Buying digital games has become game preservation for me.

[CarltonJunior]

Didn’t want to make it a console wars thread but Microsoft ain’t doing bullshyt like that. They are the ones trying to push digital gaming options into the future.

I honestly wouldn’t recommend buying digital games on Sony or Nintendo platforms until/unless they fix their shyt. Especially Nintendo.

I purchased geometry wars as my first digital game ever, way back on Xbox 360. I can download and play that game picking up exactly where I left off at on practically any internet connected device on earth right now.

It’s actually crazy when you put it that way. Im confident Microsoft will preserve my ownership into the future.

What I mean by that is that M$ basically can't get everything across the board. They basically said what's available right now is it.

They can't get all the licenses to all the old games and keep them available, so a lot of old games are still unplayable. They are doing better than Sony and Nintendo in that regard, but not perfect.

All in all what I'm saying is that game preservation isn't foolproof in the digital space, unless your pirating. It has pros compared to physical preservation, but there should be zero faith placed in these companies regarding the subject.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

There are pros and cons on both sides of the digital/disc debate. There really are no wrong answers…just do what makes you most happy.

I have a hybrid approach. I buy big games disc…so that I can trade them back in for other big game releases. I buy smaller, indie games digital. Except for a few pivotal games, I don’t got back and play old games very often.

My approach works for me…it may not work for you. The good thing is that we have options now…disc vs digital… and I hope that it stays that way.

Not trying to brag or anything but the minor savings I could get from trading games in just doesn’t matter to me anymore. $20-$30 don’t move me.

But taking time to go to the store to buy the games
Taking the time to change discs and put them back and forth into cases

On top of the fact I know I’ll have access to the game later.

To me seems like you are playing yourself for a $20 bill. Unless you really need it that bad.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

What I mean by that is that M$ basically can't get everything across the board. They basically said what's available right now is it.

They can't get all the licenses to all the old games and keep them available, so a lot of old games are still unplayable. They are doing better than Sony and Nintendo in that regard, but not perfect.

All in all what I'm saying is that game preservation isn't foolproof in the digital space, unless your pirating. It has pros compared to physical preservation, but there should be zero faith placed in these companies regarding the subject.

That’s retroactive stuff. Microsoft went out of their way to go back and get that stuff where they could. Going forward it won’t be like that. They stated all games will be forward and backward compatible. There may be some publishers that fight to remove their games from this plan, but I have not seen any do that yet.

 

[levitate]

Not trying to brag or anything but the minor savings I could get from trading games in just doesn’t matter to me anymore. $20-$30 don’t move me.

But taking time to go to the store to buy the games
Taking the time to change discs and put them back and forth into cases

On top of the fact I know I’ll have access to the game later.

To me seems like you are playing yourself for a $20 bill. Unless you really need it that bad.

It’s not about needing the money. Trust me we’re doing OK over here… (over $200k household income).
But if there’s an opportunity into save money, with no harm to me…then why not? Like I said I’m not playing these games more than once. It’s just leaving money of the table…even if it’s “just” $20.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

It’s not about needing the money. Trust me we’re doing OK over here… (over $200k household income).
But if there’s an opportunity into save money, with no harm to me…then why not? Like I said I’m not playing these games more than once. It’s just leaving money of the table…even if it’s “just” $20.

Was not implying that you weren’t financially stable. I think pretty much all of us here are.

But yeah, I get it, but I just look at the other side of what it takes to get that $20.

Remove the game and tell me to drive back and forth to GameStop twice and you will hand me a $20 bill, I’d probably pass.

Plenty of better ways to spend that time and make more than $20 or at least be doing something I like to do, like playing the game

 

[-DMP-]

Best would be if you got a digital copy with your physical copy, like bluray movies.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Best would be if you got a digital copy with your physical copy, like bluray movies.

Microsoft tried this but the gaming community rejected it.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

still going on about this
I still have all my physical games since I was a teen. I can hook up the console and play whatever I want
what are you going to do about me buying the disc day one

he's losing his sense over this

I’m not gone do anything.
Question is, what you gone do when the next line of consoles and those into the future don’t have disc drives

 

[humminbird]

I’m not gone do anything.
Question is, what you gone do when the next line of consoles and those into the future don’t have disc drives

I'll get it if I'm still into gaming but I'll never buy straight from the psn/xbox/nintendo stores I'll always go to a retailer to get my games.

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Crazy story, very recent too

I got the urge to play Split Second on PC. I bought the game many moons ago on Amazon. I have the 360 version as well but I read that there was a 60fps patch released a few years ago that I wanted to try.

The problem was that this game needs to contact securom servers to authenticate. They no longer exist so unless you have the game installed before the servers went offline, you are sol forever.

I reached out to Disney, asking if there was a remedy for both this and Pure, told in a nice way to kick rocks. There is a no-CD exe of both games out there but the problem for split second specifically is that it is for version 1.0 and while I can download Spilt Second from Amazon still, it is version 1.x. I said fukk it, went to hit up some torrent sites found the game, downloaded it, finally got it working. Next day, wake up with a DMCA notice in my email from Comcast.



Brehs, I got knocked for pirating a game I fukking own. However if that way didn’t exist, it'd be a game lost to time.

To add on to this, if you no longer have the means to offer your game legitimately, it should be deemed abandonware and then the pirates/perservers should be allowed to do what they do.

Note the dates, The House of Mouse moves fast. This should never happen though. Locking down a game that is only playable through pirated means shows that Disney should have planned better.

 

[Why-Fi]

yea that's a huge advantage for your games to follow you from platform to platform. tried to tell nikkas when everybody was anti digital. besides just not needing a disc. they don't even have all the content on them these days

did recently see the down side when they killed Forza 7. I was playing the shyt outta that

 

[MeachTheMonster]

yea that's a huge advantage for your games to follow you from platform to platform. tried to tell nikkas when everybody was anti digital. besides just not needing a disc. they don't even have all the content on them these days

did recently see the down side when they killed Forza 7. I was playing the shyt outta that

You should still be able to play that. Delisted games can still be downloaded/played indefinitely. You just can’t buy it new if you didn’t already own it

 

[Koba St]

I still buy my games physical because I don’t trust Sony with digital games.

 

[Take It In Blood]

I'm in the hood so if a nikka steals my sh1t (which is likely) atleast I still have my digital collection that's attached to my user name

 

[Diunx]

Yes and no. With how much games change and evolve and rely on the internet these days Piracy can’t really do the job of preservation like it’s done in the past.

Some games actually have pirate servers, you can use all the online features but don't need the official servers.