How much would you get for a used BF 2042 disc? - I wouldn't pay more than $1.Battlefield 2042 is the perfect example why digital only sucks. You can't sell this turd and If I would listen to the digital only fanboys I had to keep this turd forever.
But I'm smart and buy my games mostly physical. At least I can sell these turds.
Same exact reasons why i finally went digital this gen.I thought digital wasnt worth doing at the start of the 2013 systems, but my opinion changed when:
- You could do home sharing with a friend and split costs 50/50
- Disc based games needed big time storage to install, while for 360 almost no games needed that. Just run it straight off the disc. So that big advantage of running off a disc fast with no needed for an external USB HDD to store games disappeared
- Digital deals became good. At the tail end of 360/PS3 era and beginning of One/PS4 era, the digital stores prices were crap. Now, if you wait yo can get good digital sales. Not as good as Steam or bargain binning a disc at Walmart for $9.99, but the sales are close enough
- Game Pass
Zero interest going back to disc . I think the last disc game I bought was Witcher 3 that came with a small cartoon book. I'm not a collector, my console is always hooked up to the net, and I like my games patched. Combo digital sales with home sharing, and the price for a game is dirt cheap and you keep it (until its service ends at some point). The old way of two of us buying discs and trading them in to scrape back money costs more and you lose the game.
It’s still dumb to own physical these days unless you trade in games or you are “ collecting “.
Day one patches are more prevalent than ever and most of you will loose or throw them away one day anyway.
No point in fighting what is inevitable.
The ones that are going to lose their digital games are Sony and Ninty fans, yet you put the blame on the user that goes digital, talk about "corporate slaves" .Fixed
No. I've always thought digital is better in almost every way, and still do.
And if you think, in 2022, that you own a game just because you have a "touchable" thing, you're an idiot.
The ones that are going to lose their digital games are Sony and Ninty fans, yet you put the blame on the user that goes digital, talk about "corporate slaves" .
That goes to the OP too, it's interesting how he wants to discuss what is our view on how bad digital games are, yet he should be discussing how shitty Nintendo and Sony are for not letting their customers have their digital games.
This make no sense. You call people that prefer to own their stuff and replay their games 30 from now idiots. Now you saying Microsoft is special regarding to digital log compared to everyone else! What ?The ones that are going to lose their digital games are Sony and Ninty fans, yet you put the blame on the user that goes digital, talk about "corporate slaves" .
That goes to the OP too, it's interesting how he wants to discuss what is our view on how bad digital games are, yet he should be discussing how shitty Nintendo and Sony are for not letting their customers have their digital games.
A physical game is mechanically encoded object that you are entitled to use, alter, retain and transfer as you please. It is both a license and a physically stored copy of the game that the licensor can't restrict your access to and has no right to confiscate from you. The same is not true of digital rentals.
Is that supposed to negate what I said?SOFTWARE PRODUCT LICENSE AGREEMENT
www.playstation.com
They're the ones concerning OP points. While digital games fromHow am I an idiot when I'm able to sell that "touchable" thing that I own?
I'm not following this. How are Sony and Nintendo different from anyone else as far as digital games are concerned?
Well, take a look at the OP.How am I an idiot when I'm able to sell that "touchable" thing that I own?
I'm not following this. How are Sony and Nintendo different from anyone else as far as digital games are concerned?
Microsoft? Where did I mention Microsoft LMAO!This make no sense. You call people that prefer to own their stuff and replay their games 30 from now idiots. Now you saying Microsoft is special regarding to digital log compared to everyone else! What ?
If one day Ms decides to sell xbox and the new owner shuts down the servers, you could gauge your eyes out and there is nothing you can do. Say goodbye to the games you own. Hell try to play dates inferno today for example. Is a pain in the ass. And is a game from a time where physical was very dominant.
They're the ones concerning OP points. While digital games from
Well, take a look at the OP.
I'm not losing the games I bought in 2005 from Steam. Yet he's talking about Nintendo games being lost and possibly Sony games.
If you prefer to own things is ok. Now, if you think you own a thing just because you have a plastic, then you're an idiot. Go read some TOS buddy, you own jack shit despite having a physical disc.
Selling Battlefield 2042 to someone else is basically assault.Battlefield 2042 is the perfect example why digital only sucks. You can't sell this turd and If I would listen to the digital only fanboys I had to keep this turd forever.
But I'm smart and buy my games mostly physical. At least I can sell these turds.
I want to change my vote now lolYeah they've changed.
I hate digital more with each passing year
The difference is a company is being literal shit to their costumers. Not the hardware. The owners of those hardware pieces are the same that are shutting down their digital stores and not giving their customers a way to backup their games.The difference being Steam isn't tied to a hardware platform like the stores referenced in the OP. And since physical isn't even a choice on PC it isn't a comparable scenario regardless.
Again....that plastic has value and can be resold or traded. Suggesting there is absolutely no ownership with physical discs, on console at least, is disingenuous.
The difference is a company is being literal shit to their costumers. Not the hardware. The owners of those hardware pieces are the same that are shutting down their digital stores and not giving their customers a way to backup their games.
And if all comes down for you to reselling games, then what's the point of ownership in the first place if you're getting rid of your game as fast as you can? Is it the money? Because if it is, then why don't go digital where you can get better prices 90% of the times? You can even share games and you end up getting games by half the price or less in day one... I don't think you could get more value than that to be honest.
So yeah, I still remain to see a meaningful objective argument in favour of physical games in this day and era (emphasis on OBJECTIVE, not subjective).