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PlayStation 5 owners prefer boxed games to downloads
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nightmare-slain
Banned
i can't take people seriously who buy physical games. i look forward to when consoles are all digital and you have no option but to buy digitally. the sooner MS/Sony abandon the disc drive the better.
MiguelItUp
Member
As someone that's approaching 40, I just don't think I'll ever be comfortable going fully digital on console. When I think of consoles, I think of physical games, and if the prices are the same I feel like having something physical makes much more sense.
Right?! Returnal is $30 via Walmart.com but on the PS Store I think it's $47/50? Lmao.
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Oddvintagechap
Member
I been all digital since PS3, full price usually. I buy based on interest.
Physiognomonics
Member
Indeed. Well this is the reason many prefer buying discs on PS5. It's ususally less expensive for recent titles and you can resell the game later. My guess is many PS5 players are also buying used discs, notably for those stupidely expensive exclusives games.
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Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
I buy a mixture of both but I love that white banner. I wished Sony went with either a white case or a black one.
SkylineRKR
Member
I think digital is more convenient, you don't have to switch discs and you can download a game overnight. You don't have to store your cases as well.
But the prices are fucked up. At launch there isn't much difference, though I could get Village physical for 59 day one. In the store it was 69. And the deals are fucked. My friend bought Demon's Souls for 29 in December last year. A toy store temporarily offered that deal. You won't see this price on PSN for the upcoming 2 years. Its unfortunate that there isn't competition with digital downloads.
And resell value is a thing I guess. The games I kept for too long I couldn't really sell for more than a few bucks each but games I sold straight after I finished fetched over 50% of the purchase price back. I guess you'll keep digital games which means buyback is never needed but then again I have a handful of PS3 digital games I can never play anyway unless I get a PS3.
Outside of all this owning physical took away all the charm it once had. No manuals, and the disc is just an ID check. Its almost like owning nothing. Perhaps with the exception of limited editions but I stopped buying those ages ago.
But the prices are fucked up. At launch there isn't much difference, though I could get Village physical for 59 day one. In the store it was 69. And the deals are fucked. My friend bought Demon's Souls for 29 in December last year. A toy store temporarily offered that deal. You won't see this price on PSN for the upcoming 2 years. Its unfortunate that there isn't competition with digital downloads.
And resell value is a thing I guess. The games I kept for too long I couldn't really sell for more than a few bucks each but games I sold straight after I finished fetched over 50% of the purchase price back. I guess you'll keep digital games which means buyback is never needed but then again I have a handful of PS3 digital games I can never play anyway unless I get a PS3.
Outside of all this owning physical took away all the charm it once had. No manuals, and the disc is just an ID check. Its almost like owning nothing. Perhaps with the exception of limited editions but I stopped buying those ages ago.
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FunkMiller
Gold Member
To be fair, £38.99 for Guardians Of The Galaxy is pretty good.
SkylineRKR
Member
Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy - PS5 | Games | bol.com
Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy - PS5. Dit is Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy voor de PlayStation 5.Het verhaalGa op een wild avontuur in het heelal...
33 euros physical in Holland, domestic free shipping. Its almost always the same, digital game is cheap.. physical is even cheaper.
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LordOfChaos
Member
I thought I'd be mainly digital because I already was on PS4, but the disk PS5 was what I could find to buy unscalped, so I'm actually getting more physical games this gen to recoup the cost
Kenneth Haight
Gold Member
Putonahappyface
Member
I do both. I buy 4k ultra films because they still visually surpasses streaming. But I still get Netflix, Prime and Disney Plus as they come as part of a package when my mobile network provider bribe me.
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TheGodfather07
Member
I'm more on the digital side but I have bought tons of physical copies too. Problem with digital is, you can't sell or trade a game so once I'm completely done with it, it's useless. Also you can get ps5 games for reasonable prices off ebay instead of the full whack off the PS store.
FranXico
Member
Online physical sellers know that they are competing with the digital marketplaces.
TheGodfather07
Member
This is fucking stupid. Why would you want less choices? So you want me to be forced to pay the digital prices and lose the ability to sell or easily borrow to someone? Please explain the logic behind this.
SaturnSaturn
Member
I live in scandinavia. yeah its brutal, i dont understand why they dont have the same price as in the us. I think i only have bought one game this entire year for consoles and that was the super monkey ball collection, but that never launched at full price either.
the truth right here
Topher
Gold Member
Exactly. And publishers are going to incentivize physical stock sales as physical inventory has actual money tied up in it.
Well......first, you are responding to someone making judgements about others over their choice of format of a video game. Expectations of logic at that point should be extremely low.
HTK
Member
Right, I wouldn't set my foot into that dirty ass store for their shitty offer of $3 for a 3 month old game. or support their shitty business practices of trying to sell me a opened Uncharted 2: Among Thieves for retail price. I'm good bruh.What? There are stores for this, you’re not selling Heroin
TexMex
Gold Member
Deathloop is a good example. It’s the only PS5 game I bought digitally (that offers a physical release anyway) for this exact reason. I think digital was 10% cheaper at launch.
CitizenZ
Banned
Whats funny is, until yesterday, who knew PS5 had a sku that was digital only? I completely forgot about that.
Irobot82
Member
I'll be more than happy if they have a way to let my kids play their physical PS4 games on the PS5.
DrumNBassDanTTV
Member
I do prefer hard copies, always have and always will.
Topher
Gold Member
Physical PS4 games can be played on the PS5.
The Shepard
Member
Returnal £40 ao
Demons souls and sackboy £30 at currys
Rachet and clank £25 at tesco
You won't find them that price on the PlayStation store for quite some time.
That's just what I've seen today. I've gone back to disks again this gen with the overpricing of games on the store, the £70 price increase put me off.
Demons souls and sackboy £30 at currys
Rachet and clank £25 at tesco
You won't find them that price on the PlayStation store for quite some time.
That's just what I've seen today. I've gone back to disks again this gen with the overpricing of games on the store, the £70 price increase put me off.
MacReady13
Member
I currently have about 12 physical games on PS5 and just yesterday in some early Black Friday deals here in Australia I picked up the Nioh collection, Deathloop, Fifa 22 and NBA 2K22. All were heavily discounted and I'm happy to keep my games forever.
ClanOfNone
Member
Been %100 digital ever since my og ps4 optical drive crapped out. I can't imagine going back to physical copies.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
I do not want full digital as games like Ratchet once I beat them I never play them again plus games like MLB The Show I buy the new version every year and don't care if I get $5 in return thats fine with me.
Plus I remember when my son was in college and worked he often bought used games
Plus I remember when my son was in college and worked he often bought used games
Irobot82
Member
Basil King
Member
I haven’t touched a physical disc since halfway through the 360/PS3 era.
been digital ever since. Fuck boxes and discs, it’s clutter and a waste of space. Grateful not to have shelves of games and blu ray movies anymore.
been digital ever since. Fuck boxes and discs, it’s clutter and a waste of space. Grateful not to have shelves of games and blu ray movies anymore.
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Topher
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I guess suckers who like to spend more will continue to be suckers
A.Romero
Member
I prefer physical for PS for 2 reasons:
- I only get first party games on PS5 (multiplats I rather get them on PC and have a higher chance of being able to play them in years to come plus better performance)
- I can't charge my credit card directly from PSN because when I joined PSN I was living in Canada and 15 years later I still can't change my region. I have to go through online retailers to get pre-paid PS+ cards. I could get pre-paid but I don't feel like paying more just because Sony can't give me the option to change regions. I only care about my history. I''m willing to forfeit previous purchases (but not my plus library)
- I only get first party games on PS5 (multiplats I rather get them on PC and have a higher chance of being able to play them in years to come plus better performance)
- I can't charge my credit card directly from PSN because when I joined PSN I was living in Canada and 15 years later I still can't change my region. I have to go through online retailers to get pre-paid PS+ cards. I could get pre-paid but I don't feel like paying more just because Sony can't give me the option to change regions. I only care about my history. I''m willing to forfeit previous purchases (but not my plus library)
Can you clarify why you can't take people seriously who buy physical, and why you look forward to a full digital future and less options for the consumers. I'm sure you will have a nice logical repsonse that makes sense thanks.
WitchHunter
Member
Duchess
Member
Oh yeah?
Well, I bought Red Read Redemption 2 for £46, sold it 3 weeks later for £40, so it ended up costing me £6.
Which, in my humble opinion, was still too much
TheGodfather07
Member
wasnt sonys last statistic on digital sales at 70% or something like that.
HTK
Member
I'm not a collector, I see all that as garbage that people just put a value on. I see it as clutter in my house hahaha
Punished Miku
Banned
Flutta
Banned
Fuck outa here with that crap. What a disgusting post. Corpo worshipers are the worst.
Can’t take people seriously for buying physical games why exactly? Pls do tell…
