gergroy said:
Good thing nobody paid for P.T. And that it was a demo and not an actual game.
for all those things you mentioned, there are more common bad things that happen to physical copies. They can break, get lost, or be stolen. It’s not it is guaranteed to be around forever either. There are pros and cons to both. |
The person said he will have the games forever, I just said he won't . So all your justification are from the POV of someone that wouldn't take good care of what they have.
Have games dating to Atari still working, do we have MS servers working and licenses active for as long?
| Seventizz said: I can see why as hardware markup is much tighter than software - but having less purchasing options than your competitors can bite you in the ass. I know I wouldn’t shop there going forward. When I bought my X1X, I didn’t care where it came from as hardware prices barely budge from one retailer to another. |
Only if the offering is something customers are looking after. But considering Xbox sales on that market they will probably free space for things that will bring them more profits.
flashfire926 said:
I mean, isnt it the persons choice to delete pt or not? Im sure as long as they dont delete it, they have it. I might be wrong though. Fair enough, there is that 1% risk that something could happen leading to the being taken away (though if you did something ban-worthy on any console (for example hacking), I would say you deserve to lose all your games......) edit: just realized gameloft games are free....so people arent really losing out much in any of these instances. |
Sure it was person choice to delete. And a lot of people on digital services delete and redownload to manage their disk space. I know that I do. And that is one way you can lose your "forever", another one would be HDD issue.
There have been a lot of unwarrented bans and people that lost their games.
There are a lot of free games that you put a lot of effort into it long term and account could be sold.
Still you asked for how could someone lose the "forever" right and I gave you some... and if you go and look for the licenses of your digital games a lot (if not all) have conditions that show you may lose access for them, like soundtrack licenses making they pull it from the store and you not being able to redownload.
smroadkill15 said:
What if my console breaks, disc breaks, disc gets stolen, etc? Neither is future proof. At least if my console breaks, or HDD stops working, I can still download the game if I get a new one. If my disc breaks there is really nothing that can be done unless it's still under warranty. |
Have I said that physical is eternal? Nope, I and Alfredo just countered the "forever" for digital.
Had no console breaking on me while I was still wanting to play it (my PS1 died when I was about to move to PS2, and my PS2 was slow to work on the eve of my PS3 move). Bluray on PS3 and PS4 I have yet to find any scratch or damage that prevented it from reading. And I haven't ever break a disc and can't see how that would happen by keeping it on the cases and inserting/removing from the console... do you play frisbee with your BDs?
But the servers and licenses are totally out of your control.
Azzanation said:
Correct. I dont understand why many still believe physical is better and safer. You have a much bigger chance on all of the above happening than the Digital code to stop working. There are literally no benefits owning physical unless you want to resell them. And if you love your games you won't want to sell them and if you still like selling your games than Game Pass actually works better for them. |
Maybe you have better chance of being someone uncareful... none of those situations happened to me, but servers shutting down, licenses being removed, etc already happened.
Major benefit, looking at my collection, loaning to a friend, showing off to visits, etc.
smroadkill15 said:
If there is a game I really want I will buy the physical version. I still like buying CD's lol, but I understand the benefit of digital. I love Netflix and other services like it. I welcome Game Pass with open arms. |
I like Netflix, but the quality of the streaming is a lot lower than physical media.
| Barozi said: Just like stores stopped selling mobile phones and tablet PCs since every app is digital anyway. Oh wait they didn't. Stupid move. There are still peripherals that can be sold. Xbox Live and Game Pass vouchers. Third party games, which aren't available on launch on Game Pass. etc. |
Do stores make 0 profit from mobile and tablets?
duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363
Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994
Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."
