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How do you tend to purchase games nowadays?

All retail 251 20.06%
 
Mostly retail 426 34.05%
 
About half and half 218 17.43%
 
Mostly digital 202 16.15%
 
All digital 130 10.39%
 
I don't buy games 17 1.36%
 
Other 7 0.56%
 
Total:1,251
Neodegenerate on 20 April 2018
CrazyGamer2017 said:
Neodegenerate said:
I still buy majority at retail but with the switch I have been kicking myself for not going full digital. Perhaps the next game I buy for it I will actually do digitally.

With the very limited memory space of the Switch perhaps you'd be better off sticking with physical games...

i can throw the games on the SD card though yes?

Ironically my biggest issue with the Switch isnt carrying around the games when I travel or anything, its inserting them when I have the system docked.  Because of my TV stand I have to remove the Switch to comfortably change the games.  Would much rather just click over to change out at this point.



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outlawauron on 20 April 2018

Mostly retail. I"ll only buy digital for good deals. I have zero qualms about buying digital only games.



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VGPolyglot on 20 April 2018
yvanjean said:

Age plays a big factor in this conversation, as you get older and have much more disposable income. You will start leaning to the convenience and prefer less clutter that digital offers.

Also if you own a switch, it doesn't really make much sense to go all digital. There internal hard drive is so small and cost to buy an micro SD is pretty expensive for limited space.

I think every one that said they buy all retail are lying, unless they live in a remote area without access to internet.

I live in the city, I buy all physical.



CrazyGamer2017 on 20 April 2018
VGPolyglot said:
yvanjean said:

Age plays a big factor in this conversation, as you get older and have much more disposable income. You will start leaning to the convenience and prefer less clutter that digital offers.

Also if you own a switch, it doesn't really make much sense to go all digital. There internal hard drive is so small and cost to buy an micro SD is pretty expensive for limited space.

I think every one that said they buy all retail are lying, unless they live in a remote area without access to internet.

I live in the city, I buy all physical.

I bet you live in Toronto and buy at the Eaton mall or perhaps somewhere else on Younge. I can't remember if there is a video game store at Eaton.



VGPolyglot on 20 April 2018
CrazyGamer2017 said:
VGPolyglot said:

I live in the city, I buy all physical.

I bet you live in Toronto and buy at the Eaton mall or perhaps somewhere else on Younge.

I live about two hours away from Toronto, in London.



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Kirin_gaming on 20 April 2018
Cobretti2 said:
retail. i like to keep people employed and of the street.

The developers benefit the most from digital though.Wouldn't you prefer to keep the developers out the streets; instead of people that had nothing to do with the game?



SuperRetroTurbo on 20 April 2018

Heres the issue I have.

If companies are going to claim that digital distribution is strictly a way of saving money...then those cost effective methods should by all means translate in customer discounts. Plain and simple.

I urge gamers and consumers alike to fight any of the big 3 that threatens to release a digital exclusive console...because the notion is plausible and possible.

I for one...do not trust non-physical copies of any medium let alone 65 dollar games and content.

If anyone is going to lose/break/destroy my personal belongings...it's going to be me. If I want to rip a disc from my PS and smash it into a thousand pieces because the boss fight on level 4 is making muscles in my face twitch then I will. That option should not be granted to digital storage.



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CrazyGamer2017 on 20 April 2018
SuperRetroTurbo said:
Heres the issue I have.

If companies are going to claim that digital distribution is strictly a way of saving money...then those cost effective methods should by all means translate in customer discounts. Plain and simple.

I urge gamers and consumers alike to fight any of the big 3 that threatens to release a digital exclusive console...because the notion is plausible and possible.

I for one...do not trust non-physical copies of any medium let alone 65 dollar games and content.

If anyone is going to lose/break/destroy my personal belongings...it's going to be me. If I want to rip a disc from my PS and smash it into a thousand pieces because the boss fight on level 4 is making muscles in my face twitch then I will. That option should not be granted to digital storage.

I only buy when games are on sale, I'd never pay 60 bucks for a game whether physical or digital. The business that is going to rip me off hasn't been invented yet, so I totally agree with you on this.



V-r0cK on 20 April 2018

Physical all the way!!, EXCEPT ..if say like a game my friend really wants me to play and I'm not really feeling it and may ruin my collection so ill buy digital when they're cheap.



SuperRetroTurbo on 20 April 2018
CrazyGamer2017 said:
SuperRetroTurbo said:
Heres the issue I have.

If companies are going to claim that digital distribution is strictly a way of saving money...then those cost effective methods should by all means translate in customer discounts. Plain and simple.

I urge gamers and consumers alike to fight any of the big 3 that threatens to release a digital exclusive console...because the notion is plausible and possible.

I for one...do not trust non-physical copies of any medium let alone 65 dollar games and content.

If anyone is going to lose/break/destroy my personal belongings...it's going to be me. If I want to rip a disc from my PS and smash it into a thousand pieces because the boss fight on level 4 is making muscles in my face twitch then I will. That option should not be granted to digital storage.

I only buy when games are on sale, I'd never pay 60 bucks for a game whether physical or digital. The business that is going to rip me off hasn't been invented yet, so I totally agree with you on this.

I'm the same way. I've been that way my whole life. Very few exceptions but too little of significance.

The irony is it's customers like us that force companies to play hard ball and it the incentives favor digital distribution. 

But the customers satisfaction is what matters by the end of the day...at least I like to believe.



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