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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.

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.

Caveman wrote on Fri, 21 January 2011 08:26

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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		Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: R315r4z0r on Mon, 21 March 2011 13:23
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Mon, 21 March 2011 13:42
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Omar007 on Mon, 21 March 2011 14:19
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: R315r4z0r on Mon, 21 March 2011 15:49
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Hypnos on Wed, 23 March 2011 15:33
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Lone0001 on Mon, 21 March 2011 15:50
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: snpr1101 on Mon, 21 March 2011 20:28
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: zeratul on Mon, 21 March 2011 20:46
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: R315r4z0r on Mon, 21 March 2011 21:01
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: bmruze on Fri, 28 December 2012 15:51
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Jerad2142 on Thu, 03 January 2013 11:10
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Altzan on Mon, 21 March 2011 22:28
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: danpaul88 on Tue, 22 March 2011 06:50
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: grant89uk on Tue, 22 March 2011 07:21
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: zunnie on Sun, 02 December 2012 01:26
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: ehhh on Sun, 02 December 2012 01:47
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Tue, 22 March 2011 15:41
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: T0RN on Thu, 24 March 2011 05:27
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: R315r4z0r on Thu, 24 March 2011 07:19
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Thu, 24 March 2011 07:45
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: zeratul on Thu, 24 March 2011 20:33
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Starbuzzz on Fri, 25 March 2011 11:44
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: R315r4z0r on Fri, 25 March 2011 17:21
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Jerad2142 on Sun, 27 March 2011 17:38
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Herr Surth on Fri, 25 March 2011 11:55
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Fri, 25 March 2011 12:27
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: slosha on Fri, 25 March 2011 12:31
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Rocko on Sun, 27 March 2011 20:34
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Major-Payne on Sun, 02 December 2012 13:11
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Omar007 on Sun, 02 December 2012 13:30
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Canadacdn on Wed, 05 December 2012 15:20
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