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Digital Download vs Physical Copies (POLL)

erglesmergle · 2010-07-06 02:11:18

PC gamers please keep in mind that consoles also have Digital Downloads and that this thread was created from more of a console gamer perspective. If this were a PC only thread, then things would be completely different since Digital Downloads naturally work best with PCs.Heres why I do not like Digital Downloads1. Requires signing in to account to access games.2. Digital download companies can cancel your account if they want. Nothing you can do. Its in their TOS.3. If your account gets banned for whatever reason, you lose ALL your games. Nothing you can do.4. No resale value or purchased games.5. Redownloading games to play on different system.6. Cant let friends borrow games.7. No game collections /memorabilia.8. Everything is linked to one account. Must repurchase game if you create a new account.9. No promise that games will still be accessible to download in the future. Company may go bankrupt. Servers go down.10. Limited by hard drive size.11. Limited by internet download speed / cap.Heres why I do like Digital Downloads1. No disc swapping2. A LITTLE bit cheaper.

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The-Mosher

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#51 The-Mosher

Member since 2009 • 1885 Posts

PC - download
Consoles - hard copy
88mphSlayer

This. Its gonna take a while for me to adapt to DD on consoles.

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#52 ThePlothole

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The only people I know who like Gadget Hackwrench are guys. :P
br0kenrabbit

I didn't pick Gadget because I liked her, but because she sorta reminds me of myself. We're both hairbrained, hyperactive blonds. Also my gamespot rank at the time was "Rescue Ranger", so it was sorta a joke that just stuck.

Hmm... now what were we talking about again?

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#53 dercoo

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If it is a serious purchase (as in above a app or cheap DLC game) I like having something tangible