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Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? [message #445279 is a reply to message #445260]

Fri, 25 March 2011 11:44

Starbuzzz
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Digital copies are where it's at tbh. The game companies get to make greater profits thru digital copies effectively squeezing out the second-hand market. Also, since everyone has high speed internet nowadays, digital copies will become the norm. This also makes sure pirates are kept at bay thanks to making a variety of more DRM options available. Such "cloud gaming" gives a lot of control to the customer and you feel like you actually own the digital copy of the game even though you can't see it.

Also, the downside with physical games is that it includes a handy manual that can be used by the player without having to reduce the game window and refer to a PDF manual when a quick reference is needed. And eventhough physical games come well protected in their own nicely-designed and padded boxes, jewel cases, and DVD-style cases, they get lost way too easily and it is VERY difficult and way too much work to keep the CD-ROM's and DVD-ROM's scratch free; this is definitely a negative against physical games.

And I know I mentioned this earlier; one of the best advantages of digital copies is that if you beat the game and don't need it anymore, you can always sell it back on ebay and get atleast quiet a bit of the money back. Digital copies are the way to go and I hope they gain popularity in the future.

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		Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: R315r4z0r on Mon, 21 March 2011 13:23
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Mon, 21 March 2011 13:42
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Omar007 on Mon, 21 March 2011 14:19
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: R315r4z0r on Mon, 21 March 2011 15:49
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Hypnos on Wed, 23 March 2011 15:33
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Lone0001 on Mon, 21 March 2011 15:50
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: snpr1101 on Mon, 21 March 2011 20:28
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: zeratul on Mon, 21 March 2011 20:46
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: R315r4z0r on Mon, 21 March 2011 21:01
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: bmruze on Fri, 28 December 2012 15:51
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Jerad2142 on Thu, 03 January 2013 11:10
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Altzan on Mon, 21 March 2011 22:28
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: danpaul88 on Tue, 22 March 2011 06:50
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: grant89uk on Tue, 22 March 2011 07:21
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: zunnie on Sun, 02 December 2012 01:26
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: ehhh on Sun, 02 December 2012 01:47
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Tue, 22 March 2011 15:41
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: T0RN on Thu, 24 March 2011 05:27
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: R315r4z0r on Thu, 24 March 2011 07:19
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Thu, 24 March 2011 07:45
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: zeratul on Thu, 24 March 2011 20:33
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Starbuzzz on Fri, 25 March 2011 11:44
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: R315r4z0r on Fri, 25 March 2011 17:21
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Jerad2142 on Sun, 27 March 2011 17:38
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Herr Surth on Fri, 25 March 2011 11:55
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Fri, 25 March 2011 12:27
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: slosha on Fri, 25 March 2011 12:31
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Rocko on Sun, 27 March 2011 20:34
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Major-Payne on Sun, 02 December 2012 13:11
		Re: Game copies: Physical or Digital? By: Omar007 on Sun, 02 December 2012 13:30
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