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[Ryuu96]

BasilZero said:

DroidKnight said:

Only anecdotal. Just got back from a small trip over the weekend for Mother's Day. I got to hang out with my brothers and nieces and spoke to them about the Switch 2 about to come out and Next Gen systems for Xbox and PS. All of us game on multiple platforms. I was a bit taken back by their responses to the all digital format we're being converted to. All of them said they no longer have any interest in gaming in all digital and won't be purchasing any of the Next Gen devices. Not even the Switch 2.

I can see it being a deal breaker for many people

Though to me I'm fully digital across Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo and PC.

I find it easier - less clutter and I have 5 GB Fiber with no data cap so its not a issue for me.

As long as I can play a game, dont care what format it comes as.

I used to get discs but then Game Pass happened and around that time I stopped collecting discs entirely, I saw no point in buying Xbox 1st party when it was coming to Game Pass and that had a knock on effect on everything else, if I wasn't going to collect Xbox 1st Party then I would see my "collection" as incomplete and then I started seeing my physical copies as useless clutter, Lol. This then caused me to stop buying physical on Switch too, and then I started buying 3rd parties digitally on Xbox as well as I started to see digital as less hassle.

I was never that huge into physical to begin with though, I may be naïve but I really don't give a fuck that I don't "own" it and they could take it away from me at any point, I have never been in a situation where that has happened to me, where I've wanted to replay a game but couldn't, but that is also because I rarely replay games to begin with, once I'm done with something I'm largely done with it and never return to it, Lol. But even if something did vanish from my library I would still have the memories, so again I don't fear it that much, Lol.

I've dumped almost all my physical library, I had maybe 40+ Xbox One physical copies and sold them all and my smaller Switch collection, I still have some Xbox 360/Wii stuff but I've just not got around to dumping that, not like I'd get much for most of it, Lol. Though I will keep the "rarer" ones like Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn.

But it's the market speaking Tbh. PC is already essentially 99.9% digital and nobody cares about physical there, Xbox is 91% digital, PlayStation is a majority as well, I would say I think it feels a bit forced by publishers with Switch 2 as I don't believe digital is a majority on Switch yet but it will eventually get there whether forced or not. Physical will become a niche thing kept alive by companies like Limited Run Games for those who still want a physical copy but the market is moving towards digital, I think older gamers are being replaced by gamers who frankly don't seem to care about physical at all or only play a few games a year, or are focused on F2P/GaaS titles and have grown up with stuff like Netflix so are used to it.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 12 May 2025