nothing thing beats having a collection of games on the shelf.
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i think we should all use common sense and logic when we answer and ask a question but always stay open minded
just cause science fails to explain something does not mean its real (afterlife,big foot, ghosts etc..) does not mean its fake try to stay opened mined instead of closed
Let's see... My computer refuses to run disk games... I lost my entire childhood Playstation collection, and my favourite DS game... Some dude who I was forced to let borrow my Morrowind scratched it to death before I could ever play it that much... And time has started to wear down a couple of my games that I've owned for 5-10 years.
Yeah, I think I'm going digital. It's nice because you buy it and you just own it forever. Unless you're locked out of your account somehow, you can't lose it, break it, or be forced by your parents to let some guy you don't know borrow it and ruin it!
Although a shelf of games would be nostalgic, it's more a symbol than anything, so I'd just buy the empty box off ebay or something and call it a day. xD
I like both but if I had to choose one it would be digital
I just bought the physical copy of Civilization V the complete edition because the Steam version was 49.99 and the physical game gave you a Steam code also was 29.99.
Now I have an oversized poster of the Tech Tree and specific Charts lol
I've learned the hard way when my boys were younger that digital is preferable, because there are no scratching. Though at that time there wasn't much but 360 (or PS3 if I had it) to make a choice on full digital games, and not just arcade or previous system games like Wii VC then. Now when I shop, I check both digital and physical for the best price. Which is all that matters for me. Though digital do last longer and especially now, with the One, the 360 has a lot of sales. Just downloaded Darksiders 2 and two DLC levels for $12 last week. Since then I have replaced, when available to do so, any games that the discs become scratched on newer generation consoles with digital downloads.
Now my comics .... I'll always prefer physical copies.
Bettie Mae Page "Queen of Pinups" April 22, 1923 - Dec. 11, 2008
“We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing. ” -- Charles Bukowski
Both. It depends on the game. For PC games digital is sensible because by the time you get the game there is usually an update that is twice the size of the data on the disc anyway.
For console games, Physical, because you can resell them later and you aren't dependent on a digital download service. Which is not to suggest that Digital has no place there, either, since it still has the convenience of not requiring you to swap the physical media. However, Digital is sometimes priced the same as physical, making the digital version a bit moot.
As far as discs being scratched/unplayable, I only have one game that exhibits problems- Kirby Air Ride- and it is only in a particular Mini game and most importantly it was like that when I bought it. Otherwise it seems putting them back into their case has prevented any problems.
On console I have a tendency to learn towards physical while on PC I lean towards digital. Just sentimental value mostly since I've been a gamer for 25 years. Though as far as my Vita is concerned I will indefinitely lean towards physical copies over digital, even if digital is more convenient. There's no way you don't know the grotesque prices of Vita memory cards. If those prices were more fair then I probably wouldn't care on a handheld much like PSN classics. I have the 64 GB card (actual 59) but if there's a choice on saving that memory when able then I will take that option.
I don't scratch my discs so physical isn't an issue on a console, though I am slowly shying away from consoles as a whole. At present I am a costumer of Steam (PC) and Sony (Vita/PS3), the former is digital while the latter I prefer physical.
I haven't bought a physical copy of a game since I owned a PS2 in 2004. That said, I haven't owned a console since then either and only play games on the PC.
Actually, no. I lie. I think I purchased a physical copy of Homeworld 2 in like... 2006.
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I like the art of physical packaging and the evolution of the game medium from cartridge to disc. Though digital is far more convenient.
While we're the topic of physical vs digital:
Movies and TV shows: Pretty much digital now, I really don't see the use of buying the CDs. Though I really don't buy anything in that medium anymore, I just use Netflix.
Music: I'm nerdy and get physical copies whenever possible.
Books and comics: Usually physical since I don't have an appropriate e-book.
I personally prefer discs. And scratching? What do you do to your discs? Throw them in a wood chipper?
My Halo Wars has well over 400-500 hours of run time on it, still runs like a champ.
Recently pulled my PS2 out and replaced the laser so I could re-live my Gran Turismo days, only to find that I couldn't because all. ALL. of the PS2 discs I found in the back of a cupboard were scratched and the laser still couldn't read them. 10 year old me was terrible at looking after things apparently, discs in particular.
Add this to the reasons I prefer digital copies over physical. Guess i'll go back to PCSX2.
Recently pulled my PS2 out and replaced the laser so I could re-live my Gran Turismo days, only to find that I couldn't because all. ALL. of the PS2 discs I found in the back of a cupboard were scratched and the laser still couldn't read them. 10 year old me was terrible at looking after things apparently, discs in particular.
Add this to the reasons I prefer digital copies over physical.
The main issue with modern physical media (discs) is not innate in the media but is more that one of the big demographics for video games doesn't tend to take good enough care of them. Realistically cartridges were a lot more robust for that subset of players, though had their own limitations.
However I really don't think it is reasonable to say digital is better because 10-year old you destroyed physical media. 10-year old me would have destroyed discs too if they were the de facto console media. But I'm not 10 anymore, so there is no reason for me to evaluate things I am using today based on that context.
The main issue with modern physical media (discs) is not innate in the media but is more that one of the big demographics for video games doesn't tend to take good enough care of them. Realistically cartridges were a lot more robust for that subset of players, though had their own limitations.
However I really don't think it is reasonable to say digital is better because 10-year old you destroyed physical media. 10-year old me would have destroyed discs too if they were the de facto console media. But I'm not 10 anymore, so there is no reason for me to evaluate things I am using today based on that context.
30 years later I am just now having issues with getting not just my NES cartridges themselves but my NES to work as well as it has over the years. Thankfully the games that get repeat play on it I've since bought on the Wii Virtual Console. My SNES and SNES games all work almost flawlessly. However my N64 hasn't fared as well. Though this is the console both my boys, when 5-7 age area starting learning to play games on. Then they went to the Gamecube before the Wii came out, and I've spent more money repeat buying games on the it, and another console itself, then I have on any other system. By the time Wii came along they were a bit more responsible. But even at 9 and 12 now, I still find games sitting on beds, couches, tables; not in their cases. I try to understand, as nothing really isn't fragile when it comes to entertainment. I grew up with game cartridges, cassette tapes, no ipods, phones, internet, computers, or discs of any kind to scratch. The things targeted at kids, were more or less, designed with the durability needed to with stand kid's handling.
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Bettie Mae Page "Queen of Pinups" April 22, 1923 - Dec. 11, 2008
“We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing. ” -- Charles Bukowski
For PC I prefer digital copies, because of all the virtual libraries (Origin, Steam, so on and so forth), as well as the websites that sell steam keys for games that you'd be paying twice the amount for a physical copy.
For my Xbox and PS4, physical, easy. I have a shelf full on Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS1 (yes, I kept mine), PS2, PS3, PS4, Super Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS Lite and PSP games. I think that's a fairly accurate way to identify if someone has been gaming for a long time or not.
The main issue with modern physical media (discs) is not innate in the media but is more that one of the big demographics for video games doesn't tend to take good enough care of them. Realistically cartridges were a lot more robust for that subset of players, though had their own limitations.
However I really don't think it is reasonable to say digital is better because 10-year old you destroyed physical media. 10-year old me would have destroyed discs too if they were the de facto console media. But I'm not 10 anymore, so there is no reason for me to evaluate things I am using today based on that context.
Digital. I've pretty much abandoned physical copies due to them taking up shelf space. With digital, all I need is a 2TB Hard Drive and I'm good to go. The last hard copy I got was Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword back in 2011.
For the sake of having a game, physical. In practice I'd much rather it digital. Being able to hold a game in your hand is cool, but isn't as good as digital IMO.
Physical. I've never lost a game disc due to scratching even when I was little, I always made to sure put the games back in their case whenever I was done playing one particular game on console or whenever I had to move.
I'm not sure how it works and I could just be paranoid, but I fear that if I bought games digitally that there lies the chance I will never be able to play them again if the company hosting the downloads for the games went bankrupt or something else along the lines.
Pretty simple question. Do you prefer buying your games as a physical disk or as a digital copy?
I know that I am going full digital. I have lost about 5 games to scratches in the last 4 months.
But what do you like?
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Digital definitely. The amount of discs I've obliterated is unreal.
nothing thing beats having a collection of games on the shelf.
"good night, good luck" -dying light
i think we should all use common sense and logic when we answer and ask a question but always stay open minded
just cause science fails to explain something does not mean its real (afterlife,big foot, ghosts etc..) does not mean its fake try to stay opened mined instead of closed
Let's see... My computer refuses to run disk games... I lost my entire childhood Playstation collection, and my favourite DS game... Some dude who I was forced to let borrow my Morrowind scratched it to death before I could ever play it that much... And time has started to wear down a couple of my games that I've owned for 5-10 years.
Yeah, I think I'm going digital. It's nice because you buy it and you just own it forever. Unless you're locked out of your account somehow, you can't lose it, break it, or be forced by your parents to let some guy you don't know borrow it and ruin it!
Although a shelf of games would be nostalgic, it's more a symbol than anything, so I'd just buy the empty box off ebay or something and call it a day. xD
I like both but if I had to choose one it would be digital
I just bought the physical copy of Civilization V the complete edition because the Steam version was 49.99 and the physical game gave you a Steam code also was 29.99.
Now I have an oversized poster of the Tech Tree and specific Charts lol
I've learned the hard way when my boys were younger that digital is preferable, because there are no scratching. Though at that time there wasn't much but 360 (or PS3 if I had it) to make a choice on full digital games, and not just arcade or previous system games like Wii VC then. Now when I shop, I check both digital and physical for the best price. Which is all that matters for me. Though digital do last longer and especially now, with the One, the 360 has a lot of sales. Just downloaded Darksiders 2 and two DLC levels for $12 last week. Since then I have replaced, when available to do so, any games that the discs become scratched on newer generation consoles with digital downloads.
Now my comics .... I'll always prefer physical copies.
Bettie Mae Page "Queen of Pinups" April 22, 1923 - Dec. 11, 2008
“We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing. ” -- Charles Bukowski
Both. It depends on the game. For PC games digital is sensible because by the time you get the game there is usually an update that is twice the size of the data on the disc anyway.
For console games, Physical, because you can resell them later and you aren't dependent on a digital download service. Which is not to suggest that Digital has no place there, either, since it still has the convenience of not requiring you to swap the physical media. However, Digital is sometimes priced the same as physical, making the digital version a bit moot.
As far as discs being scratched/unplayable, I only have one game that exhibits problems- Kirby Air Ride- and it is only in a particular Mini game and most importantly it was like that when I bought it. Otherwise it seems putting them back into their case has prevented any problems.
Depends on the system.
On console I have a tendency to learn towards physical while on PC I lean towards digital. Just sentimental value mostly since I've been a gamer for 25 years. Though as far as my Vita is concerned I will indefinitely lean towards physical copies over digital, even if digital is more convenient. There's no way you don't know the grotesque prices of Vita memory cards. If those prices were more fair then I probably wouldn't care on a handheld much like PSN classics. I have the 64 GB card (actual 59) but if there's a choice on saving that memory when able then I will take that option.
I don't scratch my discs so physical isn't an issue on a console, though I am slowly shying away from consoles as a whole. At present I am a costumer of Steam (PC) and Sony (Vita/PS3), the former is digital while the latter I prefer physical.
I haven't bought a physical copy of a game since I owned a PS2 in 2004. That said, I haven't owned a console since then either and only play games on the PC.
Actually, no. I lie. I think I purchased a physical copy of Homeworld 2 in like... 2006.
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I like the art of physical packaging and the evolution of the game medium from cartridge to disc. Though digital is far more convenient.
While we're the topic of physical vs digital:
Movies and TV shows: Pretty much digital now, I really don't see the use of buying the CDs. Though I really don't buy anything in that medium anymore, I just use Netflix.
Music: I'm nerdy and get physical copies whenever possible.
Books and comics: Usually physical since I don't have an appropriate e-book.
I personally prefer discs. And scratching? What do you do to your discs? Throw them in a wood chipper?
My Halo Wars has well over 400-500 hours of run time on it, still runs like a champ.
Recently pulled my PS2 out and replaced the laser so I could re-live my Gran Turismo days, only to find that I couldn't because all. ALL. of the PS2 discs I found in the back of a cupboard were scratched and the laser still couldn't read them. 10 year old me was terrible at looking after things apparently, discs in particular.
Add this to the reasons I prefer digital copies over physical. Guess i'll go back to PCSX2.
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The main issue with modern physical media (discs) is not innate in the media but is more that one of the big demographics for video games doesn't tend to take good enough care of them. Realistically cartridges were a lot more robust for that subset of players, though had their own limitations.
However I really don't think it is reasonable to say digital is better because 10-year old you destroyed physical media. 10-year old me would have destroyed discs too if they were the de facto console media. But I'm not 10 anymore, so there is no reason for me to evaluate things I am using today based on that context.
30 years later I am just now having issues with getting not just my NES cartridges themselves but my NES to work as well as it has over the years. Thankfully the games that get repeat play on it I've since bought on the Wii Virtual Console. My SNES and SNES games all work almost flawlessly. However my N64 hasn't fared as well. Though this is the console both my boys, when 5-7 age area starting learning to play games on. Then they went to the Gamecube before the Wii came out, and I've spent more money repeat buying games on the it, and another console itself, then I have on any other system. By the time Wii came along they were a bit more responsible. But even at 9 and 12 now, I still find games sitting on beds, couches, tables; not in their cases. I try to understand, as nothing really isn't fragile when it comes to entertainment. I grew up with game cartridges, cassette tapes, no ipods, phones, internet, computers, or discs of any kind to scratch. The things targeted at kids, were more or less, designed with the durability needed to with stand kid's handling.
Bettie Mae Page "Queen of Pinups" April 22, 1923 - Dec. 11, 2008
“We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing. ” -- Charles Bukowski
For Consoles, I prefer physical still, I just prefer having the game boxes to display.
For PC, I extremley dislike clutter and Steam is a saviour. Digital downloads are great.
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For PC I prefer digital copies, because of all the virtual libraries (Origin, Steam, so on and so forth), as well as the websites that sell steam keys for games that you'd be paying twice the amount for a physical copy.
For my Xbox and PS4, physical, easy. I have a shelf full on Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS1 (yes, I kept mine), PS2, PS3, PS4, Super Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS Lite and PSP games. I think that's a fairly accurate way to identify if someone has been gaming for a long time or not.
Ripping Floppy Disks back in 2007 was cool.
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Digital. I've pretty much abandoned physical copies due to them taking up shelf space. With digital, all I need is a 2TB Hard Drive and I'm good to go. The last hard copy I got was Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword back in 2011.
For the sake of having a game, physical. In practice I'd much rather it digital. Being able to hold a game in your hand is cool, but isn't as good as digital IMO.
Physical. I've never lost a game disc due to scratching even when I was little, I always made to sure put the games back in their case whenever I was done playing one particular game on console or whenever I had to move.
I'm not sure how it works and I could just be paranoid, but I fear that if I bought games digitally that there lies the chance I will never be able to play them again if the company hosting the downloads for the games went bankrupt or something else along the lines.