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Opinions/thoughts on downloadable games?
madmax:
I will buy Console games and not download them. I don't like things like the PSN. I also only emulate games which I own. Right now i am going through FFII on my phone. It's convenient because I am on the bus and metro system for 1.5-2 hours per day.
I also buy music from artists I like. i usually don't actually listen to the album but after buying the physical album i will download it (not on itunes...)
As for PC games, I don't actually have a cd/dvd drive on my computer. Last one scratched a brand new game to heck. Since then i just go through steam for PC games. For some reason I don't feel like PC games have that collectors feel to them.
scott:
One interesting thing about digital games: They are always in MINT condition, yet hold no value. ha
foxhack:
GreenManGaming gives you a trade-in value for any game you buy from them. Yes, really. I got a game for free, and it's worth 0.50 in credit. :p
Now, I won't deny that having physical games is good, but some of us simply cannot afford physical copies for whatever reason... Lack of space, we live in remote areas, our postal workers are thieves, etc. I have a very large physical collection, and a very large digital collection. I don't value games by their monetary value, but by the fact that I bought them and have them for myself.
Funnily enough, I have a very large physical music collection. I won't buy a digital album unless it's the only way it was made available (like Thomas Dolby's Amerikana), but whenever I get a pirated album and find a physical copy, I buy it for my collection. Which again, I value because of what the games mean to me, not by their price.
I have a lot of incomplete PC games. Most of them I don't want to get "complete". Disc and manual or disc only is fine with me... and if I find a full copy, well, I'll buy it to replace it.
monochrome:
While I prefer a physical copy.. space is at a premium right now. And money is definitely a factor. I purchased a few Turbografx games and even a couple NES games on Wii's Virtual Console service because the prices were significantly cheaper than purchasing hardware and/or cartridges.
I would be more apt to purchase more downloadable games if todays hardware weren't so unreliable. Well, the Wii is pretty solid reliability-wise, but I still don't trust anything that heats up significantly when run for awhile, or anything that has firmware updates (this pretty much covers all modern electronics.. ha!).
I just don't like that vulnerability -- having lots of 0's and 1's stored on a modern "Made-in-China-by-some-underpaid-person" product. If my Dreamcast breaks or gets zapped in a freak electrical incident, I just track down another Dreamcast. I'm not out a large amount of $$ or games.
tl;dr: I'm paranoid, but I'll dip my toes in the water.
desocietas:
I didn't know about GreenManGaming... I'll have to take a better look at the site soon. I've been less interested in having physical versions of PC games, as the packaging is usually nothing more than just the box and the disc (manual is often on-disk or online). I will occasionally buy PC games as a physical item when there might be an incentive to do so (the ferret pet option on Torchlight, for example). I've been pretty happy with Steam, so far, and I appreciate that they have sales pretty regularly.
But yeah, I'm pretty resistant to the turn towards downloading games through eshops. I'm not keen on Sony's move to make all their portable titles download-only... I guess it goes with the trend of gaming apps on iPhones and such.
@monochrome, I agree with you about the vulnerability fears... I hate that the Wii's eshop is tied to the console. If anything happens to the system, you're out of luck. All those games you've purchased are gone, and you'll need to repurchase. I'm glad they seem to be addressing that issue with the 3DS eshop purchases, but they claim that it might be limited still.
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