| disolitude said: I dont want to insult anyone but your post above is like listening to someone blast digital distribution and its DRM when its absolutely obvious they have no first hand experience in dealing with it. Your points along with 90% of posts around here indicate fear of change and downright lazyness to change more than any valid arguments. Its like iPhone, iPad, iTunes, other app stores, ecosystems, music subscription services, movie subscription services, PC gaming...etc... all dont exist and this is the first time you hear of this digital DRM sacrilege. Also funny how youre trying to make it sound like im in the minority for not willing to die for physical media... Observe sales trends in mobile and music and movie sales as well as PC game sales and wake up to reality that will soon be embraced by consoles as well. |
Forgive me if I'm wrong here....but what I get out of your posts, is that you seem to have zero problem coming off like an elitist PC gamer with a snotty attitude towards everyone else who doesn't agree with your views, because obviously you're "right" and everyone else is "wrong". Is that about it? Because that's certainly how it comes off.
And quite frankly, yes, you are in the minority, when it comes to CONSOLE GAMERS. Music, mobile phones, Steam downloads....NONE of that has a damn thing to do with CONSOLE GAMING. And most CONSOLE gamers, yes even younger ones, seem to prefer having a physical disc.
And even if that WEREN'T the case, I'm sorry to break it to you, but there is such a thing as a "difference of opinion". Just because someone doesn't share your views doesn't make them an idiot, or mean that their personal preferences or tastes are "wrong". It is all 100% entirely subjective. BUT, when it comes to something like people prefering games to be on a physical disc/cart/whatever, honestly......what the hell does tha have to do with YOU? If you don't prefer that, if YOU prefer to download and "own" your games digitially, good for you. Round of applause. That doesn't mean people like myself who prefer the opposite, are somehow just stubborn, bitter old assholes who can't "let go of the past". It's not a matter of past vs. future. It's a matter of preference and principle. In MY preference, and according to MY principles (and apparently many others'), having your game in a physical form is the way to go. Has been for decades. You can look at it as one part "I feel like I actually OWN this copy of the game", and one part the values of an actual Game Collector, which I am.
You can't really have or show off a TRUE game collection when all you "own" is a bunch of files stored on a cloud service somewhere. And for long-time Game Collectors like myself, who actually put value and pride in having and maintaining a healthy collection of actual game devices and mediums, yes, it's just a lot better. If you disagree with that, sorry. But that's no reason whatsoever to come off with a bad attitude to others who don't share your views.
End of story.
P.S. For the record, not that I actually need to tell you this, but yes, I DO in fact have experience and an "understanding" of digital downloads and DRM. I have a Steam account. I've been downloading games on PC/Wii/PS3/Wii U for quite some time.
