Support Physical Games

[darthv72]

I have had this debate for years over the subject of physical vs digital. And honestly, none of us are any authority to lecture others how they should or should not collect / play their games. I can only speak for myself and say i support both. I used to have a very large and diverse selection of physical media over the years. And it really just takes up too much space. then you have the issue of what to choose to play... it got out of hand (for me). I pretty much downsized the games from the 7th gen and previous. i still keep select ones in my collection, but otherwise the only physical media I support are flash carts, hard drives and SD cards full of the games that once were sitting on my shelves. And even though some would argue that isnt physical... i can say otherwise. i am able to hold those devices in my hand, they are real physical objects.

When it comes to more modern games, i do buy both digital (sales are more plentiful on steam, nintendo eshop and xb/ps stores) and the occasional physical release if its something I just want to buy and keep sealed. I have plenty of games like that. I also like to use services such as gamepass and PS+ premium to play games via cloud. No commitment to installing them on my systems if i just want to quickly pick up and play. Again, if its a game that i am enjoying, i will buy it, but otherwise i like those 'rental' services that let you try before you buy. Or at least that is how I see they should be used.