Hard copies VS. Digital copies - Which do you prefer? Is it important to you?

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"][QUOTE="getyeryayasout"] Sure, as long as storage space is a limitation, I'll stick with disks.getyeryayasout

I like hard copies because I don't really feel as though I really 'own' the game if it's digital. Weird, but I'm there's some of you who know what I mean.

Cheesehead9099

Hard copy for consle games and digital copy for PC games most of the time.TheGuardian03

I like holding my license. Hard copy.

[QUOTE="GunSmith1_basic"]it really doesn't matter since in the future all games will be streamed and we won't own a copy, digital or physicalAgentA-Mi6

[QUOTE="AgentA-Mi6"][QUOTE="GunSmith1_basic"]it really doesn't matter since in the future all games will be streamed and we won't own a copy, digital or physicalGunSmith1_basic

And when a service goes under, you lose all your games. Or if you can't conform to their community rules, you lose all your games. Or if they decide some games arent worth having on the server anymore, then you lose those games.

And what if you want to play somewhere that doesn't have an Internet connection?

the future IS digital.

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]

[QUOTE="getyeryayasout"]You're right about that, but do you really not "get" my point? getyeryayasout

Pretty much what happens if you use your PS3 or X360 as a media system and not only as a gaming system...

With a 3Tb disk, there's no way your going to run into problems your mentionned... keep the games you play most, delete the ones you'll never play again.

I used to say I'd never get into Digital Music or movies, and now, that's all I get. Same way for games, except some of my favorites, like GTA games or Blizzard games I'll get hard copies.

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"][QUOTE="getyeryayasout"]You're right about that, but do you really not "get" my point? getyeryayasout

I cannot, for the life of me, understand people who want their console titles on hard copy but prefer digital for PC. Im assuming you all can see the advantages of a digital-only ecosystem? Dont have to worry about discs at all, one button and press and you're playing the game, updates happen automagically in the background, etc.

Why would you NOT want that for your console as well?

XaosII

I like holding my license. Hard copy.

lowkey254

Hard copy for my 360, and digital for my PSP. The thing I love about digital is that 1 game can emcompass 4 other PSPs. So me and some other friends basically share an account and own a bunch of games together. (We split the games cost in 3's which makes games much cheaper).

Hard copies for both my consoles and pc. My internet connection is crap and I prefer to hold it in my hands.

It depends to me. If a game is free or it is very cheap then it would be digital like for example I got the Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 from Steam because Valve had the sweet deal for them where they werecheap together then instead of thehard copy of Left 4 Dead 2 onlywhich costs way more then 1 and 2 together from steamand also Infamous from the ps3 as a digital copy as well since I got for free in that Welcome back thing Sony did. But when it comes to a game where the price is just a much as digital, even if it is slightly more expensive then I rather have the hard copies instead.

If the game is priced $14.99 to $19.99 then I have no problem downloading it if I don't think there is any resale value to be had from the game

If the game is priced $29.99 and above then I HAVE to buy a retail copy of the game.

Prefer a retail copy. But, in the end, doens't really matter to me. Long as I get the game.

For PC all my games are Digital and for my console (Wii) is hard copies. I guess if Wii probably hard copies still since I can lend some games to friends.

I want a hard copy with a way to install it on the hard drive and not need the disk to play it. I would be happy with having to pay a few bucks to make it install to hdd and not need disk to run it. 

Or maybe something like you have the hard copy that comes with a registration code and you register it and you can then install to drive and not need the disk to run it. But if you sale your disk the next person cant install jt to drive without paying a few sort of lik the online passss they got now. Idk I just want a hard copy and not need the disk to run it.I

Hard copy for consle games and digital copy for PC games most of the time.TheGuardian03

Same.

Hard copy. Don't have to wait for my game to download, recently a lot more free stuff, and the box just looks cool! :D

ChubbyGuy40

[QUOTE="ChubbyGuy40"]

Hard copy. Don't have to wait for my game to download, recently a lot more free stuff, and the box just looks cool! :D

k2theswiss

Whoa :o You know how far Chubby lives away from the store? Awkward.

On PC, digital copies for western games (steam, gamersgate, gog, etc), hard copies for eastern games.  

There are tons of western games that cannot be played with a just hard copy (DOW retribution, fall of samurai, etc. By this I mean when I install the game, the game discs are not even used.), so now I pretty much quit buying physical copies for western games on pc. Not to mention the holiday price drops..  

[QUOTE="k2theswiss"][QUOTE="ChubbyGuy40"]

Hard copy. Don't have to wait for my game to download, recently a lot more free stuff, and the box just looks cool! :D

lundy86_4

Whoa :o You know how far Chubby lives away from the store? Awkward.

brb closing windows/curtains. I'm scared now.

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[QUOTE="k2theswiss"] hehe lol wait to download. What you using? AOL? take less time going to download then go get in the car to go to the store and deal with idiots. ChubbyGuy40

Whoa :o You know how far Chubby lives away from the store? Awkward.

brb closing windows. I'm scared now.

Remember to lock the doors!

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