Physical pros >you physically own the item >cool special editions >share or trade with friends >resell >can build a nice collection for a showcase >will be with you forever, can replay games even 30 years down the line
Physical cons >have to switch out the disc/cartridge for other games >day1 releases are annoying and not immediate >prone to undesirable physical misfortunes such as theft, fire or force majeure
Digital pros >purchases tied to your account, convenient >gameshare (if available) >everything is in your hard drive >immediately playable for pre-orders and day1 releases
Digital cons >lame special editions >possibility of losing access to your games during generational leaps for consoles if the platform owner is a dick >if you lose your account then everything is gone >can't say the n-word or you lose your account >you own nothing and you will be happy
Digital. I sold my entire physical collection in 2017/18 and went fully digital and only bought games that were on sale so ended up saving money. Didn't see the need to have a bookcase full of vidya just sitting there taking up space. I play on Xbox/Switch/PS so generally I can buy new games for much much cheaper than it would be physically, or older game keys for a few quid.
Jaxon Roberts
Physical unless the game is extremely elusive and or super discounted but since I pirate most everything I don't have that problem
Hunter Phillips
for me, it's Tinfoil free library, I can even access games a week before they release, it's pretty good
Mason Garcia
is it worth selling a switch on ebay or should I just sell all my shit on gamestop? I have the same one OP does
Owen Reed
I'm mixed, really depends on the game. Games I know I won't swap around too much, like a Monster Hunter game, I buy physically, but something like those Megaman X collections I prefer digitally.
Aiden Brooks
Physical >must consoom to preserve >disc gets scratched or cartridge becomes corrupted so it doesn't work >resale value is 80% less than what I bought it for >takes physical space Digital >doesn't take physical space,only hot a beefy hard drive for storage >less plastic waste >can always transfer from old console to new >always there to play no matter what
Juan Murphy
I havent brought a console past the xbox 360 because i refuse to use digital.
Have fun when you're living in the pod eating GMO "plant based" food
Ryan Taylor
>physical media Exists. >digital media Does not exist.
Kevin Howard
I buy my Switch games physically. I really only play the first-party games anyway so it's not a huge amount. I really wish the games came with manuals though. I have fond memories of reading my DS and Wii manuals.
Luke Morales
I get physical when possible for games that would benefit from sharing (i.e. RPGs or other single-player experiences.) Party and non-local-co-op games might as well just be bought digitally unless it comes with something. I also learned that switching microSD cards is a real pain in the dick, so even if you can get a lot of storage space, you don't necessarily want to cram it full of garbage.
Anthony Taylor
Ironically it was the Nintendo Switch, not PC gaming getting consumed by digital, that made me prefer digital over physical. I would totally buy big-box PC games if they were still around. When I got a 3DS and later a Switch I just realized I didn't wanna carry around a bunch of fucking cartridges and have to rebuy the game if something happened to one. When you spend as much of your life on the road as I do the thought of having to carry around all your entertainment in an age where they can be stored on SD cards is tiring, I could be using that room to store an AR15 and stockpile ammo instead
I became a ardent supporter of physical games, so I will be playing long after the servers are shut down Don't forget that you own the game not the DLC.
no you won't you will buy the remaster of the game for whatever platform is prevalent during that era, or you will pirate a copy of it to play in an emulator because your original system is already busted and is just inferior to all other available options
Jonathan Bennett
Depends but most games never get remastered unless you are one of the most popular studios I will obviously buy a game with DLC on cart.
Carter King
>>possibility of losing access to your games Has this happened to anyone here (who kept their games downloaded?) It's never happened to me. If it does, I know how to pirate, so it's not a problem.
Oliver Hernandez
Both. I like physical because if I really hate something I can just sell it, meanwhile the digital copy will always stain my library. Also it's nice to let other people borrow games. Digital is nice for smaller games that you can just redownload and play on and off.
Bentley Hall
I think it's more losing access or the means to actually use them? like say you've bought digital PS3 games in the past, and you can't play them on your PS4, or PSP games where the storefront and content is inaccessible now except through a PS3 or Vita. I think Nintendo had something similar with the Wii or 3DS but I don't know the details or what came out of it.
game or publisher specific ones, PT, Scott Pilgrim and some Marvel games come to mind, where apparently users can't even redownload them after they have been delisted.
Jordan Campbell
I'm only physical on Switch for storage reasons and sometimes PS5 because it's often cheaper and Sony region-lock your shit. But I'm slowly shifting to PC anyway and won't look back.
