Physical til death. I ain't paying $50US+ for a digital copy for any game.

Why shouldn't I buy a digital game on day 1?!  There are only two great times to buy a game digitally IMO: on/prior to launch, and years after the fact during a big sale.

I pre-order most of my games digitally.  I have Halo Wars 2 preordered.  I did the same for Gears 4.  I did the same for Halo 5.  I'll do the same for the next Forza Horizon.  I pay the same price as getting a physical copy, but I get way, way more out of it (most especially the ability to play it both at work on my breaks, and at home, with one purchase and no need to drag a disc back and forth).  I stepped on and cracked a game disc once (Skies of Arcadia for Dreamcast, sob!).  I have a friend who had a break-in and had a tonne of game discs stolen, and they didn't even have a recent list of what they had so they weren't sure what was missing.  Game consoles are generally quieter for digital games (installation, if not gameplay).  On my 150Mb/s connection they download plenty fast, but even on my old 30Mb/s connection I was satisfied by the rate at which they downloaded, and if you pre-order you can generally pre-download anyway.  The trend is towards being able to play four days early if you go digital, and in some cases getting another complementary version (such as getting the PC version as well with first-party Xbox games).  After collecting console games since the early '80s, I'm getting tired of ever-growing boxes/displays full of games since I live in a finite amount of space.  I'm tired of dusting them, alphabetizing them, storing them, moving them, misfiling them (wrong disc in wrong box), losing them, braking them, and spending mental energy worrying about all of the above.  I'm done.  I haven't bought a single game disc this generation and won't.  I'd pay up to twice as much for the digital copy, because that's like getting two copies for me anyway (one for home and one for work), although generally I pay the same or less.

That's cool if you feel differently than me, and I can understand why it would be a bummer to have to pay more to get it at launch in the UK, but even if I lived in the UK I expect I would get them digitally since they're less than twice as much (and no, I have no interest in dragging a game disc back and forth with me between home and work, periodically forgetting it at one place or the other, grabbing the box and not realizing the game disc isn't inside, someone at work losing it or wrecking it, etc.).  Given all of the above, I'm genuinely curious why you think getting it digitally on day 1 is a bad plan.  Care to elaborate?

If i'm going to buy a game day 1 and pay 60$ which i don't do often, i want the box, 60$ for air is just too much.

Digital for me is great for those games that i was mildly interested in but never got around to buy and eventually forgot about.

Also good for franchises i don't really care about collecting, like Wolfenstein or Far Cry for example.

I haven't bought a physical disc for over two-three years now, I tend to buy game 2-3 months down the road when price drop or when they have a sweet deal like dying light or Batman.

GTA V - $41.99; Rise of the Tomb Raider - $50.24; The Division $79.99; Fallout 4 - $51.99; Red Dead Redemption - $7.49; Dying light Enhanced Edition - $41.99; Gears 4 - $79.99; Batman: Arkham Knight Premium Edition - $37.49

Well, as for Nintendo games, the digital costs the same as physical and you still need to pay for tax, so of course I would go with physical copies..

I like having a physical collection over a collection that is not tangible, so obviously, I prefer physical discs. I only go digital if I have no choice.

Single player games from series you cheerish, its basically un-thinkable for me to get them digital.

I want to own the box and have it sitting on a shelf, and knowing that no matter what,

in the future I can always just put it in and play it.

When i buy digital it doesn't actually feel like i own the game. When the servers inevitably shut down what will become of your collection?

The industry slid that digital dick in me so slowly, I didnt even know I was being fucked!

Phase 1: cheap, decent Xbox Live Arcade titles.

Me: "Oh, I guess it wouldn't hurt to try out. Oh, this game is on my console like magic!"

Phase 2: Full PSP titles

Me: "Oh, this is MUCH easier than trying to keep up with umd discs! And no scratches either?

Phase 3: PSN/XBL sales

Me: "A fully downloadable console game? For only five dollars? I don't have a lot of space on my HDD but.... Okay"

Phase 4: Cross buy

Me: "So you're telling me I get a free copy of Flower for my Vita, just because I bought it for my ps3? AND now, I get a free copy for my PS4!?! Witchcraft!!"

Phase 5: The preorder

Me: "Hey, by preordering, I can be at home playing the game at 12am instead of waiting in line to buy it. Hell, I might even play the game earlier!"

Now, I'm sold. No turning back now. I have two PS3s, 2 Xbox 360s, two Xbox Ones, and soon I'll have two PS4s. I can go from room to room, playing whenever I feel. My saves come with me automatically. Sometimes, I can play the same game with my daughter on two different consoles at the same time!!

How can anybody not be behind this?

I do not like digital games as I can resell my games on Amazon for a decent price.

People should be able to resell games, if I buy the media I can do what I want with it...