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Do y'all have your digital games added to your collection list on this site?

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Raiksha:
I use this site to track what I OWN when I go to conventions and retro stores. I use HLTB to track my actual backlog. Yes, I need to enter things twice, but I find it cathartic. I also have an Excel sheet for personal tracking, in case either of the online tools go down.

I don't consider digital games to be mine forever. If you look at the WiiWare service... all those exclusives are about to disappear for good. I can't get Gradius Rebirth anymore... outside of buying a console with the game already on it. So on this site, I don't track digital.

I also don't like to buy digital games anymore. I don't mind DLC, but I have been trying to find it all on sale, so yeah. Celeste physical? I might bite. The Messenger? I need that shit on disk. Or I just won't play them. I have too much stuff anyways.

hoshichiri:
I absolutely have them on here- it's easy enough to just open up your stats page to get a breakdown on what you've added from each category. It helps me keep tabs on what I've bought downloads for- both to prevent myself from buying them again (becuase I'm shopping away from the in-console store that day), and to help me prioritize what to get when/if they do get a physical release. If I need to see what I have for a specific console? Just pick it from the list- all the digital stuff is separate categories anyway, so clicking 'PS4' gives me discs, digital is listed under 'PSN'.

While everyone is certainly free to choose what they use this site for, I feel like 'you don't technically own digital, they could take it away' is a weak excuse. Technically, your physical copies can be taken away too- by fire, flood, burglars, crazy exes, misbehaving child relatives, or just you doing something stupid. I'm not sure how my 360 hard drive breaking down and taking my copy of Scott Pilgrim with it is any different than someone stepping on my Saturn Rayearth disc... save for Scott being easier to replace, since I'll only need someone to copy their file onto a flash drive so I can put it onto my replacement hard drive once I get my profile loaded in. I'm not at all a fan of digital, I do feel it's entirely too ephemeral as well- but I don't think we're so far down the rabbit hole that companies are ready to start yanking your paid-for permissions away and telling you' tough, buy it again on newer hardware'.

droaa:
Can you import a spreadsheet or something similar to this site as a way to auto add stuff as opposed to doing it one by one?

tripredacus:
The only games I put into here are ones on other platforms besides Steam.

mark1982:
Definitely, even though they are mainly Switch titles that will never get a physical release. It lets me keep track of what I bought and what to keep a lookout for. I have discovered plenty of Indie titles that are fantastic games and it’s a shame that some will never get a physical release.

I’m in the same camp though - always go physical if there is an option to do so. Digital is always a last resort.

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