Just as the title says, where is the industry heading with these unaceptable practices?
For example, everyone is talking about how good the new Sonic Mania is, so I was curious and found the Collector's Edition. To my surprise it doesn't include the physical game, only a digital code and it costs 69,99 USD.
Then I remembered EA's Unravel, they put on sale a Collector's Edition that it only includes a handmade yarn figure of the game's protagonist Yarny, again, not the actual physical copy of the game.
99% of the games we currently buy do not even include a manual, just the disc. The only exception I can think of is "Shovel Knight" and that really makes it special to me.
What are your thoughts? I really can't stand it anymore, it feels like we're approaching a 100% digital world.
For example, everyone is talking about how good the new Sonic Mania is, so I was curious and found the Collector's Edition. To my surprise it doesn't include the physical game, only a digital code and it costs 69,99 USD.
Then I remembered EA's Unravel, they put on sale a Collector's Edition that it only includes a handmade yarn figure of the game's protagonist Yarny, again, not the actual physical copy of the game.
99% of the games we currently buy do not even include a manual, just the disc. The only exception I can think of is "Shovel Knight" and that really makes it special to me.
What are your thoughts? I really can't stand it anymore, it feels like we're approaching a 100% digital world.