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- In this video, we're gonna be discussing the shocking stats between physical video games and digital video games. We'll be discussing the pros and cons of each, and which one is better for you.
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I'm 30 and I dearly miss the booklets you used to get with games. I remember buying a game and sitting in the back of my Dad's car unwrapping the game and reading through the booklet on the drive home. Great memories!
It’s simple. You don’t have control over digital content. Its not truly yours unlike physical media.
Physical media isn't perfect either especially in this day and age. Games require day 1 patches because most are broken and unfinished. Also the whole DRM crap requires you to connect to the Internet. Disk and cartridges also degrade overtime. Yes it may take 20-30 years but nothing lasts forever
@@seacreztagree with this in the main however there’s only one person to blame that’s the consumer….. us ……. If we all started going to the cinema and watch a film that unfinished or an album they be outrage but we seem to let it slip in my opinion when it comes to gaming. There pros and cons for both I’m a physical collector but yeah gaming is going so the digital route like Netflix my worry is game preservation games will be lost all together
Everything will get emulated at some point so it's not "totally lost" ..Unless Nintendo or some body throws out a cease and desist letter or something but still
@@RicoOCHO85 true can’t argue with that and to be honest I emulate the games that and really expensive that I can’t afford
@@seacreztDoesn’t matter. As soon as you buy digital you have nothing compared to something you can seek for decades. Digital it’s screwing over the consumer
I've been a gamer since the early 80s and have bought and sold multiple retro game collections for many consoles. I personally enjoy digital delivery and immediacy of non-physical games, and having not been concerned about collecting since the 360 days I love the lack of clutter. I was never lucky enough to have a dedicated games room so had piles of games sitting in every corner of the house. I really enjoy browsing digital shops on modern consoles and whilst I completely understand the nostalgia derived from buying a physical game and examining the booklets and inlays as a non-collector it doesn't adversely affect me. Especially as such an enourmous body of classic retro games are now available digitally
I miss being a kid and walking into the store and seeing a whole section with multiple shelves full of games, and each one had a Manuel! Some even came with cool little posters or maps, I remember Link to the Past came with a map and a little hint booklet alongside the manuel.
Physical all the way for me and never went down the digital road. Been collecting since the 90's. One of my mates bought a digital only PS5 and has already shelled out over £200 on more hard drive space...I've got the disc version and am more than happy with that...oh on top of that....have you ever tried to trade in a digital game for some other games? ;op. Thanks for the vid Gemma.
Plenty (most) of "physical" games these days aren't really physical, but simply an installer for a launcher that triggers the download. So if you're in a place without internet access, you won't be able to install or play the game. To me, that kind of ruins the point of physical games.
If all physical games allowed full game installation from the media, and they didn't require online access, would never stop you from playing because "an update is available" etc. Then I'd but physical games all the time.
There are advantages with digital media. But a lot of disadvantages too - I loved reading manuals, learning about a game and its controls. And there is also the fact that with subscriptions and online stores, we are seeing games disappear suddenly or be changed beyond recognition by patches & updates. I don't play any of the live service games, they just don't appeal to me.
Gemma, the "next to wrapping paper and pinatas" got me so bad. I had to pause and laugh. This is so tragic watching physical format die but your delivery on that was excellent.
I am only 18 years old and i got massively into collecting in 2020. I grew up with consoles such as the DS/WII & 3DS/WII U. And i will always go for a physical copy of a game. My local Tesco sells DVD’s and Blu-Rays but no games. The main place i get games now is either Amazon or CeX/ Independent Game Stores.
When it all goes digital I’m out of gaming, not paying £60 for a game I can’t return or trade in
The moment they go digital, they will lose alot of gamers. So many gamers will stop playing
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I don't think gamers will stop playing, they will just buy older consoles like the PS2 and 360. Emulation is also another option.
I bought Diablo 4 for 60 bucks …took it back next day and GameStop offered me 14 dollars in store credit ..trade in suck this is 2024 not the 90s bro ✌🏻
You mean resell lol
Thanks for featuring my clip at my local store :) it did make me laugh - funny to see that a possible shopper decided to go with Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and GTA V instead of said oil.
The Asda in the footage is over the road from CEX so guess gamers will choose just to go there instead for this store to pick up their games.
I think the next wave of consoles in the next 5+ years will be digital only and no phyhcial alternative. I also think more gaming will be included into other devices (If it isn't already) included in Prime , Netflix etc etc
I don't buy modern games per say, most of the games which get released on say Xbox are on Xbox Game Pass and more often than not won't get a phyhcial release of said game or it's a Limited Run on PlayStation. So for me the majority of my games are retro/re-releases (The latest House of the Dead finally of a Xbox phyhcial release so picked that up) are phycial.
Great video and it's a good subject to discuss
Just one more reason why I love youtube. I can watch other people unbox and collect weird stuff that I love the IDEA of owning... but don't actually want the hassle of storing.
I love physical for the same reasons you said! And I'm actually from a younger demographic so it's not just about bringing me back to a bygone era. Supermarkets are quite lacklustre for games including my local one, but luckily we've got CeX. If a physical copy exists, I always go for that. In some cases it has been cheaper from CeX than from a digital store. Personally I don't think physical media will actually die - there are enough fans and users of it to keep it alive, similarly to the CD format that is still around :)
Supermarkets are lack luster in even home video you really see at least in my nearest ASDA the newer movies and Disney movies
Before the Xbox 360/PS3 era, it was much rarer for supermarkets to stock video games regularly at all.
I suspect that the supermarkets are reacting to a general trend of buying patterns in the last 3 years.
During lockdown some will have switched to digital, but many will also have just got used to buying online and getting games delivered which is often way more convenient and cheaper.
I'm still 100% physical in ALL instances, unless it's an indie title. I don't play mobile phones.
The end of physical media will slow my modem gaming to a crawl. £70 is generally more than I'm willing to pay.
And older games are just as much fun, often better and there's a lot more variety in the older generations.
I'm so grateful with digital distribution since Nintendo in my country does not sell physical games, so the only way I can access their games is with digital distribution, same with PC and Steam
I couldn’t agree more I’m 45 and will always choose physical over digital but sadly it will not be long until it’s all digital
There’s not even a full game on a disk anymore that doesn’t require an additional download 😢
I understand digital is the way it's going but I love my physical collection. I am so glad there are companies like limited run games etc. I am always willing to pay extra for something I can collect.
Physical media: You have the control (well you did game wise until the PS4 era onward.) Digital only: We the game companies own your ass.
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Could gaming will even be worse then digital games. You don't own shit in the cloud.
@@russellmania5349 Ya 100%, it's more like a pseudo form of rental in ways. A digital purchase is not a purchase in reality.
The only physical games i now buy are first party Nintendo titles on Switch. For my Series X, nothing but digital. The last physical Xbox game i bought was ReCore for my Xbox One X. PS5, i don't have one yet... honestly don't have much interest in getting one yet while i still love my PS4 Pro. My interest for physical modern games started to die once they started to remove the manual (later 360 era) A game case without a manual just seems so pointless and dull, i just stopped caring about collecting or buying physical games by then. I was born in 83 so have very fond memories for earlier systems, got into gaming in 1990 with the original Game Boy (my first game system) and the following year my first console, a Super Nintendo... from which i didn't have long. After a few weeks it stopped working so my dad took it back to the shop and exchanged for a Mega Drive, which i loved. I'm more into retro gaming now then modern gaming and collected for SNES, N64, GameCube, Wii and Wii U. PS1-PS4. Original Xbox-Series. Mega Drive, Saturn (the Saturn is my all time favourite system) and Dreamcast. I still consider these three systems to be the greatest trilogy of consoles ever (i have no nostalgia for the Master System so don't collect or really care about it) I'm more then fine with digital regarding modern gaming, it's the way of the future. It's practical and saves me a lot of space so i can fill it with stuff i actually care about, retro games. Just watched more of your video... i wasn't aware supermarkets still sell games. The last time i remember seeing a game in a supermarket was Xbox 360 and PS3 era. I live in London. The only gaming stuff i still see are Xbox GamePass,PlayStation Store vouchers and Nintendo Store points... no games. I thought supermarkets stopped selling games early Xbox One and PS4.
I went to my local Sainsbury for the first time in ages as I usual do click and collect, I was shocked that the entire media section was gone! No movies, music CDs or games of any kind and it used to be massive, There is a large Tesco near by and again the upstairs had a large media and electronics section and now it’s all gone and half the floor is empty. I’m physical media all the way and I’m even considering getting a uhd Blu-ray player and want to buy a small curated physical film collection. I sold most of my Blu-rays about ten years ago and a massive dvd collection before that. I’ve kept a handful of choice box sets but it hit home when I went on prime video to watch a movie I spotted on there a week before only to see it was removed!
As for games always get a physical copy as you have more control over it but it annoys me when you get a voucher for half the content so the publisher can scrap money from 2nd hand sales still. I heard Sonic Origins Plus physical release won’t have the game gear titles on the disc/cart and there is a dlc code in the box……
In Ireland they just shut down all of the Gamestop stores here and now there's no dedicated store to buy games from. It really sucks, just seeing the demise of physical games in real time
Gangster's Paradise instrumental I love it
This is a great video discussion that has me on the fence. 43 years young I grew up with that pride of having a library shelves personally displaying my collection of Snes and Megadrive and Amiga 500 (oh and Gameboy) games. Those were magic times an inspired me to buy the odd bikermouse and even when I got Lego Starwars on the PSP those case instructions also had the very tempting lego sets which you could buy and build.
Then my kids entered the world and proudly demonstrated how CD DVD based games are inferior in every way... from losing the discs to putting them in the wrong boxes, to scratching them. After needing to Lego City Chase McCain for a 4th time on PS4... I decided to bring myself and my kids into a digital download only rule... (since 2013... almost every game has been a digital purchase)... 😢 but It means they can find the game whenever they want... and they always worked... Thank you
It's sad that the physical media option seems to be disappearing. The glory days of big box games disappeared when CD's became the common delivery device. I do feel the article you quoted is a little unfair, digital games on mobile shouldn't be included as there isn't a physical option.
The one thing I really struggle to grasp is, why hasn't dvd/Blu-ray done the same? How many people have streaming services available? Movies are much more accessible via streaming/digital and yet, the physical aisle is usually much bigger.
My Tesco is really big still doesn’t have a game or film section anymore
its right i remember reading game manuals over and over i dont even look at them now, that is where you got the story from on the 16 bit games because they could not produce the cut scenes etc we have today
I buy digital ps4/5 games as not got the room for physical copies, but recently my son got a weeks ban from PlayStation for some stupid comment he sent to another player on my account, anyway long story short, I couldn’t play any digital games for that week what I thought was shocking for something you’ve bought. Fair enough ban you for playing online for a week but not the entire game. Absolutely shocking.
Im more to physical media. Something that you actually own and collect physically
I think the demise of Game is a massive blow for physical games collectors too.
90% of them are hidden amongst mountains of Lonsdale and Slazenger hoodies in Sports Direct stores 😞
Sad to see how that franchise has been neglected and allowed to rot, they’ve just not tried to adapt at all.
They also absorbed Gamestation too, so we lost two for one 😭
There are certain games/publishers that I’ll stay physical for the rest is digital to save space and accept that even when get a disc or cartridge, you’ll need the patches and updates still. The low print publishers will be the future of physical where they can include these in the package.
I have fond memories of picking up my first ever brand new physical media release and subsequently favourite game of all time Black Ops 1 from Asda back in the day. I remember going to work with my dad to build up my pocket money to afford it, good times. Sadly physical media is dying as a whole and for me it’s killing my love for video games, the community just doesn’t seem to be the same anymore but it could just be that that the people I grew up playing online with have moved on with families etc….
Physically I tend to collect films more than games now but even that’s dying out in mainstream supermarkets. Vinyl is about the only physical media that’s still competitive sadly 😢.
5:43 yeap with physical copy of a game, feels like ONLY YOU are playing the game at the moment. I get same feeling watching someone play games I like.
No games in the supermarkets here in the Netherlands while growing up. We would get games at either Toy Stores, Record Stores, Electronic stores like Dixons, Department stores or if you was lucky in game stores although these where seldom back than. I'm also someone who prefers physical over digital, for my Nintendo Switch I only have a couple digital games which have no physical release, but for the rest all are physical, in this mindset while liking the game I bought a physical copy of Tetris 99, even though it also comes included digitally with Switch Online. Also have a cabinet full with physical PC games in my collection even while sadly there is almost never a physical version anymore for new PC game releases.
Once it becomes digital only consoles I'm out I'm afraid
I've recently gotten the itch to snag physical games myself. Particularly marvel games since its hard to retain those associated licenses once they expire. Take the old spider-man and ultimate alliance games as an example, hell even the recent avengers game that stopped development but thankfully got an update to preserve offline gameplay.
Yea I'm a 90s kid and I love my physical games!!
What a lot of people don't realise is that when you buy a game digitally, you don't actually own it.
Just the the tangibly of the
Old physical format, complete with a good ol' fashioned manual. '50 yr Old guy feeling nostalgic'🤗
The Internet was always coming with things that would shock us. Offshore scamming, online shopping and less physical media. Therefore people getting robbed, empty high streets and people who buy the first version of the game they can get with the min of effort.
It will always be physical for me I do buy the occasional digital game only if it's really cheap never full price though.
I was also born in the 80s grew up in the 90s so can definitely relate to what is was like back then.
Great video gem 👍
I'm more like a mixed bag. I don't sleep on big digital sales on PS Store, many of them are unbeatable. In my local supermarket there's a very small shelf with AAA games at full price, when digitally is already on a summer sale or something. So I take that into account. The bulk of my physical games is for the Switch, then a few on PS5. I have more digital games on PS5 because of the sales. I consider double dipping in case I really enjoy a game. If you really want all bells and whistles you have the option of day one editions and collectors editions. But for the prices they ask for I prefer to buy digital or physical games. I play everyting I buy too.
I went to my local ASDA in Spondon Derby last night. I didn't specifically look for the gaming isle as I was returning some shoes but on the way in near the entrance there was a Diablo 4 display with cardboard cases for the PS4, PS5 and XBOX Series S/X. I did think I'll get my phone out and film it for Gemma but my fekkin battery had died so I'm surprised they didn't have one at your ASDA. It was only a small display so you could easily of missed it. It wasn't down a gaming isle but in a small display stand near the entrance next to the clothes. It clocked me straight away though as I've been a huge fan of Diablo 2 since 1999 and specifically went in to PC gaming for it and Warcraft. Even went to the same store at midnight for the release of Diablo 3. Many people probably miss it but I'm a huge Diablo fan. Not so much 3 though 😂. If I go back I'll take a picture
It's the same here in the US. Walmart and Target used to have tons of games for sale even a year ago but recently I've seen them downsize their gaming sections massively. Even the Gamestop stores which are devoted to gaming have far fewer games for sale. All these places sell more game related toys now than actual games!
Why are you Anglos so eager to get stuffed by gaming companies? In the rest of Europe is not nearly as bad, but the world champions of the resistance against digitalisation are Asians. In Japan and other Asian countries they buy all their games physical, they are so protective of physical media's that musical CDs albums are still kind of mainstream (although in decline).
@@DioBrando-qr6ye I don't think it's a matter of Anglos wanting to get "stuffed". That's just a prick question in my opinion but I guess I'll reply anyway. The truth is that game companies have been selling games digitally ever since the technology allowed for it and over the years more and more people have chosen that option. I had a guy tell me once that he bought games digitally because he just didn't want games taking up space in his home. He didn't feel he was getting fucked at all.
Now It's true that affluent Asian countries like Japan and South Korea enjoy physical games but even they have a large percentage of games being sold on digital stores as well. You're just wrong that they buy all their games physical. Console gaming in the majority of Asian countries is actually fairly rare though. Most people in a country like Vietnam are just downloading games on their cell phones if they play video games at all.
Today. Half of all the games for sale in 'Game' were digital codes in boxes. They literally take the time and effort to stock empty boxes with codes inside.
Most games are digital now, as most physical disk games don't even have the full game data on them as when you put the disk in, it has to start downloading off the net, the days of offline installation are gone 😢
It’s not just video games Gemma, banks are being closed to force people into online banking, tills in supermarkets are being replaced with self service, music and movies are all slowly becoming available to download only.
You’re spot on Neil.
No games in supermarkets when I was young, no chain stores (Game), and you had to travel to a big town to visit a specialist. It was super expensive and borrowing from friends was often the only way to play them - I wouldn't go back.
If digital was available 40 years ago, I'd have been over the bloomin' moon.
Games now are unbelievably good, so if it's a digital new world, to make the media accessible and affordable, then that's fine by me. I have my memories but I can't help but envy the children of today.
Physical media will always be around, just look at music and film...
Been saying it for a few years now eventually gaming will go the route of streaming you will just buy the controller pay a monthly subscription and stream the games to your TV. That will be a sad day as a collecter as I dont have the same attachment when playing digital games over physical.
I’m literally sitting here torn. It’s past 10 all stores closed and I want to play robocop. It’s not about digital being better because I love having a physical copy. It’s about convenience and the fact that a lot of times they’ll give you percentages off and let you play the game early. It’s a tactic that’s been working.
If you exclude mobile it's around 15% of revenue (not unit sales) are physical games.
But you have to factor in practically all PC games are digital approx 20% of the market, so excluding that physical jumps to 18.75% for consoles.
Also any DLC, Micro transactions and subs account for over half the digital revenue for consoles.
If we under estimate and say 50% is DLC, Micro and subs (this would include Xbox and PSN passes)
The split for just for base games is 68.5% Digital vs 31.5% physical for console only game sales in the UK. Since I under estimated the DLC/subs, physical is likely to be slightly higher.
So it's not as bad for physical gaming as the headlines suggest. :D
And I don't think these figures take into account any 2nd hand sales, so CEX, ebay and other market places
Disclaimer, figures used here have some room for error as they come from multiple sources which in turn are based on estimates as game publishers don't all disclose actual sales figures.
I'm from Sweden, and for some idea of what it's like here: I wanted to buy Arkham Knight on disc 8 YEARS ago, couldn't find it anywhere. No store had it. I just went full digital from that day forward, never looked back. But I will say that for all you physical collectors, I hope there are at least really dedicated small gaming stores that continue to carry that flag for as long as they can.
The last consoles that were "offline" was the ps3 and xbox 360.
After that game over for physical collecting...
What a great topic. I live in north Dorset I have no where to buy new physical games within hour. All my local ones stopped a year ago selling them. I can see within 5 years you will not be able to actually buy physical new games anymore.
I am 26, i was born in 1997, snd i prefer digital copies of games nowadays. I used to prefer physical games years ago, but nowadays i am just indifferent about it, and i prefer the convinence of buying from the PlayStation Store, as well as not having to worry about discs that can potentially fet damaged.
I grew up in the 90s and I absolutely love physical media. I used to save up my pocket money for weeks and then my mum would take me to buy a new PlayStation 1 game. I’d sit and stare at the case and manual the whole way home. Even to this day I’ll always opt to buy physical over digital. I don’t like the idea of paying for thin air. I can’t sell it on, or trade it, hold it in my hands and appreciate it. Or even forget about it only to find it years later and feel all those feelings and have those memories again. Also I’m a designer/illustrator and I just love printed media. Especially on the older games. Some of the artwork in manuals, or even on the actual disks is unreal. Japanese sega Saturn games have a beautiful look to them. I love buying old store promo posters for old games too. If everything goes digital we will lose so much! I dunno. Makes me sad 🤣
You are definitely right about mobile devices. Also bring up pc market which actually has competitive digital prices. Also question of what is considered video game sales? Does this include dlc and micro translations? A lot of question marks in the statistic?
Yep I'm 80s kid and I just can't get on board with digital i also only buy digital if I have to. I love how you describe physical media the book the smell the box 😌 Sad how it's just an empty box nowadays. I definitely echo your thoughts with all you say in this video👍
The thing that gets me is that a lot of the time the digital is more expensive than the physical release, it's just a duplication of data without any manufacturing cost. When the servers go down you never get that game back, physical copy means you actually own the game and can play it whenever you like for the rest of your life.
I absolutely hate digital, it's so soulless on every way. This digital revolution can do one for me lol! I'll always buy physical up until the possible day comes that I can't.
I still think there will be physical media, just more the collectors though, like ourselves lol
I definitely buy the physical version of game's,but if that isn't an option then I will buy digital. Sometimes I will hold on incase physical version is released, have done that recently with Getsufumaden Undying Moon(finally out physically next month) . I have found that if you buy physical games by Indie developer's then sometimes you get thing's included , Dredge which was released recently springs to mind.
I am all for physical games and I have always been since the 90's. Just don't buy new gen games anymore physically if they don't come complete on disk requiring downloads to be played.
I've just bought Zelda TOTK and Street Fighter 6 physical. In fact, I spent almost £250 on the Mad Gear Box😂Physical is and always will be better in my opinion. It's such a shame to see this happening. Great video as always Gemma
Some great topics lately Gemma thumbs up 👍☺️
All the superstores I visit seems to have cut in half their game display stock. My local Game also has cut back on stock. Literally one wall of games and all the others are plushies, gadgets, board games or phones in a glass cabinet. I don’t like where this is going.
The new Spiderman 2 collectors edition won’t have a physical disc….wtf!! This could be the end of me buying gaming systems that are digital only or turning that way.
Also Walmart no longer own ASDA.
Gaming and movies, the two biggest sectors of the entertainment industry are being shafted by the digital medium. Cinemas shutting down and gaming shops closing. I don’t like this future we’re about to step into.
Good topic, Gemma.
First thing to say is I dislike the term "digital" when referring to downloaded games - physical media is also digital, there's no such thing as an analogue Blu-ray! What is actually meant when people say "digital" to mean downloaded games is "digitally distributed", i.e. downloaded. At which point you may as well just call it a download instead of a digital copy. But I appreciate I am pedantic so will move on swiftly...
I'm 40 and grew up as most of us did collecting games. For me, my circumstances were that I moved from "the north" to London for work and knew I'd be moving around constantly trying not to get ripped off too badly by parasite landlords and didn't want the hassle of having to cart a metric shit ton of games with me whenever I moved, not to mention space restrictions in London accommodation. Just don't have the space for tons of game boxes any more.
I decided from the PS4/XB1 generation onwards that I'd be primarily download-only, with a couple of caveats. First one is that if a game on a Nintendo console is available physically I will buy physical as opposed to download because I don't trust Nintendo to not just turn off all their infrastructure at the drop of a hat, meaning me losing access to all my download purchases. I'm aware this is a risk with Sony and Microsoft too, but it's less of an imminent risk because these companies live in the present when it comes to online, whereas Nintendo are stuck in a time warp where they are 10 years behind everyone else.
Second caveat is that if I really love a game I've bought as a download I will later purchase a physical copy for collecting purposes, but this is quite rare nowadays because the bar for being happy to have a game box taking up some of my limited space is quite high for me now, and also, let's be honest - 95% of modern games are crap. 😂
I know there are downsides to buying downloads, the main one for me is the cost of buying games through the platform holders' stores where there is no competition for prices. I usually try to negate this by waiting for a sale, I don't need to buy games the moment they're released and it's incredibly rare that I do this. I think this year I've only bought RE4 and SF6 at release. Reselling/trading in isn't a concern for me because I never have done this even with boxed copies.
I know there are other downsides too (just as there are upsides - love not having to find and insert a disc and just pick the game from your game library on your HDD, or boot up my old non-Pro PS4 when visiting my parents and download and carry on playing a recent release I bought at my flat in London).
Everyone's circumstances and priorities are different and what works for one may not work for another. 15 years ago I would never have considered buying a game as a download if a physical version was available, but to be honest once I made that decision to just jump I haven't looked back or ever regretted it. It made sense for me.
Digital games do have a place. But I do love a physical copy of a game , you can go into a store and have a look etc. Supermarkets used to have some bargains etc
GameStops in my area went out of business ..and the ones I drive a hour too and a hour and half there game selection of used games suck ..i can see where things have started digital really show in these stores ..my local mom and pop game stores went out of business 20 years ago ..✌🏻
On PC I've been digital only for years with the steam sales etc. Console I do go for the physical, I waiting to get a PS5 when I could get one with a disc drive.
Give me physical media all day long. CDs, vinyl, game discs…they are mine forever and no one can take them away from me. I even bought the odd strategy guide in the 90s and 00s. There’s something about owning MY copy of something, it feels a lot more personal.
im only recently getting physical media again, actually. for a little while i was like, i dont wanna take up a ton of space with all these games (or movies), but it's just better owning a physical copy. for pc, it seems like there's almost no choice bc I have to use steam though. Also, I'm in nyc in the US, there are zero video games in grocery stores here. Except for maybe target, walmart, maybe.
Ive just turned 50.... Zx Spectrum back in 1982 were my first video games... opening the box and having an inlay card with screen shots the print on the cassette tape etc.. then onto Amiga and Snes and so on... used to (still do) love the smell inside the cartridge slot and the manual prints ... makes me sound weird 😂 but yeah I fear when the inevitable Ps5 pro has been succeeded we'll be on digital sadly 😢
My Local supermarket has stopped selling Video games completely. I Buy physical mostly if I can for my series x think my only game I bought digital for my series x this year was Resident evil 4 deluxe edition the rest have been physical and same for my ps4.
I do have a steam Deck though which is Digital only so not really much of a choice with that and if I find something stupidly cheaper than xbox then I will buy it for deck.
If were downloading the new mgs collection volume 1, how do we complete the codec code on the back of the game case 😂
Physical media all day long.
A good example is that SoulCalibur 5 and all it’s dlc is getting delisted real soon on June 19th from the Xbox 360 and PS3 stores.I already hooked up my PS3 to buy any dlc that i want to before it’s gone forever.Luckily i already have the game on disc.
I only ever play physical. I won't purchase digital. That's just me. I don't believe you can legitimately own something digital. I like to own something I'm paying top dollar for. Something can happen to those companies or they can stop providing the service and I still own it because when I bought it, it became mine. I'm not paying an ownership fee to technically just be renting something for God knows how long until they stop providing it.
My local tescos used to have a good selection of games and accessories now it’s only 2 or 3 shelves on the end of an isle so only a handful of games at most really disappointing thank goodness for local little mum and pop retro game stores
Feel what you're saying in this vid so much! As a collector of mainly 8 and 16 bit i feel the way we're going is very sad not to mention the issues that will come with other forms of digital ownership including money which is clearly not far of! Great video though, makes me appreciate the times i grew up in more than ever❤
Physical media isn't perfect either especially in this day and age. Games require day 1 patches because most are broken and unfinished. Also the whole DRM crap requires you to connect to the Internet. It is essentially a key to confirm you have the game. Disk and cartridges also degrade over time. Yes it may take 20-30 years but things dont last forever
I'm same as you, born in 83 so I'm all about the physical games. I'm so excited for Alan Wake 2 but I refuse to 40/50/60 quid for a game where I get nothing, I'll wait until it goes on sale or goes on PS Plus if its defo going to be digital only
Most I ever spent on a digital game is 20 quid for Visage and I felt dirty after I did 😂
I buy used Switch games physically, I did buy a few digitally but after having to sell a few games and noticing the price of 1st party Nintendo games never going down I decided if I ever want a new one I'll get it slightly cheaper on eBay rather than pay full price for an old game. Other than that I play on PC mostly because the online play is free and there's sales all the time. Of course if there's a new indie game for Dreamcast etc. I'll buy it physically.
I am pretty much the same age as Gem. It was great back in the days of NES/SNES getting those game in boxes. Even when not playing the game, I would like reading through the manuals. I moved onto PC gaming where you had those awesome massive boxes and manuals for games. In a relatively short time that change to DVD cases and now there is no physical media for PC, its all Steam or Epic game stores. I started playing consoles again during 360/PS3 era and you still got good physical media and if you had the console and the physical game, you could play that game. It was worth collecting.
The PS5/XSX era is the death of physical media, we are already in the era of digital. Physical media for this generation has two uses and that is trading in or sharing a game with friends and family (which is a pretty good use). However, all you are trading a license key in BluRay format. The games themselves are not even on the discs fully. SF6 was a good example, the base game was on there but the actual modes like WT, Battle Hub, etc had to be download. You can't play the game with the disc alone. MW2 had only 70MB on a BluRay disc for PS5 and Jedi Survivor required you to download a big portion of the game. Then there is the day one patches to just make new releases even playable, making more of a mockery of physical media.
The main driver for this change is the Internet. As it has become more accessible and faster it is making physical redundant. Not just with games but areas as well like newspapers and even movies and TV have changed drastically.
The data is on the physical disc. You cant delete the physical, but they can the digital. If they delete your game you can always reinstall using the physical disc.
For my series X i did buy digital but after watching channels like yours it made me go back to physical now in less than 3 months i've now got 120 physicals added 😁 god bless CEX 🤣
I think the Asda @itsmuchmore went to is the one at the bottom of our road (hi James!) and it's often emptier than that. Woeful. Easy enough to get controllers or headsets though!
I'm 100 percent physical. Haven't been online stores since 1st launch of ps3 psn. Good topic gem. We can't stop progress. The one thing you may not understand is that physical has up front costs which adds risks to business models. If 50 percent of physical is highly discounted before sale it might be a loss.
I'm a bit of a mix. I have both digital and physical games. I buy games wherever it's cheaper. I like both and would prefer physical over digital. I buy my physical games on a bookstore near my apartment or I go to the city and buy them from an electronics store. Oh, by the way, I'm in Germany.
I will always get a physical games over a digital i buy most of my game online from places like Amazon The last games i got from a Tesco and Asda was Black Ops 2 and GTA 5 on the PS3
I think video games have passed their prime now, they've become mass entertainment and big business, Assassin's Creed 24, Call of Duty 27, FIFA same game year after year, Resident Evil action, and Super Mario's enchanted world of magic and all his spin off characters and the like rule the roost. It's just about money these days and digital only consoles are just around the corner.
Great video Gemma x
I like both physical and digital. For example my main console is a Steamdeck so obviously it's digital only. However I used to buy and I still do buy retro games in physical form. But when it comes to music I won't buy digital albums I only buy the physical cd, ok it goes onto my PC and I rip into MP3 to played on my MP3 player.
Your out of date with Asda. They were sold to the Issa brothers a while back from Blackburn. At least the largest stake was. My bro works there told me a while back.
I recently experienced a sad moment when i wanted to pre order the new spiderman collectors edition, realised it was £220, statue, steel book and loads of digital add ons.....but no physical game? So a steelbook with no actual game in it. It really put me off and i decided against pre ordering that collectors edition instead living in hope that some gaming store around the UKwill do a nice collectors edition with the physical game. X
It was the same with RDR2. £200 and no game 🤯
@@TheGebs24 I don't know why they don't give people an option of physical or digital collectors editions. I would also pay more for physical content rather than digital add ons. x
Evercade is one of the last bastions of the true physical media, manuals, carts and lovely clamshell box with artwork. I've started to cave on digital now, I get it, however I can still have a reasonably priced physical collection going so all is not lost. My Tesco is rubbish btw.
What Evercade have done is remarkable. They get it. And manuals too.
Great video, I tend to only have one physical game at a time (Triple AAA) complete it, trade and then grab another. Everything else is Gamepass or PSN!
What was worrying about the footage was the amount of the games that were sequels or remasters...Is nothing original being made anymore?
Keep up the great content.
Physical..i enjpyed being able to just plug n play..and sometimes sit back and just read the manuals..
I'm a couple years older than your demographic range. Hehehe... I do miss the old days of physical media with manuals, feelies, etc. I remember getting Falcon 3.0 or Flight Simulator and getting a manual that was hundreds of pages. Spent hours going through the manuals made the games even better.
I think the thing I worry about is that while a physical game can be played whenever you want, digital games require that online connection as well as access to some servers. Game developers eventually will pull those servers essentially deleting the game.
Of course we all know by now that we don't really 'own' games we buy anyway.
I totally understand Gemma as its exactly the same with me and my record collection it's just not the same as an mp3 it's the same like you said its all about the artwork the interaction you physically holding it being tangible having to handle it properly it's an experience the manual is like me reading the liner notes on the record or the inner sleeve I totally get ir
13:11 there's a spirit orb with you.
I have all physical video games in my collection. Three digit on ps4 and a lot of digital games on pc on steam
I miss the magazines aswell with free demos
Screw digital and fart nite. I love my gas vehicles and physical games.
By the way the smell of exhaust from gas engines and physical games puts hair on my chest. lol