| outlawauron said: This is something I'll never understand. I must one of the few to not care about the shape of my media, as long as I can get it. |
And I'll never understand that!
If this were a cheap indie game which I were taking a punt on for a few quid and if it's rubbish I'll just forget about it, then fine, I'm all for digital.
If this were a game in an established franchise which I've played multiple entries in and I know I'll love the end product of, then fine, I'm all for digital.
This is neither of those things. I'm not made of enough money (yet) that I can afford to blow bucketloads on something I'm 90% sure I'll like (but there's still an element of doubt) with 0 resale opportunities if I don't like it.
And aside from that, as much as I understand the two sides of an argument of a digital future (i.e. "but they could shut down the service at any minute and then all I'd have is whatever I saved on my memory card!" vs. "but your game card could break at any time"), fact is that physical media has proven itself. I bought PS1 games in 1994 and they still work now, 20 years later. Digital media hasn't proven itself to me yet.
With the imminent release of PS Vita TV, a home console with an expected lifetime undoubtedly much longer than my OLED Vita, given the opportunity to - I would like to future proof my games.
So yeah, I care about the shape of my media. I'm not so opposed to digital that I'll flatly refuse to buy something if there's no other option (e.g. I own Atelier Totori Plus as a digial download) but where there is another option, for the time being I'd much rather choose that.
Hope that goes a little way into helping you to understand, at least.
