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I'm already 100% digital on PC, but I'm still slowly switching to digital on consoles. I'll probably go all digital once the NX comes out.



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2 years ago I was buying mostly digital. Since then Nintendo didn't launch anything interesting for me. For the last two year zero.



Physical til death :P

Got Shadow Complex limited physical run :P Only one of 6,900 :)



Not buying digital games that exist in physical form until i can get rid of it if i don't like it



Mostly digital 80% atleast on consoles (that's why I also recommend bigger HD's).

In 2008-2012 I bought on average 4 games a month on day one + a lot of digital games and my games purchases on a yearly basis passed atleast 4.000 Euro.

From 2013 it changed because I wanted to put my time on multiple consoles except for the hassle of paying PSplus and GOLD yearly their are so many deals that makes gaming way cheaper..From 2014 I started to create a backlog that let me stop buying new games because in 6-9 months those games tend to be a lot cheaper on PSN/GOLD.






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Physical for console. Digital for PC since most physical copies come with a steam key anyway unfortunately.



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I'm mainly a PC gamer so digital. There's just so many sales it doesn't make sense to buy physical, and most games require Steam activation anyway even if we're talking about physical copies, which essentially makes the game digital, so...



Physical if possible, especially with Nintendo digital games being priced the same as the retail version

But I'll go with digital if there are good sales for games



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I have been all digital since 2010 unless it is a peripheral based game that only comes out physically.

There are too many advantages to digital;

-Many games are cross buy PS4, PS3, & PSVita
-All games are cheaper on PSN
-There is no tax on PSN & I get 10c on every dollar with my PlayStation card
-All of my games are available all of the time
-Flash sales, seasonal sales, or event sales make most games less than $5 in time
-In addition to sales there is almost always a spend $100 get $15 promo going on across all PS Store content
-Many games carry over to new hardware only if you buy digital
-The platform holder gets abigger cut that goes back towards improving the user experience



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