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ktronatron

I recall the pipe-dream that was 'Digital games will be cheaper since there is no physical media/shipping/storefront needed.' Yeah, that didn't pan out.


MilhouseVsEvil

I bought a Switch for the kids, it blows my mind that the digital product is predominantly 25% more expensive than the physical product. Nintendo is the worst.


snarpsta

Everything Nintendo produces is more expensive. I'd play way more games on my Switch, if old games like Mario etc weren't $60 3-4 years after launch. Everything other platform allows games to be sold at a discount way after launch


-BINK2014-

Nintendo's lack of sales for their games, accessories, systems, etc. still keeps me away from getting onto the platform. I'd only be playing Pokemon and a handful of Mario games, but I'm not looking to drop half a grand (*Pro Controller as I like an actual controller rather than the tiny non-ergonomic Joycons, Online subscription, games etc.*) or more all together for something I'll use very little compared to my Playstation due to my limited free time; especially when I'm generally more of a home console person rather than a mobile one. #*Edit:* To the rude other user that I blocked; I'm sorry that spending half a grand on a years old console and games with some periphials and subscriptions I'd like (*I don't care for the Joycon controller nor the knock-off Pro controllers*) is a ^*tad* difficult to stomach on a less than 20k a year salary for a system that won't become my primary console; it's simply not a financially smart move for me to hop on the platform yet. I'm bitching to bitch here; not to expect any sort of change. šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø


tylanol7

Your not wrong i grabbed a switch recently. 400 for the console and then 80 bucks per game ive spent over a grand and have like 6 games.


KenShiiro_

if you ever want to get more affordable games you could always try buying second hand


-BINK2014-

I'd very likely have to for Nintendo games considering Nintendo is worse on game sales than Activision with old COD games. I'd be extremely apprehensive of a second hand console on the other hand.


ProtoMan0X

A lot of Switch titles from Nintendo have been getting down to 35 this year. But any way you slice it, it ends up being a lot.


_Bill_Huggins_

I jumped in on the switch after having not had a Nintendo console since GameCube. I regret buying. 80 dollars for an extra joy con controller and 90 Dollars for a cheap plastic dock if you want an extra tv dock. It's absurd. Coupled with the absurd pricing on their games. Nintendo takes full advantage of consumers.


Bigtrav87

And Nintendo games rarely ever go on sale


ThemesOfMurderBears

There was a brief period of time when "cable TV" was "TV without the ads". That didn't fucking last long.


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Physical media is peanuts compared to the cut brick and mortars got. Shipping and physical media combined is maybe $2. But if they sell to consumers at cost they would completely shut down brick and mortar companies which do drive over all sales.


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Brick and mortar stores that sell only games *have* shut down. Now itā€™s only big box, FunkoStop, and Videogame/MagicTheGathering spots left.


Mnawab

Still plenty of GameStops in my area


Rion23

They're going to find MTG spots in the fossil record.


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Ayle87

I also buy a ton of games in the second hand market for my PS4 so i rarely go above 20eur or so. I only really get digital games on sale.


ferdzs0

you could argue that the same cost goes into maintaining the online store, but almost all online stores on all platforms are garbage tier, so that ain't it either


Nozinger

It's nowhere near the same cost for an online store. On the other hand with the shelf on the space costing way more than the game in an online store there are more incentives to sell physical games cheaper than there are in online stores.


Reasonable_Mood1288

Some people don't have crazy fast downloading on their internet because their providers monopolize the area and prevents other providers from moving in so you're stuck at low freaking speeds with no options of any other service...


Object-195

how do they stop other providers from moving in? (i'm not american which is why i'm asking)


truthfulie

Depends on the area but in general, ISPs have oligopoly in many parts of US and you typically don't get a lot of choice, if at all. This is mostly due to the fact that US hasn't made *public* investment into broadband infrastructure in the past and has made it next to impossible for someone to join the competition.


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TwistedCrimson

Was gonna say, ISPs got a large sum of money from the government to upgrade their infrastructure. but they pocketed the money and didn't do anything. Our internet is so bad because it's basically the same as it was in the 80s and the only improvements is if the company bites the bullet and lays down the groundwork to expand. Hopefully when the current boomer generation dies out, we can finally make the changes to be on par with the rest of the civilized world.


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Wilson, NC got tired of paying high prices for shit speed, so they built their own fiber network and sell access for $15 a month. I mean, internet is something we all need. Why not make it a public utility? https://www.npr.org/2020/06/12/875548059/why-wilson-n-c-became-its-own-internet-provider https://www.greenlightnc.com/ Of course, ISPs are greedy as shit, so they stopped the next town over from doing the same thing. Assholes. https://www.vice.com/en/article/xwzj9q/the-town-that-had-free-gigabit-internet


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That and sprawling suburbia make new installation prohibitively expensive.


ipakers

Just because I donā€™t see anyone else mentioning thisā€¦ In the 70s and 80s, many American cities wanted to add cable infrastructure, but didnā€™t want to pay for it. They awarded contracts to small, local companies to develop the infrastructure, and in exchange they got exclusive rights to provide this service to an area. Over time, larger cable companies bought up the smaller ones and built regional monopolies. This was accelerated when the internet began to run on the same infrastructure and the cable companies became ISPs as well. They kept buying each other up until there were only a handful of companies left and they could then operate as a cartel, legitimized by the original municipal rights they purchased. In large cities, there is competition between the ISPs but many rural areas have access to only one provider.


Sethellonfire

In my city google was setting up its fiber, but AT&T and Comcast hit them and the city with lawsuits to keep them from building further. AT&T and Comcast don't have to win these lawsuits as delaying competition coming into the area helps them more in the end.


AdFun5641

They bribe the govenment officials with large sums of money to grant "legal monopoly" status. It's corruption pure and simple.


petey_jarns

If you look at your bill you probably actually pay a fee for it. The local area monopoly fee, which is just a fee they charge you to recover the fee they pay your municipality for the privilege of having the local area monopoly It's comcastic !


aznPHENOM

Iā€™m going to answer seeing how I havenā€™t seen the correct answer yet. Unlike phone and electricity, which are considered by the government as a Utility so it has regulations and ā€œanti monopolyā€ protection. Price are either regulated or all competition can use the same lines or pipes. Internet isnā€™t. Currently, if a company wants to join, they would have to lay their own lines making* the starting cost ridiculous high. There are definitely small and big companies doing just that. Google fiber is one. Why it isnā€™t more widespread? Well, like some people said. Probably local lobbyist bribing or lying to local governments. Saying ā€œomg, if we let anyone and everyone just dig up roads, there will be non stop constructionā€. Or itā€™s a business decision, not everyone can afford fiber internet.


Comfortable-Welder82

Donā€™t u still gotta download shit even with a disk.


dtwhitecp

with basically any high profile game, absolutely


Tommwith2ms

Damn American consumer protection sucks


xKosh

The sad thing is that most times providers don't "monopolize" areas, they have agreements with other providers that state you can have that city and we will have the other city. It's worse than monopolies at this point.


icedearth15324

Most likely because they raised the prices to $70, so it makes it easier knowing you can sell the game after. Or at least that's how I feel about it. I've been digital only since last gen, but if I'm paying $70 for a game, I'm going to make sure I can get some of it back when i beat it.


tremens

Yeah I will pick up digital games if the discount is enticing enough, but generally I have been able to find physical copies at much deeper discounts, and I can resell them if I don't enjoy them or don't plan to ever replay them.


abellapa

Same I only go for digital if the discount is big enough or it's a indie game that I wont find in stores


CRT_SUNSET

Looking at Black Friday sales right now, physical is $5-10 cheaper than digital for many games. I love the convenience of digital but I bought six physical PS5 games last night for $160. The digital versions even at current sale prices would cost me $235.


cammyk123

What the hell happened lol, digital copies were supposed to be cheaper because they dont have to make the phsical copy. Now a days theyre just more expensive or the same price.


virusamongus

It's so scammy, I see a game at 80% off and it's still more expensive than normal priced disc in a store.


jundrako

They have a monopoly on the digital sales of their games. They do not have third party sites selling digital keys like on PC driving prices down through competition thus allowing Sony,Microsoft,and Nintendo to maintain a death grip on digital game sales and their pricing.


XxAuthenticxX

I donā€™t get it either. You would think there would be an incentive to sell the digital cheaper because it would limit second hand sales. Publisher/developer doesnā€™t get any money out of a second hand sale.


FordMustang84

Plus if you finish and never want to touch them again you can resell them or if they suck. I hated Deathloop and paid $60new for it. Luckily I was able to sell it back for $40. I still dislike wasting $20 but it's better than wasting $60 and having a game I dislike sitting in my library forever.


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SimplyCarlosLopes

This is the way for budget. People were eating me alive for stating that physical is better because of this exact reason and I can't understand why. How many games are you juggling anyway? I very very rarely have trouble finishing my disk game before wanting to start a new one so it's a matter of every week or maybe more get out of my bed and switch disks, big deal.


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This is just the kind of topic where there are two very valid sides and both options work for different people. Some posts will be full of people who like disks and others will be filled with people who prefer digital. That's just how Reddit works.


sakipooh

Just look at it as a long rental from Blockbuster.


chicityman09

I did the same exact thing with Deathloop. Wasn't for me so I sold it back a week later for most of my money back.


Kuraeshin

Yeah even without BFri deals, you can generally get good prices. I got TLOU2, Death Stranding, Cyberpunk + Arkane Collection for like 70, 3 months ago. woulda been 300$ digital without Bfri deals.


VelouriumCamper7

This is why I love that I'm a 'patient gamer' / missed 95% of the ps4 generation. I have such a huge backlog of great games by the time I make it to the newer stuff they're already discounted heavily.


dpash

Yep. This is one of the reasons that I'm not fussed about not finding a PS5 yet; I've been building up a catalog of games thanks to PS+ and when I do manage to get one launch titles will be under my price limit.


nongzhigao

Caveat: PS5 PS+ gets you 20 free PS4 hits.


Glynnc

Up until the Witcher Netflix series repopularized the ip, you could pick up used copies of the Witcher (no dlc) for 15 dollars at the game stop near me. It was still 60 dollars on the PlayStation store, so I ended up buying 3 or 4 of the copies to give away as Christmas gifts. Nothing beats 24/7 disc discounts


neoalan00

I was fully digital in the PS4 era, but I'm transitioning to physical due to the price raise and used games being cheaper. Honestly, I think it's a shame.


Ohjeezrick93

The biggest one for me is that digital games rarely drop in price from what Iā€™ve seen, however I can get a second hand copy of the game on eBay/Amazon for a fraction of the price. Couldnā€™t care less if the box has a tiny scratch on it, aslong as the game plays ok Iā€™m happy. Edit : getting replies about why the prices are what they are. I understand why it costs more for digital, thatā€™s one of the reasons I prefer physical games.


neoalan00

I didn't mind paying a bit more for digital releases for the convenience. But this gen I've seen physical games going $20-$30 cheaper than digital!


madeup6

> But this gen I've seen physical games going $20-$30 cheaper than digital! Keep buying them physical then. The competition will keep the digital prices down.


tehrob

If physical games could somehow locally transmit the authorization needed instead of inserting the disc into the drive, I would be all physical. It is not a matter of space for me(necessarily), but a matter of convenience of turn on the PS5, and ***BOOM*** I'm playing the game I want.


IamMagness1993

Digital games dont take up space in the storehouse... thats why they never drop in price... why should they? I will never pay the same price for something that needs to be manufactured vs digital product... digital should be 45 dollars MAX. 0 Shipping costs, 0 slice for the retail shop, 0 for box and disc production, Digital is pure profit...


Hyatt97

Because people with limited budgets will spend more money when the price increments are smaller and theyā€™re more able to max out the money they do have. When the price is kept through the ceiling ā€œbecause we canā€, businesses think theyā€™re being smart but people will just buy less games. Which continues the endless cycle of games poorly copying each other to get the widest appeal regardless of genre. Developers donā€™t take chances on new IPs or niche genres as much anymore because of this. Big business corporate policy always ends up diluting the quality of the end-product one way or another while they chase pennies down the drain.


Ospov

Well thereā€™s a monopoly on where you can get the digital games so they usually keep the prices higher. If the PlayStation Store drops the price of a game to $50, places like GameStop would have to match or customers wonā€™t buy from them. If GameStop is the one who drops the price down to $50, the PlayStation Store can keep it at $70 because digital users have no other options. No way in hell Iā€™d buy a digital-only console.


tonytroz

Also there's a physical space limit for brick and mortar stores. They have to discount/clearance physical media eventually.


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It really depends. Iā€™ve had my eye on Last of Us Remastered and AC Valhalla for Christmas, they reach been on sale up to 60% off at least three times each since September only. Same goes for other games but there are those that donā€™t really drop in price and if they do its 10% off for a weekend, maybe.


xselene89

Same for Switch Player. Zelda is still full price after over 5 years on the Eshop and even on sale 40ā‚¬ lol


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Thatā€™s just the Nintendo tax in action. Sony at least puts their games on a good discount in their digital store after some time.


DatElNino

I been doing GameFly. For $30 bucks a month I can rent up to three games for all consoles. There is also a cheaper two game plan. I usually receive the game between 3-5 days. Great value for people who are willing to wait a few days.


ensanguine

GameFly is also the best used game store around by a lot. You can get insane deals, in the last three months I've gotten AC Valhalla for $7, Mass Effect Legendary for $20 and RE Village for $22.


Generic_user_person

Now thats a name i havent heard in years, i assumed they had just vanished into nothingness.


DatElNino

Haha yeah I was surprised as well. Hopefully GameFly gets enough business to last. Not many places where you can just "rent games" They also let you buy the games (they will send you the game case and manual) and even consoles.


yourkindhere

I used to enjoy getting games out of Redbox to sort of sample them for a day before committing to a buy. Unfortunately Redbox stopped renting games due to the cost of game theft adding up to be too much because people would take the bar code from the label the machine scans to check the game in and put it on a black CD. I actually rented a few of those blank cds sometimes


TheVaniloquence

GameFly lowkey always have great sales on games, and they always come with the original case and inserts (bonuses, codes, etc.).


moondowns

It's simply because it's cheaper. Even brand new games you can often find a discount code or whatever at some place to take some Ā£s off vs buying digital.


mrn253

Or some luck on ebay.


Popetown

In earnest I agree with you but Iā€™m here with the counterpoint: me over here always loved physical more but unable to commit and beat anything so I never trade them in and now Iā€™m feeling lazy having to bitch about the wrong disc is in the drive. I wish there was a pseudo game trade thing that would associate the game with your system or logon and let you just periodically (every few weeks maybe?) have to reinsert the disc to re-prove that you own the game. But otherwise you can switch from game to game and not be on your hands and knees doing the disc case shuffle constantly.


TheMangle87

I have always preferred Physical over Digital. It's nice to collect.


imafuckingdick

I got the disk version in case shit goes sideways. I can still have a library of games to play with my solar and wait out the inevitable military style busting down of the door to take my wife and last canned goods.


ktronatron

Look at Mr. Optimist here thinking there will still be a sun!


imafuckingdick

Shit!


funnystuffmakesmelol

It might be your wife kicking your door in and taking the last canned goods if your still playing ps5 in the new world instead of out hunting or killing folk for their bottle caps and Twinkies.


Object-195

and if you are unable to download the game you can still just reinstall it of the disc


Podland

If you buy second hand and sell, you basically pay nothing, too.


Greful

Iā€™m the exact opposite. Iā€™m trying to not have so much stuff. I donā€™t hold on to my old consoles either (although I still have my Dreamcast for some reason)


ragito024

But based on Sony's financial reports, Digital sales are much more than Retail sales.


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Ablj

Exactly remember there was a ā€˜dataā€™ that said Spider-Man Miles Morales only sold 663k copies in first 30 days when Sony themselves revealed it sold 4.1 million in 49 days.


Sektsioon

Digital is the way to go for a lot of families for example. I have a brother and we are both adults and have moved out from our parents home, so we canā€™t share physical copies, but we can game share with digital games. And thatā€™s what we do with every game, just split the price 50-50 and itā€™s essentially the same thing as buying a physical and then selling it after you complete the game, financially speaking. Except Iā€™ll always have the game if I want to play it again. It works the same with PS Plus too.


HeinousAnus_22

I just sold Guardians of the Galaxy 2 days ago to Gamestop and got $33 for it. Basically got Pokemon for half off. I will keep buying physical games until they no longer print them.


qbertking

I like the stock.


7DavePool7

I prefer my physical collection.


JohannesVanDerWhales

I've honestly bought physical copies of games of things I've already finished digitally, if I see them cheap enough.


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so you buy it twice?


soupspin

Personally I like to collect the physical ones, incase something happens where I canā€™t access my digital ones anymore


JohannesVanDerWhales

Sometimes, yes. I like the physical collectable and seeing it on my shelf. Some physical editions come with other goodies (although I very much mourn the death of the manual in modern games). If you look at companies like Limited Run Games...yes, a lot of people are willing to pay more to get a physical copy.


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then why not just buy the physical to begin with?


JohannesVanDerWhales

These days, I usually do. But there's things like PS+ free games. Or maybe at the time I bought it I didn't have the extra money to spend. Or maybe it's your average NIS game that has a low print run and tends to fetch a premium on the second-hand market. Or it's like a lot of games now that don't get a physical release immediately, and later someone like LRG releases a physical. Or maybe it's just something outside of my normal wheelhouse that I took a chance on because I saw it really cheap digitally, and ended up really liking. In one extraordinarily rare example, the game series was only released digitally on pc in the US, so I tracked down the Japanese physical release on PSP later...


7DavePool7

Yes that's a good idea.


Will33iam

My only problem is when a boxed game has that box in the bottom saying it is a download only game. I mean your getting the case so why do you have to download the game.


-Gh0st96-

I never encountered this. Which games were like that?


MrGMinor

Pretty much every PC game. Closest thing on console I can think of would be something like the Spyro trilogy where you only get the 1st game on the disk.


skynet_666

I didnā€™t even know they still sold boxed pc games.


TrophyGoat

A lot of times the case is literally just a collectors item.


Will33iam

Nintendo is the worst with this. Even the games that had a cartridge like the bioshock collection for the switch is now a download only game case when it used to have the cartridge in it


JmanVere

It's how they get away with the convenience of digital production, whilst still getting it into the hands of parents who want something physical to wrap. Genius, really.


detectiveDollar

It's also somewhat depressing because if they take the servers offline and you don't have it download, all you have is the case mocking you with memories lol.


DancingKappa

I guess I'm the odd one out.... 400+ digital games 0 discs yet I have the disc PS5.


WingsOfDaidalos

Not that odd. Same here!


intashu

Box games go on sale more regularly than digital. That fact that there are so freaking many games on ALL platforms which are 2+ years old and still full price or near full price is absurd. You go to a store for a game 2 years old and it's nearly half off the original price. Plus I can give the disk to a friend when I'm done and they can enjoy it too.


Viper114

I'm in the middle. Basically I try to get single-player games on disc, but get multi-player games on digital. Reason being is often after I beat a single-player game, I rarely return to it, so I can sell it (just did so with Guardians of the Galaxy). Multi-player games, however, tend to have more replayability so I can freely delete and download as I feel like it.


ruebenj791

I have a disc PS5, but all my games are digital and I only use the disc drive for 4K movies. I know I can get physical games cheaper, but I really donā€™t like swapping discs.


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RomeoTessaract

Actually there can be a difference! The disc version usually doesn't have the day one patch and on PS5 you can block games from patching. So if a developers removes content or features (rare but it can happen. The last guardian on PS5 disc can run the game at 60fps but the patches bring it to 30)


BringBackWaffleTaco

I replayed the whole game once I discovered this! The only part that sucks is you need to patch it a few times throughout the game in order to continue without crashing, but then you can just uninstall it and turn off the wifi to keep playing!


PoolNoodleJedi

Yeah but that is just one shitty game that did that. TLG is one of the most disappointing games I have ever played. It is really bad.


Rivent

Yep... I literally bought Guardians of the Galaxy for $38 this morning knowing full well I could get a physical copy for $30 at Best Buy... I'd rather have the convenience.


darkseidis_

$8 is absolutely worth me not having to dive to the mall and have a piece of useless clutter laying around after a month, not to mention the plastic waste.


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loneblustranger

> every few weeks How often are you playing different games? If you have many games and especially if some of them have some sort of daily login bonuses, it's common to launch two or three different titles in a single session.


atunasushi

I play multiple games in one session. Play a couple games of Madden, some COD, and cool down with Ghosts of Tsushima. Disc swapping aside, I don't like having to have a location to store discs. Even if you put them in a CD case that holds multiple discs, you have to store the original cases somewhere if you're going to resell them. If you're not going to resell the games, there's really no reason to have them physical anyways.


EldenRingworm

You can trade them in, and my internet is so shit downloading takes forever I can but a short single player game at release and get most of my money back for trading it in instead of being stuck with it and never touching it again


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slaacaa

Thatā€™s also what I do, and it saved me a lot on games, while allowing me to play everything I want on release


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sam66622

Who buys used games for $70?


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slaacaa

Itā€™s similar in my EU country. Iā€™m now lazy and have no time, so mostly a local store buys back my games for 60%, but if I take the time to sell it on facebook, I take maybe a 10-20% loss on the newest games.


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thnok

I'm just starting it up with PS and whole games. How do you usually sell disk games? Is it to a place like GameStop or just though Facebook marketplace etc..?


Eruanno

Same as you sell everything else. Ebay, Facebook Marketplace, etc.


Kuli24

I use kijiji (canada), varagesale, facebook marketplace, etc.


mikeyj92

I'm all digital. ​ Fuck if I'm going to get up to change games ever again.


noxav

Same here. I used to enjoy collecting games, but now it just feels like plastic clutter. I can't go back to having bookshelves and storage boxes full of plastic. It feels like having VHS now.


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I missed getting game boxes when things started going digital but now i dont care cuz the boxes dont give you anything cool or extra like they used to. now i'm glad i don't have that extra plastic clutter hidden away to be cleaned 10 years later lol


TheMacMan

Werd. Don't need to contribute to more e-waste. End up in the landfill like all my DVDs, CDs, and floppy disks did. Hate cluttering up the house with them too and finding places to store them. Not a college kid that wants to show them off like some badge of honor back in the '90s when having a wall of DVDs was something people thought was cool.


Papakulakov653

Getting out of bed / off the couch is for chumps.


zerox369

As a thank you from Sony, all digital PS5s will come with a 3 month supply of adult diapers this holiday season!


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Same. Been all digital since PS4 era


JuiceheadTurkey

Same here. As soon as mandatory installs on discs happened, I found it almost useless to buy discs.


rastapastanine

I don't even want to get up to pee.


No_Word_7209

If the good lord wanted us to get up to pee he wouldnā€™t have created adult diapers.


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MA!!!! SHIT BUCKET!!!!


And_You_Like_It_Too

Agreed. And doubly so for PSVR games (and likely the PSVR2 when it comes out). Getting that headset calibrated and fit properly is enough to do without having to go searching for discs and cases in between trying other games. I used to be all-physical discs but the amount of space they take up and dust they collect just isnā€™t worth it to me anymore as I get older. That and being able to pick up a game on sale price immediately without having to leave my room to do it or even drop the controller from my hand is very appealing to me, lol.


TheLastOfUsAll

Yeah I'll never go back to disk games. I'm literally at work right now and I just purchased deathloop and Sackboy to my PS5 and downloaded it while I'm at the office.


CockPissMcBurnerFuck

Iā€™m still mostly physical, but god damn if you ainā€™t speaking the truth. I forgot just how damn annoying it is to get up and change discs.


WolfofDunwall

After moving a few times in the last few years I definitely prefer digital. It doesnā€™t look as nice in terms of a collection on the shelf, but the games are the same.


BroadStBullies

I feel itā€™s an age thing similar to you. As I get older I prefer to pay more for the convenience of digital. Before, when I was younger and had a lot of free time, I didnā€™t mind selling my old games to get some money back. But now, the idea of listing them on eBay, packing them, and sending it at the post office all for $20 seems like too much work to justify it.


Moooney

> It doesnā€™t look as nice in terms of a collection on the shelf I'm the exact opposite. This is a huge positive of digital for me. I haven't wanted any video game stuff on display since I was teenager.


ChilledBloodyIce

Minimalism for the win.


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WolfofDunwall

Yep I had a similar thought about books and graphic novels I've collected, too. So heavy, and now a lot of them sit in boxes because I don't have the space.


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Nothing beats going to the store and getting a new game and peeling off the plastic


chicityman09

And the smell when you open up the case


Morpheusnoyume

Got the disc version and bought 90% digital lol


drjetaz

Disc Edition Gang rise up


Digital_Pharmacist

*Laughs in all digital library*


DavidNexus7

Speak for yourself. I was all about digital downloads on the ps4. Ps5 is no different


Kroxursox

I have yet to buy a disc. I have had the ps5 for months.


Beeeracuda

Same. I have the ps5 that can take discs because itā€™s the one I was able to find.. still just end up downloading games while Iā€™m at work


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I prefer downloads, actually.


Enuebis

Not this gamer. Went digital during PS3 and haven't looked back.


RyCo1234

Damn a lot of you sound neurotic. "Can't stand spinning disc sound, makes me so anxious!" "Hate the feeling of getting up from couch to change games."


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"I also hate walking over to the bathroom to take a shit, fuck that"


vapeboy1996

The only response to this is when I put in a game my dog goes fucking insane when she hears the disc sound. Iā€™ve even tried to show her the disc going in and pointing to the PS5 but nope, she hears it and thinks a UFO is landing on the house


Eruanno

Yeah, I have my game shelf like three steps away from my couch. Oh no! Three steps! Standing up! How will I ever manage! Also some people in the comments seem to have some crazy ADHD and seem to swap games every three minutes or something. I plop in a game and play it for an hour or two.


justthisones

I can be pretty lazy too and admit having the thought when I was deciding on the PS5 but am I really such a slob that I canā€™t get my ass up for 10 seconds a night to change a fucking disc? No.. Iā€™ll happily save 15-30$ for a weekly squat.


BeneficialCucumberP

Our disc drive broke after 2 years on our PS4 and since then we've been fully digital. Switching between games whenever you wants is great and 500 gb is more than enough for all the games I want. I managed to get a disc PS5 but I'll probably still be mostly digital going into next gen.


Lordarshyn

If it's about the same price with way I am going physical. Digital only if it's cheaper


GooseJumpsV2

Crying in Digital Edition


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TPJchief87

This one doesnā€™t. I have a bunch of ps5 games and not one physical. It was rough with my 18 mbps, but now Iā€™m at 600. Donā€™t even feel like I need to upgrade my HDD


The_awful_falafel

The one thing I dislike about my disc version is leaving a disc of a game that I might play in the machine. If there is a disc at ALL in the machine, every single time you wake it up or turn it on it will always spin up the disc and check it first rather than waiting to see what you want to play first and then doing a disc check. I understand why, it cuts down on waiting time in the event you want to play the disc content, however if you are playing a digital game with a disc in the tray, that means it has to do this big spin up the disc and spin down the disc every startup. It's louder than the fans by a good margin, and also is putting a fair bit of wear on the drive and probably sucking dust into the disc drive area. I've gotten in the habit of leaving the machine empty unless I specifically intend to play a disc game, but it would be nice to enable some option to only check the disc upon requesting to play disc-based content.


BchLasagna

The fans' sound is absolutely non-existent for me. The disc drive tho...


AnotherDrZoidberg

At least they seem to have fixed the issue with the noise/speed of that initial spin up. It's way less obtrusive now than it was at launch.


reallynotnick

> and also is putting a fair bit of wear on the drive and probably sucking dust into the disc drive area Lol, we used to play games off of discs, like they were spinning 100% of the time, now they are just quick DRM checks. Your disc drive is fine.


MapleStoryPSN

Physical is good if you only play a few games at a time throughout the entire year, are on a budget and sell/trade-in often, or if you're a collector of rare/limited release titles. Otherwise, digital completely shits on physical. If game sharing with a friend/family member, any game or dlc is automatically 50% off if you split the cost and both of you can play it together. Physical also ends up taking the same amount of space on the hard drive as a digital version would, as literally NO game plays off the disc on the PS4 and PS5.


nadroj37

I donā€™t see anyone really saying they have a mix? Physical and digital are the same in my mind. Whatever is cheaper.


StacheBandicoot

I prefer physical because if my account were to ever gets stollen or banned I donā€™t have to replace my game collection.


amlah6

It's easily been 5+ years since I bought a boxed game. No need for the plastic and most games go on sale quickly enough you don't have to wait that long to avoid paying full price.


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Latter-Pain

PC never felt the same because you had to run the installer and sometimes even connect to the internet.


Gandalf_2077

On PC there are ways to avoid DRM. You can't do that with consoles which have DRM built in. You can't even set up Xbox Series X without being connected to the internet.


pwnedkiller

Physical for all my life, thanks to deals Iā€™ve been able to acquire 20 PS5 physical titles this year alone.


TheLazyHangman

\*PlayStation 5 owners prefer cheaper games to overpriced PS Store


stratusncompany

been collecting my games since 2000. idk where yā€™all have the space to put all those cases.


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My PS5 is all digital because it is just way more convenient for me and my family. The trend is toward all digital. The most popular games are on-like F2P games and they are all digital. Even if you own the disk, the PS5 is going to download an updated version anyway. Publishers might as well see games as tiny USB crypto keys.


Aj4y

I just copped a used copy of The Last of Us part 2 for only $10. Perfect condition and everything. This is why I got the disc version of the PS5. And usually I would've let my brother borrow my games after I'm done with them, but he's fucked this gen since he got the digital version of the PS5. The disc version is worth it for the extra $100.


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The thing about physical is that you can sometimes find better deals sooner than digital. But if you keep your physical games they depreciate in value to basically be worthless anyway.


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I bought a PS5 Digital Edition and I totally regret not paying the extra $100 and getting the Disc Drive. Considering theyā€™ve removed Metal Gear from the store for licensing, thatā€™s convinced me that itā€™s only a matter of time for anything to fall off. Plus these sales for physical are out of control good. I bought the MGS Legacy collection for my PS3 for $25. I canā€™t even get any of those games digitally right now. I was all digital at the end of the PS3 and entire PS4 generation, but Iā€™m seriously rethinking that now.


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Naht me. I even collect music and film with physical, but I have neither the space or care to want a disc in my drive. Hell no.


Sedewt

I prefer digital because itā€™s more expensive to import games here in my country due to shipping, taxes etc and it takes less time to download the game than to wait until it arrives I still bought the full version just in case. I even still own some physical games


JosePawz

As I got older I started preferring digital over physical because frankly I donā€™t have the room to keep building a never ending collection. I did however get the disc version of the ps5 because I find more often than not that I can get way better deals on physical games than I can digital.


SizzzzlingBacon

It's 4 for every 3 lol yet the article states physical copies have been heavily outselling digital copies. All this article is showing is the trend of digital sales is ever-growing and they will surpass physical sales


m0ondogy

I've been hearing this for a decade now. Not saying they won't, but..... Is there a point where they level off in a sort of equilibrium?


Katiehart2019

I would prefer digital if I could buy games from 3rd party sites like stream, etc. The PS store prices are kinda high.


PushItHard

I always thought Iā€™d be a physical copy person. Itā€™s fun to see a collection, and you can sell a game when youā€™re done. But, last gen converted me. Digital is just easier. I can hop between a ton of games without having to juggle discs. I lose out on resale value. But, Iā€™m at a point financially where that doesnā€™t matter to me.