Digital or physical

Ok heres a nice poll

Back a few months back I fell in love wit h digiital downloading. I now download 2/3 of pc games and its one of the best things in gaming I have done. I dont have to worry about losting or scrathing a game disk. If I lost the data I can redownload it again and if I change computer I can just log into my account and download it to taht one. Only thing I would have to worry about is Steam/Derict2Drive/Gametap servers going offline forever.

The only downside is I dont get a case or artwork?

but since most things such as music and movies are downloaded I have a question

WOULD YOU RATHER GET UR GAMES IN A DIGITAL OR PHYSICAL FORM

IF u culd download your game to the console in two hours would you download or go to the store Miles0T0Prower

Download.

I know some people like to collect them, but I certainly dont, I dont see many people be impressed by a giant stack of boxes of catridges/discs in your house.

Everything digital is the future! :D and Wireless ofcourse.

[QUOTE="Miles0T0Prower"]IF u culd download your game to the console in two hours would you download or go to the store Meu2k7

Download.

I know some people like to collect them, but I certainly dont, I dont see many people be impressed by a giant stack of boxes of catridges/discs in your house.

Everything digital is the future! :D and Wireless ofcourse.

There is something about not having a disc that I just don't like. Physical for me.laughingman42

physical, especially since its the same price, i think having a box, a cd and a manual its pretty much better then payng the same ammount of money for a download and and digital manual.

Cd, i dont need to burn a backup image,

manual and box, theeres always some concept art, and usefull information on those.

physical, especially since its the same price, i think having a box, a cd and a manual its pretty much better then payng the same ammount of money for a download and and digital manual.

Cd, i dont need to burn a backup image,

manual and box, theeres always some concept art, and usefull information on those.

Mizarus

But but but, the trees and nasty plastics :o destroys our planet! we must stop this abomination before it makes a noticable differences in 100000 years time :P

Physical, at least for main games. I've no problem paying $5 or $10 for some small XBLA games (I have 10 of them now I think). I have never had a problem with scratched discs, and in my years of gaming have only lost one disc, but it was to a game I only payed $10 for used anyway (GTA III PC version play disc, where did you go?)

I keep all my discs neatly stored in a CD case, pack in any relevant CD keys from the jewel case. I can still fire up my ancient copy of 7th Guest if I want; I can't say I feel so confident that a decade later I'll still be able to retrieve my digital downloaded games.

EDIT: Post above makes another good point, DD games typically have much harsher usage restrictions.

[QUOTE="Mizarus"]

physical, especially since its the same price, i think having a box, a cd and a manual its pretty much better then payng the same ammount of money for a download and and digital manual.

Cd, i dont need to burn a backup image,

manual and box, theeres always some concept art, and usefull information on those.

Meu2k7

But but but, the trees and nasty plastics :o destroys our planet! we must stop this abomination before it makes a noticable differences in 100000 years time :P

then make those games without boxes,manuals,cases cheaper and il buy them, dont you think that if you get less stuff with your game when you download it, you should also pay lass for it?

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="Mizarus"]

physical, especially since its the same price, i think having a box, a cd and a manual its pretty much better then payng the same ammount of money for a download and and digital manual.

Cd, i dont need to burn a backup image,

manual and box, theeres always some concept art, and usefull information on those.

Mizarus

But but but, the trees and nasty plastics :o destroys our planet! we must stop this abomination before it makes a noticable differences in 100000 years time :P

then make those games without boxes,manuals,cases cheaper and il buy them, dont you think that if you get less stuff with your game when you download it, you should also pay lass for it?

Yup, although they have to pay to keep the download servers up , so i think the costs differences are minimal really.

and well me personally, I stopped caring about cases and manual when I was 12 . the information was uncessary tbh, no manual told me anything I couldnt work out iwthin the first 5 minutes myself.

Other than Microsoft Flight simulator X_X

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="Mizarus"]

physical, especially since its the same price, i think having a box, a cd and a manual its pretty much better then payng the same ammount of money for a download and and digital manual.

Cd, i dont need to burn a backup image,

manual and box, theeres always some concept art, and usefull information on those.

Mizarus

But but but, the trees and nasty plastics :o destroys our planet! we must stop this abomination before it makes a noticable differences in 100000 years time :P

then make those games without boxes,manuals,cases cheaper and il buy them, dont you think that if you get less stuff with your game when you download it, you should also pay lass for it?

[QUOTE="laughingman42"]There is something about not having a disc that I just don't like. Physical for me.Miles0T0Prower

I guess it has something to do with 2 harddrives physically breaking on me and a flash drive going nuts and deciding to screw up all of my files on it.

[QUOTE="Miles0T0Prower"][QUOTE="laughingman42"]There is something about not having a disc that I just don't like. Physical for me.laughingman42

I guess it has something to do with 2 harddrives physically breaking on me and a flash drive going nuts and deciding to screw up all of my files on it.

There is something about not having a disc that I just don't like. Physical for me.laughingman42

same

i like to own a game and a case.

Its like owning a digital book....pointless :roll:

Physical.

I'll relate this back to vinyl records. Why do people still buy them? Sound quality is debatable, so let's put that aside. But in terms of convenience, CD wins hands down. So why do people still buy them? Sentimental value? Collective purposes? DJ? Or 'cause it reminds them of a simpler time? A time before digital. Before downloading. Before the iPod etc. You know, the good 'ol days.

It's more than physical vs. digital - it's memories vs. numbers on a hard drive.

/philosophical rant

Physical.

I'll relate this back to vinyl records. Why do people still buy them? Sound quality is debatable, so let's put that aside. But in terms of convenience, CD wins hands down. So why do people still buy them? Sentimental value? Collective purposes? DJ? Or 'cause it reminds them of a simpler time? A time before digital. Before downloading. Before the iPod etc. You know, the good 'ol days.

It's more than physical vs. digital - it's memories vs. numbers on a hard drive.

/philosophical rant

bearbones

wow...That was deep:shock:.

physical, especially since its the same price, i think having a box, a cd and a manual its pretty much better then payng the same ammount of money for a download and and digital manual.

Cd, i dont need to burn a backup image,

manual and box, theeres always some concept art, and usefull information on those.

Mizarus

maybe in america but here in nz the orange box =$100nzd steam download = $65nzd, I'll take the steam version and not only just for the price difference but due to thing like no need to get out the disk, automaticly kept up to date, I would buy every game online if they were all on steam

I prefer physical. With digital you are at the mercy of the Developer/Publisher. I made the mistake of downloading Warhawk insteading of buying the physical copy. I wanted to get to change my PSN name and found out the only real way you could do this to create a new account and erase the old one. The problem with this is Warhawk is tied to the account it was downloaded too. So now if I want to play Warhawk I have to log into the account that I do not want anymore. If I had the disc I could just reinstall on my new PSN account.gmastersexay

and most online games now get tyied to a email or user so its much the same

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="Mizarus"]

physical, especially since its the same price, i think having a box, a cd and a manual its pretty much better then payng the same ammount of money for a download and and digital manual.

Cd, i dont need to burn a backup image,

manual and box, theeres always some concept art, and usefull information on those.

Mizarus

But but but, the trees and nasty plastics :o destroys our planet! we must stop this abomination before it makes a noticable differences in 100000 years time :P

then make those games without boxes,manuals,cases cheaper and il buy them, dont you think that if you get less stuff with your game when you download it, you should also pay lass for it?

but most costs are in the development, cds cost next to nothing, you know one big reason to buy online? all the money goes to the dev not to the gready, ea, thq, ubi, etc etc