Buying AAAAA games? Get them digitally

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couchmonkey said:

Ganoncrotch said:
Does it matter in the slightest how you get the games? Does it make the smallest bit of difference to the game you're playing?

I like physical...my main complaints with digital are:

- I can't sell a digital game
- I don't know if I can "keep" my digital games if I have to upgrade my console HW 10 years from now
- I hate waiting 10 minutes for patches when I just want to jump in and play
- The storage requirements are frustrating

The others are nothing more than principles.  Point 3 definitely makes a small bit of difference to the game I'm playing.  I've actually switched* to another console and not come back until a later date because I didn't feel like waiting for the loading.

*Ha ha.

I never got that point.
Solution 1: Keep all your games updated and you won't ever need to wait for a specific game to finish downloading.
Solution 2: Play offline. (If it's an online game you have to download the newest version anyway)
Solution 3: As you said, play or do something else. But you don't even have to switch consoles. You can play another physical or digital game on the same console while the other game updates. It's not like you have to stare at the update bar for 10 minutes.