couchmonkey said:
This is where digital gets interesting. It's very convenient, but as a retro gamer, I don't want to be stuck with no game if the hardware dies or the servers are shut down, etc. etc. Physical media doesn't last forever...but I have had 0 of ~100 cartridges die on me except for the second hand ones that were mistreated by their previous owners. In fact, I've even only had a couple of disc issues, and both of those were second hand too (but I admit my DVDs and CDs are giving me a handful of problems, probably in the 1-2% range.) If someone would create an iTunes-like experience for digital (that spans multiple generations of consoles - like my TG16 R-Type can be transferred from Wii to Wii U to Switch), I'd totally go for that. When someone creates a Netflix-like experience for digital (probably where Nintendo's going with Switch), I'll think about it. I prefer collecting but if the price:games ratio is right, who knows? For me, it's: 1. Carts 2. Discs 3. Digital - but digital could easily be 2 or maybe even 1 with the right platform behind it. |
I'm a retro gamer/collector myself, but I have to say, if my consoles and games start dying out and not working, I'm just going to go with emulators and ROMs/ISOs, since I've built up my collection once, and don't feel like having to do it agin.