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Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? [message #445096 is a reply to message #445086] Mon, 21 March 2011 15:49 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Personally, I can't stand digital copies. I don't trust them.

Not being able to hold a copy of the game in my hands makes me think that somewhere down the line I will lose access to games I purchase. That's why the only games I bother to download are all play-and-forget types of games.

I've never had any problems with losing or scratching disks... except for when I lent them out to friends. But even then, it's a problem with my friend, not with replacing the copy of the game.

Physical media lets me know that I own the game. I don't have to rely on other people's utilities to use the stuff that I buy. Digital media just seems like a lie. I don't feel like I own what I purchase and it makes me uneasy; I feel like the stuff I buy can disappear in an instant and I'd be out the money I spent on it.

As far as them getting obsolete: I don't think that is a factor. Consoles and the games made for them age at the same rate. If a game becomes obsolete, so is the console that played it. If you want to play that game, you can always just hook up that old console and play it.


And if you want to get political about it, digital media puts people out of jobs by cutting out marketing, packaging and retailing processes.
 
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