Are physical games eventually going to die?

[SvennoJ]

Chrkeller said:

SvennoJ said:

Oh they are into those now as well (12 and 14 now). I meant when they were 4 and 6, discovering video games through the tactile experience. Already at 2-3 years old getting a kick out of crashing the plane in Wii sports resort, feeling the rumble as the pilot jumps out. That look of joy and wonder on their face is priceless.

Now they're old and just play whatever you tube tells them to play :/ 14 year old is into Rust and Rocket League, 12 year old wants to play GTA 5 and is configuring the color sequences on his new keyboard. BotW uses motion controls btw, still need that tactile part ;)
They grew up too fast, perverted by you tube streamers! Yet the youngest still wants to play 1-2-Switch now and then. How will that be preserved digital only...

I credit Rayman legends on the switch for my kids getting into games.  I would play with a pro controller while they used their finger to make the glums worth more.  That and they played coop Mario galaxy collecting star bits.  

Wasn't that on the WiiU? I remember playing Rayman with them on that, and yup they would be using their fingers on the gamepad while I was playing on TV. Sadly can't do that with the Switch :/ The WiiU got way more use than the Switch gets now thanks to asynchronous and multi screen gameplay. Another experience that will be tough to preserve. A lot of WiiU games lost some of their charm by porting them to Switch.

Lego City Undercover was the most popular game with all 4 of us and worked beautifully with the gamepad. Hud and map on the pad, scanning around with the pad for the spy missions, setting waypoints on the pad just by clicking on the map in your hands. Super Mario Maker worked great as well. Touchscreen editing the levels, then watching my kids play test them on tv. (I guess that's still possible on Switch, just less convenient)

Anyway my Intellivision is now over 40 years old, all games still work. The controllers still work. Just a pita to hook it up to modern tvs. ROM cartridges and CDs last a long time, sadly my 5.25" and 3.5" floppy disks are pretty much worthless, as well as games that came on tape. Magnetic media lasts the shortest, hence HDDs being so fragile. SSD I don't know, my old (write-able) memory cards are all failing so not too optimistic about SSD drives either :/