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[Fredward]

Only old people prefer hard copies of anything these days. xp

If I didn't have capped internet all my games would be downloaded.

[Rawgrim]

I preffer hard copies. And i am not THAT old. I just like to collect games and such.

[Fredward]

Rawgrim wrote...

I preffer hard copies. And i am not THAT old. I just like to collect games and such.

Honest question; why is it less collected if you have a digital copy of it?

Also now would be a good time to mention that I think anything over 24 is old.

[Rawgrim]

Foopydoopydoo wrote...

Rawgrim wrote...

I preffer hard copies. And i am not THAT old. I just like to collect games and such.

Honest question; why is it less collected if you have a digital copy of it?

Also now would be a good time to mention that I think anything over 24 is old.

Because I can`t have the digital copies in my game cabinet. Computers and such can crash etc. Hard copies can`t.

[Rawgrim]

EntropicAngel wrote...

AlanC9 wrote...

Hell, ME3 physical copies didn't even have a manual, right?

Yep, just like Assassin's Creed 3. It's a trend.

Always physical. But I'll actually probably donwload through Origin--unless like ME3 and DA ][ it doesn't require a CD to play. That's how I get around that requirement for ME2 and DA:O--download them through Origin.

Remember when games came with maps and thick manuals? Filled with info about the gameworld and the characters. i miss those.

[Rawgrim]

EntropicAngel wrote...

Rawgrim wrote...

Remember when games came with maps and thick manuals? Filled with info about the gameworld and the characters. i miss those.

Skyrim came with a map.

It wasn't cloth. They said it would be cloth.

I haven't forgiven them for that.

Last cloth map I ever got was for Ultima 8. Arguably the cloth map was the only good thing about that game.

[Fredward]

Rawgrim wrote...

Because I can`t have the digital copies in my game cabinet. Computers and such can crash etc. Hard copies can`t.

But then you could just download it again. Hard copies can get scratched, stolen, burned, spilled on, lost etc etc etc. And you'd have to buy them again.

Oh well, different strokes and such.

[naughty99]

There is no optical drive in my laptop, so the only games and software I've installed in the past several years were all digital downloads. Even if someone were to give me a retail disc as a present, I'd have to find a way to use the CD Key to download from Steam or Origin.

I don't recall ever buying any game on a DVD or CD-ROM disc, the last retail game I bought that came in a box was probably on 5 1/4" floppy or 8-bit NES cartridge back in the 1980s.

Modifié par naughty99, 30 novembre 2012 - 06:42 .

[Maria Caliban]

PsychoBlonde wrote...

I don't shop at brick-and-mortar stores for games any more (largely because the only ones around here are crap, that and I don't have a car), so I'll be at the mercy of the UPS's belief that lazily delivering it around 5pm is plenty good enough.

Amazon 99¢ release day delivery has never failed me. Then again, I live in a major metropolitan area.

Why can't they let you pre-download if you purchase a physical copy?

You'd need to have all the physical retailers get their ducks in a row and implement a system so everyone who pre-ordered the game would have a valid code to work. Then you'd need for retail stores to inform the EA servers what specific code is from someone who actually came in to pick up the game.

That, or you'd need an EA specific system, which would compete with retail stores and probably violates some contract or another.

AlanC9 wrote...

Hell, ME3 physical copies didn't even have a manual, right?

There's a two page pamphlet on how to instal, who to contact if you have issues, and an epilepsy warning. The manual proper is on the game disk.

Foopydoopydoo wrote...

Only old people prefer hard copies of anything these days. xp

There's a difference between people preferring hard copies in general and people preferring hard copies of a specific game. I expect to get the CE of DA:I.

Modifié par Maria Caliban, 30 novembre 2012 - 08:56 .

[Bfler]

AlanC9 wrote...

Hell, ME3 physical copies didn't even have a manual, right?

Good old times, when games had big printed manuals, with story, units and all these things. A shame that the people at EA (and some other publishers) try to save expenses with every thing that comes to their mind.

[berelinde]

I always get physical copies of games, if one is offered. My internet connection is unreliable, and there are too many times I've gotten interrupted or corrupted downloads to risk it. There's nothing worse than waiting hours for something to install only to find that a critical file got scrambled and I have to do it all over again.

[Navasha]

I haven't bought a physical copy of anything in about 2 years. Buying a game for me is just opening up Steam/Origin clicking buy and then going to make a sandwich or something while it downloads.

In fact, I think DA2 may have been the last physical copy of game I have bought.

[Navasha]

Foopydoopydoo wrote...

Only old people prefer hard copies of anything these days. xp

As someone nearing 40 I fit your definition of "old" and everything is downloaded.   I think it has more to do with whether people understand intellectual property or not.   Even when you buy a physical disk you are doing nothing more than purchasing a license to use the program on that disk. 

A downloaded game is as much owned as a physical disk is owned.  I would argue that it is actually more secure since even if my house burned down I can always just re-download it again when I get a new computer.    While technically you have that ability with an owned disk as well as long as you registered it before the code was destroyed. 

[Bfler]

Navasha wrote...
Buying a game for me is just opening up Steam/Origin clicking buy and then going to make a sandwich or something while it downloads.  

I guess in case of a game like Witcher 2 (without EE) and it's 14GB you have to do little more than to make a sandwich.

[Navasha]

Bfler wrote...

Navasha wrote...
Buying a game for me is just opening up Steam/Origin clicking buy and then going to make a sandwich or something while it downloads.  

I guess in case of a game like Witcher 2 (without EE) and it's 14GB you have to do little more than to make a sandwich.

Not really.  That would take about an hour to download, during which I could still be browsing the forums and such.   I've never felt I had to wait for a game to download as most highly anticipated games are pre-downloaded anyway before release day.

[nightscrawl]

Physical. I'll pre-order from Amazon.

[milena87]

Chances are in favour of a physical copy, as it usually costs less than a digital copy around release.

In case I'm not buying the game around release then I'll probably wait for a big price drop. In that instance I might buy a digital copy.

[Virginian]

I buy the hard copies for console games because when I am done with them, sick of them, or the developers ****** me off that I no longer want their **** I can sell it to Gamestop and buy more games.

I don't buy PC games because no body will buy them used.

[vallore]

Physical copy, most certainly. I don’t enjoy buying online, besides, I wouldn't have the satisfaction of having the actual hard copy on my shelf.

Modifié par vallore, 30 novembre 2012 - 05:12 .

[Robhuzz]

I always buy physical copies. I just like having a boxed version, call me old fashioned. If it's a downloadable copy it's from GOG.

This way, if the download services (steam, origin, don't care) ever go down for whatever reason, I still have the game and I can always crack it and continue playing. Something about EA having control over my games library is unsettling.

Modifié par Robhuzz, 30 novembre 2012 - 05:16 .