I prefer digital (on Xbox, at least) but I do miss seeing new artwork and game cases on my shelf. If there was a way to buy a physical disc but still have the benefits of digital--mainly playing on two consoles at once and not swapping discs--I'd jump on it! Hell, I'd pay extra for a physical/digital combo.

Owning and collecting physical copies of games is 100 times better than digital. Often it is cheaper, you can resell, collect, and it takes less space on your hard drive.

This aint $1.99 app store games these are $60 blockbusters we deserve a piece of plastic with the game! /rant

If you're a single console owner, they're about the same. It's when you own multiple consoles that the problem arises.

On Xbox:

-Anybody can play any digital game on the primary console.

-Anybody can play any game on the secondary console AS LONG AS YOU'RE LOGGED IN.

-No matter which console you save your data on, every game is saved to the cloud. If you beat level 5 at your friends house on their Xbox, you start off right there when you get home. Seamless. You don't need XBL Gold

-You can save every game you own internally, externally, in any combination you want. 

-If you save to an external HDD, you can carry your entire library with you on one hard drive. As long as you log in, you can play all of your games wherever you go.

-You can play the same purchased game on two different consoles at the same time, even online against each other online as long as one of those consoles is the primary (the owner has to be on the secondary or whatever console).

On PS4:

-Anybody can play any game on the primary console.

-ONLY YOU can play your games on any other console, even if you're logged in.

-ONLY the primary console gets cloud backup. And OMG if you have PlayStation Plus.

-There's a limit to how much data can be saved to the cloud.

-If you, for example beat level 5 on a secondary PlayStation and return to your primary, you still won't have any record of beating that level.

-Cloud data only saves once per day. It saves every time you play on Xbox. And you don't have to manually download your cloud data. It's automatic on Xbox.

-Currently, no external storage though it's coming soon.

I own 3 XBO consoles and 2 PS4s. Going digital is really convenient. I can play wherever I want and not worry about taking a disc from room to room. I have the same games downloaded on each console. Unfortunately, for example, if I play Arkham Asylum in the living room, my save data won't be there when I play in my gameroom.

I also own a Switch and a WiiU as well as other Sony and Nintendo portables. Sony is pretty good with crossbuy etc as M$ is good with backwards compatibility games working on your XB1, with cloud saves and everything! Nintendo? Nope. No point in going digital because your whole library could be lost if your console dies.

Just wondering because I don't know. Can you play share on Xbox?

For example my friend owns SFV, and I don't. He can play share with me even though he lives 10 hours away. That enables both of us to play SFV together in versus mode. Doesn't require any download or purchase or his account on my console/ my account on his console. He could in theory use it to have me play the entire game for him.

If you set his console as your main console he can play and download all your games under his account

you can still play your own games on any console you login to also if he sets your console as his main console you can play all your games under his account.

You can also SHARE Xbox live gold and XBox Game pass togheter, needing only 1 subscription

Just wondering because I don't know. Can you play share on Xbox?

For example my friend owns SFV, and I don't. He can play share with me even though he lives 10 hours away. That enables both of us to play SFV together in versus mode. Doesn't require any download or purchase or his account on my console/ my account on his console. He could in theory use it to have me play the entire game for him.