with them is awesome.
Also, when a platform's digital storefront closes, the physical games will likely go up in value.
Definitely. Being able to play a game for a couple of hours to know if its for you or not and being able to get a refund is great. I've refunded quite a bit of games lately lol.
Yeah if I can't resell or borrow/lend then I don't want it, unless the price is significantly reduced. I also just like having the box
No company has a proven record that they can be trusted with digital games across generations, especially not Nintendo. With a couple exceptions I am physical only on consoles.
This is how I am also. On a rare occasion ill buy a physical pc game, likely due to a huge sale price. Otherwise, it's only digital for my pc. The consoles are only physical, beside the free crap... and I never really play that stuff long anyways.
And how many of those did you play for 30 min, realize it was crap, and never touch again?
Now days It's different on steam since the return policy exists. But before that, you where stuck with them. I have a huge collection of steam trash too. Nothing to be proud of, haha
Do you not? What are we calling a collection here? Surely you've amassed maybe a dozen or two favorite games over the years that you didn't sell after beating them. To me, that's a collection, and as another poster put it somewhat brashly, "clutter." I'm full digital at this point but I've still got a single shelf full of games I haven't found the will to part with yet, but don't get touched hardly at all. You have nothing similar to that?
I've gone physical with both my PC and console collection whenever possible. Much harder with PC gaming, seeing how Steam and other digital storefronts ruined that trade. I'm more over it, but I still physically buy retro games over getting their digital equivalents.
I am also getting tired of people lazily using "clutter" as some bullshit buzzword over items they don't like or appreciate. Nothing wrong with a person who takes care of their items, and can have a beautiful box art, manual, or collectables to look at and use whenever they want. On top of that, I often sell and trade my physical games easily without ever having to pay the publisher or anyone else. That can't be beat.
I am also getting tired of people lazily using "clutter" as some bullshit buzzword over items they don't like or appreciate. Nothing wrong with a person who takes care of their items, and can have a beautiful box art, manual, or collectables to look at and use whenever they want. On top of that, I often sell and trade my physical games easily without ever having to pay the publisher or anyone else. That can't be beat.
So far the amount of games I have not played is 20, and 10 of those is because they are dead multiplayer games I got through Humble Bundle. Really not that crazy, I don't go around buying stuff willy nilly unless I will play it.
Convenience of digital is best felt with handheld games that's why I had my wife switched to digital when she got her PS Vita. As for home consoles, digital convenience isn't that big especially with how stupidly big games are becoming and even requiring available space just to update. This is where physical is beneficial because there is no need to re-download games.
Why not?
Oh so it's just better to take out the choice of purchase the preferred media from the customers and force only one choice of digital media down their throats ?
A) You have the choice of buying your games physically or digitally just pick your preference
B) You have only one choice buy it digitally or f**k off
Is that it?
These threads always turn out the same, why do we care so much about how others choose to buy games? Why are people seriously taking jabs at others over this. Both physical and digital have their pros and the way you prefer isn't the "right" way. Having options benefits us all
I think there is a discussion to be had about the pros and cons of each approach of owning games in an increasingly digitized world, I don't see the problem with talking about it.
I have 8 Switch games on my shelf. That's all. No PS4 or XBone games.
Oh no problem with talking about it at all and the OP is rather well structured, it's just some of the strange dismissive posts it leads to
I kind of understand this.
I prefer physical myself but with Gamepass and a couple of recent via have a lot of digital, I'm not strongly against digital, it's a good option sometimes.
When I hear people talk in favour of digital here the strength of sentiment is always very surprising:
"Game boxes are absolutely gross"
"Digital is significantly better"
And I just wonder why the sentiment is so strong over two options that have the same outcome, the strength of feeling here has always seemed odd.
Me neither and I'll never understand why some people who go digital feel a need to push for the death of physical media and spend so much time talking it up as the only future.
That is until the physical copy of a brand new console game is $10/$20 cheaper than its digital variant.
Nintendo is most notorious for having most their games at original retail price no matter how long the game's been out.
So the problem isnt digital. The problem is subpar online services that still dont have refunds.
Best of both worlds for me is physical that activates on a service.
I feel like physical media has way better sales earlier in a games life. Those target / best buy B2G1 sales are awesome when picking up multiple new releases at once.
I'm pretty much fully committed to being all digital now. It's just way more convenient, I don't particularly care about trading in or selling games any more and I almost never buy games unless they're on sale so it's not even more expensive. There's no downsides to being all digital for me, plenty of upsides though.
I like the freedom of physical, but I don't like having piles of things any more, the freeing up of actual physical space is a plus for digital only. The negatives still outweigh for me in general, but I see + and - of both. I guess for now it's ok since we have both.
The console services really do need a refund option like Steam has. Less than two hours played, return the game for a full refund.
As long as I can buy a physical copy on release, beat and then sell 2-4 weeks later for 80-90% of the original price I'm never going digital.
Very rarely do I keep a game and when I do I know that beforehand and then digital is convenient (Mario Kart, Smash Bros etc)
Very rarely do I keep a game and when I do I know that beforehand and then digital is convenient (Mario Kart, Smash Bros etc)
As long as companies like Limited Run Games pick up the slack I don't give a shit, all the zeitgeist games are GaaS downloads anyway. Give me my limited physical copy and stick to digital for wide distribution.
Once consoles go digital only I'm out. I have plenty of other interests and a massive collection to enjoy instead.
Once consoles go digital only I'm out. I have plenty of other interests and a massive collection to enjoy instead.
