I need to make one thing clear. Whenever these topics come up in forums as a general rule. I express my support for physical and a bunch of people who only support digital quote me and try to argue. I cannot be budged from my view on physical being better. Ownership is better. Preservation is better. A lot of stuff has been delisted I have physical versions of. That now only exist in physical form. I have so many games never ported to modern services or systems.
"but emulation" it's a shallow experience. It's getting a new game in the mail or finding some treasure out in the wild in a store or yard sale or flea market. That is a thrill. Not knowing anything about an old retro game you bought. It could be amazing or bad but the exciting thing is not knowing. Hearing the click of a cartridge popping in or opening the lid to pop the CD in and pressing power. Reading the manual. It's a build-up to playing the game. The anticipation leading up. Steam or whatever is soulless to me. A page that tells you everything about the game. People reviewed it. You click to download...yay. Boring. While I'm not the biggest on Nintendo franchises. Switch is the best system I have used in a long time. It brings almost every great quality about 90s console gaming on a modern system. It's the system you dreamed of in the 90s. Full portable console gaming. Nomad had the idea but wasn't quite there. I'm playing new games like Astral Chain that remind me why I game. The same excitement of all those new ideas and IPs we got but the tens of dozens each year. Switch bought that back. Also a cart system. While PS4 still has the physical aspect of popping a disc in and opening a new game. Physical games is not just about the format. The format is part of it. There is a build up of anticipation that can be days or weeks or hours. Then you get to appreiciate the artistry of the game.
All I get in digital games is. Cool game. Play for 5 minutes. Download another. Backlog of steam games most people don't play or finish.
Bite my shiny metal cockpit!
