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Forums - Gaming - Gamers Still Prefer Physical Discs Over Digital, According to Findings

I prefer physical but only because if I bought digital all the time I wouldn't have any space on my HDD. people buy a lot of games and generally keep them so there's simply not enough space to make a move to digital only. Games nowadays take up tonnes of space on a HDD.
If consoles were to make a digital only move then they'd have to come with minimum 3TB Hargrove space.



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Never ever buy a game digital on day 1.


Digital becomes cool 3 or 4 years after the release of a console when actual good games sell for 5-15$.



One of the main reasons i buy digital is for the box art lol.



no suprise



As mentioned before, UK poll so it's going to be a leaning towards physical disc anyway. Digital (PSN and Live stores) are a joke for prices.

Unless there is a way to exchange or at least refund easily purchase from digital and costs are lowered, physical will always win.



Hmm, pie.

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Not me. Screw discs! I like jumping from game to game with the press of a button. I don't even have to leave home to buy them. I can't go back. The only thing I miss is looking on my shelf and seeing the beautiful box art.



Should this be surprising? I don't think so.



Bandorr said:

I absolutely prefer Physical. Easy to trade. Easy to sell. You can buy used. Plus they get naturally discounted due to needing warehouse and shelf space.

Combined with no having to download anything (other than patches). Plus you get nice box art and you can pick up a nice CE.

Digital only I'd have to worry about deleting/installing/download constantly. Physical I only have to worry about the patches. It would be very nice if when you went to delete a game one of the options was "leave patches?".

Digital is great for those "gotta have it now" moments though.

Hear, hear.



I prefer physical yet for psvr I downloaded a bunch of digital games, cheaper, got to have it now, manageable download and install size, and swapping disks is a lot more difficult with the headset on :)

Yet I will never buy TLG digitally, physical copy a must.



I for one still cannot choose digital over physical if given a choice. Ultimately, I don't have a sense of ownership if I just own digital. Now, if digital were my only option and I really want the game, yes. I have a number of digital only titles on my PS3 and did not hesitate to buy. I would still prefer having a physical copy, but having a digital copy on the HDD is pretty convenient.