>I hate digital distribution because I like to physically

That man has a Guinness World Record and will be remembered by many.

What will you be remembered for, OP?

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>>377980779
>Buy game digitally
>4 years pass
>Can't play game anymore
lol

>>377981165
>many

let's not get ahead of ourselves here, you may be fat but you still only count as one person

>>377981165
Do you even know his name?

All you need to beat his "record" is money. Not an interesting talent or lots of skill. Just cash and an eBay account.

>>377981231
I'll take GOG for $500, Alex

>>377981231
or worse
>servers shut down

can't emulate MvC2 still, faggos

>>377981636
>playing fighting games

It would be great if they were to all go offline. Fighting games have the most cancerous fans of any genre.

>>377981808
sounds like someone got beaten pretty hard.

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>love to physically hold my games
>also love the convenience of storing all my games on a hard drive

>>377981231
This. For me, "holding the game" isn't the issue. I purchased something that I intend to hold on to for the rest of my life. If my console or memory decides to shit out after the online services goes down, I have no way of playing my games again. It's future-proofing, the physical aspect is just a bonus.

>>377981808
sounds like someone is shit at games in general and couldn't beat his lil sister in mario kart!

Physical allows you to resell games you don't like. Digital just sits there as a constant reminder of how you wasted your money. I don't mean GameStop either. Set up an Amazon sellers account and you can make back at least half of what you paid.

>>377982024

use external harddrives :^)

>>377982242
exactly, many games I want to play that I cant because I lost the physical copy and they refuse to re-release or, ironically, digital it. Many gems were lost that I'd love to play today.

>>377981165
>many

This is the first and probably last time I'll ever see his face.

>>377982242
This. Just how much money have all of us wasted the day Steam finally goes down?

>>377982668
>Physical allows you to resell games you don't like.

Have you tried not buying games you won't like? Or did you buy into the preorder meme?

>>377982024
Just get a PS4 then :^) You have to install the entirety of your physical games to the HDD

>>377982242
>>377983013
>This.

>>>reddit

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>>377983103

>>377982925
>Many gems were lost that I'd love to play today.

Name it.

>>377983276
I've never been to reddit, this means nothing to me.

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>>377981231
>Get rid of 360
>Years later try to access my old account, finally remember the email and password attached
>Flatout tells me to make a new account when I login even though my credentials were correct
>Lose everything
Fuck microsoft

>>377983552
>lost access to my old email
>can't login to any other 360 with my account, it's stuck on my original one
>zero way to transfer it on their website or 360 or by phone
>haven't connected my 360 to the internet in years because I'm afraid when I do it'll kick me out and I'll lose access to my probably thousand dollars worth of shit I bought over the years on it
Fuck microsoft, and fuck digital.

>>377983552
>>377984409
>getting rid of/forgetting your email address
>FUCK MICROSOFT

Read the EULA next time. Also, neck yourselves.

>>377984538
>>getting rid of/forgetting your email address
I didn't get rid of it or forget it, it was a microsoft account and it locked me out with zero way to ever get it back.
But you can go and fuck off and fuck yourself to death Pajeet shill #632521

>>377981636
>Can't emu
What is NullDC then?

>>377983454
For me?

Jak X
The .Hack G.U series
A few of the budokai games

Its mostly PS2 era games.

>>377984924
You can emulate the .hack games and budokai games, never tried jak x since I didn't like it when I owned it

>>377983013
I've thought about this a lot, since this gets brought up a lot.
If steam ever actually shuts down, the uproar will be absolutely fucking enormous. I don't think, even in the state they're currently in, Valve would just leave everyone without their games.

Millions of people have poured billions of dollars into their video game collections. If Valve was a company as small as, say, Desura, then this would be a different story - but Steam is too big to fall without consequence at this point. If Steam dies, (as of 2015) over 125 million people would lose billions of dollars of games. Hundreds upon hundreds of developers depend upon Steam for distribution and their livelihood. It's an ecosystem that's pretty much become inextricable from PC gaming as a whole.

If Steam dies, either Valve will release a tool that authenticates Steamworks games automatically after providing users with a set period of time to download their games before the service dies forever, or someone else will keep it running. There's pretty much no alternative solution other than crippling one of the legs of the video game industry.

Also, for 99% of PC games released today, there's literally no alternative other than piracy.

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>Arsenal Fan

>>377981231
there is a bigger chance of your dvd going shit than steam/psn servers going down
i like physical though mainly because i can sell it and borrow them from friends but your argument is bullshit

>>377985383
Can I? on what? I'm not super computer savvy so I try not to dabble cause I dont wanna fuck anything up. The most I've done was download some psp emulators and that was about it and even then I couldnt really get the keyboard to sync up with the controls.

>>377985724
pcsx2 if you have a slightly modern CPU in your PC, runs great for me

>>377985450
I don't think steam will die soon as it makes so much money from royalties and a bunch of other shit. Hell, if they needed a boost in funds they could honestly release a half assed sequel and make a bajillion dollars.

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>hoarding cardboard boxes holding plastic shit that just has code on it

oooookay, autismo

>>377982880
I do. I like to buy high capacity flash drives and put my games all on there. It's like I'm using a mini cartridge!

I'm thinking about 3D printing some cute little things to fit over the flashdrives so they're nicer looking.

>>377985886
There's also that. I don't think Valve is ever in danger of actually going bankrupt. Even if they ran into dire financial straits, their main priority would be keeping Steam online - which is a contradictory statement in and of itself, because Steam makes them literal millions of dollars a year.

PC gaming itself would have to die for Steam to die.

>>377984924
i feel so good about my complete collection of all the dot hack games including the anime that came with the first 5 games.

>>377985549
I sure love playing all my online enabled PS2 games, those have stood the test of time very well!

>>377985501

came here to post this

more likely explanation is that he wore it just because it says SEGA

Scott Pilgrim
Xmen Arcade
Simpsons Arcade
Turtles Reshelled
etc;

all just taken away never to be purchased again.

>inb4 those games don't matter

they never do when it applies to digital only.

>>377986495
I'm so glad I bought all 3 of those.

>>377980779
I wonder hpw many of those he's actually played.

>>377987172
>collectors playing with their collection

He probably keeps them all on a shelf, with a duplicate for the 5 or 6 he actually plays.

>buy copy of game
>copy to system hdd
>keep copy safe
>physical copy AND digital copy

or

>digital copy

I know which one I would buy OP

>>377981636
You can emulate it just fine on PCSX2 and NullDC

>>377985549
The fuck are you talking about? My PS3 is broken and now I GENUINELY don't have access to this game aside from a friend's 360. Do your research before you post, dumbfuck.

As for all the other reasons you can lose digital games you'll probably shrug those off two because if something doesn't happen in your sheltered bubble it doesn't occur in the world at all.

>>377985501
>>377986320
Whats wrong with Arsenal?

>>377981597
>>377981636
>>377984741
>>377987462

Remember that method that allowed someone to emulate / acquire MVC2 and play online?

>>377980779
Never did understand collecting shit. Why the hell would you want all that garbage? The fuck are you gonna do with it aside from make your home look like hell?

Unless you can sell it all for actual profit.

>>377987518
Use an emulator, you inbred shitcock.

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>>377980779
wtf is this

>>377987924
>Use emulator
>Can play the game offline
>With no netplay, thus defeating the purpose

Once again, do research before you post dumbfuck.

>>377988154
You do realize most competent emulators have netplay right?

>>377980779
The sega cd longboxes gave me a boner
why are longboxes so sexy /v/?

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>>377988154
ah shit I'm arguing with a retard again

>>377987951
i think some of those are nokia n-gage..possibly the hardest failed mainline system of all time

>>377988275
Yes. You do realize that sometimes netplay is unstable, not fully implemented or will straight up desync instantly?

How many retarded responses are you going to give before you just give up pretend you were baiting the whole time?

>>377988571
When was the last time you used an emulator? 2007? Fuck off and learn something before posting here.

>>377988682
>>377988482
Even as late as 2016, there is no way to emulate MVC2 properly AND play it online. You retards are welcome to believe what you want.

>>377988904
>>377988275
wanna go play MVC2 without this faggot
>>377988904

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Collectors are gonna get BTFO in the next couple years hardcore

>hordes PS1, Saturn, and Dreamcast discs
>muh it'll last forever if you take care of it. Take that DRM/digital dist. fags!!

>Disc rot enters stage left
>RIP Panzer Dragoon Saga disc you care so much about
>the only way collectors can play their games going forward is to rip their discs while they can and emulate on PC, thus becoming both digital and played on non-original hardware (this triggers the collector)

>>377989381
Disc rot

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/02/retro_this_is_why_we_should_probably_be_glad_nintendo_stuck_with_carts_for_the_n64

>>377989694

>internal batteries dying

Hehehe.

>>377989808
That too, but those can be replaced easy enough. Disc rot is permanent

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what the fuck is disc rot?

>>377989998
Silica gel only postpones the inevitable, anon

>>377989989
Well, they're a pain in the ass to replace in modern phones.

>>377989998
>>377989998
like a band-aid over a bullet wound

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>>377981326
Fucking underated

>>377989381
Whens this disc rot meant to set in? I've got discs nearly 30 years old now that still work perfectly.

>>377980779

I have that SEGA football jersey.

>>377990278
>>377989998
>>377989694
>seriously falling for this meme
can you people just kill yourselves?

>>377980779
>theres nothing like the smell of a new disc and manual.

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>>377990392
Don't complain when your entire Saturn collection slowly gets destroyed over the next 10 years then.

>>377990278
It's only a real problem with cheap discs. If you take care of your games they will last your lifetime.

>>377983552
>he didn't read the EULA
>he trusted MS

Serves your right, retard.

>>377990552
My laser disc collection still works and some are from the late 70's/very early 80's. I'm sure his or any saturn collection will be fine for longer than 10 fucking years.

>>377980779
Well, I'm not like OP so I'm not addicted to games. I only buy like 8-10 a year at most so I like to have physical copies

>>377991525
They fucked up the way the manufactured the Saturn discs, making them more likely to develop disc rot. Also applies to Dreamcast, but that can play unsigned discs, so if ur game fucks up, you can download and burn a new one. It happens on PS1 discs too, but not nearly as often.

>>377991790
I guess time will tell, but I honestly believe if a game is in its case away from sunlight and such you probably won't see disc rot and most likely the cd/dvd will outlast your lifetime.

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>>377980779
I was for physical 100% then I noticed how nice it is to launch a game without inserting a disc. I spent over $300 buying games during the 360 BC sale last week and I may sell off my physical collection after backing up the discs in case MS pulls some shit years from now but I LOVE what they are doing with backwards compat.

>>377992062
It has to do with the actual data layer and the front prints both being very cheap and very thin. As well as tiny bits of oxygen being in that layer. Sunlight definitely aids the development, but they will all rot in the end and its popping up more and more frequently. Sega literally did zero quality control.

>>377992274
You have a nice collection anon, don't be silly and/or lazy.

>>377991790
>They fucked up the way the manufactured the Saturn discs, making them more likely to develop disc rot.
Source? This is the first I've heard of this.

>>377989374
Nobody wants to RP with you, cancer.