Physical... or Digital Games?

Physical games or Digital games?

  • Physical

    Votes: 17 63.0%

  • Digital

    Votes: 3 11.1%

  • Both! :p

    Votes: 7 25.9%
  • Total voters
    27
Whatever's cheapest! Digital and physical games all have their own pro's and cons.

Digital:
+ Convenient and quicker to start playing
+ Impossible to lose
+ Much easier to find than psychical (I wouldn't have at least 60% of my PSP games without it)
- Can't be resoled or traded in
- If you buy a game you hate, you're stuck with it forever
- Storage is finite (although my Wii U has a huge 750GB hard drive that I don't think I'll ever fill up, but is a huge issue with my 80GB PS3)

Physical:
+ Can be traded in so you're not stuck with forever
+ Usually more affordable than buying digital
+ You can swap games with friends and save money trying out games
- If you lose them, you can't just re-download them
- Can be annoying having to take around cartridges with handhelds like the PSP & 3DS
- CD/DVD drives can eventually tire and fail
 
Nova said:
It is impossible to lose digital games unless you forget the password of Steam/Origin/Battle.net/etc. or you deleted the email with the download link.
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Forgetting my password to Steam ;; Not that I played those games extensively, but it sort of seemed like a waste of money \: It was only $40 for about 12 games during the sale. Sort of wish that you could transfer the games from one account to another.
 
Azure Rathalδs said:
+ Impossible to lose
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[PokeCommunity.com] Physical... or Digital Games?

You CAN lose digital games. If something happens to your storage.
Or when your account is connected to a game, if something happens to your account.
 
I love having physical copies of EVERYTHING. To the extent that people have called me a puritan for it. I hate the thought of ebooks, digital games, and albums that aren't on a cd. It feels like such an accomplishment to have every game I own together on a shelf, perfectly alphabetized and in perfect condition. And you don't get that new game/book smell from a digital release, that smell just sends a rippling shiver of delight up my spine :) And it's so much easier to see what your collection is lacking when the entire list is there in front of you :)

Actually, the only semi-digital thing I have is an app for reading manga on my tablet, I'm that bad.
 
It doesn't really matter to me, I buy games by both methods. Matter of fact, my most played game could only be gotten through digital means; it has no physical copy.
 
I prefer to be able to hold and display my games, so physical it is. I like to collect in general, so actually having the game is a big thing for me. I have a digital copy of Y, but I mean 1. it was free and 2. I already have a physical one so eh. lol
 
I'm really in favor of physical. As someone who loves actually having a copy (and the game box among other things!) I can hardly ever go for digital unless I just have no choice, hah. Currently I only have two digital games on my 3DS and one of them is a digital-only title.

Displaying beats all. Having to swap game cards never bothered me, either. ;P
 
Sheep said:
Having to swap game cards never bothered me, either. ;P
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The only time that it bothers me is when my sister doesn't put the discs back in their respective cases ;; Thankfully she doesn't play the PS3 all that much XD

But I just recently bought the first digital games ever, and to be honest, I'd rather have those games displayed on the PS4 UI because it looks significantly better than the PS3's \: But regardless, they are convenient to have, and you can easily switch between the games whenever you please.
 
Heartouch said:
Well, I did write about going Physical on my previous post, but today I found a big dilemma, I was unable to buy the game that I can buy physically, in the stores, because it's running out of stocks. So I have no other choice but to go Digital for now lol.
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Why don't you wait? Or buy it on Amazon/ebay?
 
Digital. I have a limited amount of space and the hassle of going out and buying a physical copy that's just going to take up room is absolutely not worth it to me.
 
I play mostly consoles and I am a bit of a collector, so I much prefer physical copies of games. It also makes it easy for me to lend them to friends, etc. which isn't always possible with digital downloads.

Mostly I think it's that if I'm going to spend my hard-earned money on a game, I like to have a copy in my hands. The exception is PC games... I don't have a CD drive built into my laptop and it's a pain to drag around the USB drive all the time, so even if I have a physical copy, I usually add a no-cd crack after I install it :P
 
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I like the physical copies more because that way I can play the game on multiple consoles. If I want to play a game at my friends' house, I can simply take the game over to my friend's console instead of having to log into my account. All of my games are physical copies, I've never downloaded a virtual copy of a game (a VC game doesn't count). However, when I purchase the MK8 bundle, I'll virtually get LoZ: Windwaker for free which I am stoked about! I think companies are encouraging more digital cop downloads, which uses less resources and saves the company money!
 
Satoshi Ookami said:
Why don't you wait? Or buy it on Amazon/ebay?
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Well, I have tried waiting for months on a certain game store, and it's still not selling the game that I want to buy. Besides, buying in the internet to get a real one might take several days to arrive, I'm not sure if it will worth the wait.
 
I prefer physical, definitely. Granted, I feel like the big space that they take up on the memory card isn't a big deal since I don't often have a hard time getting more, but you can still be screwed if something happens to them. So I prefer physical, yeah.
 
I'm fine with both. Physical copies have this visceral satisfying feel, but they're usually expensive and hard to find/buy where I live. Digital copies have no resale value as mentioned before, though they are convenient and one just have to hope that there are no accidental deletes.
 
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