@donalbane said:
I'm going all digital, and here's why:
- I have decent internet, and will never willingly move to a location without it.
- I am fed up with pre-orders, bonus DLC incentives, upselling from clerks and midnight releases. Sure, Amazon is a good alternative, but I would rather have the game pre-loaded and ready to go at midnight on launch day... that way every day one purchase is a midnight release, and you don't have to go hang out at a retailer or deal with shipping mishaps.
- I got a gaming PC in February 2012, and since then I have really appreciated saying goodbye to physical media. The convenience of not needing a disc is a tremendous thing. If you complained about disc swapping, then certainly you can relate. Even if you aren't in that camp, discs load slower than hard drives.
- With the PS4's remote play via the Vita, and the recently revealed alternative Microsoft showed off at some conference a few weeks ago, it looks like you will be able to remotely access your next gen system and play all of your digital games on the road. If you rely on physical media, you won't be able to play anything other than what you left in the tray.
- Trade in values are horrible, and getting worse.
- The Xbox One will allow 'Snap' functionality only for games that are completely installed. The instant-pause and auto-resume game feature is an example of this.
- You will have a much larger game collection if you don't trade games in, and might make more mindful purchases.
- They are going to start offering incentives for digital purchases. Nintendo showed the first signs of this trend by releasing Wind Waker HD 2 weeks early via download. I think that trend will continue as publishers seek to disempower retailers who currently dictate many of their policies. (The 'Hardcore' pre-order incentive with Metro Last Light being a good example of this awful trend.)
And as an aside, everyone should watch this video about why trading in games is a bad idea.
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- Not everyone has one
- There is amazon, sure you can download it. But there are just as much pre-order incentives on digital...
- That may be true, but guys like me want the physical disc and we can handle the slower loading time
- that might be true, but would you really want to play a game on your ps4 virtually anywhere you go? You could still play actual games on your vita for instance.
- Not for all games and people with not a big wallet like students like myself or other people for some reason use it to buy new games.
- That's not a big deal for me
- No you don't. You're saying it's harder to buy games online? It's the opposite dude. When you are at the store you can look at the cover having perhaps reviews or previews in the back of your mind and make your decision there.
- I don't care if a game comes digital 1 or 2 weeks before the physical one, you still get the game. In Europe we already have to wait for games. Hell we had to wait months for Sly
I think TotalBiscuit is wrong. There is a balance between not spending so much money on a game and barely being profitable and being smart about it. The industry has to change. It can't blame used games for this. I remember not too long ago when rentals where the main reason publishers weren't getting their money. You can't blame shops that sell used games. The developer have already sold their copy. Most publishers these days have online passes on them anyway.
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