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Physical discs still have a place!
- Thread starter buenoblue
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Magic Carpet
Member
Steam Deck 2 with a Bluray player.
Topher
Gold Member
Yep. Agree with the OP. I can get most of my money back selling my physical game when I'm done. I look at my digital library and I see a bunch of games sitting there that I'll never play again.
If someone prefers the convenience of digital then that is completely fine as well, but there is no denying the value of being able to sell or trade a game when you are done with it. That is a factual advantage in buying physical games.
If someone prefers the convenience of digital then that is completely fine as well, but there is no denying the value of being able to sell or trade a game when you are done with it. That is a factual advantage in buying physical games.
jm89
Member
buenoblue
Member
Like I said I end up rebuying the game digitally after a few years, that's about the right time for me to replay a game. Obviously if a game is one I really like or a multiplayer game I'll buy digital or keep the disc but a game like Gow Ragnarok which I know I'll be done with in a week or 2 trading in or selling is a great option.
As I've got older (I'm 46) I just don't have that collection feeling anymore and I'm more interested in playing the games than owning them. Though I do have over a thousand digital games lol.
As I've got older (I'm 46) I just don't have that collection feeling anymore and I'm more interested in playing the games than owning them. Though I do have over a thousand digital games lol.
buenoblue
Member
Lol I didn't wait for anything. The game came out, I played it for 26 hours in 11 days and payed £4 for it
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Topher
Gold Member
That makes sense. Sell them when the value is the highest and rebuy when the value is low. Economics 101.
Jayjayhd34
Member
You won't have a choice.
TheGodfather07
Member
Says who?
ZoukGalaxy
Member
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Art The Clown
Banned
I am mostly digital nowadays but still buy physical when the price is too good to pass up and better than digital prices.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
As long as there's a choice and I'm still interested in gaming, I'll always get the physical-capable device, personally.
Jayjayhd34
Member
EA have already said they will no longer sell physical games in Germany. Really can't see disk being option next gen. I mean pc gaming all digital and sales are up each year.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Wasn't the EA thing debunked as fake news already ?
TheGodfather07
Member
I think next gen is way too soon for all digital. There will be a big backlash if they announce a new console with no disc drive at all and the only way to buy games being through the store. Even if digital is majority now, people still won't like options being taken away. Especially the hardcore crowd.
Jayjayhd34
Member
Just statement saying they haven't stopped not that they aren't going stop.
ReBurn
Gold Member
My digital library is 95% games I bought for 80% or more off so I don't feel bad about a list that I won't play again. Probably didn't cost any more than buying physical and selling when I was done. These days I don't buy many new releases anyway. But if some wants to play new games for the least amount of money then buy physical and sell fast for sure.
Topher
Gold Member
Yeah, there are several ways to save money buying games. I will say that Steam gets better deals than consoles and that, in part, is due to not having to compete with physical inventory that publishers must sell first.
ReBurn
Gold Member
Agree. Console digital game sales aren't the best and have been worse since the start of this generation.
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Eddie-Griffin
Banned
Physical holds value over time. My three sealed copies of Chrono Trigger will continue to rise in price because the anime jrpgs fans are nuts and will pay t7op dollar for bad stuff, including Star ocean 4.
You do realize physical sales is a few hundred million games a year right?
and a quick perusal of gamestop trade in prices and they are not the nothing people act like, the 2 year old demon souls still trades for 17 dollars which is very convenient or if you want to put in extra effort it sells for about 35 to 40 on ebay. No games get down to pennies in months unless they balan wonderland level of disaster
And I know the gamestop pay pennies on the dollar, derp I don't understand economics crowd likes to act like gamestop gives nothing, they pay between 33 to 50% of their selling prices, which is actually generous for a reseller, far more than any mom and pop gamestore would ever give
If you need to make stuff up to support your beliefs made you should reevaluate them
Gamerguy84
Member
I enjoy both physical and digital to me there is a place for both. Depends what's on sale a lot.
The gen defining games I want physical to keep like a God of War. I have quite a collection of consoles and games including atari 2600 and sega genesis.
I'm not worried about changing disc's but if I have to have a game st midnight I'll get it digital but those are very few.
It really depends on what makes sense though. If I think I might trade it it's always physical. Won't trade off TLOU, GoW, or GT7s though.
The gen defining games I want physical to keep like a God of War. I have quite a collection of consoles and games including atari 2600 and sega genesis.
I'm not worried about changing disc's but if I have to have a game st midnight I'll get it digital but those are very few.
It really depends on what makes sense though. If I think I might trade it it's always physical. Won't trade off TLOU, GoW, or GT7s though.
fart town usa
Gold Member
vanilla CP2077 via PS4 is the best argument for physical copies of games.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
This is often repeated argument but... nobody throws away games. Landfills are not full of games lol.Of course they do.
These things sit in attic only for someone else to get it or buy it years later.
And running servers and stuff is also not free
BouncyFrag
Member
I’m super appreciating the ps5’s dd after only have the XSS this gen.
semiconscious
Member
i just got returnal, rift apart, & quarry for $25 each (currently $40 each, this's canada) thanks to return credit. so, there's that...
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
why pointless? These blurays are pretty durable and 99% of the time contain day 0 gold version of the game... just like switch cards really.
Yup if it’s a cart.
Otherwise i don’t give a shit.
Last gen was pointless.
The latest COD game is a 70mb file on the disc
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
almost all switch games are 100% ok on cart. no need to install all blurays need installing these days. Ps3 could run from disc..
Alan Wake
Member
I buy everything on disc if it's possible (and I never sell or trade). Only bummer is that sometimes the physical edition is delayed. I got Sonic Colours: Ultimate very late for "logistical reasons" and Sonic Frontiers was a few days late too. That's never an issue with digital.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
But the carts still don't contain patches.
So aside from having to install the game to ps5, it really is not much difference.
TheMan
Member
Sure they have a place. In my basement packed away or in the trash.
For real though, before the PS4 generation I thought I'd always stick to physical to some degree. But with the ps4 generation and it's constant sales that basically made up for the discounts I'd get by selling games, going all digital made sense. Add to that getting gigabit internet which made downloads faster than driving to gamestop, buying, driving back, and installing, and it was a no brainer. And lastly I never really cared for collecting games per se anyway, it was a means to an end.
So in short I disagree, physical is largely not useful anymore, especially when discs are often just glorified download keys anyway. Oh and then you're stuck keeping track of the disc and inserting when you want to play.
For real though, before the PS4 generation I thought I'd always stick to physical to some degree. But with the ps4 generation and it's constant sales that basically made up for the discounts I'd get by selling games, going all digital made sense. Add to that getting gigabit internet which made downloads faster than driving to gamestop, buying, driving back, and installing, and it was a no brainer. And lastly I never really cared for collecting games per se anyway, it was a means to an end.
So in short I disagree, physical is largely not useful anymore, especially when discs are often just glorified download keys anyway. Oh and then you're stuck keeping track of the disc and inserting when you want to play.
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93xfan
Banned
i agree. And I love being able to switch games without getting up. Bought a 5TB Hard drive and love having so many classic games on there.
Rocco Schiavone
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Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
well you have to install it losing the plug and play function.
i have like 200 ps3 games and almost all of them i can just insert and play.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
sure. But if we want to use fast SSD on ps5 or xsx, you gotta have the game on there.
So it's either that or carts and back to ps4 load times
pleaseinsertdisctwo
Member
I kind of hate digital because:
1. Very limited storage space, so I constantly have to delete, install, re-install, re-delete.
2. Idk if it’s my internet but on my PS4 installs take FOREVER.
Whereas with a disc you just pop it in and play.
I kind of wish the multi-disc games for this gen weren’t just install discs, either. I don’t wanna wait for the game to download
1. Very limited storage space, so I constantly have to delete, install, re-install, re-delete.
2. Idk if it’s my internet but on my PS4 installs take FOREVER.
Whereas with a disc you just pop it in and play.
I kind of wish the multi-disc games for this gen weren’t just install discs, either. I don’t wanna wait for the game to download
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
or ssd's that are so cheap to make you can replace discs
EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
Physical games greatest weakness is scratches on the disks.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
That was old 360 days though and before.
blurays are much more durable and bluray games on ps5 spin just when installed on when launching. you really have to try to scratch it.
angrod14
Member
It is very likely next-gen consoles (maybe even current gen slim versions) will have an optional external disc drive, sold either separately as an accesory or bundled with the console. The console itself will be all digital.
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Jayjayhd34
Member
Owned his ass.
Nobody throws their games in the trash.
What happens when you die.
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Kamina
Golden Boy
Oh the many games i have lost forever haunt me to this day.
If my wife or kids trash my games or consoles after my death rather than selling them as collectors items, i will haunt them in a way that poltergeist is shit in comparison.
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March Climber
Member
If this makes you think back to the good old days and feel old, it should.
PhaseJump
Banned
People in this thread are misconstruing a shit posting gif joke implying physical discs belong in a landfill, as an argument about whether people are collecting and discarding their games there in the first place.
Here are some fun tangents to worry about for those hoarding collectors who live in fear of the all encompassing digital only apocalypse:
Shelf space.
Disc rot.
Failing battery and capacitor leaks.
Stray cosmic rays.
Here are some fun tangents to worry about for those hoarding collectors who live in fear of the all encompassing digital only apocalypse:
Shelf space.
Disc rot.
Failing battery and capacitor leaks.
Stray cosmic rays.
Rocco Schiavone
Member
I have my own family and descendants. But thanks for caring.
Apart from that, one could also donate the equipment and children can enjoy the games.
If you die do you give away your digital account??
LavitzSlambert
Member
I’m fine with digital if either 1) it’s super cheap, or 2) it saves me from buying a second copy to use game sharing. There have been a couple other exceptions for games that I’d like the convenience of not needing a cart for, and that I don’t anticipate caring about going back to years from now.