Me? I bought the new Carcass CD, for example, and I always buy my favourite bands CDs. Also I buy CDs from bands I (used to, since covid) go see live.Gotchya!
I doubt you or him has purchased physical forms of music in the past year. So the principle of "physical means I own it" is just subjective.
The future is fascism so better get acustomed to it.
Yea,I buy my music on cd's and my movies on dvd/blu-ray......I own it all and can play it all whenever I want......none of it is ever getting deleted,lol.(full disclosure...I am an old fart who has always got his media like this and has no reason or desire to change).In fact I got the new King Buffalo CD today and am listening while typing this....it's very good and popping it in my CD player was not at all tedious,lol.
You can trade in, sell or let someone borrow physical games if you don't like them, get bored of them or if they are broken and recoup some costs at least. With digital you are usually stuck with them besides a few strict circumstances or conditions. Physical games are almost always cheaper as well. There's no way I want to be at risk of losing expensive games because of "reasons" or "laws" especially if I paid good money for it.
Exactly. I don't get it either. I don't have a problem with digital existing even though I prefer physical and I think both formats can coexist.
This is called renting. You're not buying games when you pay to download them, you're renting them. It is spelled out in every user agreement of every download scam and no one should be surprised about this. If you want to buy games, you need to buy physical copies. Legally produced physical copies embody their own license, possessing a physical copy is your proof of license and you can do whatever you want with the software it contains as long as you don't copy and distribute it.
Good point, but I think just ignoring real insults and just going along with it isn't exactly the definition of courage.
That isn't true. Mechanical copies (you know, physical games) are things that you can buy and own. When you have them, they are yours. As long as you don't copy them for distribution you can do what you want with them.
You did not make any purchases on that account. You made rental agreements and paid rental fees. Steam was your middleman. It was all in the terms and conditions you agreed to when you started paying rental fees on Steam. You never bought anything. When Steam terminated its agreement with you, it terminated the rental agreements that it made on your behalf with the property owners. You agreed to this when you started paying rental fees on Steam.
That's nice and all, but there's little point when half the game is not on the disc, it heavily relies on online servers or it's so broken at launch you wouldn't want to play the 1.0 version anyway. Owning a physical copy is kind of a cope mechanism, you're trying to trick yourself in thinking you own something when you're not much better off than those buying digitally.
It's okay for people who want it. I don't want it though, and don't "buy" digital games or expansions. I get physical copies, and if there is a day when physical copies can no longer be purchases, I will stop playing video games.
Except what happens when they start loosing money and instead of cutting costs otherways start shutting down accounts and servers for legit people. My fear for switch atually. Look at what nintendo did to the wii eshop . They could do it again. Same with psn, etc.... These companies dont care that we paid. Their 2cents savings on servers is more important. How many online games that had players got shutdown because server costs (peanuts).
Ya for now. Not much longer. I'm mostly physical btw but slowly going digital for convenience in today's world.
So you actually believe that it is impossible for you to be prevented from playing disc-based games if you never go online again? PS3 and PS4 have a history of requiring you to update your system before you can play games by having minimum required firmware versions for tons of games. Any one of those required updates, or any update you've already applied, could lock you out at any time in the future. But yeah, believe you're in control if it makes you feel better.
And that scenario is even more plausible to happen than steam banning your account because you had a swastika avatar and typed heil Hitler in your dota 2 chat.
Love that setup. I'm trying to get something similar going in my mancave/office. Did you end up sticking with that chair?What IF... You could have physical and didn't had to get up to change discs ? :O
I agree. I got a plethora of physical games, but I also have a lot of digital games as well. If the price is right, I'll buy digital as well. I like having options instead of being locked to only one choice.
The laws governing property aren't going to change. Physical copies are still physical objects that the owner owns.
A year of full price Gamepass is the same as 3 new releases. Your math is off or you like collecting disc. Either way digital is a win win in my book.
Yeah that chair is great. Only boost backrest but they are shipping me a replacement
