One of the reasons I do not buy disc for PC games is cause I am running out of shelf space. I love my CDs, DVDs, Blu Rays, and yes console games. I still PC game and play on the console for a time to relax. Digital copies gets rid of the clutter of having disc around.
What I meant was that on some websites they go for $100's new/used or you can get them on ebay, same condition for $15. So I was wondering on if those sites that sell them for $100+ are legitimate sites.
I don't know. Some people might not want to buy from eBay, so they could be willing to pay more to get it from a different retailer. I can imagine very well price above $100 for certain games in mint condition. The Gamecube is quite a closed system, considering the proprietary nature of its discs. Burning games onto a blank disc shouldn't be possible without a disc writer that spins in the opposite direction. This drives up the price for retail copies of the games (for those who want to get their games via legal ways only).
Depends on the release.... Not terribly common but more often than not I see the odd indie game or two down at the local EB and JB Hi-Fi, complete with stylish packaging and mini-collectibles.
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DreadKaiser I absolutely love Limbo. I guess it would take a miracle and some pretty good money to get my hands on this CE now eh?
Physical copies can be shown of on a shelf. Biggest plus is installation time. With two DVD/BD drives like I run it, I can swap disks while installing and poof! GTA V in less than 40 minutes!
In case of books: It is great to not look at a screen once in a while. Oh, biggest plus: I can just give a good book to a friend to read it.
And it also has pirate-protection. Or did anyone ever made a physical copy of an entire book at a copy-shop?
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People like discs
I have a friend who hates digital media
Honestly I'm just pissed that I have to rebuy ancient games when I loose the disc
Because I like the look of them on my shelves.
(Yes, yes there are some console games mixed in.. get over it)
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Pure digital all the way for me. I like the look of other cool stuff more then colored boxes.
That's why I copy the disc images to my computer. Don't have to worry about losing the physical medium, although it does help with installations.
Good for you used to have a 100gb data cap
@anon85933304 I would wish for dsl my old isp i got 100-200kb/s MAX.
Physical disks are nice to have because i can say I OWN THIS. and hold a THING.
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Skyrim was the last physical copy of a game that I bought. But like others have said there is a certain element to having the physical disk.
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companies minimize costs by killing off another industry.
Looks like profit, and they can push more drm to justify it.
I like to have physical copies of games.
Because i personaly dont like all those online platforms like steam and crap.
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Most of my discs are old Xbox ps2/1 games and a few PC
But I try to keep them in good condition but my brother ruins that plan
I was installing Red Faction Armageddon last night, I tried installing it through Steam (1h20m) then cancelled the download and I put in the disc and suddenly 15m installation time... and THAT'S the reason why I still buy discs.
edit: Also, nice packaging doesn't hurt either.
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I think this paragraph sums it up nicely. Imagine somebody who has over 200 titles in his Steam library gets a BAN for whatever reason. There is nothing the person can do. Their access to 200 games locked out for god knows how long. On the other hand if you have non-DRM you will never find yourself in situation like that. Banning people from individual servers is understandable but banning from entire game or even account is fascist behavior.
The bad thing about DRM clients like Steam, Origin, Uplay is that you don't own the games you have paid for. You are only renting them.
also buying games online and also internet shopping in general you have to wait whether that's to download or wait for delivery. I love the instant gratification you get from having something straight away. quite often I will buy something from a shop like a component or something even though it costs more just to have it straight away.
My internet speed is crap, because AT&T capped my speed for going over some usage amount per month crap that they put in extra small 1px font on the back of my contract. So it took me 5 hours to download the DEMO to the latest FIFA. 5 hours to download a 3GB game DEMO. I could have went to the store in 30 minutes and back played the game found out if I liked it or not and if I didn't like it, I could have returned it a couple of hours after playing. SO a perk to physical copies is that you are not sat in-front of your monitor guessing if the progress bar moved at all.
A perk of online downloads is that you are not going to a store and while in that store the store gets robbed and you are sat waiting to go home and play the game you are waiting to purchase.
So I guess its all down too how fast your internet speed is vs. whether or not you think you are invincible. If you have a fast connection you will choose virtual copies and if you think you can drive down the road, slalom around drunk drivers and take down a gunman at your local Walmart ( or other store that sells games ) then you will go for the physical copy.
I think there should be a discount for buying games digitally as well. there is no physical copy so no manufacturing costs and also there is technically an infinite supply. its crazy. my wife bought me a ps4 and I went to the store to buy gta 5 it was £50 so I thought oh ill go on the playstation store, was the exact same price. how is that possible? no store full of staff to pay no utility bills etc etc
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