Microsoft Was Right, Video Game Discs Are Stupid

[SvennoJ]

binary solo said:

walterbates said:

The arguments for discs are often directly conflicting with one another. People say they miss having a physical game collection on their shelf they can look at, and they want the ability to play old games when they want. But the other prime argument is that people want the ability to play a game and instantly turn around and pawn it at GameStop, which makes those other two reasons pointless, as you will never actually have a collection of games, if you keep selling them back for new ones.

They are only conflicting if you are talking about the same game. Games I love and want to keep = I like having them on the shelf to look at. Games I didn't like much and don't want to keep = being on disc I can sell it and get back some money to buy a game I will actually love and want to keep. See, no contradiction there. I will accept an all digital future only if refunds (like on Steam) become standard on all digital stores.

Exactly. My physical ps3 collection is a shelf full of awesome games.
My PSN collection is a mess of some great games, some ok, and a bunch of rubbish mostly from ps+.

I'll accept an all digital future if I can (re)download games in under a minute, get a (partial) refund on games I don't want to keep and get to lend / give away my games as I see fit. Until then I see digital as only 25% to 50% of the value of a physical copy. I'm very hesitant to pay anything over $10 for a digital copy.