With the recent talk of Tales from the Borderlands getting removed from digital stores and rented digital licenses rendered useless (cant redownload even if you purchased) And Stadias Future for game ownership...
Im genuinely curious about the people who shun physical copies and go strictly digital in these modern times.
I dont think im quite to the old and out of touch point... (i consider myself of the "xennial" generation... im 37, but im analog and tech savvy)
Xennial:
But i just dont understand why people dont seem to care about ownership anymore. Its almost alarming how many people i see who are fine with not owning their games.
I understand how digital makes things simple and convenient, i love not having to worry about swapping in some of my games in my digital library, or the fact i dont have to go to the store to buy a game.
But i also like the fact that ill be able to play all my games for as long as the console/disc/cart lasts and no one is taking that away from me with the exuse of expired licenses or companies closing down.
One argument i see a lot is the whole "but physical games have patches you still need to download!" Sure, but i can still play 99% of every game out of the box, it may have some issues, (and how many games are actually unplayable through and through or broken? Not many. ) but ill take a fully playable buggy game over... no game. So i dont really feel like that argument works.
I know that i can give my daughter my old ps4 in 15 years and she can play every game. I can give her the physical games to put on a shelf, she can sell any rare ones if she wants... because she will own them.
If ps4's psn shuts down in 30 years and she wants to let her kids play with the old ps4 in the attic, She can because those games still exist on her shelf.
Do people just not care about the future of their stuff? As long as they get to play it NOW, who cares if you cant play it in 10/20/30 years?
I dunno. The way people think about the whole digital vs physical is just interesting to me.
So, are why you fine with "renting" games?