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Anybody else just mainly buy games digitally these days?

This is my whole PS4 collection of games so far, every game is digitally purchased except for Tomb Raider, which I got for free as a used game.

Xrd is amazing (also the main reason I bought a PS4)
Ground Zeroes is highly underrated, got me pumped for MGSV when I lost faith in the series
Warframe is shit
TLoU is pretty good
Destiny is pretty boring after a while
Tomb Raider is OK
Injustice is a funny but shitty fighter
P.T. made me scream like a bitch

Post your digital collections on any platform
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>>274653090
The single benefit of owning a console are the hard disks OP why would you do this?
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>>274653090
only on my 3ds and pc
cause i dont like caring shit with me
and you dont find PC games anymore other than digital
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>>274653090
PC = Digital
Console = Physical
Handheld = Both

If you don't do this, there is something seriously wrong with you.
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You do realize those games aren't even yours, right? If somethig were to ever happen to you account they are gone.

Forever.

And you'd have to pay for them a second time if you want them on your console again.

>buying only digital
>ever
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>>274653090
Yup. I don't want to store physical media and I don't want to deal with shitty hardware breaking down. When everything is downloaded you just select and play whenever you want. Trouble is storage space, but upgrading your HD is piss easy.
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>>274654517
good thing that I don't mindlessly give away my account info right?
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>>274654305
Please explain why I should care about physical media ever?

PS4 supports external hard drives, anyways. If it didn't I suppose that would be different.
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I only buy digital games if they're on sale and a considerable price lower than retail.
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>>274654517
And what are the odds of that?

>you realize those physical games only exist in one place, right?
>if your house were to burn down they'd be gone forever
>you'd have to buy them again if you wanted to play them
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>>274654586
That doesn't mean shit.

If anyone wanted to get your account and screw you over, they could do it. Doesn't matter if you share the info or not, assbrain.
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I don't buy games digitally. Only if the game is digital only then, but I always want to buy games physically. And I especially want to physically own games that I enjoy. That's just how I enjoy things.
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>>274653090
>bought a ps4 for a game that is on ps3 and was ported to ps4 mid dev cycle

brilliant. explains why blacks are the biggest player base for fighters. fucking retards every last one of them.
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On console only if there's a good sale price.
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How did you buy Xrd and how much was it?
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>>274654305
>>274654517
>not game sharing on xbone or ps3/ps4

are you retarded or what?
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>>274654974
Gamesharing on 360 is fine.

Doing it on ONE/PS4/PS3 is literally retarded because you don't own the games, you just own the licences. And if Sony or MS catches wind of that they can terminate your account.
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>>274654713
Good thing I'm not a fucking retard and won't burn my house down.
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>>274655235
Yeah but someone could burn it down for you.
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>>274655235
Good thing I'm not a fucking retard and won't give my account away.
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>>274654305
Physical media is destined to be junk. Digital media has at least a chance to be useful on consoles though the jews will make sure that becomes obsolete as well.

PC is the only platform you should be buying games for if you can help it.
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>>274655309
>>274655449
Like I said you retarded swines, anyone could screw you over if they wanted you if they had just the name of your account.
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>>274654824
It's possible that he never played the PS3 edition and got the PS4 one on sale recently, no?
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>>274655551
Sony has the name of my account, pretty much everyone I played online with on PSN knows the name of my account.

Still haven't been hacked yet.
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>>274655551
And anyone could screw you over if they had just the address of your house.
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>>274655535
>PC is the only platform you should be buying games for if you can help it.
Yes, yes, good goy!
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The price of digital games on the PSN store is way to much compared to what I can get elsewhere. There is no incentive for me to buy digital.
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>>274654718
Doesn't that apply to pretty much everything online these days? Amazon, banking, pay per online streaming services etc.
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i don't think digital release will be popular when more and more games start coming out. they're too big and fill up the drives too fast.
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>>274655551
Again, anyone could screw you over if they knew where you live.
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>>274655643
How does that make me a goy? The developers get the most money from PC games and you can actually play your games 10 years into the future on superior hardware. I'm fucking pissed at Sony for the psp to vita business and ps4 is even worse, charging you to fucking stream games you own.
Nintendo is the only good console yet they're releasing some shitty games so its not even worth buying that system..
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>>274655785
Depends where you are. Most parts of the West have ridiculously shit Internet connections so yeah, downloading huge games is out. Korea and Japan? Not an issue.
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>>274653090
Mike you got some shit taste.
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>>274655714
There is incentive in Europe.

>New game comes out
>59 euro on PSN store and IRL
>Check US PSN
>59 dollars = 45 euro
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>>274655878
>I'm fucking pissed at Sony for the psp to vita business
What

> and ps4 is even worse, charging you to fucking stream games you own.

A feature whose pricing is not yet final, and which is not even offered on other consoles.
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no one? really?
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>>274655140
It's the same for 360. There is a reason why you share licenses with each other.
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>>274656098
The vita has backwards compatibility but doesn't let you play hardly anything you own and nothing that is physical.

>actually defending anything about the PS4
Fuck off, shill. It's worse than the xbone.
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>>274653090
For PC yeah obviously. But I still prefer a physical copy for console games.
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>>274655785
this is the no.1 reason I don't buy games digitally

Games are also getting much bigger over 15+ Gigabytes in size.

Internet here in Murrica is expensive too, I'm paying 80$ (which will soon go up more) for 75mbps
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I still buy physical items whenever possible. I just like getting some sort of tangible item when I spend $60 on a game.
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>>274653090
What how much storage space do you have?
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>>274655630
>>274654824
Yeah, no. I actually just wanted to play the best version of the game since Guilty Gear is one of my favourite series of all time. Bought Xrd the other day with my Hong Kong PSN account. So I was fully willing to buy a PS4 for it, since it's a Sony exclusive anyways. I'm going to be using this for Bloodbourne, New Gundam, DBZ Xenoverse, Persona 5, Street Fighter V and MGSV too (might as well since I have it, cheaper than PC with all the other games I want). Overall I'm very satisfied with the PS4, all other games I can play on my Wii U or my PC (which is really a StarCraft 2 and multiplat machine at this point).

What I don't get is why 4chan neckbeards have to bring race into it when they're clearly too poor for a new console or decent PC hardware.
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I would only buy digital if there is a sale on it compared to me just getting it at retail or if I'm too lazy to go to the store.
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>Buy physical
>entire game installs
>60gb
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>>274653090

I pretty much buy digitally all the time now when I can. My country has an insane markup on everything so games are like 90 bucks here.

Honestly even if that wasn't the case I'd probably still try to go digital because I'm anti social and hate going out in public.
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>>274656259
Please tell me how paying to play games you own is worse than not being able to play them at all.
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>>274656351
500GB I believe.

I figure I might as well make use of it. Only game I think I might ever buy physical are Limited Editions of MGSV and Street Fighter V. Definitely grabbing a PS4 Xrd stick since it's going to be handy for PC, PS3 and Street Fighter V too.
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>>274656362
I think he was referring to Injustice.
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>>274653090
For PC. As far as i'm concerned you're a mug if you buy console games digitally.
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>>274656545
>you're a mug if you buy console games digitally

Why
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>>274656520
Oh, yeah I bought that shit for like $7.

It's a pretty shitty fighter.
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>>274656545
What's the difference?
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>>274656495
I'm anti-social too, and I buy my physical games through Amazon
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>>274656495
You shouldn't have to pay anything to play them you fucktard goy. When you buy a PC game you can play that on a number of devices anywhere you want for as long as you want.
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>>274656362
Because /v/ is full of /pol/ scum
>>274656502
How big are certain games? And can you install your discs to the hard drive anyway like on 360? I'm interested in buying a PS4 instead of a one since my friends mostly have PS4s now.
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>>274656682
You did not answer the question.
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>>274656485
Thanks Bluray!
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>>274656689
Some console games are 50+GB

PS4 has a replaceable harddrive and supports external storage, though. So you can always go buy a 1TB drive for $40 from amazon or whatever.
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Since I am getting $50 from Sony, should I get GTA V on PS4 or TLoU Remastered?
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>>274656597
Price, lack of control over your property and price.

Seriously, at least in the UK it costs at least £10 MORE on average to buy any game digitally than it does to order it day one with release day shipping. I'm fairly sure that covers the rest of the EU too.
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>>274656914
If you have a decent PC get TLoU, if not then GTA V
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>>274656362
>What I don't get is why 4chan neckbeards have to bring race into it when they're clearly too poor for a new console or decent PC hardware.
Aren't arabs generally rich?

Wasn't the guy with the biggest Nintendo collection from an Arab whose only job was being a police?
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>>274656784
Because it's a retarded apologetic question. You're getting ripped off and you're fine with that, you're the kind of person ruining the industry.
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>>274656914
Have you played either?

TLoU is the better game, but get whichever you haven't played.

GTA V will be on PC eventually, so you could also wait for that.

>>274656943
What the fuck? Why is physical MORE expensive?

What's wrong with your country?
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>>274657075
Played GTA V already on PS3, haven't played TLoU yet
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>>274657067
You act like that is the only thing playstation plus is
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>>274657075
>TLoU is the better game
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>>274657165
You act like a shill.
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>>274656689
Shut up nigger
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>>274657067
You made a claim.

"PS4 is worse than xbone."

You cited paying to play games you own as evidence.

I asked you, how the fuck is that worse than not being able to play them at all.

I'll give you one more shot to respond, after which I'll just assume you're a shitposter with no argument and move on with my life.
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>>274657263
>proving my point
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>>274656689
I'm not sure if you can install a game onto the HDD, I haven't even tried doing that with Tomb Raider to be honest (only physical PS4 game I have).

Honestly depends entirely on the game. I think Injustice was way too fucking big for what it is, like 20GB or some shit. Xrd was about 5-6GB, Ground Zeroes is like 4GB.

Basically depends entirely on the game. I imagine something like GTAV PS4 or The Phantom Pain is like 50GB. How you use the HDD is your call.

>>274657028
Eh, I'm not Arab despite the name, I live in Canada. But I'm just a junior field engineer on construction sites.
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I like owning things digitally. Less clutter. I don't need a collection to show, I just want to play the games.
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>>274656169
No one cares about your joke name OP.
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>>274657283
Overall it's worse, I wasn't talking about backwards compatibility specifically. Specify what you were talking about next time.
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>>274657220
Yes, I agree.

TLoU is pretty good, and GTA V is pretty mediocre. TLoU has the better campaign and the better multiplayer. GTA V only wins in the replayability because it's a sandbox.

Hell, TLoU even has the better soundtrack.
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>>274656065
True but I just import my games in general. 5-6 games every two months with FedEx is still cheaper than buying them locally - or digitally.
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Not now that games are xbox hueg. The demo for destiny is 18GB. PS4's hard drive is not big enough for this shit
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>>274657502
Exactly.

It feels so convenient lying down on a bed or sofa or whatever, just casually switching from Ground Zeroes to some other game without even having to get up. Digital has made me even lazier than I already am, I love it.
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>>274656485
>tfw 20gb PS3
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>>274657371
>I live in Canada
Doesn't Canada have data caps on their internet?
They have fast Internet and relatively low prices, but caps on everything

I wouldn't buy games digitally in Canada if I were you. I'm guessing you don't watch videos on HD?
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>>274657229
You being wrong has nothing to do with me being a shill
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>>274657525
>next time, when I post something and you ask me about that thing, please clarify which thing you were talking about

Okay, shitposting. I'm gonna just hide your posts and go get some breakfast.
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>>274657634
At least the older versions of the ps3 have backwards compatibility. I bought the super slim and I can't play any ps1/2 games on it.
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It depends a lot of the time.

For 3DS if it's a game that has infinite replayability or something I'd want on me at all times (like Smash, Animal Crossing, Pokemon etc.) then I do it digitally, but for stuff I'll play once and then never again I prefer hard copies.

For consoles I prefer boxes but seeing as I'm running out of storage space on the shelves, digital is nice too.
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>>274657703
>copping out
I wasn't shitposting you dipshit you didn't clarify what you were talking about. Enjoy getting ripped off though?
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>>274653090
cheaper prices on the US xbone store (ausfag reporting in) and instant game switching make it worthwhile. If there's a game I probably won't keep, I'll foot the extra $20 and get it physically, play it, return it and get my money back.
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Checked my PS4 cause of this thread, it's 400GB. Even with all of this bullshit installed and tons of videos saved on the PS4, it's still got over 250GB free.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQD24DE0gRQ

>>274657638
No, I have an ISP that isn't run by the Israeli Mossad. Not going to mention they're name, but they're smaller and cap it at 300GB. Even with torrenting a bunch of shit and buying digital games all the time, I think maybe once in 3 years I actually went over the cap. It's only $40 a month too and relatively fast, it's already compared to Rogers or Bell or one of those jew companies.
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PCtendo master combo here

PC I buy digital. Mostly because I can't lose those games. If Steam shuts down my account and takes muh games I can just crack them and move on with my life.

Nintendo I buy physical. Their digital game account system is shady at best. I may switch to digital when their account system is immensely improved. Until then I only buy digital Nintendo games if they're only digital, like Dual Destinies
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>>274657745
Backcompat drives the price up a lot.

They only included it to augment the games library, once the PS3 had a strong lineup it became smarter to lower the price instead.

>>274657613
External storage, nigga.

>>274657629
Man, this generation is your fucking time.

>offscreen play supported by both consoles worth owning (PS4/WiiU)
>Amazon will ship you games release-day for free (at least with prime)
>can pre-download new releases on PS4 (unsure about Wii U)
>two different virtual reality headsets (occulus and Morpheus) approaching
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For me it's
>PC=Digital
>Console=Physical
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>>274656169
What is wrong ?
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>>274657912
Alright, one last post.

How the FUCK did I need to clarify "Please tell me how paying to play games you own is worse than not being able to play them at all." In what way was this misleading?

Is English your first language?
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>>274657638
We have somewhat slow internet (25mbps is considered high speed) and high prices, plus cap on everything.

We get fucked hard on that.
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>>274658050
what.... could you at least give an fellow Canadian in hint as to what company that is? I'll gladly get the fuck away from Bell.
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It's kind of unrelated to the thread but maybe someone knows.

Is there a way to make sure that the PS4 uploads shared videos to YouTube in 1080p60fps? It seems to always upload 720p30fps and I don't know if it can be changed.
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>>274658263
Man, and I thought here in 'murrica we had it bad.

Europe seems to have much better Internet than us.
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Physical media is obsolete.
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>>274658476
Currently, the PS4 only captures at 720p.

I would guess the same is true for the framerate but I don't actually know.

If you really want to upload 1080p60fps (maybe you do YouTube things idk) you'd need to buy a capture card.
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>>274658464
Well, since you're Canuck, it's TekSavvy. If they're available in your area, buy one of their modems, get a decent router and switch to them. They might even be able to use the same Bell/Rogers cable wire in your house. One of the best decisions I ever made.
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>Every paying for digital shit

It's Not gonna be around by the time a new console arrives or even earlier

The only time I play digital games is if I pirated it. I'm not spending it with my hard earned money. It's like buying air.

I'm old fashion sorry.
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>>274658560
Canada and Upsidedownland are basically the only first world countries with worse internet than the US.
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>>274658560
I saw a one man show (french from quebec) talking about this, the difference from here to going a couple of months in the US. Shit was funny.

It's the same thing with cellphone contract, we have limited minute to talk (except after 6h00pm and week end) plus limited messages and still pay like 50$
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>>274654718
If someone wanted to get into your house and screw you over, they could do it. Doesn't matter if you leave the door open or not, assbrain.
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>>274658927
Thank you based anon!
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>>274658238
Quit shitposting you piece of shit shill.
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>>274655732
I don't think you know how things work. Each company has their own unique security system.

Also, Sony been getting attacked alot so I wouldn't trust their service. So I think you should be going physical from now on
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Pretty much. I only buy physical copies of games that I know I will want to bring to a friend's house to play on their console.

So far the only game that's hit that criteria is the PS4 version of Diablo 3
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>>274659068
>>274659145
only eastern canada has shit plans because they're faggots who deserve it
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>>274656604
I like it.
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>buy digital on consoles
For what purpose
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>>274656943
That's a problem in your country, not the rest of the world.
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>>274659628
Because physical is retarded.
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>>274659364
That doesn't change the fact that one's online information is vulnerable regardless of which company they're dealing with. Simply because one is a bigger target than another does not mater the latter invulnerable.
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>>274659874
>the best way to own game is retarded

No son, you are retarded.
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Don't consoles have a relatively high rate of failure? I've had problems with my 360 and my PS3. Both stopped reading games, discs would just sit there, etc. I figure digital would get around this.

How is this different from Steam, the holy saviour of gaming according to /v/?
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>>274660423
>not having it drm free on your harddrive
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>>274660423
>buy ps3 game
>also supports vita
>it's a disk though so you can't play it portable because it's not digital

physical has nothing but downsides.
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>>274660540
So? I install from the disc and use a crack.
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>>274660683
>do not own your games
>cannot sell it
>cannot lend it
>cannot mod it
>forced shitty updates
>can be taken from you at anytime

digital has nothing but downsides
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>>274660882
you don't own the game if you own the disk
who cares
who cares
literally what
same goes for physical
not true

enjoy not playing the game when your console is invalidated or on other systems you own
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>>274660882
the ability to lie in bed and switch from xrd to ground zeroes to destiny within seconds and without having to get out of bed outweighs all of that.

i never want to sell my games
i can lend my games with gameshare, I already have to a few friends IRL
i don't imagine i'd ever want to mod a console game
the updates for games have always just improved the games in my experience, dunno what world you're living in where people patch games to make them worse

as for the ownership issues, i genuinely don't care enough.

i was going to buy the limited edition of xrd, and then that shit got delayed until two weeks after dec 16, so the game might finally arrive physically by fucking january. i've been playing the shit out of the game for the past few days and don't imagine I'm going to stop, already a ton of players are in lobbies in various regions. and all i had to do was make an HK account, buy HK codes and download the game.

digital is infinitely more convenient. dealing with discs is a hassle. i just want to play my goddamn games.
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>>274661184
>you don't own the game if you own the disk
I do.

>who cares
I care.

>literally what
Some Steam games can ban you or refuse to start if you mod them.

>same goes for physical
False.

>not true
True. http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2013/12/30/steam-removes-game-order-of-war-challenge-from-user-libraries/

>your console is invalidated
what
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>>274661316
>i don't care
>so you are wrong
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>>274653090
>digital games
Save my bandwidth for my porn, music, cartoons, and comics.
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>>274661595
You think you do.

You don't care about your video games then, you're just poor.

Not true at all.

True actually. Many games on disks have day one updates, consoles have them even.

That isn't even a game, nice cherry picking though. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/metal-gear-online-shutting-down-june-12/1100-6350345/

You must be underaged.
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>>274661969
>You think you do.

I do. Even the the game is somehow pulled from user accounts, I still have it.

>you're just poor
So if I want to sell games I didn't enjoy or no longer wants (like duplicates), I'm poor? Okay.

>day one updates
Nice. I don't have to accept them. On Steam on the other hand... See: San Andreas

>this isn't even a game
Maybe, but they still can do it.

>you must be underaged
You must be retarded.
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>>274661712
No, I don't care, so me and thousands (sorry, millions) of other people are going to buy digital because it's convenient, easy and available and no matter how much you go on about physical discs being better, digital sales are still going to continuously increase. Pre-loading and starting games up at midnight on release date has made Day 1 digital bundles sell like hotcakes. and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it, because no one besides Luddites and old people still care about physical discs.

half the people i know who insist on going physical only seem to hardly play games at all. they just love staring at their collection of game boxes for some reason, it's weird.

I literally have about 40 game boxes (DS, PS3, Wii, Wii U, PC etc.) all in a big cardboard box in my basement, and I keep all of the games in a CD book like this. it's easier to deal with this than the boxes, and I don't care about seeing the boxes because it doesn't matter, I just want to play the games.

It's almost 2015. If the game devs and console developers want to stop you from playing the game, it doesn't matter if you own a disc or not. If you're connected to the internet, they could block you if they wanted to. there's no difference between data stored on an HDD or data on a disc.

I feel like I play physical games way less because I have to actually get up, eject the disc, put the disc in it's box, put it back, get the other game, take it out of the box, put it in the console, start the game then FINALLY I can play it. With digital I just press the PS/Home button and click the other game, and switch. Or in PC case, I just close one game and open another with a few clicks.
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>>274662460
You don't understand how licensing works.
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>>274662893
>It's almost 2015. If the game devs and console developers want to stop you from playing the game, it doesn't matter if you own a disc or not. If you're connected to the internet, they could block you if they wanted to. there's no difference between data stored on an HDD or data on a disc.

If developers want to stop you from playing the game, they can pull it out from your Steam/PSN/whatever-crap-you-use account. But you can still pop the game in the console and play it.

>I feel like I play physical games way less because I have to actually get up, eject the disc, put the disc in it's box, put it back, get the other game, take it out of the box, put it in the console, start the game then FINALLY I can play it.
That takes at least, what, 10 seconds? Wow.

>Or in PC case, I just close one game and open another with a few clicks.
Guess what? You can do that with discs. It's called "installing the game".
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>>274662987
A license can be taken back from the user. A disc cannot. That's because you OWN it.
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>>274662460
You don't actually. Educate yourself.

Yes you do have to accept them and San Andeas things happen on consoles all the time. At least you can fix it on PC.

And consoles do it more than PC.
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>>274663450
>>274663608
>there are still people who have never bought a digital game

the data is literally still on your hard drive even if that happens

i've never experienced anyone ever trying to take digital games away from people. i really don't care if they can because they're probably never going to do it unless I try to hack the game's online component or some shit, which I'm never going to do.

so I don't care and the millions who buy digital don't care either. it's just nicer to have it digital.

if i could convert every single physical game I had to digital, install them on my console and then sell them all, I'd do that.
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>>274664152
>Being this asshurt that people prefer physical

Fuck off.
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Physical media is fucking archaic. It irritates me that my consoles still have disc drives, I have no need whatsoever for it. The idea of having to actually walk to a shop and buy my digital information on a disc, or wait for a man to bring it to my house, and to have to get up and swap discs around because I want to access different data, it all feels so old fashioned. I get it if you're a collector but from a practical view its terrible. People go on about ownership which seems pretty autistic to me, nobody's stolen my digital content yet and if it disappears in ten years, hey I'd probably have binned the discs by then anyway
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>>274664141
>At least you can fix it on PC.
You could also fix it on PC if you had some kind of backup copy of the game before the update. Oh wait...

>And consoles do it more than PC.
I have about 200 physical console games, and the only time an update was available I was not forced to apply it.
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>>274663608
Again, all you own either way is the license and it's up to them to use their discretion. It can be removed. You can still play it if you don't go online after it is announced that the game has been pulled but that also applies to digital games. Once you log in they have access to your system and can remove the ability for you to play the game, physical or otherwise.
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>>274664454
>2014
>not buying things on amazon
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On PC sure.

I check out PSN from time to time to look if they have any interesting deal. I own a PS3 and I've never seen a good deal.
I suppose i'll get Megaman 9 and 10 sooner or later, but otherwise? I'd rather get physical.
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If possible I'll always try to get physical copies just because I like seeing my collection on my bookshelf. Although recently I've been getting more digital games just for the convenience of not switching out disk and not having to go to gamestop.
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>>274664656
But with digital, if you are banned for some reason, you cannot play the game or download/install it again.
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>>274656914
Neither you retard, wait for Bloodborne if Sony's 50 bucks is still valid by then
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>>274653090
I buy everything I poosibly can in physical form. If I get digital, it's because it's free or hyper-discounted. Even then, if a physical copy is released later, I'll buy it and delete the digital copy.
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>>274664454
honestly this

I don't even know anybody who still buys discs. it's just so weird to actually buy games physically or have them shipped or something

a video game is data. 1s and 0s. You can download it within an hour or so, even if it's a big game. you can pre-load games and start playing them as soon as they're available.

the only reason I'd ever buy physical anymore is if there was absolutely no other way to get the game, or if buying physical came with a bunch of collectibles of some kind.
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>>274664578
>You could also fix it on PC if you had some kind of backup copy of the game before the update. Oh wait...
the pirate bay
mods

>I have about 200 physical console games
get a fucking life holy shit
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>>274664991
>You can download it within an hour or so, even if it's a big game
Where do you live where you can download 10GB in 1h?
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>>274665117
>get a fucking life holy shit
You probably have the same amount of games on your Steam account. What's the difference ?
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>>274665141
canada, surprisingly.
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ITT: ADD generation

I'll never stop buying physical copies of games. The year/decade that I can't buy physical games anymore is the moment I stop buying new games. I'll pirate everything that comes out new from then on.
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>>274665117
>>You could also fix it on PC if you had some kind of backup copy of the game before the update. Oh wait...
>the pirate bay
>mods

I meant on consoles, sorry.
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>mike mohamed
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>>274665440
I'll never understand people like you.

I'm 24, I grew up in the age of cartridges, of discs, of the game cards in DS and so on. Having a fuckton of physical games is just a pain in the ass. As soon as digital games became I thing, I couldn't wait to hop on it.

I genuinely can't see how anyone can't view digital games as anything but a huge convenience. You never have to worry about games getting broken or whatever, or where to store them. If I had all my video games in my room, I'd probably have enough to fill a whole bookshelf. I actually enjoy having my space relatively open.

People just have this bizarre connection to physical that completely evades me. It's a disc with data on it in a box, that's all it is. Functionally, it's the exact same as a digital game. You can even put it on a hard drive and move it from console to console or pc to pc if you want.

How having a box to look at makes the game experience better is just weird.
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I don't really care for physical games anymore since I don't care about plastic shelf ornaments that don't even have manuals anymore.

Plus, having all my games revoked one night is about as likely as someone breaking in to your house and stealing all your shit, so I don't know why that is even an argument.
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>>274666710
My nigga
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>>274666120
You get something
I can play my games anytime I want, I don't have to hope the cloud isn't down or if my firmware isn't updated
If I'm just going to have a digital copy, I might as well just pirate it
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>>274666120
I'll never understand people like you.

I'm 19, I grew up in the age of discs, of the game cards in DS and so on. Having a fuckton of physical games is just awesome. As soon as digital games became a thing, I couldn't wait for them to disappear.

I genuinely can't see how anyone can't view physical games as anything but a huge convenience. You never have to worry about your Internet connection, or if the game is gonna be pulled from your account. I actually have all my video games in my room, and they indeed fill a whole bookshelf. I actually enjoy the view of this bookshelf.

People just have this bizarre connection to digital that completely evades me. It's just a bunch of date, that's all it is. Functionnally, it's way less. You can't even sell it, share it,...
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>>274663608
Jamal can come and take your precious discs anytime he wants
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>>274666923
I can share it, I have my internet disconnected from my console all the time while still playing digitally purchased games.

Let me guess another person who doesn't know fuck all about buying digital and is too scared to buy one because they think it's still the 90s?
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>>274667235
I can shoot Jamal.
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>>274667462
u aint gonna do shit white boy
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>>274667346
>buying digital
renting digital
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GUYS THE INTERNET MIGHT BREAK FOREVER AND THEN YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PLAY THAT COPY OF PORTAL 2 YOU BOUGHT DIGITALLY EVER AGAIN!!!
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>>274667608
>muh disc rot
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>>274666710
>fallout on console
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