Digital or retail. Which hits your wallet harder?

[SvennoJ]

I prefer retail. Only buy digital when it's really cheap.

I could pay an extra $156 a year for a total of $1056 a year for unlimited internet. Yet it's bloody expensive enough already. Plus I prefer physical anyway, can resell them, much faster to re-install, and I like to collect the great games. New games are usually the same or cheaper at retail, old games Steam wins, yet second hand pretty much always beats any console 'deals'.

Btw why would a digital only future lower prices? Seems digital isn't bothered about competing with second hand sales at all. Closed eco systems are a monopoly, which negates competition.
Blaming retail stores for keeping digital prices high is nothing but a smoke screen. Do you you really think publishers don't like that deliciously high margin on digital. People are lazy, charge extra. Renting movies online is more expensive than it was renting them at Blockbuster! Physical blu-rays are often cheaper than buying their digital versions and besides better quality and sound they even include a digital copy! Pay extra for the convenience of not having to get up of the couch.