levyjl1988
Banned
Seems like there are those still resistant from going all-digital in video games.
With PC everything is through Steam, GoG, etc. Gone are the floppy disks, CD's, USB thumb drives, now everything is being stored through HDD's, downloaded from online stores etc.
Digital games are easily transferred from p2p, torrents and downloaded.
But on the handheld and console gaming physical is still surviving.
There have been subtle ways that publishers promoted digital.
One being, the lack of effort on physical boxes. If you noticed for example N64, Gameboy Colour, Gameboy Advance, there were boxes that had different artwork on all sides of the box. There was thick instruction manuals, etc.Then boxes were replaced by the DVD case, which I loved. The DVD cases took up very little space, it had a plastic cover to prevent damage on the inside cover sheet, etc. The manuals slipped inside by these two holders and the DVD was held in place by a push-button mechanism. Then the quality started to deteriorate. No longer was there an effort anymore. Plastic was heavily reduced with those shitty eco cases, making it easy to puncture the case with a pen and ruin the cover sheets. Gone are the manuals and instruction booklets in favor of in-game tutorials, etc. In its place were DLC codes, online passes that deterred used game copies, Cover art that would have a double print was regulated to single print, etc. The overall physical copy dropped, there were less weight.
For the Xbox 360 days you would put a game like Halo Reach and play the game after attending a sweet launch event.
For Xbox One, there wasn't really a launch event but installing it to your HDD, which tooks hours based on your internet connection.
Games that are physical now lack almost everything.
It's lacking the Day one patch and future patches. It's lacking the DLC and expansions, etc.
What you are really getting is a vanilla copy of the game. So if the apocalypse occurs where there is no internet and you pick up a brand new switch console and say Animal Crossing New Horizons, you won't get those patches to install, you won't download those expansions and new content. The content is split up from the physical copy. Gone are the glory days where you bought the game and it was sold to you as an all in one product, whatever bugs are in there was shipped with the game.
Game development now is difficult, too many things can go wrong, quality control is gone. Companies can ship out a broken game and release a patch for it next, if that patch is also broken, release another patch.
Games being watched are no longer the game it was originally. I mean sure you can play the game unpatched from a physical copy, but the numerical patches in between are lost. Physical games are either non patched or latest patch.
Physical games are not inserted into a drive to play directly anymore, it's a means of a physical license key. Though not being tethered to being account bound, it can be traded and resold.
Who really lends games to friends anymore, if it's a multiplayer game and you and your friend want to play, then each gets their own copy.
Next-Gen Consoles are releasing with two versions, disc version and all digital. That option is given to promote an all-digital future.
Samsung stopped manufacturing 4k BluRay players.
Modern laptops don't have a DVD or BluRay drive, although can be purchased external.
Physical media is being dropped altogether in favour of streaming.
How long until physical gaming is completely wiped out?
I understand there are those still going for all digital with Limited Run Games releasing physical copies of games with all the manuals, printed documents, occupying CE box, etc. And then those are bought up by scalpers and resold for higher prices online.
To be honest, when I buy a physical copy I am happy when a game released does not have a slipcover or insert in its original manufacture. I guess it gives me that peace of mind that I don't have to hunt for missing parts when going for complete in box. Just a simple cover art, perhaps holographic or something would suffice. Worrying about packaging in collector's editions are kinda annoying especially when one wants to keep it mint.
Anyways going back on topic.
How long until physical gaming is completely wiped out?
Is this going to be the last gen we see physical? Microsoft promoting their Game Pass and Xcloud, etc.
What year would that be?
With PC everything is through Steam, GoG, etc. Gone are the floppy disks, CD's, USB thumb drives, now everything is being stored through HDD's, downloaded from online stores etc.
Digital games are easily transferred from p2p, torrents and downloaded.
But on the handheld and console gaming physical is still surviving.
There have been subtle ways that publishers promoted digital.
One being, the lack of effort on physical boxes. If you noticed for example N64, Gameboy Colour, Gameboy Advance, there were boxes that had different artwork on all sides of the box. There was thick instruction manuals, etc.Then boxes were replaced by the DVD case, which I loved. The DVD cases took up very little space, it had a plastic cover to prevent damage on the inside cover sheet, etc. The manuals slipped inside by these two holders and the DVD was held in place by a push-button mechanism. Then the quality started to deteriorate. No longer was there an effort anymore. Plastic was heavily reduced with those shitty eco cases, making it easy to puncture the case with a pen and ruin the cover sheets. Gone are the manuals and instruction booklets in favor of in-game tutorials, etc. In its place were DLC codes, online passes that deterred used game copies, Cover art that would have a double print was regulated to single print, etc. The overall physical copy dropped, there were less weight.
For the Xbox 360 days you would put a game like Halo Reach and play the game after attending a sweet launch event.
For Xbox One, there wasn't really a launch event but installing it to your HDD, which tooks hours based on your internet connection.
Games that are physical now lack almost everything.
It's lacking the Day one patch and future patches. It's lacking the DLC and expansions, etc.
What you are really getting is a vanilla copy of the game. So if the apocalypse occurs where there is no internet and you pick up a brand new switch console and say Animal Crossing New Horizons, you won't get those patches to install, you won't download those expansions and new content. The content is split up from the physical copy. Gone are the glory days where you bought the game and it was sold to you as an all in one product, whatever bugs are in there was shipped with the game.
Game development now is difficult, too many things can go wrong, quality control is gone. Companies can ship out a broken game and release a patch for it next, if that patch is also broken, release another patch.
Games being watched are no longer the game it was originally. I mean sure you can play the game unpatched from a physical copy, but the numerical patches in between are lost. Physical games are either non patched or latest patch.
Physical games are not inserted into a drive to play directly anymore, it's a means of a physical license key. Though not being tethered to being account bound, it can be traded and resold.
Who really lends games to friends anymore, if it's a multiplayer game and you and your friend want to play, then each gets their own copy.
Next-Gen Consoles are releasing with two versions, disc version and all digital. That option is given to promote an all-digital future.
Samsung stopped manufacturing 4k BluRay players.
Modern laptops don't have a DVD or BluRay drive, although can be purchased external.
Physical media is being dropped altogether in favour of streaming.
How long until physical gaming is completely wiped out?
I understand there are those still going for all digital with Limited Run Games releasing physical copies of games with all the manuals, printed documents, occupying CE box, etc. And then those are bought up by scalpers and resold for higher prices online.
To be honest, when I buy a physical copy I am happy when a game released does not have a slipcover or insert in its original manufacture. I guess it gives me that peace of mind that I don't have to hunt for missing parts when going for complete in box. Just a simple cover art, perhaps holographic or something would suffice. Worrying about packaging in collector's editions are kinda annoying especially when one wants to keep it mint.
Anyways going back on topic.
How long until physical gaming is completely wiped out?
Is this going to be the last gen we see physical? Microsoft promoting their Game Pass and Xcloud, etc.
What year would that be?
