Are you implying people only bought physical because of the manual?
It's still faster to install off the disc than download if you have shit internet. Plus you can trade the game in if you don't want it anymore. So yes, there is a reason.
It's a means to avoid worrying about download caps and games disappearing from online stores.
You can display your game collection on a shelf, it's a better pussy manget than an online library.
>>342389637
Pretty much this.
If you're unsure about a game but have to buy it, physical is the way to go.
>>342389428
Considering it takes me a full day to download modern games if my internet isn't acting up, then yes. I got bloodborne the other day and was immediately able to play it.
>he buys his video games
>>342389428
Who gives a shit about the manual? It's a nice bonus that I never really cared, but that's it.
Enjoy playing your digital games that you forgot to keep on the hard drive in a couple of years or buy something from a company that had some major changes in them.
>>342389696
Hahaha right on, friend. The pussy is nonstop.
>can return games with in a reasonable time unlike LOL 2 HOURS ITS YOURS NOW xD
>can trade in games
>can share games
>game is always there, you actually own it. If Steam goes under you're completely fucked.
>get home from store, put CD in, it plays. No 5 hour downloads
It's objectively better than digital in every way.
>>342389790
See what people say about it online.
Look up gameplay.
Reviews from tiny channels instead of paid IGN bullshit
Buy the game or don't buy it
Easy. You guys don't pre-order games like dumbfucks, right?
I will admit it was cool to get customised manuals from games like the Killzone one designed like a propaganda leaflet but its not something I'd miss.
The day 1 edition has manual and soundtrack disc for free, glad i got that one and i didn't even preorder
>>342389428
After a bunch of my game were pretty much stolen from me I'll just stick with digital.
haven't bought a single physical game since september
>>342389637
>trading games
>>342390225
>a hoodlum stole my property, so I guess I'll just let a corporation manage my rights from now on!
>buy physical ps4 game
>still have to install it
>>342389428
At this point for me I no longer see a point in buying physical games.
Me and my friend play on xbone and are sharing accounts. So we simply split the bill, and buy 60 dollar games for 30 bucks since it only takes one copy of the game for both of us to play.
Life's good
>>342390267
Yes good goy, physical is an outdated format, digital is much better, that way we have full control on your games from anywhere
Manuals are digitally in this day and age. Move on, grandpa
>>342389428
Other than collector's editions for the goodies, no. fucking day 1 patches and DLC made physical copies obsolete.
Cheaper to buy games physically than digitally.
>>342390434
I can buy games at -75% and never worry about preorders, scalpers, going out of stock or losing the game. Even if the flipside is it being lifetime rental instead of a purchase, it's a good deal.
>>342390049
>JUST COMMIT TO OWNING IT FOREVER BEFORE YOU GET TO DECIDE IF YOU ENJOY IT OR NOT
How's that Gaben dick taste?
i think it would be a good idea for places that sell video games to offer to download steam games to USB or something.
like if you verified you owned a steam game, or you even bought a code at GameSalePlace or wherever, then they downloaded it onto a USB stick for you at the counter. i think that'd be a good idea
>>342390049
>he has never enjoyed a game that has been reviewed poorly
Sorry, but not everyone plays games because they are popular or because they look pretty. Some of us are old, and started playing games when it was all about having fun. Reviews of ANY form have stopped being reliable for quite a few years now.
Also, if I can buy a game, not like it, then sell it for more than I bought it for, why the fuck shouldn't I pre-order? Not pre-ordering in this day and age is literal retardation.
>>342390563
>yes... yes!!!! I can nuke his entire library as many times as I want and he will always keep buying more and more games!
delusion has hit the stratosphere now
>>342390592
That's the problem underage faggot. Kids will now never know the joy of reading the manual on the way home from the store in gleeful anticipation.
>>342390903
was about to suggest >>342391135
I can understand having shitty internet though
>>342391218
Just use a cellphone and look up the wiki on the way home, fagtron
>>342391135
no, i mean for people who don't have fast internet, or have download caps, or whatever. if you handed a stick to the chap at the counter (or maybe paid a little extra to rent one??) you could buy your game, then take it home and install from USB
except australians. they don't get to enjoy video games as they're bad people with no value whatsoever hth
No reason at all.
Except the fact that on consoles we have the highest demographic of children .
>>342391046
The problem is that they can revoke your games if they have a good reason, also, games can just disappear from the store with no previous warning and then you wont be able to get them legitimately anymore
>>342389428
A lot of the time, physical is nonsensically cheaper, despite all the overheads
>>342389428
Pros
>Nice collection to look at
>You'll still have it if you lose your digital account
>You can buy used for cheaper from Amazon or ebay than you get on most websites
>Even if it's new it's the same price as digital and you get more for your money.
>You can resell later if you don't care about the collection
>No one can pull some "games are rented" bullshit terms of service later with physical.
Cons
>Can be stolen IRL
>Can be damaged if you aren't a careful person
>DLC and patches are rampant, part of your game will be tied to an account anyway
>>342389557
Back in the day I used to live for the manuals, had a gigantic ass stack of 'em I would thumb through daily, because they used to be so thick and colorful and actually provided hints and shit.
Nowadays, I'm so disappointed.
>>342391505
>if they have a good reason
Yeah, that reason being you committing fraud on their platform.
Disappearing games is sometimes a problem when they're replaced with remasters, but if you bought the copy previously, it's not taken away.
>>342391218
>Kids will now never know the joy of reading the manual on the way home from the store
that's because manuals aren't needed any more, given the vast, vast storage mediums of today and plentiful internet access.
'only 90s kids will know that feel.buzzfeed'
Sometimes I like to just stop and look at all my cases on the shelves.
Like, fuck, it's like watching a kid or pet or whatever grow up. It started small but now it fills x shelves.
I also like to take the games one by one and clean the cases while looking at the cover artwork and manuals if present.
>>342391505
>they can do whatever they want if they have a good reason
by that logic you should keep your PC always offline because microsoft could format it anytime they want, keylog all your info to distort it and incriminate you, like logging into your accounts in social media to make pro-nazi propaganda
>games can disappear from the store and you won't be able to get them legitimately anymore
nigga I have Onimusha 3 on Steam and it installs and runs just fine, it's just delisted for purchase for whoever doesn't have it yet
Doom alt cover art was pretty awesome
>System dies
>Lose all your gaems
No thx
>>342391969
The fuck? You bought an fps for a console?
>>342389428
nope
>>342391910
>it's like watching a kid or pet or whatever grow up. It started small but now it fills x shelves.
see i did that whole thing during my 'retro' phase, but frankly now i'm sick of them. hundreds and hundreds of garbage Genesis and SNES games I'll never play. a monument to wasted cash, hardly worth even the eBay listing fees, like there's anyone left wanting pristine copies of Road Rash and Chuck Rock
>>342389696
>>342389990
Nigga speak for your selves. When I was 15 I has a threesome with a 7/10 and 8/10 chick with naruto, one piece, and final fantasy posters on my wall along with stacks of games and figures on my shelf. Anybody who blames their hobbies are collections for the fact they got no pussy as a kid were just too much of an autist and had no game.
>>342392067
>being a Nintenyearold
your fault, next time read the fine print and see if there's an account system
>>342392112
Yep, only for the cover. Because no one in my country was selling a physical version of the game.It was part of my plan
>>342391821
The lack of a printed manual is why long, boring tutorials are in so many games.
Even digital manuals are getting exceedingly lazy.
>>342392067
they get recorded onto your account, m8
>>342392195
Well, I don't really collect video games, much less old shit. I just buy whatever I'm interested in and that doesn't pass 5 games per year max.
>>342391737
>Even if it's new it's the same price as digital and you get more for your money.
One thing you have to remember is that new physical games are getting ways to buy them cheaper than digital. $30 for 2 year service at best buy means each new game is $48 instead of $60. Even Amazon seems to be doing 20% off certain pre-orders now I think, but their service is like $90 a year or something like that. With best buy, I'm getting 20% off, points from the membership, points from the credit card, and some titles even come with a $10 certificate for pre-ordering. Best case scenario I'm paying about $35 for that $60 digital game. If I don't like it, I sell it for $55 and profit $20.
>>342392321
>The lack of a printed manual is why long, boring tutorials are in so many games
maybe you just play bad video games, or are just bad at video games. maybe you ate one too many paint chips as a child?
>>342391834
>>342391930
>Yeah, that reason being you committing fraud on their platform.
Which is reasonable, but over time these reasons could change
>Disappearing games is sometimes a problem when they're replaced with remasters, but if you bought the copy previously, it's not taken away.
Thats exactly the problem, you cant get them anymore if you didn't have them, something that doesn't happen with physical
>>342392235
>15
Try doing that shit at 29 and in the same fucking room too.
>>342391910
I find it ironic how you seem to love your collection of video games and take care of it like a child, yet I can't find the world "play" anywhere in your post.
It's like being proud of having one trillion LEGO blocks yet never even building a house with a handful of them.
>>342392112
>Implying FPS are inherently bad on console
nice meme
>>342392235
I think our definitions of 7/10 and 8/10 might vary bud
>>342390536
>Xbone gamesharing
MY NIGGA.
>tfw my gamesharing friend is horrible with his money, so I'll wake up to a new game like every week
I would be fine with it if It was at least sold separately for cheap.
>>342392505
>over time these reasons could change
muh slippery slope
>Thats exactly the problem, you cant get them anymore if you didn't have them, something that doesn't happen with physical
>something that doesn't happen with physical
anon pls, it's not like my local Gamestop is the ancient library of Alexandria
>>342392701
it's fucking doom
>>342392701
They were OK on consoles when no vertical axis was involved, i.e. Doom.
to be honest, the idea that i won't get to be buried like an ancient egyptian king with my complete-in-box collection of Wii games doesn't exactly fill my heart with dread
>>342392630
you're not supposed to 'play' them, just purchase them for the manuals (to read while taking a shit) and the cloth maps, statuettes, postcards, and other massproduced plastic shelf-filling crap that justifies the collectors' edition price tag
>>342389428
>gamestop does special trade in offers
>got uncharted for 9.99 by trading in mgs V and GTA V
exactly how much would I have gotten if I had downloaded them?
>>342389428
I buy physical since its saves room on my storage, I hate deleting games.
Im also paranoid of something happening where a game would be removed from a store or something controversial causes PSN to lock out a game. I just like having the physical so ensure I have the game and I save some storage
>>342389428
Retailers/publishers/devs can't kick my door down and take my games away.
Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to have a humongous game collection and get laid, hell you maybe can get married if you're lucky
>>342392630
I do play them, though? Like I said, I don't collect video games, I buy what I like. Otherwise, what's the point?
Obviously there's a few I'll never touch again, but I find myself playing old stuff more often than buying new titles.
>>342389428
>trusting online data services
First rule of coding, don't trust computers
>>342389428
Yes, you can still easily pop a disc into any PS4, without ever being connected to the internet or any account, and still play. Plus you can sell, or lend it to a buddy, or whatever.
Though it is sad that physical don't get manuals and shits nowadays.
Seriously though, if you have more video games than friends, rethink your life immediately.
>finger hovers over the 'Complete Checkout' button in the Steam dialog
but wait ... what if Steam shuts down in thirty-five years time? i won't be able to play this copy of Doki Doki Pogostick Preteen Underpants!! or lend it to my hypothetical friends
>closes dialog
>masturbate to loli porn, unsatisfying dribbly climax
>fall asleep at 2pm in soiled boxers on couch again
>>342389428
Because once the servers are down, the games are lost forever
Hell most games this gen are gonna be unplayable in a decade because they require online
>>342392856
Yes and?
>>342392880
Why are they not ok anymore?
Just because its not an ideal input method doesn't mean its impossible to play
>>342389428
Having a physical copy no one can take from you.
Ensuring you can play it on another system when the servers go down.
Collection purposes
>>342389428
>Buy a 3ds game
>no colorful manual
>no club nintendo promotions
its just not the same anymore. It doesn't feel as exciting or satisfying.
I usually make it a point to purchase physical copies. Recently I brought my xbox to a friend's house. When we went back to his room later it had been stolen. It was shit, but I still had all my games back at my house. I got a new xbox off craigslist and now it's like nothing happened.
I seriously hope you have a massive backup with all DOS games, old roms etc. in preparation for apocalypse.
>>342393171
That? What you just said there? About a 9 on the stupid meter. Don't be that guy, the one who utters stupid shit in a group just to get a reaction so he can laugh about it by himself. Don't be him.
>>342393171
What do you even gain from friends for them to be so important?
Sure, you have fun with them once in a while, but so you do by yourself playing a game or reading a book.
Sniffing brand new video game boxes is my fetish
>>342393338
>its just not the same anymore. It doesn't feel as exciting or satisfying.
this is literal worship at the altar of consumerism/capitalism. like ok if you're fine with that then whatever, but come on
My main reasons are:
>Smaller installs.
Allows for larger games library without having to worry about filling/switching out hard drives.
>Prices
Can pick up bargain preowned games. Not tied to often overpriced PSN.
>Physicality
Allows games to retain some resale value. Can easily lend/give/borrow games.
>Foreign games
Specific releases of foreign games are easier/only possible to buy physically. No need for multiple PSN accounts and currency code purchases.
That said, I buy both physical and digital. Whatever is most suited to the title I'm buying.
>>342392970
>Traded $120 for $50
>>342393171
I can buy 300 videogames and have fun with them without worrying about the consequences.
meanwhile, having 300 "friends" you got overnight is nothing to be proud about.
>>342393338
>we'll never get those thick manuals again
>we'll never be children reading them in the back of the car again
>we'll watch as our kids read the manuals in the back of the car
>>342393473
You what?
So you're working out and getting buff so you are strong to do what?
"Getting women" as if they are objects to do what? Fuck them and forget about it? Some life. "Getting women" improves your social status amongst those who hi-five people for being "playa"s. Who gives a damn about being more social amongst those vapid wastes of food and employment?
Video games are a great way to have fun, and enjoy things that are availible to you in life. Not only this, but the making of a game is an art form - by playing through, say, an RPG, you are treated to a grand story that is just overwhelmingly more fufilling than going out, fucking some chick, hi-fiving yourself and calling it a night.
>>342389428
Yeah, your purchase actually retains value. It's a good, rather than a service.
>>342389428
Steam is just a rental service. And it's pretty much the same desu, it's only a problem if you're too lazy to go out.
>>342393171
But I own over 100 games?
>>342392880
>talk to people who used to play shooters on consoles in a competitive environment
>their opinion is that controllers are feasible, although KB+M is at least equal, or slightly better than controllers
>talk to people who only ever used KB+M
>they brag about how its infinitely better than controllers
>start playing shooters on PC myself
>been playing other types of PC games for around 20 years now
>do better with controller than with KB+M
Sure there may be some sort of argument in favor of KB+M, but the advantage is so small that you are better off with whichever one you find more comfortable. Let the meme die, and let people enjoy what they want to enjoy.
>>342393473
dude, you realize not everybody eats only when they are dying from starvation, right?
sometimes you eat a chocolate bar just because it's tasty. it's the same thing.
>>342392970
>trading in to jewstop
>>342393681
>your purchase actually retains value
video games are not an investment. want to buy a beanie baby?
>>342393443
Not him but it's more fun to play video games with friends but you only need something like 2 to 7 of them. Not as many as you have games.
>>342393735
you're full of shit or spent like 30 minutes trying KB+M
There was a girl that I had a crush on in my early school days. She was incredibly pretty, and I'd always try to borrow things off her in class. Once I asked her for a pen, and then I sat next to her and wrote out a poem that I had made up earlier. I thought that she'd think I was really creative and brilliant or something (I even found out when her birthday was and included that in the poem) but she just laughed at me and then made fun of me in front of everyone. I hated her for that.
Anyway, a week ago she was beaten up and raped.
>Want to own OutRun 2006, the greatest arcade racer of our age
>PC digital version no longer exist because of Ferarri liscence
>Physical Xbox version can easily e obtained secondhand
Also, I know it's a demo and all, but I sure would like to be able to buy P.T.
There sure is. If your account is in any way compromised Sony will only refund something like $150 worth of shit.
>>342392839
How about when steam goes under?
How about when a game forces you to update? and the previous version is lost forever?
Also, here is the list of games removed from steam
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3071895
Good luck trying to buy them now
>>342393930
Nobody cares
>>342393930
shit, this isn't even karma, it's straight nuke-for-an-eye
Yes, because you have a physical object
>>342394137
Is that artbook paperback?
>>342393525
>platinumed mgs V
>beat gta V + loads of ghours in online
yeah I should have left them on the shelf to gather dust
>>342393995
on the other hand, if sega hadn't agreed to ferrari's licencing terms, we either wouldn't have had the game anyway, or a sad outrun game without any ferraris.
so i guess my point is blame ferrari for being dumb italian motherfuckers (but i repeat myself), and not the vague concept of digital game ownership instead
>>342389428
Not on PC MasterRace™, that's for sure.
>>342393781
I'm not talking about buying them as an investment, but it's just common sense when spending your money.
Which is better, a car that is stuck to you forever that can never be sold, traded, or leant, or a regular car that you can sell/trade in for a new model down the road, or pass down to a kid or something when you want to upgrade?
A physical game is an asset, a digital game is not. Plus you know exactly where it will be in 20 years.
>>342393735
I remember when I was 3 too
>>342389428
>He didn't get a manual
>>342392295
>>342392381
>company gets nuked
>accounts all destroyed
>lose all your games
>>342394346
Every physical version of that game is still availible, every digital version is not. Both were made under the same liscense.
Digital is the problem in this case.
>>342394421
video games are not cars. although cars can be in video games sometimes. i think there was a video game actually called just 'cars', though that might bave beeen based on a movie i saw once so i don't know if that counts
>People still fall for the digital download meme
Literally underage.
>>342394079
>How about when steam goes under?
how about when your local stores go under and you can't find that product anywhere, only by $20k on ebay form a scalper?
>How about when a game forces you to update? and the previous version is lost forever?
you can always pirate vanilla somewhere else, you are not entitled to choose all the dev builds, concept arts and cutting room material of the videogames you buy.
>Good luck trying to buy them now
you can't go to Gamestop and DEMAND them to sell you some obscure game they couldn't possibly have, what's your point?
>>342393930
Writing a poem for a girl you aren't even in a relationship with is cringy as fuck and you deserved to be laughed at for it. Hopefully it taught you to not show so much autism
>>342389428
My internet sucks and PSN is trash at speeds so waiting a day to download a game is pointless when I can just buy it and have it installed in seconds. I'm also not at full-blown hikkidom so sometimes I can get out of the house as opposed to most of the NEETs on /v/.
>>342394346
There's licensed material in every release, even if it's the IP itself. If Nintendo bought Sega they would have the right to make OutRun a nintendo exclusive and wipe all records of it on other consoles.
>>342393879
The first PC game I played at home was Silent Steel, which came out 21 years ago. My three most played games of all time are Minesweeper, Starcraft, and Pangya (the PC version). I've played a shit ton of other types of games on PC. I've also spent time as a computer programmer, although I'm in another profession now. I've spent more than 30 minutes using a KB+M.
Of course none of this matters as long as you ignore it to keep your meme running strong.
>>342394590
"the way i play video games is better than the way you play your video games"
- this thread
>>342394546
I swear to god every time i see dark souls 3's cover i think the guy is giving a thumbs up.
Hey digital only folks
Go try redownloading your DSi games
Have fun
>>342394691
Me too senpai
>>342392713
Yeah. Yours means an unrealistically pretty anime cunt
>>342394590
Don't blame them. They are too young to know better.
>>342394548
>Earth gets nuked
>Lose all your games
WOWWWWWWWWWWWW
>>342389428
Because some of us have been collecting since day 1 and don't plan to stop.
>>342394548
>local stores get nuked
>company owners and investing board members get murdered
>retail chains go bankrupt
>you die
your point?
>>342389428
>no instruction booklet or even an inset
that shit makes me so mad.
first time i've seen it was when buying the odin sphere ps4 collector's edition.
it has all this extra stuff but then the inside of the case empty looks like op's.
>>342394262
Unfortunately
>>342394304
but uncharted is trash
I didn't want to hate this series but I dl'd the demo the other day and it plays horrendously
>>342389428
Well, if you want more space on your console for more digital games.
>only have a 4gb SD card.
>Rhythm Heaven Megamix is digital only
>only have 700 blocks left for anything else.
>>342389428
Trade in value.
>>342394691
>>342392295
It's not even about Nintendo you retard. Literally if the servers go down for good or the company goes bust then you better take care of your shit because you're not getting that back if you break the system.
>>342394634
But muh Cyarno de Bergerac
>>342394763
>Those fake SNES, N64, and GBA boxes.
>>342389637
unless a game is digital only, which i hate and would drop gaming altogether if it finally hit that stride for 9th gen
>>342389428
it's way cheaper to buy physical copies on console. New games cost £55 from psn store.
>>342394779
>Tee shirt over sound track
Why would you even buy this?
>>342394751
I don't watch anime, Mr. "I have Naruto posters on my wall"
>>342394584
But they're both goods m8
At least physical ones are
>>342394896
if your house burns down with your videogames they also stop working, who woulda thunk
Physical games have actual value, a digital game is worth nothing more than the cost of the data it's stored on.
>>342389428
Look on store
Doom £49.99
Look on game website
Doom special edition physical £ 29.99
Look on gumtree
Doom £20.00
You'd to be retarded or just have way too much disposable income to ever buy digital, literally worse in every regard.
>>342394818
THIS THIS AND THIS
>Wonderful 101 digital
>Eats 10 GIGS worth of space by being fat
>Can't download anything else because of it
So tempted to just go buy a physical and delete the digital because of it. Shit is so annoying.
>>342390030
don't forget that consoles at the LEAST don't need an internet check to see if you can play the game like when steam is in offline mode. i can't play most of my shit if im netless
i'm still laughing at the idea of waking up at three AM in 2024, running full-tilt downstairs and checking to make sure the Xbox 360 is still there and working.
phew. i'll be able to play my prized hard copy of Bee Movie (the game) in glorious 720p for another day, at least. shame about climate change and all
>>342394626
>how about when your local stores go under and you can't find that product anywhere, only by $20k on ebay form a scalper?
>you can't go to Gamestop and DEMAND them to sell you some obscure game they couldn't possibly have, what's your point?
The good thing about physical is that every owner is a potential seller, because you can sell them, unlike digital where games are yours only and cant resell at all, there are way more shops than gamestops and way to hyperbole, most old games can be found for dirt cheap on the internet
>How about when a game forces you to update? and the previous version is lost forever?
you can always pirate vanilla somewhere else, you are not entitled to choose all the dev builds, concept arts and cutting room material of the videogames you buy.
>Good luck trying to buy them now
>you can always pirate vanilla somewhere else, you are not entitled to choose all the dev builds, concept arts and cutting room material of the videogames you buy.
So you have to do something illegal to do something physical owners can? just shows how few rights you have with digital games
>>342394304
Why didn't you just rent them then? It would have been cheaper to just use game fly if you trade in your games and shit.
>>342395069
And your insurance will cover the value your physical games
Nothing saves your from the loss of the digital ones
>Wii U
>32GB harddrive
>Some games are 50GB
Yes.
>>342394626
>$20k on ebay
give me one example of a $20k game
>>342393238
I don't get it. Which servers? Gameplay servers or download servers?
>>342390697
>digital games not going out of stock
>he hasn't seen some sales where sites only have X amount of keys and thats it.
MOM ARE THE VIDEOGAMES STILL THERE
>yes son
THANKS MOM goodnight mom
>goodnight son
>>342389790
That's foolish. If you buy a physical game, most retailers won't refund it if it's open, or they'll give you like 10 bucks for it.
If you really want to try out games either torrent it, Or buy it off steam and refund it after 2 hours. Buying a physical if you have refunding in mind is so much more hassle
Has the HUUUUUURRRRR you don't own games DURRHUURR argument already been made?
>>342394934
>Fake
They're not Fake, they're UGCs. I don't collect rotten cardboard when I have something that can protect my games with far more efficiency.
I threw out all my old boxes last year because all they did was attract moths. I care about my games, not whats around them.
>>342389637
>It's still faster to install off the disc than download if you have shit internet.
A 16x drive in the ps4 is slower than dsl
>>342389428
That's nothing, here's how my brand new copy of Call of Pripyat Collectors edition looked
had a cardboard sleeve with a price tag on it and then this
>>342395069
Are you retarded or what?
For one insurance, two it's more likely that your console could suffer a nasty drop because of a relative or something or even get bricked.
>>342394667
I meant playing FPS with KB+M, not Minesweeper. I was obviously not challenging your ability to move a mouse, but rather insinuating that you were more used to a controller. Because of this, you probably did not manage well against people who were more used to the kind of mouse movement necessary to perform in PC FPS games, which is quite unlike playing Minesweeper.
though you beat me on the calling things a meme first, so you win
>>342395238
>>342395170
>The good thing about physical is that every owner is a potential seller, because you can sell them, unlike digital where games are yours only and cant resell at all
This
Losing your virginity is like commencing a serious nuclear attack. If you lead up to it, you'll get nothing but resistance. You have to undermine, my friend. Learn what your strengths may be in the rhetoric of the group you're frequenting, and then apply that in a non-confrontational bragging manner
>>342395225
Wait what?
>>342395186
yeah I'm sure the insurance company can reprint all kinds of old games you can't find anywhere anymore
>>342389557
i know people who refuse to buy a game if the manual isnt in the case. if thebgame doesnt ship with one then theyll buy it.one of them walked all around the city looking for a copy of All Star Battle with a manual
I invite her in and we plunk down on my bed to chat. The topic turns to sex and she asks if I am a virgin. Like I said, I was even less chick-savvy then than I am now. Looking back I realize that I might have had a few opportunities to bang some fairly hot chicks, but I was too dense to pick up on any signals. So at 18 years-old, after finishing highschool, I was still a virgin. I answered her and she gave me a funny look which could only be interpreted one way. I leaned over and kissed her. We hit the bed and began making out. I was in a state of bliss. This was the girl of my dreams, my love for two years and I was finally getting somewhere with it. I pulled off her clothes and threw mine to the floor and then it happened, or I guess more appropriately, didn't happen. My dick wouldn't go up. I was so nervous and worried about my ability to please the girl who had dominated my thoughts for the past two years that I couldn't get a hard-on. We sat there. Silence reigned. After some awkward cuddling she got up and announced that she could do the splits, did the splits, and then left. I was depressed for weeks
>>342394738
10$ flashcart and all the free games I want.
>>342395360
>That whole fucking crazy thing where that one grey cart went for 200k on eBay a few years ago
Literally what the fuck was that
>>342389428
I sell my games if they're shit, get ported to a better format, or I get tired of them. Can't do that with DDLs
>buy Dark Souls 3 and Doom used from gamestop
>Doom is mice and clean, actually looks new
>Dark Souls 3 is dirty and grimy it isn't even the cool looking case, it's the shitty special version that comes with DaS 1 with the code already being used
Do you think they'll give me another case if I ask next time I go their ?
>>342395463
Yeah and I'm sure there's a way to redownload your games from a nonexistent server too.
Also there are other measures to protect your games if they're physical, hell you could even put them into a safe if you wanted to.
>>342395170
>So you have to do something illegal to do something physical owners can?
tell me more about how you can reverse-engineer physical copies to revert them into beta / alpha builds
>>342389428
Considering how quick microsoft was to abandon the 360s download store I'd say theres a lot of reasons for console owners biggest one being you can keep your game when the next console is released
>>342394691
Do you think he's saying "Stay Gold!"or "AYY" like Fonzie?
First date with my now-ex girlfriend (we were together for like, fuck, 3 years), she came over and I offered to cook her dinner, only to open my pantry and realize all I had was macaroni and cheese, and so I uh...made macaroni. From a box. and somehow I fucked it up. And it was the vilest abomination of macaroni I had ever tasted, yet she ate a whole fucking bowl of it to be courteous, and I got shit for it for the next three years about how godawful bad it was. I'm still surprised she ever had sex with me, after that.
Oh well, she' a dirty cheating bitch. Does anyone know a guy named Eric who played drums at CSUN? If you do, please refer me to him so I can cut his fucking face off for fucking my girlfriend.
>>342395648
>Considering how quick microsoft was to abandon the 360s download store
You can't download 360 games any more?
>>342395289
>I threw out all my old boxes last year
I despise you and everything you stand for. You didn't even bother to protect your boxes.
You bring shame to yourself and your entire family line.
>>342395225
Name one, I can't think of any.
>>342395463
They'll replace the dollar value you dumb nigger
You can use that to buy more off of eBay or take a sick trip to Vegas or get your tits done or whatever, because goods retain value and services do not.
Or maybe shit works different in whatever third world shithole you hail from
>>342395723
i dont even think you can play it online anymore
>>342395723
you certainly can. you just can't purchase them, i think
>>342395463
>This guy
Anon, where I live only two things can happen.
Earthquakes, and Burglaries.
Earthquakes are nothing, oh no! my games fell off the shelf!
Burglaries are also nothing because I'm not a fucking idiot, I keep my house so well guarded it isnt even funny, the amount of things people would have to do to get into my house is so tedious, that nobody would even attempt it.
>>342395637
Are you pretending to be retarded?
You just uninstall the patch
Why are you talking about alpha/beta builds?
>>342395631
>Yeah and I'm sure there's a way to redownload your games from a nonexistent server too.
so what's your argument then? all you've managed to do is prove me right, you admit both situations render you unable to play your old games.
>Also there are other measures to protect your games if they're physical, hell you could even put them into a safe if you wanted to.
yeah I'm sure everybody stores their videogames in an anti-nuke bunker at their backyard
>>342395360
I knew you would post this
Not retail
>>342395289
> threw out all my old boxes last year because all they did was attract moths. I care about my games, not whats around them.
You could have sold that shit, made some money and kept them in circulation
I mean, I'm sure you don't give a fuck but fuck you anyways
>>342395771
>16 year old lecturing people
shut the fuck up
>>342395745
You want moth eaten boxes? be my guest. Its not like you can repair them or fix the wholes. The boxes were trash anon. I could easily reprint more replica ones if I wanted to, but the hard cases are better in the long run, They make a nicer display, easier to keep cart and manual in, less space, and don't attract moths.
Win/win. Now go cry more.
>>342395771
>They'll replace the dollar value you dumb nigger
good luck buying all the out-of-print videogames you've lost with your "dollar value"
>You can use that to buy more off of eBay or take a sick trip to Vegas or get your tits done or whatever, because goods retain value and services do not.
the argument is about preservation of your videogames, if you disregard that then the argument is pointless
>>342395325
>eco-friendly cases
kill me
these things are the fucking worst
>>342395559
>Have to steal back the games that were taken from you
Digitalcucks are okay with this
>>342395903
Not him but Stadium Events, then.
Or Socks the Cat or some shit
>>342395247
Both
>>342395950
see>>342396005
Nobody buys moth eaten boxes.
>'post your collection' thread
>bookcases filled with hundreds of identical cases
>one or two plastic anime statuettes
and you just know that they'll never, ever, ever be played. they'll just sit there in their shelves until the owner either moves or dies
>>342395987
I'm being rused, aren't I?
>>342396098
Game servers will go down regardless of digital or physical and you can make local backups of digital games.
How's Scott Pilgrim guys?
>>342395903
>Name a game that costs this much!
>Names the game
>N-no that doesn't count!
for me the point of physical was to have all the content there on a disc. But now every game has a 15 gb update making the disc worthless
Physical games are always available either through stores or online trade sites like ebay.
Digital games can be removed from online stores due to pety legal bullshit and you will never be able to get them unless you beg someone to share his account with you.
For that alone I will always support physical over digital.
Pussy magnet coming through. Bitches love the PS4
>>342396038
>if you disregard that then the argument is pointless
sure but at least you get some money back
it's better than nothing
Convenient for consoles because of shitty download servers and shitty storage space
Absolutely useless on PC though
>>342395865
you are grasping at straws, just that
you treat vanilla builds as if they were absolutely essential to preserve and enjoy your videogames.
if that was the case, you'd also feel the same need for every dev build ever conceived in them as well, not just v1.0 or else you'd be selective
there are people in this thread literally angry that someone did something with their physical video game collection besides 'read the manual in the car' or whatever
nooooo you're not allowed to do what you want with the thing you purchased, that's wrong and bad!!! anyway here's why digital games don't let you do what you want with the thing you purchase
>>342389428
>no need to download the game
>can sell/trade
>pretty to showoff on your shelf
>collector editions come with nice shits
????
>>342396327
>>342395713
Yeah, fuck that guy. He keyed my car last week.
Ok guys, I have a problem. See, me and my girlfriend have been going out for the past 3 years, and shes really great. I'm 20, and she's 17. I like her a lot and get her tons of stuff and we hang out a lot (usually watching a movie or playing games or something). Recently I got her a Nintendo DS, and she really likes it and shows it off to her friends. Right now I'm inbetween jobs and I'm taking a rest before I start a longass job search. I won't be able to get my girlfriend as many nice things, but she understands. Anyways, me and my girlfriend have never had sex. We both understand that she's not ready yet, even though we've been going out for a while. We're both still virgins, but that's not the problem.
Fast forward to my dilemma..
I've seen my girlfriends vagina before (I was at her house and I peeked in her room to see if she was ready to go to the movies, but she was putting on her underwear), but what I saw was a large amount of hair on it. Like, even more than guys have down there. I already knew that she had some minor back hair, but that didn't bother me as much as this. It grosses me out, but [b/]she is asian and I think that's a part of her culture. I want to convince her to shave it, because I know that when we finally do it, it's not going to feel good with all that hair on her, and it's a lot more clean without all the hair trapping in the gunk. How do I go about convincing her to shave "down there"?
>>342396038
I've lost shit in a flood and gotten it replaced fine because I'm not retarded about my insurance
And no, it's not about preservation of games. I mean, yes, that too, but we're talkig about your purchase retainig value here. We're not restricting this to that one aspect, we're talking about digital vs. physical, and physical is blatabtly better for your average person.
If you're some kind of RVing nomad, yeah, digital makes a lot more fucking sense. But for anyone else, assuming they're a similar dollar value, physical kicks the shit out of digital in a very objective way.
>>342389428
I think this just shows how soulless and passionless the industry has become.
>>342389428
Maybe if you play on console(aside from Xbox that is). Otherwise no, not for nearly a decade.
Buy a disc to download Steam?
No thanks.
>>342396395
There are people on this board literally angry that someone may or may not have bought a PS4.
>>342396038
>good luck buying all the out-of-print videogames you've lost with your "dollar value"
If someone's selling it I don't see the issue
>some flood washes away your single man's hovel and your precious collection of GBA games
...but the insurance will bring them back, right?
>>342396118
Didn't read the whole discussion, just what I replied to
If they really were significantly damaged then disregard that, I suck cocks.
>>342396352
My point is that physical has the option to install or not a patch, digital can force you and there is nothing you can do
But hey keep putting words in my mouth
>>342389428
You can resell them.
You're not at the mercy of developers/publishers/Sony/MS/Nintendo, who can remove access to a digital title at any time.
>>342396251
Except I was challenging his point about retail stores closing, so his counter-argument was null
I had a girl that would sometimes come and stay the night at my apartment. She was a little on the plus side and I really didn't care about her but sometimes when you get hard up/drunk you take what you can get. One night after a long night of drinking I called her up and asked her to come see me. We fooled around a little bit and then she went to sleep in my bed while I passed out beside her. The next morning I woke up feeling a little itchy and wet. Yeap, I pissed my pants in my sleep, completely soaking her back. So she wakes up and asks me what the hell happened. I told her I must have been sweating out the alcohol, immediately getting up and heading to the shower leaving her to lay there in a pool of my piss. She must have believed me cause she stayed around for about an hour before leaving. I had to just sit there too ashamed to say anything to her about it while this poor girl walked around pissed stained. I feel bad about it to this day.
>>342392479
Are you really attacking him because he hates tutorials?
God damn bro.
>>342396173
I dunno, I play my shit all the time. I'm not a CiB mint condition sort of collector though, I just want to play a buttload of games.
I also enjoy being a library of sorts, I lend shit out all the time.
>>342396173
>that they'll never, ever, ever be played
Call me OCD, but thats where I prove you wrong.
This is part of my shelf, I have 2 identical ones like it, this is the nintendo one. Notice how its tiered? Thats a limitation, I limit myself to whatever fits on that shelf. If 32 standard DVD cases fit at 2.5 feet, thats all I get for that library.
In that case, I have 32 wii games, The wii shelf is shared with Wii-U, so thats 32 wii/.wii-U games. If I find something I want and i've hit my max quota of space? I get rid of something for it, plain and simple. If I can't find enjoyment in 30 fucking games for a system, then why do I even own it?
I've played every single game I own, the only exception to what I haven't finished (Being Mighty Number 9) as it came out only yesterday.
If you want numbers, I've got an autistic 5000 Tier Excel chart that can show you each and every statistic.
>>342390370
It's retarded if you trade it into gamestop where you get like $2.36 for a game that only came out like a month ago.
Here in Ireland and UK we have CEX.
They actually give decent prices back for games.
Store credit of 48eur or 43eur cashback for Uncharted 4 for example. And you can buy that shit for like 45eur on ebay new.
Finish it in 2 days and sell it to Cex for cash, free game, easy shit.
>>342396643
because of course you can just put whatever value you want to receive for the insurance company and they'll surely give you a million bux to buy the ancient stuff sold at ebay by scalpers on mint condition
if insurance brings back everything, no muss no fuss, forever and ever, can they bring back Armpit who was my Guinea Pig, who i loved dearly
>>342392235
Woolie?
>>342396173
Still leagues ahead of steam accounts with tons of shitty games bought on sale with absolutely no value, unlike physical collections
>>342396543
I'ce been arguing fir physical, but this is true
On PC you're basically fucked. Go for GoG and hope for the best.
>>342396885
>Finish it in 2 days
this isn't like banging your girlfriend, anon
>>342396704
and? patches are supposed to fix stuff in the game, you don't buy the $60 game to enjoy the patching process.
you act as if the patch was going to delete your game or do some irreparable damage
>>342396039
Agreed. What the fuck were they thinking? They are fragile as fuck and discs can get damaged in those.
>Remembered seeing these eco cases for 360
>Eventually see those for Wii games
>Sony never did this bullshit with PS3 titles
>Eventually Microsoft stopped and went back to regular cases again with 360 games, and Xbox One games(although the cases are thinner(not the thinner spine on Xbox One cases spine mind you).
>Sony still uses standard cases for PS4 and Vita
>Meanwhile Nintendo still uses those piece of shit eco cases with later DS games, 3DS games, and Wii U games
Why the fuck hasn't Nintendo stopped using eco cases yet? I have a bad feeling NX cases will also be using those shitty eco cases.
>>342396664
Happened to me
Insurance covered it and I got most of it replaced
Digital games aren't worth dick
>>342396775
You're attaching stipulations onto an argument in hindsight because you lack the guts to admit you're wrong.
There are also many retail video games worth more than $20k, in any case. Pic related.
>>342396848
>autistic 5000 Tier Excel chart
pls post it
this sounds like a good idea
>>342396897
Can't tell if 13 or /s4s/
>>342396664
>Flood
HAHAHAHAHAHA
I live in California, there is no such thing as "Floods"
I just buy whatever version is the cheapest.
Who /stingy/ here?
>tfw making daily patrol of Amazon and PS Store to hunt for cheap vidya
>>342389428
>people unironically arguing as if insurance companies had a particle reactor capable of creating shit from thin air
why not ask them to bring back that lost relative you miss so much?
>>342396329
Really?
On XL download speed is pretty high and you can buy or update to hard disk.
On a PC physical is only limited by the DVD.
>>342397112
>I got most of it replaced
the point i'm making is that 'having insurance' wont magically make your mint condition Jaguar games come back as if by magic
>>342397086
Nintendo still uses them? Jesus. Luckily the only ones I have are a shitty DVD and Doom 3BFGfor PC
>>342395340
I spent more than 30 minutes on shooters. Also, in SC one of the biggest things I played was a custom map called snipers. With manual lockon, precise angles for increased shot range, and even pixel perfect glitches, I've had my fair share of using a KB+M for pixel perfect accuracy and fast pacing. That doesn't even include all the other games I've played on PC. For something like what I just mentioned, I would suggest a KB+M over a controller 100% of the time. For something as imprecise as a shooter, a controller is able to perform reasonably well. Now maybe if you get double the damage for attacking the tip of the player's nose, then I would consider there being a bigger reason for using a KB+M.
>Because of this, you probably did not manage well against people who were more used to the kind of mouse movement necessary to perform in PC FPS games
I actually performed well with both. Just with no change in performance, I eventually went back to using a controller. If I'm not doing something like jumping from 30 kills to 40 kills in a 70 kill TDM, then I might as well use what I find more enjoyable. On the other hand, I've noticed that I average 10 to 20 more kills in a round by turning off all kinds of "aim assist". Like I need some program taking my target away from the person I'm aiming at for some person running by in the background that I can't give 2 shits about yet...
>>342397057
Pic related
Patches can do some serious harm to games
Even in an ideal world where patches were perfect, the option to patch or not the game should be yours, you are arguing against consumers having rights
>>342389428
When I was a kid I used to save my pocket money, catch a bus to my local game store, and read the manual on the way back home.
Comfy af days.
>>342397179
Alright, then why didn't you post them? And you set the stipulations when you said
>how about when your local stores go under and you can't find that product anywhere, only by $20k on ebay form a scalper?
you dumb cunt
>>342397225
Heres a mere fraction of it
