What is the point of buying physical copies of games anymore?
People believe they own the game, when they just own a piece of plastic.
sharing and reselling
>>338061402
So that the company won't fuck you over when you break or lose your system with all your downloaded games on them.
>>338061402
20% discount on release
>>338061517
except they own a license that is alienable, something you cannot say when you pay for a digital license
I like having physical objects. Don't have to wait on downloads. They look pretty on my shelf.
>>338061524
This
The day I'm forced to give up my right to first sale is the day I stop playing video games
Digital is cancer
>>338061402
what the fuck Sony
>>338061402
Better question is what was ever the point of buying a fucking vita
In some 3rd world countries it's possible it would take too long to download a game digitally.
It's also possible you might not have enough space on the device to store it.
>>338061402
being fucked by toy companies
>>338061554
What? What are system accounts?
>>338061598
>He thinks this
You don't own a license. Please read the agreement that comes with your disk copy.
You own the disk, nothing more.
cheaper
can resell
can give awaythey can't come take it away from me
>>338061575
This.
+free purchase credits
>>338061672
For videogames.
Things to put on my shelf. And shitty Strayan internet speeds.
Because if your system goes kaput, you still have the games and only have to replace the system. You also save data space
>>338061402
there is no point. It will soon be old an archaic 15-20 years from now
>>338061717
They can still stop it from working.
>>338061402
some work as jail breaking games
>>338061785
Not as long as the USA's internet is complete shit.
>>338061517
>devs believe they own games when piracyexists
Kek, I buy almost all my games in physical and I still think you're retarded. Nobody owns anything on the internet.
>>338061717
>they can't come take it away from me
this. im sick and tired of companies taking my fucking games from me. and they get away with it to.
Physical copies make a lot more sense on consoles since they tend to have horrible download speeds and limited hard drive capacity and it's easier to bring a disk over your friends house than your full console.
Other than that digital is the way to go. I haven't purchased physical media in over a year.
>>338061402
Not using space on an $80 card.
>>338061402
Shelf candy
Resale value
Able to physically sort your games
No download times
>>338061402
The box. And the game.
>>338061402
Expensive vita memory cards.
>>338061695
What is GFWL?
What is OnLive?
If you spent any money on a game for either of those, it's literally gone now.
>>338061716
The difference is the publisher can't remotely disable my access to the disc I bought, faggot.
>>338061740
*weebgames
As a fan of video games the vita is seriously the worst handheld you can buy unless you have a PS1/PSP collection ready.
>>338061850
>He thinks piracy is still a thing
Rates have dropped a good 500% in piracy, Most games can't even get a crack anymore.
>>338061716
Yeah but they can't really take that away from you
It doesn't really matter anyway, people act like there's going to be some gaming apocalypse where companies are going to brick all your games for no reason, which would be PR suicide not to mention legal ramifications.
>but the EULA
They never hold up in court. You can't sell shit then break it.
>>338061716
I said you have a transferable license, which you do. There is nothing in the EULA that says you can't resell your copy of a physical game and there's nothing they could to stop you anyway.
Nice try though
>>338061937
Not really, no. I don't think you know shit about the library.
>>338061839
Hopefully with more google fiber areas on the rise that doesn't become a problem either
getting the game much cheaper on ebay, especially if you wait a bit
>>338061402
Nice to have on a shelf.
Special editions with coolstuff in them.
Sometimes shit is way cheaper because of taxes and currencies.
Still have a Steam library with 300+ games.
Bandwidth caps are making their return in North America to curb people cancelling the television subcriptions changing to entertainment providers such as hulu, amazon prime and netflix.
The growing size of videogames due to lack of compression can eat up users monthly allowance very easily.
>>338061932
>literally gone now
Except that's not true
>>338061807
the disc itself? no they can't, they can block you from accessing the game, the disc will still work. if it's a digital copy, they'll not only block it but stop you from downloading it again
>>338061598
Mein bruv!
FFS I thought this point was lost on everyone here. Post more often, mate!
>>338061962
There's a perfectly legitimate reason for a company to brick all your games, and it's called bankruptcy. See: GFWL, OnLive, etc.
And there is no legal recourse for anyone who used those services.
Thinking something like that can't or won't happen again is pure idiocy.
>>338061402
You can sell it, let someone borrow it.
>>338061402
It's cheaper
Trade-in credit.
>>338061517
> Companies servers close
> Cannot download game anymore
> It's perfectly safe in your console but if it breaks you're pretty much fucked
I am still baffled as to why idiots go digital only.
>>338062053
>lived in shitty canada for a while
>literally a 30gb a month download cap
>couldn't even download half of some games without eating up the entire months worth of bandwidth
I really fucking hope it doesn't get that bad in the US. I don't think companies realize how much they limit technology growth by placing bandwidth caps.
>people thinking they own digital copies
>people paying for a product that doesn't exist
>>338061989
I've gone through the available titles on the vita list back and forth during two separate occasions.
It is 98% weeb pandering and 2% gud games.
Unless I missed some exceptional titles, please list them.
Currently have:
Spyhunter
Dragons Crown
Gravity Rush
Ninja Gaiden
>>338062293
They do it on purpose.
I almost shed a tear when I switched from DSL to a 70Mb connection. All those years of my life wasted by waiting because some monopoly group doesn't flip the switch on my Internet to max.
>>338062293
>I don't think companies realize how much they limit technology growth by placing bandwidth caps.
They know. They don't care..
>>338062268
>> Companies servers close
>> Cannot play game anymore
FTFY
>>338062267
> democratic party ends in tie
> Bernie lost
What in the name of fuck?
>>338061932
>the publisher
No, but if you ever try and go online the Console maker can.
>He hasn't read the agreements on their page
Sony/Nintendo/Microsoft can all shutdown access to specific games at their own choice, Especially if the license isn't renewed with them.
https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/legal/software-usage-terms/
6.6. You must not use any means to bypass or disable any encryption, security, or authentication mechanism for the Authorised Systems or to gain unauthorised access or to interfere with any account, service, hardware, software or network connected to Sony Entertainment Network..
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/psn-termsofservice-changes/
>>338061402
I feel you anon. I feel you. Others have no idea so please forgive them.
>>338062196
Except that didn't happen with gfwl? Why do people keep saying this? You lost access to patches/updates and multiplayer (due to server shutdown, which wouldnt matter either way if you bought the multiplayer game physically).
You kept your games local data.
OnLive was a streaming service. If Netflix went bankrupt you'd lose "your" movies.
>>338062238
This.
>50 quid for digital game
>42quid for new disc based game.
>>338061932
Um yes they can if they can send updates from afar then they can edit your game from afar
>>338062539
>No, but if you ever try and go online the Console maker can.
They can't though, I can always sell that copy and someone else can play it in a different PS4 / Xbox One. Sony and MS can't stop me from playing games on a different machine, unless they want to release a patch that makes DOOM unplayable on every PS4 / One on the market.
>>338061962
>Yeah but they can't really take that away from you
>Buy game on disk
>Game needs 1 day patch to work at all
>hurddurr its yours forever!
No nigga, the moment the service stops the moment your game becomes worthless. So pray Sony and MS never go out of business.
>>338062527
Why not? Just pop in the cartridge/disc and be on your way?
If the company decides to be a dick and disable your console just disconnect from internet.
Though I am 100% if they ever disable consoles it's going to backfire hard on them.
How are those GFWL games going on, Anon?
>>338062530
American Journalistic Integrity
>>338062704
The discs are not re-writable media, there's nothing Sony and MS can do to deactivate a disc.
>>338062713
>can't stop me from playing on a different machine
George Hotz
>>338061402
It's not about buying physical games, it's about showing others online you did
>>338062472
>WAAAH STOP LIKING WHAT I DON'T LIKE
namefags have autism, who woulda thought?
>>338061672
Playing games.
>>338062154
Yes they can you moron it's their game they can do whatever they want
Why do memory cards cost so much?
>>338062749
>How are those GFWL games going on, Anon?
Bamham, Dark Souls I, REV and SFIV migrated long ago to Steam. So they are fine. Thanks for asking.
>>338062730
There hasn't been a single game on PS4 / One that needs a day-1 patch to play. I play PS4 games without day-1 patches all the time because I don't want to wait for them to download the first time.
>>338062704
they can brick your console, not rewrite the disc
>>338062530
Every super delegate was hardwired to hilary before the primaries even started. The only we he could have won was if the american public 100% despised her.
>>338062580
>Comparing a subscription service to a gaming service
Holy shit I can't tell if you're trolling or just an idiot.
>>338062909
If you like broken games i guess its always an option.
>>338062858
>list some non weeb pandering titles on the Weebta so I can play them
>waaaa namefagssss
You fucking tripfags are the worst.
>>338062878
they can't rewrite a physical disc you dumb faggot
>>338061885
This. Except the last one is indirectly BS since every game has a day 1 patch.
>tfw i technically spent less than 30 bucks in the last two years of vidya and over 30 games because of resale
>>338062580
You don't save the movies in your hard drive, retard. It's a streaming service where you never own the movies to begin with.
>>338062472
Just by looking at my shelf:
Persona 4g
Ys memory of Celceta
DanganRonpa 1 & 2
Project Diva F2nd
Disgaea 4 APR
Dungeon Travelers 2
Tearaway
objectivly good games.
>>338062798
>GOOD GOY YOU DON'T HAVE PSN+ OR XBOX LIVE THAT MEANS YOU CAN'T ACCESS THE MULITPLAYER PART OF YOUR DISK!
>>338063047
With updates yes they can
>>338062907
But Lost Planet 2 never made it :(
>>338061618
this. i like how they look, and some of the box art is nice. EDF, Senran and D44M came with great alternate covers
>>338063023
I have never played a game without the day-1 patch and found it unplayable. You're making mountains out of molehills to justify your own even shittier method of ownership, digital copies. How will you play your digital copy of Steam goes under and there's no more updates for your games? Will they be unplayable?
>>338062907
Oh, cool, care to tell me where Age of Empires Online is?
>>338063275
He plays western games, that's why he thinks games are broken without a day 1 patch
>>338062858
>asks you to list good vita games
>"s-stupid namefag, fuck you!"
lmao
>>338063196
>With updates yes they can
no they can't you stupid nigger, the PS4 and Xbox One do not have drives with RW capabilities and the discs aren't re-writable anyway
>>338061402
I buy shitty japanese games like Gundam Konichiwa 5.55 X for 100-300 yens and I can sell that shitty for 20-30 dollars in my country.
>>338061402
because I like having the real thing. Same reason why still buy CDs and BDs.
>>338063320
that game died period, nothing to do with gfwl
>>338063275
>ownership
Projecting that much?
I never talked about steam or even buying games. But to answer your question Steam several times said if they go under you would still be able to play the games you own.
>>338062907
Star Wars Battlefront says fuck you.
>>338062907
>Lost Planet 2 still stuck on that garbage
IT'S NOT FAIR
Its' nice to have physical copies and plus you can turn them around a decade later and sell them for a ridiculous sum.
>>338061402
So I don't have to wait for a download to finish before playing and if the console has a hard drive or memory stick I won't have to take it all up. The game is just self contained.
>>338063467
> Game died
> Can't even play single player
> Game required GFWL to start
> nothing to do with gfwl
>>338063196
>With updates yes they can
you're a fucking mongoloid, what updates can do is stop a particular console from working with a particular game, they don't change the disc itself, just the ability to play it
>>338063481
>But to answer your question Steam several times said if they go under you would still be able to play the games you own.
It's not in the EULA anywhere, a 6 year old unverified quote attributed to Gaben does not mean anything.
>>338062930
Bullshit, he'd lose regardless because his delegates would be retroactively disqualified and rules would be changed against vote, magically making her the winner.
>>338061956
>have anxiety disorder
>get EBT stamps
>get 1300 a month in welfare
>get sec 8 housing
>can afford games
How fucking sad are pirates if they cant' afford games under me?
>>338063630
Does that exclude them from being bad?
>>338063805
How?
>>338062907
>4 games
oh am laughing
>>338063721
is that a trick question?
>>338063673
>just the ability to play it
That's the thing I was referring to they can lock you out of your disk if they want to
>buy physical game
>it forces it to install on your console
>takes up the exact same amount of space as the digital copy
>half of physical copies only allow for the downloading of the game from the psn anyway
thanks sony
>>338063848
>responding to blatant bait
Nigga just don't.
>>338063493
Battlefront 2 works fine with gameranger. Still servers up, if you didn't know.
not having to buy a giant overpriced vita memory card
>>338063924
>it forces it to install on your console
>takes up the exact same amount of space as the digital copy
Well, at least that'll reduce/get rid of the disc loading, right?
>>338063389
How so? Where do you buy them from?
>>338064119
But doesn't it still install data anyway?
>>338061691
>3rd world purchase but still with some form of internet avaiable
>insert disk
>Keklolmao you have to download mandatory firmware update
>oh yes there you go another 20GB update otherwise you'll have to play the game unoptimized/bugged
There was a time when games on consoles got a release disk literally bug-free and you could insert it and play instead of watching hours long updates and mandatory HDD installations.
>>338061402
>purchased a Vita game for 15USD retail
>didn't like it
>there's a trade in bonus at another store making it 19USD
>attempt to trade it in
>"I'm sorry, we won't take it unless it has the inserts and manuals"
>"It didn't come with any."
>"No, it did. If you come back with them we can let you trade it in."
Fucking Best Buy. You take disc only shit all the time and repackage them.
>>338063894
Even then nothing is stopping you from getting another console to play it on or better yet an emulator.
It just feels good owning a physical copy. Also PSN could cut off support for previous gen consoles if they wanted. Steam on the other hand wouldn't do this because generations don't really exist on PC.
>>338064165
Bookoff. My girlfriend sends me the games.
>>338064223
a few mb usually
unless there are fuckloads of patches
>>338061740
*Four videogames.
FTFY
>>338062967
>>338063097
No shit you fucking clowns, that was my point.Try to read the thread before you open your mouth.
He used onlive as an example of "companies taking your games away" and I pointed out that it's a subscription streaming service. By nature of the service you don't own anything.
>>338064387
>he has to buy another console
still as bad
>>338064267
>bug free
No such software exists. You just played them before the internet made every little glitch well known. And people cared less back then. Google literally any somewhat popular game and you'll find tons of glitches.
>>338064141
dude I hope you are trolling cuz leike im anoyed that you wuld even state discl oading when it uses cartridges
>>338061402
To see how much more my bookcase can take.
>>338061691
>In some 3rd world countries
USA is 3rd world because american internet monopoly.
>>338061932
Games for Windows Live is still functional. Purchasing new games was shutdown, but not the main service. I still play the original PC release of Gears of War and installed it on another PC 6 months ago.
>>338064461
>Four videogames.
Still 3 more than the 3ds
>>338064579
You really don't. There's ways to just reset it to the factory state. Even then they are affecting that console, not the disc itself.
>>338064763
I hate the 3DS and even I know that isn't true.
>>338064387
>>338064579
formatting the console or even changing users should work
>>338061996
Too much red tape and NIMBY ass liberals holding shit back. Expect a 20 year delay.
>>338064607
You are right, I was referring to the fact that there was a time when internet was not a thing for consoles and devs had to make sure the game was as bug-free as possible because patching/re-releases was not possible.
I used the wrong words but I think you got the idea.
>>338064891
prove it
>>338061779
not on 8th gen consoles!
you have to install a huge amount of space just to play the game not including updates
>>338064942
actually, you could get update disks from devs
>>338064543
He didn't answer because he probably saw how much of an idiot he was by making that comparison.
Conversation was over but yet another idiot pops up.
Literally one born every minute.
![[MCS]_Ultraman_08.mkv_snapshot_21.11_[2016.02.01_17.38.31].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/4IGrqyv.jpg "[MCS]_Ultraman_08.mkv_snapshot_21.11_[2016.02.01_17.38.31].jpg")
>Outrun 2
>After Burner Climax
mfw
>>338061402
A publisher isn't going to knock on your door and demand you give back their property because you don't own it anymore.
>>338064543
OnLive was blatant retardation to begin with. Games were never installed in your hard drive to begin with. You had to access their services to do so.
On top of the monthly fee you had to pay for each game individually.
There's a reason why it failed.
If steam tried to pull the same shit today it would flop hard.
Save hard drive space.
>People trying to justify and defend digital only garbage
I want millennials off this board.
>WHY ARE THERE PENNIES WE TOTALLY SHOULD DO AWAY WITH PHYSICAL CURRENCY!!! ITS SO ARBITRARY
said every retarded ignorant little nigger who understands nothing about economics
>WHY ARE THERE PHYSICAL COPIES OF GAMES LULZZZZ
because physical brick and mortar stores selling physical fucking copies of the game account for like 80-90% of all sales worldwide
believe it or not, the entire world is not privieledged little white nu-male pawwing at his 600$ iphone every 5 seconds to use his 200$ a month isp/phone service he so desperately needs in his life
actual normal people dont have high speed internet
actual normal people dont spend all day waiting for downloads
actual normal people live outside, and have healthy normal lifestyles , that don't attribute to the most cancerous baseless formless pit of despair on the internet full of child porn, gore, murder , cartoon porn, and floods of shitposts from angry little redditors who do nothing all day but that, because they think being a little piece of shit is "fun"
>>338064942
>because patching/re-releases was not possible.
Yes, they were. Devs like Nintendo have always released revisions and recalled games that were too broken.
>>338063320
>Age of Empires Online
hopefully that piece of shit stays dead
Only benefit I see from digital is getting the game at 12 am launch day.
But only angsty teenagers are impatient enough to care to play latest call of duty as soon as the servers goes live.
>>338065809
We're not talking about your mom here.
>>338065664
>digital only is somehow garbage
kek. stay mad that your ISP is shit tier.
>>338065668
>actual normal people live outside and have healthy normal lifestyles
define "healthy normal lifestyle" pls.
digital > physical
MP only > cod tier SP
>>338064975
Nope
>>338065976
delete this
>>338065668
In other words, physical copies only exist for dumb normals who don't know any better.
>>338065843
It's nice for handhelds so you have games with you without having to carry a separate case for your games.
Digital Vita or PSP games let you put it on 3 different devices which is pretty nice for adhoc multiplayer games since it only costs you the price of one copy.
>>338061402
Because the vita's memory cards are fucking expensive. Seriously, what genius at Sony decided proprietary memory cards were a good idea when micro SD cards would have been far better?
>>338065668
>physical brick and mortar stores selling physical fucking copies of the game account for like 80-90% of all sales worldwide
source: anon's ass
oh wow I actually finished reading your post and now I see it's all just bait. well I guess you got me, gg.
>>338065668
Comparing currency to a media product is pretty retarded, bub.
I don't even disagree with you about importance of physical media, but that comparison was either done disingenuously or you're just retarded.
>>338065664
>millenials
You don't know what that word means. What a millenial thing to do.
have you ever tried downloading a full game off the PSN?
>>338062909
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5
maybe instead of saying "there hasn't been a single game" you should say "I haven't played a single game" because there clearly are games like this
>>338065668
im actually really annoyed by pennies, theyre extremely inconvenient, pile up in your wallet really fast, and i always end up just leaving them if i drop them
cool you can put them in a jar over time and cash them in later but there better be a damn good reason why we still use them
>>338066269
shut up millennial, go back to netflix or steam and stay there.
>>338066143
>he thinks those 20 million copies of GTA 5 or COD REHASH 99 were bought online
how gullible and delusional do you have to be?
the entire premise of fucking gamestop is based on reselling physical copies of games
and you sitting here , like a little nu-male delusional shitter trying to post-purchase rationalize your shitty little digital copy of your game, because youre too afraid to go outside and buy it in person so you need to make shitty threads like this every so often you decide to buy
what you dont understand is digital copies of games are literally cancer and attribute to prices of games being exponentially higher as time goes on
but hey, you're little pathetic lifestyle of "OH MOOMMY I DONT WANT TO GO OUTSIDE WAAAAH" is totally justified when you make this shitty thread
>>338061402
Hi shill
They retain their value after the purchase
>>338061402
>in the future everyone will just have USB drives jutting out that they use for everything
>>338066716
what the fuck what is he shilling exactly?
![Lant_biu[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/NdNixR9.jpg "Lant_biu[1].jpg")
>>338066636
wew lad, still waiting on that source btw
>>338066858
the slow, crushing march of inevitability
>>338061402
I like having a physical collection.
Would I replace, say, a collection of coins, watches, or whatever, with pictures on my computer? I'm not going to use them; If they'll only be looked at, it'd be safer, and easier to manage pictures too.
Also, physical copies (generally) don't take up any noticeable space. Especially useful on Vita.
Usually won't matter to me on PC, though.
>>338066967
ah, ok
Same reason I buy vinyl records: who cares
>>338061402
A. Resell
B. Don't take up memory
C. Physical collection
D. Can be cheaper
They're nice to put on shelves, and save storage space
Though ive been pretty annoyed with the way PS4 works, needing to install every game to play. Atleast it doesnt take time to install for the majority of games
>MGSV for PC was a code for steam
Never forget
>>338066329
>>338066329
what is: counting by one
>>338067146I fucking hated forming my party in this game, I got extremely bored trying to roll autistically for the best stats I could achieve, fun afterwards at least
physical is a good, digital is a service. goods have specific rights that services don't, specifically ownership
If Clinton somehow manages to win you can say goodbye to Steam and any other similar platform.
Expect some heave updates removing content from original games to please SJWs and their censorship bullshit.
>>338067346
Are you really this retarded?
>>338061402
hoarders
>>338066636
>what you dont understand is digital copies of games are literally cancer and attribute to prices of games being exponentially higher as time goes on
I'm also wondering what kind of mental gymnastics lead you to that thrilling conclusion.
>>338066858
The digital model
It very clearly benefits publishers at the expense of consumers
Any attempt to make it seem otherwise should be met with open hostility
>>338061402
Steelbooks.
>>338061402
>preordering on steam or even worse Xbox/PSN stores for a full fucking 59.99
>getting a line of code in return that can be revoked and made useless if the customer gets their account banned
>20% off with GCU or Prime, sometimes GCU throws in a $10 certificate too
>not being able to resell after you're done playing
Literally no reason to buy digitally unless it's on sale
>>338067394
>implying it won't happen
You really know shit about Clinton, kid.
She has always wanted to ban videogames for years.
i hate buying disc based games because disc drives have always, and continue to be pieces of unreliable shit.
>>338067346
blah blah blah more bullshit I don't understand blah blah blah
fuck off whining about the next figurehead.
>>>/pol/
>>338067467
without a physical cost of production and distribution, digital should be significantly cheaper. however, games are still sold at full prices. this isn't the first case of digital price fixing, look at ebooks
>>338062267
>picking donald trump over based bernie
>people in this thread will do that
>>338067554
The president can't sign an executive order and suddenly all video games are banned
>>338067554
video games are shit now anyway
maybe they deserve to be banned for being so terrible
>>338067681
companies aim to get the most profit they can, news at 11.
>>338067516
You can't refund physical in most of the world and most "physical" games are actually just a slip of paper with the steam code in it.
>>338066308
nobody plays tony hawk games for the skateboarding, they play it for the crash and burn ragdoll physics and potential game breaking bugs. might as well just be playing gary's mod if you buy that game
>>338061402
Because my internet is too fucking shitty to download anything. 30gb takes like two fucking days.
>>338067753
Just like Trump wanting to build a wall and deport all spics, amirite?
>>338067758
Modern games can fuck off but I want to keep my old games desu.
>>338067814
doesn't make it legal to conspire with publishers to artificially raise prices
>>338067992
>Just like Trump wanting to build a wall and deport all spics, amirite?
Yes that won't happen.
>>338067845
You're thinking of Skate. Tony Hawk hasn't been good in years but nobody ever played it for those retarded reasons you listed.
>>338061402
>You can resell if the game sucks (most companies don't refund digitally)
>If your console breaks, you may still have the games in your shelf
>They'll last beyond the point the servers get closed. If you have no backup of your digital shit, they will become unavailable to download at some point, then you'll lost the game permanently
>You can lend, trade, return to retailer, collect, earn a shitload of cash if the game becomes rare in the future
>No DRM in most physical media so far, which means unlimited installations and the ability to play it anywhere
>>338067992
>Modern games can fuck off but I want to keep my old games desu.
Then do it? Is Mrs Clinton going to come to your house and format your HD?
>>338067845
you have no clue.
>>338062268
>companies servers close
>cant update the game with its basically mandatory 5gb day one update that literally every game has now.
>disk is worthless
>console and discs slowly break down over time.
in the end piracy and emulation is the only way to preserve vidya
Call me the day the psn will be dead.
>>338068078
Whatever you say Chavo.
>>338068027
Publishers and developers absolutely have every right to charge what they want for their product. A digital download costing the same as a physical copy is not games costing 'exponentially higher as time goes on'.
You'll also find that the only ones still charging a full 60 bucks per game are big budget AAA publishers and the vast majority of developers release their games at lower prices than what was average 20 years ago.
>>338068251
Of course not, don't be silly. Some nice men in black clothes and grey vests with lettering on them will do that.
>>338061402
Because my 300kb/s internet doesn't cut it for downloading games
Unless I want to wait a couple days to download the ever-larger games coming out these days I have to buy physical copies
Plus I can trade in games like MGSV when I reach chapter 2
>>338068201
Also, see some 3DS games as an example. Cave Story 3D became expensive as fuck anywhere, even if available digitally. People who got it earlier now can make 3x profit. Same for Metroid Prime Trilogy and Xenoblade Chronicles for Wii.
>>338068027
it's definitely legal, the fuck are you on about? that's the freedom of the market.
>>338068078
He will and you will fucking pay for it, shitskin.
mostly for the resell.
I sold my Uncharted 4 for about 30 bucks just to the same Gamestop I bought it from. It's not great or anything but at least I'm not paying the full price for such a short game. Same goes for all the 10 hour games that you cannot refund on Steam but can get 30-50% back from physical copies.
>>338068664
Too bad, I'm white. Don't be mad at me just because you don't understand the difference between rhetoric and real political plans. Trump is just playing you for a fool.
>>338061554
Not every console manufacturer is as woefully incompetent as Nintendo.
I can log into my PlayStation Network account right now, see everything I have ever bought, manage my devices and deactivate them.
>>338064303
That nigga was playing you
>>338061402
Physical games means the important games aren't lost forever incase a company decides the game should never be sold again.
See: PT and all the Marvel Vs Capcom games. Then again emulation is cool but not always perfect.
>>338068885
>important games
What did he mean by this?
>>338068751
>
You're paying for it, Paco.
Save your pesos.
>>338069007
Games he likes
Admit it.
The only reason you buy physical is so you can read the manual on the way home and pretend you're a child again.
Or you're still literally a child and don't have a credit card.
In either case, grow up.
>>338069103
this meme needs to die already. trump cares about winning presidency, not placating retards. if he has to placate retards to win the seat, he'll do it, but remain assured that building le epin wall is not on his list of To-Dos.
>>338068885
PT was completely pulled but I'm pretty sure you can still download Marvel Vs Capcom games from your download list if you bought them digitally.
>>338061402
If it's a series close to my heart I like to own physical, if for no other reason than I like to display it on the shelf.
>>338069125
you're right
>>338069125
What fucking manual?
Manuals stopped being a thing long ago.
>>338069007
In 30 years no one will give a shit about Madden 2014 since it's an unimportant game.
30 years later people still care about Super Mario Bros and Sonic.
>>338069197
It is though, Trump has a hateboner against Mexico for some reason.
It has always been his top priority.
>>338068526
they're not allowed to conspire about their prices though. also biased sample. most pc releases are indie or old ports, so they would never be full price even if physical
>>338069360
>30 years later people still care about Super Mario Bros and Sonic.
>>338069360
>30 years later people still care about ... Sonic.
Sorry, Autismo The Grand Autist, but that is not true.
>>338069387
A Mexican once peed in the pool at one of his hotels and he swam in it
>>338069125
You're lucky if you get a pamphlet in color nowadays.
>He doesn't know manuals stopped being used
Only someone that doesn't play games is this ignorant.
>>338068751
>>338069192
>>338069197
>>338069387
Mexicans are filthy people in every sense of the word.
You know they wipe their asses with their bare hands and smear the shit on the wall?
No toilet paper. They don't even wash their hands afterwards.
And then they EAT with their hands!
>>338063263
>forgetting Ground Zeroes' Shinkawa art on the reverse side
I bought Phantom Pain on Steam, so I'm not sure if they did the same thing.
>>338069842
you seem to be describing Indians. i know all brown people look the same, but damn dude. get an education.
>>338069583
people legitimately do care about Sonic. just because you made a living meme out of chris chandler doesn't mean the sonic series is totally dead.
>>338069492
>Super Mario Bros.
Yes
>Sonic
lol, no. maybe in the sense that it's an industry punchline
>>338062293
>living in the US/Canada
>>338061672
I love my Vita!
>>338069842
So? Americans eat their own shit to begin with.
That's why they're so fat, because they eat so much shit.
>>338069492
>>338069583
>people don't care about sonic
Then why does Sega keep making games, comics and tv shows?I agree sonic is shit
>>338070143
No I mean mexicans. Though I'm sure indians do it too
god only knows what kind of nasty motherfuckers mexican indians are. I bet the mayans were killed by their own gross-ass hygiene senpai
>>338061402
You have the worst internet anyone can have and you can't download much of anything off Steam. All I got right now is a few /vr/ romsets.
>>338070143
>Americans
>Educated
Haha that's a good one.
Loaning to friends; reselling.
Not hard to figure out.
>>338061402
>What is the point of buying physical copies of games anymore?
Well for one, 15 years from now I want to look around my entertainment center and see I spent my money on something rather than look at barren shelves and wonder where all my time and money went.
Second, I tend not to play games I get digitally half the time. I know I'm not the only one here who has a large steam library that is mostly unplayed, I see you people complaining about that all the time. There is an interesting bit of psychology at work here, to. It might really just be as simple as "out of sight, out of mind". Your steam library basically doesn't exist until you access it, so it's easier to dismiss.
Third I like having something I can pass to friends and they can pass to me. I can't count how many games I played for free because a friend just lent me theirs. Likewise they've benefited from my collection to.
Forth, I can't sell my steam library, at least not without getting in trouble and having it permabanned. I can however sell my Xbox and all the games it has if I am in a pinch or just don't want it anymore. Hell I can turn the game cases into a shitty suit of armor if I want; they're mine to do whatever with, and no one can tell me otherwise.
Fifth, and relating to the forth, if I get banned from playing these games I can sell them. While I don't mod or anything, I feel very sorry for everyone who bought Dark Souls III on PC and just happened to go into the wrong game at the wrong time and is now softbanned. If they got it on PS4 and got softbanned, they could have just traded the game in and got something back for their loss.But they wouldn't get softbanned on the PS4 anyway because most the hacking bullshit is all on PC these days.
>>338070602
>Loaning to friends
NOPE.avi.jpg.exe.rar
Worst thing anybody can do, they always return it with scratches or without the manual and shit.
>>338070602
That implies leaving the house, son.
Do you think these social rejects ever leave the house?
>>338070764
those people aren't your friends. those are acquaintances. learn the difference
>>338070660
I've got the opposite problem anon, I have a lot of games I bought physical and digital dirt cheap just because they were cheap and I never played them.
I have a copy of Metroid: Other M I bought for 5$ from a Blockbuster closing sale years ago, and never touched it.
Digital only is the drive tru of video games.
Only lazy people use it because they can't wait 5 minutes in line and they eat the burguer as soon as they receive their bag.
>>338070061
there is no chinkcowa art on the reverse side of the ps4 case for phantom pain.
>>338069125
>The only reason you buy physical is so you can read the manual on the way home and pretend you're a child again.
And what's wrong with that?
>>338070198
sorry to break this too you, but our obesity rate is only 2% above yours. you're a bunch of fat fucks just like us.
>>338061402
To spend your money on a tangible, physical object, to have "ownership" (I'm aware you don't really own the games you buy anymore, but having all the data on a disc or a cartridge that isn't reliant on the internet means you at least own it more than some Steamtard with $10k in digital DRM downloads), to have something to put on your shelf, Amazon Prime gives you like $13 off all new games, so you save money buying physical, and installation times are lower when you have a disk with all the data on it to begin with.
Although I don't like the direction physical PC games have been going where if they even include a disc anymore instead of just a Steam voucher, it only has a 1/4th of the data on it so you still end up having to download almost everything over the internet. It's all a big fucking joke, I don't know why anyone even wastes money on games anymore instead of just pirating them. You literally own a game more by pirating it than you do by paying for it these days.
>>338070914
Bullshit and you know it.
Nobody cares about something that isn't their true property.
