padib said:
SvennoJ said:
Shadow1980 said:
Wasn't physical media supposed to be dead already? ....
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Great post.
I still buy CDs, although through Amazon nowadays since the shelf space in my local store only has the disposable pop new releases left. My wife's first iPod died, new one she always forgets to charge and at some point it screws it up and you have to redownload everything. Same with my parents in law, always have to come over to fix the damn mp3 player. I simply play my CDs which always work.
When my ps3 died, it took me a couple of months just to redownload all the psn stuff with my bandwidth cap.
And books, I thought about buying an e-reader at some point. Then I picked up my book again, browsed back and forth to the nicely detailed map while reading the final battle of the wheel of time. Feeling the texture of the paper between my fingers and see the sunlight bounce of the pages. Checking how far I am by the thickness of the book. I stare enough at screens all day, no e-reader for me.
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You need to back things up silly guy! :P This isn't a good reason digital is not convenient. With the right discipline and backup setup, it is much simpler to back up a digital library than a pile of discs and to stay in control of your ownership.
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Not redownload from the web, from the pc. It feels like downloading lol. Shitty usb.
I backed up up all my save files, the ones that were allowed to be copied. I didn't bother with an external HDD to make full system backups of a frigging console. Do you honestly do that every week or month? I have an external mirror drive for my pc, good enough I hope. I keep the important stuff (pictures, home videos) on SSD cards in a fire proof box and on a laptop for easy carry out. Yet how long do ssd cards last :/
