Gone are the days of buying a new game and being to play it right away when you get home.

[method115]

This is exactly the same for me. I probably have about 60 digital games for my Xbox One and only 6 physical discs. Microsoft got me on the digital band wagon once they started doing games with gold on my 360.

Now between EA Access, weekly digital sales, and 4 free games a month physical games are starting to go the way of DVD's. I've been on a call of duty kick lately, because I never played any of them on my 360 until about a month ago. I played them all up until MW2, so I went to Gamestop to pick up MW3 for $6.00 instead of paying $40 for the digital copy. While I was there I bought Ghosts and Advanced Warfare for my X1 for $11 a piece (they are $60 each for the digital copies)

When I'm purchasing a digital game I'm already programed to wait for the download, but seeing as I've been gaming since the Atari 2600 when I pop a game into my console there is something that really pisses me off about having to wait 45 minutes to an hour to play it.

Yep it's way more convenient. I only go to gamestop to buy a used copy of a game and try it out. Then I'll return it and buy the digital version if I really want it. Only sometimes do I just keep they physical and that's if they digital is asking for like double what the physical is. I'll pay a little more but I'm not paying double. Unless were talking about like 10 versus 20.

I do hate waiting to play games though it's so annoying. The only saving grace is that the single player games will let you pretty quickly like 10 minutes after putting in the disc or downloading the game. The only problem is sometimes I get through so much of the single play part of the game that eventually it tells me I need to wait for the rest to download.

 

[Dizzy]

What I've also noticed is that consoles are severely behind the times when it comes to new media and discounts in digital downloads. I see plenty of deals for PC through different avenues and none on consoles.

I can get a brand new physical copy of any new release for $48 on Amazon. I've never seen a brand new release on the PS Store for less than full price. And usually even older games are significantly more.

Just another incentive for me to continue buying physical.

 

[fdswer]

I can buy a game online at work and have my gaming PC install it remotely so its all ready to go when I get home

 

[method115]

I can buy a game online at work and have my gaming PC install it remotely so its all ready to go when I get home

This is usually what I do as well.

 

[Dizzy]

I can buy a game online at work and have my gaming PC install it remotely so its all ready to go when I get home

PS4 can do that as well. No idea about Xbox.

 

[Gregolian]

Some games I will buy the physical copy... most nowadays I don't even buy at release anymore. Like, I only JUST bought MGS V.

 

[Scerpi]

PS4 can do that as well. No idea about Xbox.

Yes, you can. 360 too.

 

[Gref]

I'm sure it is cost prohibitive to do this but maybe we'll see physical media transition to flash drives. There are quad layer blu-ray discs but how long before that wears thin?

 

[Plissken]

The WiiU is the system if you just want to pop in a disk and play a game. I know that the library is missing a ton of third party games, so it's not for everyone. Hopefully the NX has strong third party support and the same insta-play ability.

 

[Blayt7hh]

Yeah they are really egregious about it. I think it was Battlefield 4, I remember getting home with it on release day and it already had a 2 gb patch. The fuck. Between system updates and game updates it seems like at least once a week I am waiting for something to download before I can play. I feel like they don't even try to avoid big patches anymore or compress their patches to reasonable sizes

 

[Madmick]

You do know that you can buy a game digitally 12am at midnight Tuesday when it releases? You get the games faster, thanks to digitally downloads. Stop acting like a whining little bitch. No offense

You came into a thread to be a whiny bitch about whiny bitches??

 

[Gref]

I just made a thread about how it's rumored that Windows 10 might be making it so all XB1 games will be playable on a PC without the use of a console. I think that's pretty cool, but it will just be another thing for you PC dicks to not shut the fuck up about. Why do you guys even care that some of us prefer the convenience of a console?

Nah. I think the W10 store is all but universally hated by PC users. I was hyped about it but apparently it's total ass.

 

[Abortedone]

I'm getting to the point where gaming is becoming a chore and not fun

 

[Hyperglide]

I still buy physical cause I don't get unlimited internet. It's BS you have to install though. Takes to long even off the disc and then you have to dl a patch and update afterwords.

 

[Hyperglide]

You came into a thread to be a whiny bitch about whiny bitches??

I like how he bookended it with "no offense."

 

[hughesfan20]

The reason I still like to buy physical copies is, when the internet/PSN is down, I can still play my disc. When PSN goes down I'm unable to access my digital movies so I'm assuming it's the same for digitally purchased/downloaded games.

 

[Steve-French]

The reason I still like to buy physical copies is, when the internet/PSN is down, I can still play my disc. When PSN goes down I'm unable to access my digital movies so I'm assuming it's the same for digitally purchased/downloaded games.

You should still be able to play your purchased digital games. Just not the ones you downloaded free from Playstation plus. I don't have a PS3 or PS4, so don't quote me on that. I've played my digital games on my XB1 and 360 without internet before though.

 

[hughesfan20]

You should still be able to play your purchased digital games. Just not the ones you downloaded free from Playstation plus. I don't have a PS3 or PS4, so don't quote me on that. I've played my digital games on my XB1 and 360 without internet before though.

Thanks, is there anybody that buys digital games on the ps3/4 that could answer the ? to what happens when the PSN goes down?

 

[Raider Nation]

Thanks, is there anybody that buys digital games on the ps3/4 that could answer the ? to what happens when the PSN goes down?

You end up stuck with whatever games you have installed on your console.