I hope all games dont go the rout of digital download only.

brightside229

brightside229

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I like to hold an actual physical copy of the games i own, sure digital download is very convenient when you have a fast connection and its easier to download to get the game on day of release then go to a shop and buy it. But i still like to have a stack of games sitting on my shelf, i dunno i just think it looks good, especially with consoles used to love having a stack of ps1/n64 games when i was a kid! i know next gen consoles wont be digital games only, but i think theirs a strong posibility that the consoles after will be imo!

who's with me?!

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Not only that if all games go digital download, and thing stay the same as they are now, their is no possibility of swapping old games/selling games that you have completed and no longer want!
 
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Jono8 said:
All media will be digital eventually.
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About time if you ask me... I've lost countless DVD etc as I moved a few times a few years ago, it was messy and I ended up loosing quite a bit of stuff, managed to keep onto some of my games..

Ended up buying a lot of them on Steam for a few qiud each, or worse yet I had the DVD for Toca but couldn't find the key... Ok I could download a patch to crack it but not the point.

Point is, all of my recent purchases have been via Steam or can be activated on Steam, end result is... I'll never lose those games again, I can download them on any machine, anytime anywhere seeing as I've got a gaming laptop..

Much easier to keep track of my collection of games.. Digital is the way forward and good IMO.
 
Only reason they're pushing digital is because they'd ridden roughshod over consumer rights with it, it's high time the law caught up and put them in their place in my opinion.
 
The thread that I posted has some interesting views on digital downloads/Steam etc.

In my personal opinion, physical media is outdated and irrelevant, and the sooner we're rid of it the better. I hate clutter, I hate having to move boxes and cases with me, I hate losing things.

On the opposite side of the fence, this is a rather beautiful video illustrating the downside to digital media:
http://vimeo.com/49425975
 
I'm all for digital media as long as our rights aren't messed with, I want to actually OWN a game I've paid for and not 'rent it' :rolleyes: other than that its a nice tidy way to keep all your games. Just my opinion :)
 
Didn't realize you could still get disks. I wouldn't know what to do with it, my disk drive is right next to my floppy drive, IE in a box in an attic in a house i no longer live in.
 
I guess im only one of the few that prefer a hard copy of a game, rather then renting a license to use it myself which is none transferable in most cases! Dont get me wrong i think the option to download a digital copy is excellent, as in when you buy the game you get a serial number which can be used to download the game if you break/lose the disc in the future!
 
McGray said:
Son your only argument for physics is that they look good on your shelf? :confused:
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Well i like to see something i have actually bought, and the fact i cant shift the game on when i sell the console (if digital games become norm on consoles)

Also dont like the fact services like steam want more, or the same amount of £ for a digital copy when they dont have as many overheads as a physical shop, plus you are getting less for your money as you dont have the game discs/box so in theory it should be a cheaper option, not the same or more expensive.
 
brightside229 said:
I guess im only one of the few that prefer a hard copy of a game, rather then renting a license to use it myself which is none transferable in most cases! Dont get me wrong i think the option to download a digital copy is excellent, as in when you buy the game you get a serial number which can be used to download the game if you break/lose the disc in the future!
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You realise that almost all games include draconian DRM regardless of the delivery? Remember the "Always-on" DRM of assassins creed? That was the same for the disc as well as digital distribution. A disc for a game where the DRM servers are gone is as much a Frisbee as a game.

What always amuses me about these kinds of threads is the paper thin excuses that people trot out about not owning the game on digital distribution, the risk of the games being taken away. You like having a shelf full of games, the feel of a manual. Thats fine. Let that be your justification, not some rubbish about "renting" games

In terms of OPs point - the fact that you like a shelf full of games puts you in the minority. Either accept that, or expect to start paying a premium for boxed copies in the near future. Your call.
 
Linkex said:
In terms of OPs point - the fact that you like a shelf full of games puts you in the minority. Either accept that, or expect to start paying a premium for boxed copies in the near future. Your call.
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Well at the moment its the other way round i seem to have to pay for a premium to get a digital copy then a boxed copy, new expansion for world of Warcraft for example was much more expensive as a digital copy then what you could buy from a shop for a boxed copy.
 
Chip, shoulder, much! :rolleyes:

If we are to rent games and not actually have the rights to them to sell on etc then I'd expect them to be priced accordingly but they're not, so yes it's a valid point, just because you deem from your mighty castle that its not doesn't change the facts!

PS, have a nice day :)
 
Sadly, like it or not, PC is always the trailblazer. Steam and digital distribution has all but wiped out the second hand gaming market for PC, Sony and MS will only be too keen to replicate this. Only pc games I see for sale second hand are un-used download codes.

Not to be arrogant, but PC has always been then the benchmark for consoles. Anything the PC does eventually ends up in a console in some way or form.

PC is always one step ahead, publishers want to stop second hand especially in the console market, they want to stop anyone other then the actual licensees from using their software, so linking the game to a service where its then leased to you via a license (this being your login ID, game tag etc and download code) you effectively agree to not owning the game but owning the right to play the game until they decide the game is no longer available on their platform. Which in reality just means it’s yours until you decide to no longer use the account the game is tied /linked to.

Admit it, how many of us have binned or lost older 486 games back from 1990..?? I’ve lost countless DVD /CD etc… Amazingly the only game I’ve never lost access to since buying it its… Half Life 2.. Yep first Steam game I’ve ever purchased. Never lost access to this game, never thought – erm where is it, where is the code to play it.. Its always been there, always had the game just never been able to sell it.. Or throw it away. And since moving to Steam purchases a few years back, never have I lost or lost access to a single game, and its been much easier and way more centralised.

PSN and xbox live will go the same way as Steam or uplay or Origin. And the argument for I can’t play the game round my mates house. Simply login with your ID and download the game and play? Internet speeds are getting quicker and quicker, its still in the early stages but digital distribution is going to be the main delivery mechanism for games (all platforms) very soon..

Try obtaining a boxed copy of an Andriod or IOS game.. come to think of it, try buying Zen pinall from google play using your android phone and then giving this game to someone else to play, oh wait erm you can’t..

Google play is the same as Steam, one central area to obtain software, just not for your PC but for your mobile device..

As for the point about not being able to sell them on, but they still cost the same. Yes, that is a real big issue for many and a very good and solid point that seems to somehow not benefited consumers at all in some way in terms of cost reduction..
 
brightside229 said:
Well at the moment its the other way round i seem to have to pay for a premium to get a digital copy then a boxed copy, new expansion for world of Warcraft for example was much more expensive as a digital copy then what you could buy from a shop for a boxed copy.
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I was referring to the future when digital distribution becomes the norm and boxed copies become rare. I don't dispute that digital distribution can be more expensive, but it can also be cheaper. I'm not suggesting its a magic bullet to make all games cheaper by dint of being on DD.

Space Monkey said:
Chip, shoulder, much! :rolleyes:

If we are to rent games and not actually have the rights to them to sell on etc then I'd expect them to be priced accordingly but they're not, so yes it's a valid point, just because you deem from your mighty castle that its not doesn't change the facts!

PS, have a nice day :)
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I love how people try to put down people with the opposing view with a demeaning statement. I disagree with you, therefore I have a chip on my shoulder? Hardly.

I also love the arrogance - you have decreed that the right of first sale is important to you, therefore games on DD must be cheaper? And I'm the one preaching from a castle.

Believe it or not, I was actually trying to help you. Digital distribution is coming. It will kill the old games on disc format. It may not be this year, it may not be this decade, but it will happen. The law may step in on the first sale issue (Germany has already started), it may not. But either way, DD is the future and you will need to adapt, or stop buying games. Now, you may think I'm wrong, and frankly, I don't care. I've given you the reality - its up to you if you heed it or not.
 
brightside229 said:
who's with me?!
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Not me.

You sound really old.

"When I was a lad...."

People were saying what you said 10 years ago.

Why would I want my £30 purchase to be on some media which when sneezed on does not work. Besides, I do not have an optical drive in my computer anymore.
 
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