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spemanig said:
AlfredoTurkey said:

The mass majority of "gamers" sell their games for credit toward their next game. This is why all digital will fail and why the original Xbone's anti used game stance failed. 


There are many ways to circumvent that, and Steam and mobile are both perfect proof that it can be massively successful. Like I said, the original XBO was poorly executed. Bricking your console completely when not connected to the internet is stupid. Steam doesn't do that. Mobile doesn't do that.

All it takes is one good execution for all digital to take off, just like it did on PC and mobile. It's only a matter of time, and if my preditions are correct, it'll be as soon as next year with the NX. There are plenty of ways consoles can get around the used games issue. For PC, its frequent sales. For mobile, its cheap starting price. For Nintendo, I'm 100% sure it'll be their new membership program, which will encourage people to buy more by making games cheaper via a rewards program.


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At the moment physical if it is at the same price range with digital. As a game collector I was against digital future for a long time but I have now accepted it. Digital future is going to happen and when it does I'm not going to give up my lifelong entertainment because of that. It comes down to what a person values the most. For example I value Witcher 3 more than the 50€ I paid for it. If the only way to experience W3 would have been through digital copy, I would have taken the risk and bought it. For me there is no other way in the long run to get better bang for my buck than use it on gaming, from entertainment point of view. I would be stupid to stop gaming because it's digital only and use the money I "saved" to buy other things which I would not enjoy as much. The need to play games comes from the heart and only because it brings true joy to me. Looking/exploring/admiring my LE-games is fucking cool and awesome, you know you got some rare things in your hand but in the end it is not the source of joy for me. I won't put money ahead of my joy, ever.

 

Now a lot of things still need to happen to make digital fair for masses. For console space, games need to become fully backwards compatible, that is absolutely number one. You need to be able to download your games 10 years later and (this is important) the latest patch for it. This is super important for physical games also since many games are released in shitty state and needs patch. Imagine if you can't download patches for your physical games after 10 years. You'll be then playing a game which you know is a half-assed version of it.

Digital pricing will correct itself when retail copies are gone. This was discussed awhile ago. Basically digital console games have to be so expensive because it would make retail versions look bad and eat sales. When there are no retail versions at all, retailers don't have to be taken into account when pricing games. Digital only will make games cheaper because like in every other industry, competition will take care of it.

Removal of optical drive means the money can be used on better hardware. More processing power, memory, bigger harddrive, cheaper console, whatever it is.

I think it's the older gamers that are against digital future. For them owning a physical copy was a long time the only way to experience said games. When that barrier is gone with full backwards compatibility the emotional value of physical games will decrease. New generation, who just started gaming last gen or current gen, for them gaming will be totally different, digital actually existed from the very start. And not just gaming, the whole world is a whole lot more digital for them. They are not as afraid because they were born and raised in it.



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I have gone all digital, but it is only for practical reasons. The most important argument for physical discs though, is the sense of ownership. You never really achieve that feeling with digital.



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this is obviously from the perspective of somebody who owns a ps4 or x1. none of this applies to wii u or 3DS owners



ill always prefer physical over digital. I don't trust developers/publishers and know they cant shut off support at anytime when its digital and u can no longer play it



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I still prefer Physical, and the disc rather than just a download. Not sure why, I just have that mentality.



RubberWhistleHistle said:
this is obviously from the perspective of somebody who owns a ps4 or x1. none of this applies to wii u or 3DS owners

I thought the same thing...



The majority of my games on the PS4 are digital. Swapping discs to play different games has become a hassle to me, to be honest.