66% of console owners prefer physical copies of (2021 update: Sony reports sales are 66% digital)

[Rekkapryde]

2 PS4s in the crib so digi is the way to go for games that both me and my sons play

But I mostly prefer physical since I can get em cheaper and can trade/sell em.

 

[Panther]

i still prefer physical

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

Game sharing has made physical completely obsolete for me.

Me and lil bro only gotta pay 30 bucks a piece for new shyt since we both get a copy....and all the games we get from time to time on sale gets added to our collection, made getting 500+ games easy as hell

 

[Tigron]

it makes no sense for digital copies to be the same price as the physical.

This is the real issue. There’s no value switching to digital. But the video game sector has been and always will be comprised of the WOAT consumers.

 

[sicksoulja]

I can’t believe brehs still holding on to this physical shyt. Let it go, let it fking GO!

I mean it’s got damn 2019 and nikkas still holding on to cds and DVD’s old Larry Holmes flabby and sick ass nikkas. shyt makes no sense what so ever. Ok I will give the brehs pass that has data caps but that’s IT!!!

The ones that’s taking about trading games in I laugh at y’all silly asses. There is MORE VALUE in digital games yes I said MORE VALUE. Game sharing is real brehs and it works me and my cousin game share and we play the same game off the same digital license at the SAME DAMN TIME! which means if it’s broken down we play half the price of games. He buys Madden it automatically downloads to my system FOR FREE! if I buy 2k20 he will have it on his console for FREE!

Then you have clunky ass cases all over your entertainment system. Really brehs come on now. While I switch games from my controller or by my voice. Then games load quicker as well and even look better on some games.

Disc

 

[Fatboi1]

*Removes cartridge from freezer*

 

[Neuromancer]

PC master race member here. Can confirm stats.

 

[Trapperman Dave]

If it has some good preorder bonus like physical stuff I’ll get it but I been doing digital as of late

 

[Ineedmoney504]

I would never buy another physical game ever

 

[El Bombi]

I need to trade-in a game once I'm finish playing it.

 

[Yade]

You act like getting up to swap disc is real labor

It’s not but it’s more convenient

Let’s say you wanna play a game , then you debate about getting up and if you REALLY wanna play it ......when it’s digital you just jump into the game

 

[MikelArteta]

I need to trade-in a game once I'm finish playing it.

yup thts the one reason I like physical games, can just throw a copy on ebay or go to ebgames for some store credit.

i remember mss effect andromeda bought it for full price 2 weeks later i sold it for 15 dollars less than i bought it, then like a year later i bought the digital copy for like 10 bucks

 

[CourtesyFlush]

I can’t believe brehs still holding on to this physical shyt. Let it go, let it fking GO!

I mean it’s got damn 2019 and nikkas still holding on to cds and DVD’s old Larry Holmes flabby and sick ass nikkas. shyt makes no sense what so ever. Ok I will give the brehs pass that has data caps but that’s IT!!!

The ones that’s taking about trading games in I laugh at y’all silly asses. There is MORE VALUE in digital games yes I said MORE VALUE. Game sharing is real brehs and it works me and my cousin game share and we play the same game off the same digital license at the SAME DAMN TIME! which means if it’s broken down we play half the price of games. He buys Madden it automatically downloads to my system FOR FREE! if I buy 2k20 he will have it on his console for FREE!

Then you have clunky ass cases all over your entertainment system. Really brehs come on now. While I switch games from my controller or by my voice. Then games load quicker as well and even look better on some games.

Disc

Damn lemme live in the past breh I aint hurtin anybody but myself

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

Digital only for console games don’t make sense if it’s the same price . As a sports gamer and casual single game player once I beat the game or lose interest I’d much rather trade it in than just having the cover image just dangling on my screen bc I’ll never play it again ...I don’t care if I only get 15 bucks ..it’s 15 bucks less I have to spend on a new game


Also some PC studios have it right in regards of digital gaming . Games like OTTP, Wolverine sports College basketball series and the Football manager series give players who purchased the previous version of the game a digital discount on the new version of the game upon release. If consoles ever did that it would get GameStop out the paint . But I don’t think the incentive is there yet .

 

[Killer Instinct]

Won't knock anyone using physical copies but over the last three years, I've essentially made the switch to all digital. Don't even remember the last physical I bought. I've never been big on trading in games either so maybe that's why I'm at ease with the digital route. 1st world problems but its nice to be able to jump seamlessy between games and not having to swap out discs, too. Switching out discs only takes a few seconds but I still enjoy the convenience of it. I don't think we're ready for an all digital future, though. I have great speeds so downloading something like GTA is nowhere close to all day affair for me but I'm aware that others would have a much more painful experience if all digital was essentially mandatory.