Gamers Still Prefer Physical Discs Over Digital, According to Findings

[The_Yoda]

d21lewis said:

The_Yoda said:
Mixed here, but I prefer physical. I have 150+ digital on the WiiU, a bunch on the PS3 and 2/3 of my collection on PS4 is digital. I still like physical though because as others have said ... what happens when my machine inevitably dies and the servers are no longer up and running for me to restore the collection I may have spent thousands on?

You make a good point.

Then again, a metric ton of games I bought digitally last gen have appeared in updated form (Flower, Castle Crashers) or via BC on my current gen consoles. Nice little bonus, imo.

 

But there's no right answer. I was a guy who'd never buy digital if there was a physical option. Now, I love digital.

Digital is convenient as all get out and it does have it's advantages: my son (living in California) and I (living in Indiana) can both play my copy of Overwatch since I have his PS4 set as my primary. Hell oddly enough we can even play it at the same time.

I wish games were like movies where you got a digital copy with the physical release (for a few extra dollars sometimes), then you would have the best of both worlds. I've recently fallen in love with Walmart's practice in this regard. I scan my receipt with their "savings catcher" and they send me an email (if I bought a qualifying movie) with a link that adds the movie to my Vudu account which is linked to my Ultra Violet account. I don't even have to open the movie and type in the code on the Ultra Violet website. Scan the receipt, wait for the email and click the link and I'm done.