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  • emo genghis khan

    i love kroniic bc he's a redditor but in a old school way

    tips fedora ahh

  • JayS 🦄
    BlueDream
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    Lol . I called this a few days ago in the GTA thread

    GTA 6 being digital only was a clear sign that Sony was planning for the PS6 to be a digital console

    The writing was on the wall unfortunately

    Ok

  • I havent bought a physical game since botw and now i feel guilty!

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    Harlem

    I would because I could access my game immediately instead of waiting for a box to be shipped to me and I won’t have a physical game case/disc to store

    Digital is more convenient

    The only negative against physical media is the storage aspect, but unless you literally live in a broom closet there's no reason the average person wouldn't have enough storage space in their home for physical games. Most people don't even buy more than five new games a year anyway

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    Kabel

    people voted with their wallets. i have no leg to stand on since as a PC gamer now, i haven't had physicals in a long time for a lot of my games.

    Switch 2 is still my last bastion of physicals and even that's digital light.

    They voted with just playing free games on PlayStation Plus Premium?

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    Harlem

    I would because I could access my game immediately instead of waiting for a box to be shipped to me and I won’t have a physical game case/disc to store

    Digital is more convenient

    Instant gratification over anticipation am I right?

  • Kr0niic ☘️
    emo genghis khan

    i love kroniic bc he's a redditor but in a old school way

    redditors outraging over this tho

  • taskforcesector6

    They voted with just playing free games on PlayStation Plus Premium?

    Why do people call these games free its not free plus youre renting

  • shaleirose

    It's falling because the companies are prioritizing them and giving them digital at cheaper price points.

    You sell a digital-only console during a pandemic for $100 cheaper than the disc version, what do you think people are gonna buy?

    You start subscription services in which gamers can play hundreds of games for $19.99 a month during a time where new games are $70+ and most people are struggling financially, you think they won't subscribe?

    So yes, digital games have taken over the market in recent years, but I think a big factor in that is the companies pushing them in that direction rather than gamers not wanting to own anything tangibly all of a sudden

    exactly. it's like companies trying to claim that "ai is inevitable" as if they aren't the ones making a conscious effort to push it onto unwilling consumers as hard as possible. same bullshit excuse. and now sony is finally going mask-off and giving people no other choice.

  • This is cooked

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    Kr0niic

    people fear mongering digital always crack me up

    Be serious man this would be like if we could only buy from games from epic games store on pc. Nothing else allowed.

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    shaleirose

    The only negative against physical media is the storage aspect, but unless you literally live in a broom closet there's no reason the average person wouldn't have enough storage space in their home for physical games. Most people don't even buy more than five new games a year anyway

    Filling up shelves with books games and movies journals and pictures is f***in awesome

    What y’all gonna pass down to and show your kids?

  • Harlem

    People paying $90 for empty game cases to display the spines on their game collection bookcase

    what a dumb way to a***yze what losing physical media means towards full ownership. now any time you login they can tell you there’s an update or crash their servers all day and you can’t access your game now lmaooo good luck or better yet “sorry, the servers for this game are no longer supported on your system so to create library space, the game will be getting pulled from systems containing the item”

  • Kr0niic ☘️
    BM_

    Be serious man this would be like if we could only buy from games from epic games store on pc. Nothing else allowed.

    Woah now you didn’t say only epic game store

    Now I’m outraged

    I’m ok with Sony scamming people. But supporting Tim Sweeney is where I cross the line

  • Kr0niic

    Xbox has the opportunity to do something hilarious

    !https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA&pp=ygUPcHM0IHNoYXJlIGdhbWVz
  • taskforcesector6

    They voted with just playing free games on PlayStation Plus Premium?

    It’s not a lifetime monthly fee?

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    Jim Halpert

    Instant gratification over anticipation am I right?

    The "access my game immediately" argument is dumb during a time where you can literally order anything off Amazon and have it at your door the same day, it's not like you have to wait weeks for something to ship to you

  • quadra
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    In music only cause of different artwork and stans 🤣
    If it wasn't for different versions of vinyls that s*** would be dead

    Yes but there has been an effect (albeit a not very big one) on physical consumption as a whole as a result of that.

  • I'm just supposed to be rich for the rest of my life lmaoo f*** selling anything

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    I've been buying digital copies myself, have a series x with 0 physical games and a digital ps5. The problem for me is that after finishing a game you simply cant trade it in or return it. I'd really appreciate if gaming corporations could let us trade/sell licenses to owned games for a discounted price. I don't need to keep a copy of Assassins creed for the rest of my life. I'd rather pass it on for 5$ in store credit than keeping it on my account just because

  • shaleirose

    The "access my game immediately" argument is dumb during a time where you can literally order anything off Amazon and have it at your door the same day, it's not like you have to wait weeks for something to ship to you

    Plus unboxing and unwrapping stuff is such a fun time

  • BM_
    Jbreezyondeck

    Guess it’s time to buy a PC

    Best bet now is prebuilt or scope out new egg bundles so they don't f*** you on ram pricing

  • ah yes the bubble is growing :)

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    Console is DOA

    If Xbox plays their cards right they'll win the next-gen

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