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everybody will have a 2TB disc drive by the end of this gen.... already today buying less than 1tb is moronic..... the gb cost is so low that you pay almost the same for a 500 than a 1tb today....

at OP and don't forget every time you buy a physical disc a baby panda dies :'(








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go digital.. it makes the gf/wife happy... no more cases in the appartment, her friends don't see all those games.. no little nephews ruining your collection.. save shelf space..



 

Face the future.. Gamecenter ID: nikkom_nl (oh no he didn't!!) 

No. Digital is more expensive almost always. At least that's how it's on consoles. You have to wait ridiculously long to get any price drops. You could easily be still paying full price for digital when physical is 15-20€.

Also, unless you're a careless owner, physical is more reliable. No reliance on the service being up and all that stuff. Of course it's probably not much of a concern if you have no intentions of playing your games after the generation is over. I suppose there's the fact that there is the possibility of you getting banned for whatever ridiculous reason, in which case you lose everything. It's very unlikely to happen but it can happen, especially if you don't behave yourself and/or keep to yourself.



jlmurph2 said:
Recon1O1 said:
I won't until there is a price difference to make it worthwhile. Buying a disc gives you the option to trade in games you don't like and don't think you'll play again. You can then take a chance on games you're not sure about. Never buying a used game ever is not an option I'm going to commit to. Show me the digital discounts first.

That's what renting games is for.


What if you like the game you rented? You wont get to keep it



NiKKoM said:
go digital.. it makes the gf/wife happy... no more cases in the appartment, her friends don't see all those games.. no little nephews ruining your collection.. save shelf space..


Huh?



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Kane1389 said:
NiKKoM said:
go digital.. it makes the gf/wife happy... no more cases in the appartment, her friends don't see all those games.. no little nephews ruining your collection.. save shelf space..


Huh?

Happens when you get older.. most of her and my friends don't play videogames anymore.. "its for kids" so it's starts to get embarrassing when there are 100's of games in the livingroom.. -_-"



 

Face the future.. Gamecenter ID: nikkom_nl (oh no he didn't!!) 

one word: never



NiKKoM said:
Kane1389 said:
NiKKoM said:
go digital.. it makes the gf/wife happy... no more cases in the appartment, her friends don't see all those games.. no little nephews ruining your collection.. save shelf space..


Huh?

Happens when you get older.. most of her and my friends don't play videogames anymore.. "its for kids" so it's starts to get embarrassing when there are 100's of games in the livingroom.. -_-"

So you think video games are embarassing?



endimion said:
I'll go against everybody else... I can't wait to go all digital.... I want to be able to swap games and take advantage of all, options that WILL come in the future... I don't care about used game like say price drops online too and you have amazing deals all the time... And last but not least I can't stand physical media especially on such ridiculously obsolete and unecological data storage as blu ray or disc based storage in general... And the clutter they creat for no reason...

I don't see any reason to keep going with physical discs in the 21st century unless you are a collector or buy lots of used games months or years after launch and even then I found way better deals on weekly sales than used most of the time...

to me discs games are to video game what are vinyls to all music only better in some backward minds and collectors


While I agree with your views on digital for movies and games, music is a different thing all together. With the right setup vinyl is not only as good but can be considerably better than CD and infinitly better than anything from your average online music store/torrent site.



Physical games have been consistently cheaper than digital all last gen with exception of PC(which there usually is no physical counterpart.) This may change, but hear me out. I say always support physical because you can lend or even trade games with friends. The big reason is (I know you say you always buy new and dont plan to sell) there may be a time in your life, maybe 20-30 years from now where you are hard up for money. Shit happens and when it does you will be glad you can get money for anything you can sell including your old games.



Getting an XBOX One for me is like being in a bad relationship but staying together because we have kids. XBone we have 20000+ achievement points, 2+ years of XBL Gold and 20000+ MS points. I think its best we stay together if only for the MS points.

Nintendo Treehouse is what happens when a publisher is confident and proud of its games and doesn't need to show CGI lies for five minutes.

-Jim Sterling