| RubberWhistleHistle said:
i do want the game. i want to be able to hold it in my hand and keep it forever. im not supporting digital only releases of games like this. there is no reason to not make a physical copy of the game. they are just being greedy.
let me ask you this question though, how many times does this have to happen before YOU personally see it as a problem? i draw the line at one game, for you, im sure if this happened more and more you would be quite annoyed, ESPECIALLY when considering the low amount of storage that is on the wii u in the first place. im not taking any part in supporting this kind of stuff. if other people dont mind downloading it and playing it, then i am happy for them that they get to play it. but i want my physical release, and they should be catering to that audience.
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So again - you don't really want the game if the deciding factor between getting it or not is a boxed copy. If you wanted it, you'd buy a digital copy if that's the only way of getting it.
Which is fine, you're entitled to your opinion. But it leaves little room to manouver when arguing for niche games coming west in future, because if you're saying "retail or not at all" then the majority of publishers that have anything about them are just going to say "fine, not at all then". Which they're more than entitled to do too.
Nintendo included. Perhaps if digital as an option had existed on their ecosystem last generation they'd have used it to get across games like Zangeki no Reginleiv or Takt of Magic on Wii; Soma Bringer or ASH on DS. At least it may be the option that they're taking this generation with Fatal Frame, a game which is more equally as niche as any of those.
Regarding the bolded, by the way, I'm a Vita owner. Our biggest possible storage space is 64GB, which sounds like a lot for a handheld but seriously isn't when you can have 3GB+ games which grow even larger with patches. Plus no physical backwards compatibility with PSP so any PSP games you want to play on it have to be downloaded. And PS1 games.
And you know, I am a massive advocate of physical releases. I'll petition whoever and tweet at whoever to ask them to do a physical release. And if it comes down to it, I'll often import from USA/Asia if there's a physical option available there that isn't available in the UK.
But if digital is the only option and it's a game that I want to play, then I'll buy it digitally. And normally, it's something so niche that I'm just thankful I'm available to enjoy it in English at all.
I'm an old-fashioned videogame fan. I enjoy physical boxes I can look at on my shelf. But at the end of the day, games are why I'm a gamer, not boxes, and to purposefully deprive myself of an enjoyable experience because of something as petty as not getting the form of media I want it just bizarre to me.
