How Often Do You Buy Digital Games to Physical?

[ChristmasFnatic]

These days, unless I really want a newly released game where I buy physical, I just wait for the sales, which is always cheaper if digital.

Bout you guys?

[mgftp]

Imagine buying physical media in 2022.

[freeburn]

PCcel so never on pc.

Console... the Xbox 1 generation

Xbox series x I actually haven't purchased a single game to own outside of geometry wars, and that was digital.


My days of physical gaming media are over. But I have Blu ray disc's for maximum audio and visual gains for my home theater system.

[Deathstroke]

I have 80 + physical switch copies

But no Ps5 or Xbox sx copies

Only physical on switch

A lot of switch games add up in value over time so there’s that benefit

[OneLegSquats]

I buy physical 90% of the time, it's just more cost effective.
Every now and then a good game will be on a huge sale on PS Plus which I'll buy if i cba to order it online. E.g. WRC10 was about £10 recently so just bought it and got like 80 hours of fun out of it.
Plague Tale 2 I paid £40 on Amazon, completed it in a week then returned it to Amazon for free, and put the cost toward COD.

The only games I don't sell on on Ebay etc are big multiplayer games or single player with planned DLC, e.g. HFW or a Battlefield game. For everything else I get to play the latest AAA games and pretty much get my money back on Ebay etc if I complete them quickly

[ScramFranklin]

I buy digital. Sometimes I get gifts for physical though

[Paul Kreul]

Mostly digital because I’ll misplace games, they’ll get scratched, or convince. Just downloaded FarCry 3 on sale & played it through for the first time, was pretty good, definitely worth the 5.99 I spent on it.

[BigBallsMcgee]

almost exclusively digital at this point. just easier.

pretty much only physical to get a special edition or something now

[PositiveCrew]

I think the last physical game I bought was Pokemon Emerald in 2004

everything else has been PC gaming and downloads

[Coal Man]

Not in the USA, physical is difficult to find here, prices go up due to transport and storage and having to be in a shop.

Digital is all I rock.

[BigElephant]

I only buy digital at this point.

[mgftp]

I buy digital. Sometimes I get gifts for physical though

Anyone who gifts you physical media in 2022 doesn't like you.

[Deathstroke]

Anyone who gifts you physical media in 2022 doesn't like you.

What’s not to love.

Is that truth though? There are exceptions like I got an aunt who collects classic vinyl records. As rock n rock memorabilia. But most examples they’re not gifting an og Jackson 5 or a Beatles record. It counts if cd, dvd, or game copy. Non switch game copies.

[rocketfish]

in 2022 theres no point in physical copies.. they are now just physical DRMs that same DRM we hated in the past. Want to play your game? brb only 20% of the game is on there you gotta download the 80% anyway. What do you think is going to happen to your physical game 10-15 years down the line when the company no longer supports the servers/game? it becomes dead

just look at ubisoft they just did it this year for a number of their games. even if you own it you can't redownload it anymore. bam suddenly your physical copy is just a disc with art.







now physical games pre-internet downloads and patches, those are a fuking gold mine. keep those forever.

[OptimusTrajan]

I only buy Switch games physically.

Digital console games doesn't seem right to me.

[TheChadofGaming]

physical whenever possible on console
digital on pc

[OneLegSquats]

in 2022 theres no point in physical copies.. they are now just physical DRMs that same DRM we hated in the past. Want to play your game? brb only 20% of the game is on there you gotta download the 80% anyway. What do you think is going to happen to your physical game 10-15 years down the line when the company no longer supports the servers/game? it becomes dead

just look at ubisoft they just did it this year for a number of their games. even if you own it you can't redownload it anymore. bam suddenly your physical copy is just a disc with art.







now physical games pre-internet downloads and patches, those are a fuking gold mine. keep those forever.

That game is dead without the online servers anyway though. In 10 years when the servers go down, what would be the point in owning the base game on a disc? There's nothing to play. Other games like HFW have the game on the disc itself so you could still play it in 10 years

[rocketfish]

That game is dead without the online servers anyway though. In 10 years when the servers go down, what would be the point in owning the base game on a disc? There's nothing to play. Other games like HFW have the game on the disc itself so you could still play it in 10 years

still a singe player campaign that will be gone in history

[amenhotepv]

After my first kid got old enough to get into **** I learned the hard way to always go digital. This kid stuffed like 7 or 8 cds into the cd drive of a ps4 and it took tweezers to get each one out. I think the cd drive died after that too.

[rocketfish]

After my first kid got old enough to get into **** I learned the hard way to always go digital. This kid stuffed like 7 or 8 cds into the cd drive of a ps4 and it took tweezers to get each one out. I think the cd drive died after that too.

crazy how retarded our kids are when we are the ones who grew up on that new tech and didnt fuk it up. yet they manage to fuk it all up with all safety protocols

[WHChampion]

Switch is 100% physical if available. Their games actually hold value so if I end up selling it down the road I'd get most of my money back.

About half digital and half physical for PS4/PS5. Still prefer to have the physical game but sometimes I'm lazy and would rather just buy the game through PSN. Used to be all physical and would often trade in games to gamestop when they'd have a good offer.

[Islandboyo]

Usually get physical copies still. Tend to be 70% physical 30% digital.

[bongowongo]

I've fully embraced digital.



Even though I love the idea of owning the physical media, it's honestly a legit pain to get up and constantly change disks .... And having games be unlocked straight at 12.00 is a god send of convenience.

[OneLegSquats]

still a singe player campaign that will be gone in history

No one bought that game for the tacked on single player anyway. nothing of value lost

[Austanian]

I preferred physical, but I have just been buying keys from sketchy sites.

CDKEYs and the like. Been pretty reliable and usually half price compared to steam and the other options.