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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
VGPolyglot said:
DonFerrari said:

Sure, but I don't think it could really fit a 16GB card and run well. the hilarious part was the extreme comparissons in the thread =]

It doesn't even need to be compressed really, since a card is up to 32GB. They're just too stingy to pay for that.

Profits my friend, we need to keep the profits incoming.



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."

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DonFerrari said:
VGPolyglot said:

It doesn't even need to be compressed really, since a card is up to 32GB. They're just too stingy to pay for that.

Profits my friend, we need to keep the profits incoming.

Well, if a lot of people don't buy the game because they'll have to download a huge file, that seems counter-productive.

Test...

Last edited by VGPolyglot - on 02 November 2017

VGPolyglot said:
DonFerrari said:

Profits my friend, we need to keep the profits incoming.

Well, if a lot of people don't buy the game because they'll have to download a huge file, that seems counter-productive.

Zero profits (no sales) is better than diminishing profits (sale for some discount), said some crazy suit that doesn't understand how they should had released their game on the platform. Like, PS4 that have big HDD and most games have day one DLC patch, most won't bother with this... but for a portable it's kinda dumb move.



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."

Did I put too many A's?

Nautilus said:
All hail Spemanig, the prophet!

Our guide has yet to show up :/
How can we follow if he is not here!

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).

We never doubted you Tim. You saw the light eons ago!
Just need to sell BotW, repent your sins, and then maybe you can get into digital heaven.

okr said:

Same here. My physical copy of BotW will stay in the cartridge slot forever, all other games, no matter if 1st or 3rd party are on the internal storage and the 256GB SD card.

Another one, so close yet so far away. We are all destined to purgatory.

Shiken said:
I will buy all games that have a physical "Switch tax" digitally if the ENTIRE game is on the cart. An example of this is LA Noir where there is a partial download, but the game costs 10 dollars more than if you buy it digital.

If the ENTIRE game is on the cart, I will buy physical regardless of the orice being an extra 10 bucks. It is worth it to avoid the install.

If there is a partial download for physical but the price matches other platforms, I will buy physical to reduce the space used by the SD card.

This is how I am handling the situation and I encourage all other Switch owners to follow this same logic (unless you are going ALL digital anyway. In which case this no longer applies).

I was thinking of doing something similar with PuyoPuyo Tetris which had the Switch tax in Europe (even in the eShop). Luckily I stumbled upon the game for 30eur in a supermarket on launch day... and then I complained about the box inside art



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KBG29 said:
Too much value lost in physical versions. 

What? Digital versions have ZERO VALUE. lol Even if a physical copy loses value, it retains atleast SOME value. Unless you're talking about personal value or something?



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couchmonkey said:
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.

I never got that point.
Solution 1: Keep all your games updated and you won't ever need to wait for a specific game to finish downloading.
Solution 2: Play offline. (If it's an online game you have to download the newest version anyway)
Solution 3: As you said, play or do something else. But you don't even have to switch consoles. You can play another physical or digital game on the same console while the other game updates. It's not like you have to stare at the update bar for 10 minutes.



AlfredoTurkey said:
KBG29 said:
Too much value lost in physical versions. 

What? Digital versions have ZERO VALUE. lol Even if a physical copy loses value, it retains atleast SOME value. Unless you're talking about personal value or something?

Depends on if you value in what you get, or value in the ability to re-sell. Digital offers a massive value advantage over physical. With digital you can buy one copy of multiplayer games, and to share it with a family member or a friend, effectively making digital half the cost, a huge value for parents. With digital, there is a greater chance that your purchase will be playable across your home and handheld devices, since handhelds don't use disks. Digital allows you to have complete access to your library anytime, anywhere. 

Everyone has a diffenert definition of value, so in someone elses opinion, having the ability to get $ on a re-sale, or being able to trade/loan games, may be a much greater value. To me, giving the nephews $100 PSN card to get one copy of COD to share, is a much better deal than buying them two physical copies at $200. Even for myself, having the ability to access all of my games from my Vita, or if I wanted, a laptop, or Smartphone, is a massive value, compaired to being limited to one game I leave in the console. Not to mention the many other convienence of digital.



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70 Euros of a licence of use? If my paypal doesn't pay PSN for a month, my Ps4 get banned from the PSN and i CANNOT USE my digital games even if I paid for them, I can resell physical games, I can collect them, I can share them with friends. Please no joke, DD is worth only with 75% discounts. but usually with import and offers from stores I got prices usually half than the ones on PSN.

Not mentioning that with physical games, copies arrives on shop 3-4 days earlier and I can play immediately.



Gonna stick to buy physical until Nintendo decides to give their gaming devices internal storage for games.



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KBG29 said:
AlfredoTurkey said:

What? Digital versions have ZERO VALUE. lol Even if a physical copy loses value, it retains atleast SOME value. Unless you're talking about personal value or something?

Depends on if you value in what you get, or value in the ability to re-sell. Digital offers a massive value advantage over physical. With digital you can buy one copy of multiplayer games, and to share it with a family member or a friend, effectively making digital half the cost, a huge value for parents. With digital, there is a greater chance that your purchase will be playable across your home and handheld devices, since handhelds don't use disks. Digital allows you to have complete access to your library anytime, anywhere. 

Everyone has a diffenert definition of value, so in someone elses opinion, having the ability to get $ on a re-sale, or being able to trade/loan games, may be a much greater value. To me, giving the nephews $100 PSN card to get one copy of COD to share, is a much better deal than buying them two physical copies at $200. Even for myself, having the ability to access all of my games from my Vita, or if I wanted, a laptop, or Smartphone, is a massive value, compaired to being limited to one game I leave in the console. Not to mention the many other convienence of digital.

No digital share in the Switch: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=226128



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