| Vladdie93 said: Here's why I typically choose Retail over Digital: A) Physical copies at least offer some form of safety if something breaks. If the game breaks (in 6 or so years) spend the $20 to replace it at that point. If the console breaks, buy a new one. Meanwhile, buying digital means that if the console breaks, you have to buy the new one AND a copy of the game. Yeah, you can back up the sets of games, but it's easier to simply have a copy of the game that doesn't need to be backed up. B) Physical copies can be traded in. For example, I bought Destiny for $60, played it through, and didn't really like it. Traded it in to GameStop for $40 and got Super Smash Bros for 3DS instead. Like it a lot more. Meanwhile, buying digital means that if I buy a game I don't like, I'm stuck with it and can't do anything about that. There's no return policy on digital because there's not really anything to give back (no physical value like disc). C) For the most part, I live in an area where the internet is very slow (and while at home, non-existant). So downloading a 23 GB game would take about a full day. Meanwhile, a trip to Walmart takes 10, GameStop takes 40, and if I order a retail copy on Amazon I get it the day it comes out guaranteed. Digital gaming would take so much longer because of the downloads. Granted Pre-loading is making a change to that policy by allowing people to wait the day earlier and then unlocking it at release, but physical is still quicker since I don't have to wait that extra day. D) Discs can be borrowed or given to a friend. So, my friend with a PS4 who wants to play Far Cry 4 but has no internet can borrow my disc, or I can just bring it to his house. With Digital I'd have to carry the entire console to his house and re-plug it. E) Price doesn't change. Unless you're on PC, the price of digital (since it's minus the disc, minus the travel, and minus the extra costs in making it) is the exact same is retail. AND, the price on a physical used disc in GameStop goes down a lot quicker than an old game in the PSN. I've seen games in stores about $10-20 cheaper than their digital counterparts.
SO, I don't see a benefit to choosing digital over retail. Digital is more commitment at a higher price, only good if you have internet, and requires that you are positive your console will work forever and ever. I will say that I've bought 2 AAA games on the Digital market. I have purchased Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor and inFamous: Second Son over the internet. And I see no problem with the digital copy versus the retail. But the only reason I felt confident to buy it was that I knew I was going to love the game. I couldn't have done that with pre-orders or a game that I'm uncertain about. |
A. Not necessarily true. You digital titles aren't tied to one console.
B. So, basically, you paid $60 for a 3DS game. Personally, and I'm sure I'm not the only one... Once I buy, I do not trade or sell. I don't care what I feel about the game, I'm not doing it.
C. That's a good point for anyone with slow internet speeds. Personally, I'd just wait it out, but I know not everyone wants to do that, and risk running their limit.
D. Yeah, taking a couple games is better than the whole console. Although by now, I'm used to taking my PS3 with me.
E. Again, I bought GTAV just last month for 30 dollars. There definitely are deals happening every week. I've checked amazon. I wasn't getting Sonic generations cheaper than 15 dollars with shipping included. To add to the whole matter, I didn't even like Generations, so I'm glad I got it digitally. Again, if it were a physical copy, I wouldn't have sold it anyway. At least going digital saved me about 8 bucks with that game.
