Would you quit Modern Gaming if its Digital Only?

[AlfredoTurkey]

Conina said:

AlfredoTurkey said:

Wright said:

If I am allowed to make backup data of the content on my HDD (In case it ever breaks and I can no longer re-download the games per se on a new one), yes, why not? I will forever hold the data and the games. No internet blackout will prevent me from playing so.

 

I have like 15 digital games on my 360 that work perfectly fine, and I don't have to have the console connected to the internet.

 

I have like 70 NES carts, 40 Genesis carts and like 20 SNES carts. Some of those are now over 30 years old. Do you think that your HDD is going to last 30 years? Do you think those servers are going to last 30 years? Do you think you'll be able to buy a new HDD for your 360 in 30 years? 

 

You know that you can transfer data from one HDD to another (or some other medium), do you? I have 20 year old PC data which moved from floppy disks to MB-HDDs to GB-HDDs to TB-HDDs.

On consoles you can backup your data to external HDDs and you can transfer your data to new HDDs. I did it twice on my PS3 (from 60 GB to 240 GB to 1 TB) without problems, additionally my PS3 save games are backuped both on my PC and in the PS-cloud. The transfer of my PS4-data (from 500 GB to 1.75 TB) also went flawless, additionally my PS4 save games are backuped both on my PC and in the PS-cloud. My digital Vita games are also backuped on my PC and its save games are both backuped on PC and in the PS-cloud. The data on a 360-HDD can be transfered to another HDD or on a standard USB stick... Shall I go on?

 

Do you know how many times I've transfered my Metroid NES cart since I was given it 30 years ago? Zero. No jumping through hoops, no constant worrying about a HDD crash. No worrying about Nintendo shutting down servers SHOULD the HDD crash... just a cart... sitting on a shelf.