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SvennoJ on 26 August 2014
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Burek said:
SvennoJ said:

Neither does yours. Does every game get a remaster each generation, far from it. Not all movies do either. Plus that outdated technology still provides the best quality, most extras, and most sound/subtitle/version options for watching movies. I can't download a 40GB game, neither can I download the 15 disc extended cut special edittion Lotr box set.

Yes multiplayer servers can be shut down, doesn't effect local play. Always online games are a different matter.

Remasters and emulators aren't always better. See the Flashback remake, or the whole Star wars controversy.

Of course not everything gets a remaster. We live in capitalism, so it only makes sense to make remakes and remasters of things that will probably be profitable. If a game is popular, it will be available in the future. If it's Ride to Hell, it will not, and the existing discs will be ground into plastic pellets.

How does outdated technology provide the best quality? If you're talking about games in particular, the downloadable and disc versions are completely the same, they are both digital. If you're talking about my examples, surely it's better to watch a downloaded Citizen Kane than to watch it on a 70 year old film reel.

Why can't you download a 40GB game? I download them all the time, and have had no problems ever.

Naturally, you cannot download a disc-set, because it's a disc-set. Maybe in the future they will make it possible for you to download and 3D print the discs, but surely that's gotta be expensive.

And why are online games a different matter? They are still games. or are we now just picking the games to fit our little perception of ownership? Those games were made, sold at $60, owned and played from disc. Good luck playing your Titanfall on X360 or APB on PS3 in 10 years...

 

As I said, I really don't mind people using discs, I actually support their decision 100%, but them going around making up excuses (mostly to comfort themselves as they are afraid of progress and changes) and belittling digital is ludicrous.

Can't download it because of bandwidth caps. I don't have 40GB spare in any month.
And a blu-ray version of Citizen Kane is better than a download. http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Citizen-Kane-Blu-ray/7744/#Review
Some games still offer extras in the physical edition, it has become rare though with the push to digital parity, which is a shame imo.

Ofcourse online games are a different matter, you need to be online. You do not buy nor own the server to play it on. You do not get the console either with the purchase of the disc. Titanfall clearly states you need an internet connection and xbox live to play.
(Btw when I still bought pc games they had the option of hosting your own server, and play on 4 pcs at the same time, all with 1 disc. Nowadays Steam offers a slight discount when you buy a 4 pack to play with friends, screw that)

I don't mind people choosing the convenience of digital, but calling people that prefer physical afraid of progress or change or desperately clinging to outdated technology to have a sense of relevance, wth?

And what if I like stuff that's not profitable enough for a remake/remaster/resale/virtual store. Sorry too bad? The existing discs are not shred to plastic, they end up in second hand stores, ebay, garage sales.