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| Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? [message #445088 is a reply to message #445086] |
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GEORGE ZIMMER
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Digital copy, honestly. It's tiring having a scratched disk, or something about it is outdated, so it becomes unplayable. Sure, there's problems with digital copies, but meh- it's way nicer to not have to find your misplaced disks or worry about if they're scratched or something.
Downside is, you can't lend it to your friends... but considering the amount of DRM these days, that's becoming less and less likely.
Steam sales are also pretty awesome. I'd way rather go for that, then try to find the original game on Amazon for like $50+ because it's hard to find.
Also, I think physical distribution will (and should) remain. But it should come in a different format- USB drives being used would be pretty amazing.
Toggle Spoiler| Scrin wrote on Sat, 24 January 2009 13:22 |
| cAmpa wrote on Sat, 24 January 2009 12:45 |
Scrin, stop pming people to get the building bars.
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FUCK YOU AND THIS SHIT GAME WITH YOUR SCRIPTS!!! I HAVE ASKING YOU AND ANOTHER NOOBS HERE ABOUT HELP WITH THAT BUILDING ICONS FEATURES FOR YEARS, BUT YOU KEEP IGNORING ME AND KEEP WRITE SHIT, SO BURN YOU AND YOUR ASSLICKERS FRIENDS, THIS TIME I'M NOT COME BACK!!!!!!!!!   
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| Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? [message #445097 is a reply to message #445086] |
Mon, 21 March 2011 15:50 |
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I prefer Physical copies to be honest but I will buy digital copies if the game goes on sale for dirt cheap (Steam & Games for Windows Marketplace ftw), if they happen to be the same price, I would just go for the physical copy.
I don't have many worries about cds or dvds getting scratched since whenever I get a new physical copy of a game, I will make an iso of it and use that and then store the physical copy of it somewhere. I know that does sound like the same sort of thing with digital copies with the exception of not having to download anything (my connections sucks x_x) and I always have it.
Having said that though, the last physical game I have bought was Starcraft 2 (I pre-ordered it).
PS. Oh and as for the Consoles thing... Microsoft (I think that's who it was) has said that they can get 5 more years (or something like that) out of the 360.
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| Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? [message #445114 is a reply to message #445086] |
Mon, 21 March 2011 22:28 |
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I bought a nice external hard drive and am storing my digital copies on it.
I keep physical media too, but digital is my preference.
I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker. ~Voltaire
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| Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? [message #445132 is a reply to message #445086] |
Tue, 22 March 2011 06:50 |
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danpaul88
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If it comes via Steam then I am happy with a digital copy, otherwise I tend to go for a physical copy. I find other digital distribtion mechanisms to be utterly awful compared to Steam, none of them work properly or offer any useful features.
The fact that I can reimage my machine, install Steam and then leave it to chug away downloading and installing my games for me is pretty awesome.
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| Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? [message #445160 is a reply to message #445086] |
Tue, 22 March 2011 15:41 |
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Yeah, Steam is about the only decent one. MineCraft is alright, but there's the annoying as hell problem of when the login server goes down. Fuckin' Notch, has millions of dollars but still runs on some crappy server.
Toggle Spoiler| Scrin wrote on Sat, 24 January 2009 13:22 |
| cAmpa wrote on Sat, 24 January 2009 12:45 |
Scrin, stop pming people to get the building bars.
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FUCK YOU AND THIS SHIT GAME WITH YOUR SCRIPTS!!! I HAVE ASKING YOU AND ANOTHER NOOBS HERE ABOUT HELP WITH THAT BUILDING ICONS FEATURES FOR YEARS, BUT YOU KEEP IGNORING ME AND KEEP WRITE SHIT, SO BURN YOU AND YOUR ASSLICKERS FRIENDS, THIS TIME I'M NOT COME BACK!!!!!!!!!
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| Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? [message #445213 is a reply to message #445096] |
Wed, 23 March 2011 15:33 |
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| R315r4z0r wrote on Mon, 21 March 2011 22:49 |
Personally, I can't stand digital copies. I don't trust them.
Not being able to hold a copy of the game in my hands makes me think that somewhere down the line I will lose access to games I purchase. That's why the only games I bother to download are all play-and-forget types of games.
I've never had any problems with losing or scratching disks... except for when I lent them out to friends. But even then, it's a problem with my friend, not with replacing the copy of the game.
Physical media lets me know that I own the game. I don't have to rely on other people's utilities to use the stuff that I buy. Digital media just seems like a lie. I don't feel like I own what I purchase and it makes me uneasy; I feel like the stuff I buy can disappear in an instant and I'd be out the money I spent on it.
As far as them getting obsolete: I don't think that is a factor. Consoles and the games made for them age at the same rate. If a game becomes obsolete, so is the console that played it. If you want to play that game, you can always just hook up that old console and play it.
And if you want to get political about it, digital media puts people out of jobs by cutting out marketing, packaging and retailing processes.
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This kind of sums it up for me, I much prefer having it in my hands than having it on a PC somewhere. I've never purchased a digital copy of a game before, and I'm not inclined to start any time soon.
Steam does look reliable though, but that is the only provider of digital media that I'm familiar with.
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Well this topic is still going on. I have to say I haven't watched much Anime recently (maybe a year or so) the last thing I saw was GITS (for the third time)
Im not too sure whether I just dont enjoy Anime anymore or whether its just I dont have time really to shit and watch it.
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| Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? [message #445279 is a reply to message #445260] |
Fri, 25 March 2011 11:44 |
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Digital copies are where it's at tbh. The game companies get to make greater profits thru digital copies effectively squeezing out the second-hand market. Also, since everyone has high speed internet nowadays, digital copies will become the norm. This also makes sure pirates are kept at bay thanks to making a variety of more DRM options available. Such "cloud gaming" gives a lot of control to the customer and you feel like you actually own the digital copy of the game even though you can't see it.
Also, the downside with physical games is that it includes a handy manual that can be used by the player without having to reduce the game window and refer to a PDF manual when a quick reference is needed. And eventhough physical games come well protected in their own nicely-designed and padded boxes, jewel cases, and DVD-style cases, they get lost way too easily and it is VERY difficult and way too much work to keep the CD-ROM's and DVD-ROM's scratch free; this is definitely a negative against physical games.
And I know I mentioned this earlier; one of the best advantages of digital copies is that if you beat the game and don't need it anymore, you can always sell it back on ebay and get atleast quiet a bit of the money back. Digital copies are the way to go and I hope they gain popularity in the future.
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| Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? [message #445286 is a reply to message #445086] |
Fri, 25 March 2011 12:27 |
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GEORGE ZIMMER
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I keep my discs pretty safe, yet they always manage to fuck up somehow. I have no idea why. Same goes for PS2 games and such. Also, my disc drive is shot. So that severely limits my physical game ability just because of that.
Besides, it might not be a big deal, but I'm sure less paper/plastic being used for physical games would be better for the environment.
Toggle Spoiler| Scrin wrote on Sat, 24 January 2009 13:22 |
| cAmpa wrote on Sat, 24 January 2009 12:45 |
Scrin, stop pming people to get the building bars.
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FUCK YOU AND THIS SHIT GAME WITH YOUR SCRIPTS!!! I HAVE ASKING YOU AND ANOTHER NOOBS HERE ABOUT HELP WITH THAT BUILDING ICONS FEATURES FOR YEARS, BUT YOU KEEP IGNORING ME AND KEEP WRITE SHIT, SO BURN YOU AND YOUR ASSLICKERS FRIENDS, THIS TIME I'M NOT COME BACK!!!!!!!!!
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| Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? [message #445296 is a reply to message #445279] |
Fri, 25 March 2011 17:21 |
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| Starbuzzz wrote on Fri, 25 March 2011 14:44 |
Digital copies are where it's at tbh. The game companies get to make greater profits thru digital copies effectively squeezing out the second-hand market. Also, since everyone has high speed internet nowadays, digital copies will become the norm. This also makes sure pirates are kept at bay thanks to making a variety of more DRM options available. Such "cloud gaming" gives a lot of control to the customer and you feel like you actually own the digital copy of the game even though you can't see it.
Also, the downside with physical games is that it includes a handy manual that can be used by the player without having to reduce the game window and refer to a PDF manual when a quick reference is needed. And eventhough physical games come well protected in their own nicely-designed and padded boxes, jewel cases, and DVD-style cases, they get lost way too easily and it is VERY difficult and way too much work to keep the CD-ROM's and DVD-ROM's scratch free; this is definitely a negative against physical games.
And I know I mentioned this earlier; one of the best advantages of digital copies is that if you beat the game and don't need it anymore, you can always sell it back on ebay and get atleast quiet a bit of the money back. Digital copies are the way to go and I hope they gain popularity in the future.
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Man, I can't tell anymore. Are you being serious or are you being sarcastic?
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so digital for me.
