Future of Physical Media in consoles - end of disks?

[Azzanation]

DPsx7 said:

Azzanation said:
Iv been collecting phyiscal games since the beginning of gaming and honestly, its becoming more inconvenient trying to find space for everything. Sadly Digital media is superior is every way and collection a disk is now pointless especially considering you still need day 1 patches to use the disks.

Like others said you can skip the patch in most cases. Lots of times it's only a tacked on online mode. In the case of the limited run stuff they always wait to print the final version so you won't be without any necessary fixes. I have a 3DS and Vita and can't remember updating any of those games.

I too collect. Everyone has things on display so why can't be it games? Sure there's so much that some of it has to be packed away but it's not like I have more important things that need that space. Be glad that if you're like me and get the itch to replay a classic you won't be forced to subscribe or repurchase a game.

Skipping patches is never ideal especially in this time of age. Also many claiming you can play games offline because you own the disks are also the same people subscribing to Live and PSN to also play those same games online. The principle of owning games on consoles is far from true and very contradicting in some aspects.

There is nothing wrong with collecting, i like collecting as well however its nothing more than a cosmetic now. A good example would be that I own physical games that no longer work due to many reasons, some no longer work due to damage, some no longer work due to iv lost them, some no longer work due to the hardware that runs them no longer works and some no longer work because the servers shut down, having the physical versions did not save them. Warhammer Online is a game that comes to mind, and i brought the $200 collectors edition. Also for the record, all my digital games on Steam still work today. My SNES Doom game no longer works well and sometimes just doesn't work at all where as my Doom game i own on Steam works like new every time i install it, i cant lose it, the hardware will never age because its BC and the game can never deteriorate over time. 

I am not sure if the argument of playing classics without subscribing or repurchasing is the right call either. I can play more classics now thanks to digital. Good luck trying to find a classic game that works, sold for a reasonable price and if you have the hardware that plays it.

That's just my opinion.

Last edited by Azzanation - on 23 October 2020