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How will you buy them?

All digital 16 9.64%
 
All physical 91 54.82%
 
Depends on the game 21 12.65%
 
Depends on the install size 5 3.01%
 
Depends on the patch size 1 0.60%
 
Whatever is cheaper 9 5.42%
 
Not interested 16 9.64%
 
Show results 7 4.22%
 
Total:166
COKTOE on 02 November 2017

Uhg. Nothing's perfect I guess. I don't like this emerging trend of physical games on the Switch requiring massive dl's to make them complete, essentially rendering them digital copies that come with a free box. Yet, I would kick an old man down a flight of stairs to have 256gb sd card support on the Vita for my digital needs. It would be so lovely to not have to deal with some type of compromise when the path to glory is so clear.



- "If you have the heart of a true winner, you can always get more pissed off than some other asshole."

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Moren on 02 November 2017

Not a chance in hell.



COKTOE on 02 November 2017

Can somebody clarify this for me, because Google results only seem to deal with game saves ( which is it's own separate Switch issue ). Can downloaded games be backed up to an external hd or pc?



- "If you have the heart of a true winner, you can always get more pissed off than some other asshole."

specialk on 02 November 2017

Physical until they force me off of it IMO.

All my games accessible anywhere at any time is intoxicating to think about. But in reality, I won't touch a vast majority of games I play after I beat them. I'm out to game as cheaply as I can. Buy. Beat. Sell back (with generationally good games as the exception).

Most recent example is Mario + Rabbids. Great game, but I had little interest in anything outside of the main story.

$48 (with Amazon Prime) purchase less $32 sell-back price = $16 + taxes for ~15-20 hours of good gaming.

Buying it digitally, I'd be out $40+.



caffeinade on 02 November 2017

Mostly digital.
I wish I had bought Mario Kart 8 Deluxe digitally too; I hate having to switch cartridges to play games.



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Ganoncrotch on 02 November 2017

Does it matter in the slightest how you get the games? Does it make the smallest bit of difference to the game you're playing?



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couchmonkey on 02 November 2017
Ganoncrotch said:
Does it matter in the slightest how you get the games? Does it make the smallest bit of difference to the game you're playing?

I like physical...my main complaints with digital are:

- I can't sell a digital game
- I don't know if I can "keep" my digital games if I have to upgrade my console HW 10 years from now
- I hate waiting 10 minutes for patches when I just want to jump in and play
- The storage requirements are frustrating

The others are nothing more than principles.  Point 3 definitely makes a small bit of difference to the game I'm playing.  I've actually switched* to another console and not come back until a later date because I didn't feel like waiting for the loading.

*Ha ha.



DonFerrari on 02 November 2017

I buy only phisical unless it is under 10 USD for the AAA.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

VGPolyglot on 02 November 2017

I have a better option! Don't get them at all!!



DonFerrari on 02 November 2017
d21lewis said:
I'm already full digital.
256GB SD card and every game I own besides Zelda is digital.

I keep all my games on the card and I still have 173GB left after 18 games! This includes heavy hitters like NBA 2K (26GB) and Fire Emblem (13GB) and little titles like Sonic Mania (184MB).

So Sega should teach Nintendo how to compress their games.. there is no reason for Fire Emblem to takes 13GB  while Sonic Mania only use 184MB.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."