crantheman
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I was talking with a friend and he told me that he exclusively buys his games physically so that he completely owns them in the case it gets delisted from the online storefront or lost to time. My favorite Sonic game, Sonic Unleashed, has never gotten a re-release, so my only way of playing it is with my Xbox 360 disc.
While I love having a shelf full of games in my room and being able to play games that haven't been re-released in a long time (ex. the GameCube library), sometimes it gets too much, especially when I had to move to an apartment from my parents' house. Digital media (ex. Steam, GOG Galaxy) is really great in that aspect. I can have a huge library of games ready to play when I boot my desktop PC, or booting into a friend's PC so I can show him all of the cool games in my library, without the hassle of lugging around a giant library of discs and cartridges that would make my local public library jealous.
For me, I love buying physical games, but with the lack of room in my apartment to keep my growing collection I try to buy digital on Steam whenever possible. What about you guys? Do you prefer buying your games digitally or physically?
While I love having a shelf full of games in my room and being able to play games that haven't been re-released in a long time (ex. the GameCube library), sometimes it gets too much, especially when I had to move to an apartment from my parents' house. Digital media (ex. Steam, GOG Galaxy) is really great in that aspect. I can have a huge library of games ready to play when I boot my desktop PC, or booting into a friend's PC so I can show him all of the cool games in my library, without the hassle of lugging around a giant library of discs and cartridges that would make my local public library jealous.
For me, I love buying physical games, but with the lack of room in my apartment to keep my growing collection I try to buy digital on Steam whenever possible. What about you guys? Do you prefer buying your games digitally or physically?