Author Topic: Do you still prefer physical games or digital?  (Read 5134 times)

wartoy

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Re: Do you still prefer physical games or digital?
« Reply #15 on: April 13, 2026, 07:44:51 pm »
Physical games are a must for me 99.8 percent off the time.

2ko

Re: Do you still prefer physical games or digital?
« Reply #16 on: April 13, 2026, 08:03:55 pm »
I'm probably in the minority in that I actually prefer digital. It's just easier to manage imo, and on the more modern systems you kind of need a network connection to download all the patches, texture packs and sometimes the game itself even if you have a physical copy.

Now physical for me is reserved for my favorite games on the system I want to own. They serve as kind of decoration I guess, cause honestly I would prefer to own them digitally. I want people to look at my physical collection and be able to tell exactly what games I love. So my collection is more a reflection of my taste in games than a reflection of the games I've played. I own a flashcart for most of my older systems (or I've hacked them to play downloaded games, like my PSP and 3DS) so I can just download games to try before I buy them.

I wasn't always digital over physical though. Back when I was a maximalist collector (just trying to get the biggest collection I could) I was physical over digital 100%. To the point I kind of missed a lot of great digital games cause I didn't want to spend my money on digital games when I could be spending it on games for my collection.

ssj4yamgeta

Re: Do you still prefer physical games or digital?
« Reply #17 on: April 16, 2026, 06:51:27 pm »
Definitely physical. If a digital game isn't a rom or DRM-free GOG version that I can make infinite backup copies of, I don't even consider it part of my collection.