So I guess my answer is: I didn't really notice it happening. I do love physical items but even console games physical presentations are so shit these days, no manual, no extras, nothing to "play with". So digital is basically the exact same for me except I don't need to install it first (installing PS4 games takes longer than downloading them for me).
95% of my games are physical.
to go full digital these would have to happen:
1) games on launch for 9.90 - 19.90€ (digital games are kind of worthless vs physical games + much cheaper to distribute, so they should be cheap)
2) if 1) doesn't happen, then they should be sellable/tradeable = I could always buy used digital for 5-10€ or wait until they are on sale
IMO people whom pay full price for digital games are either bit stupid or just rich so they don't care. Kind of like driving with taxi to everywhere instead of owning a car, when taxi would cost same/more than owning+using a car, but being much worse for timetables.
It is just crazy to pay full price for digital, when you could get superior physical release to collect or sell after finishing it, or trade/borrow to friends etc.
I guess digital releases are convenient, but their prices are just too high on launch.
I usually get physical games used if I want them on launch, but paying 30-40€ instead of 69.90€ on launch week, because there are always people selling their copy fast and cheap on launch week. Can't do that with digitals.
I get most of my digital games for 30-50% off the RRP on release day, these are PC versions though. For console I (used to) go to Tesco or Asda as they have the best prices, but I mostly buy exclusives on console so I'm not buying many, and the smaller exclusives are cheap on digital anyway, cheap for what its worth to me anyway.
“I’m not watching porn unless I can still buy the VHS tape!”
Not a very good analysis to be honest. Most people who want to play 20 yo games that aren't sold for cheap anywhere just pirate the thing. And i don't think the ratio of physical discs that survive for 20 years is very high in the first place.Stay mostly physical because in 20 years down the line when the Digital Store is taken offline and the games can't be redownloaded, you will see loads of people trying to buy a physical version of said de-listed game and the poor sods will have to pay 10x the Price from those of us smart enough to keep a physical library as they are probably desperate.
Its not really the exact same license but yeah, its still just licensing. It's fairly easy to brick a physical copy by requiring internet connection (like NFS 2015) or when the game needs something like a day 1 patch to work properly.OP, if you buy a disc you don't technically own the game either. You are buying the exact same license.
Not a very good analysis to be honest. Most people who want to play 20 yo games that aren't sold for cheap anywhere just pirate the thing. And i don't think the ratio of physical discs that survive for 20 years is very high in the first place.
Personally, i'll just be making a back up of my GOG library and a few selected Steam games (with a crack if needed). It can survive much longer than any disc since i can just copy them over and over again.
I wouldn't say most, but a lot of great ones do avoid that.Fair enough. I wasn't being that serious in my comment anyway.
Digital certainly can last longer, but unfortunately some games will get removed if Licensing is an issue, but thankfully most avoid that.
I wouldn't say most, but a lot of great ones do avoid that.
Thankfully, even the ones that do have this kind of fate still end up available for download on the internet. Sure its a legal gray area, but if they're not being sold anywhere it usually means the companies involved don't care.I just wish OutRun and After Burner didn't have the issues as they tend to be touch and go.