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SvennoJ on 18 October 2016
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d21lewis said:
Shiken said:
Physical will always be better than digital, period. Think of it this way. Sony closes their PS3 store and your PS3 with your digital games takes a shit because, lets face it, discs and cartridges will last a lot longer than a console when cared for properly.

So then you buy a refurbished model from a 3rd party and you are good to go without losing any of your hard earned game collection...IF you bought physical games. If you went digital however, too bad so sad you just lost everything.

Back up to an external HDD? Good idea! Oh wait, your new refurbished console will reformat it and wipe it clean.

Seriously digital is horrible for anyone that actually cares about their investments long term.

Or scenario b. Your house catches on fire, you're home is burglarized, or you just vet careless and step on your disc. Collection gone.

Seriously, physical is just horrible for anyone that actually cares about their investments. 

 

The only true way to keep your collection is to store it in a bomb shelter.

Hmm, houses really aren't that fragile, nor do thieves care about your game collection if you even have the pleasure to get burglarized.
HDDs will most certainly fail, servers do get turned off, digital games do disappear due to for example license issues.

I still have cds I still play and movies from the 90's that work perfectly fine. Any mp3s and mods I had, long lost in HDD crashes. Savegames I had uploaded to websites, website gone :/ We'll see in 20 years how ps3/360 digital games are doing.

But I can't deny the convenience, changing disks with psvr headset on is asking for trouble...