The motto I came up with many years ago, when I started to reconsider halting selling or trading in games when I was done with them. "If a Game is worth playing, it's worth re-playing & having in a Collection." I buy a small percentage of digital games, especially if there's a major sale on one, with all the DLC & expansions. Then later I can pick up the physical game disc, case & manual, if any. The problem is gamers too lazy to drive to a physical retailer to purchase their games, so naturally this affects the bottom line in digital vs physical game sales. I also boycott all live service games like the 2015 "Need For Speed" reboot or "The Crew 1 or 2". Otherwise we just get more of the same. Sony is learning quickly that switching to live service games is not as profitable as their single-player games.
I'm personally holding off on a few games only currently available digitally in hopes we'll get full disc releases. Sony's plan to me seemed very desperate. Having all these studios with no experience in live service, trying to create gigantic multiplayer games just seemed like textbook mismanagement. Especially when it's not even what people want in the first place. Not a fan of all the trend chasing going on.
I also see so many complaining about games that are delisted or no longer available on PC. If they can't play the game on their preferred personal computer, then it does not exist. I see endless comments on older games being harder to obtain. The answer is just buying a good working older console, like the Xbox 360, then finding a good game, even not on the Xbox Backwards Compatible list. So the 2009 "Wolfenstein" reboot & the hardware to play it on is readily available, so problem solved.
Thanks for watching Dean! While having original hardware is always a solution and a worthwhile investment, ideally it shouldn't have to be this way. Although for those delisted games on PC there are ways you can acquire the installation files rather easily and get a working version to play. Of course, all of this is really only a problem for new players who never purchased the games when available.
The motto I came up with many years ago, when I started to reconsider halting selling or trading in games when I was done with them.
"If a Game is worth playing, it's worth re-playing & having in a Collection."
I buy a small percentage of digital games, especially if there's a major sale on one, with all the DLC & expansions. Then later I can pick up the physical game disc, case & manual, if any.
The problem is gamers too lazy to drive to a physical retailer to purchase their games, so naturally this affects the bottom line in digital vs physical game sales.
I also boycott all live service games like the 2015 "Need For Speed" reboot or "The Crew 1 or 2". Otherwise we just get more of the same. Sony is learning quickly that switching to live service games is not as profitable as their single-player games.
I'm personally holding off on a few games only currently available digitally in hopes we'll get full disc releases. Sony's plan to me seemed very desperate. Having all these studios with no experience in live service, trying to create gigantic multiplayer games just seemed like textbook mismanagement. Especially when it's not even what people want in the first place. Not a fan of all the trend chasing going on.
I also see so many complaining about games that are delisted or no longer available on PC. If they can't play the game on their preferred personal computer, then it does not exist. I see endless comments on older games being harder to obtain. The answer is just buying a good working older console, like the Xbox 360, then finding a good game, even not on the Xbox Backwards Compatible list. So the 2009 "Wolfenstein" reboot & the hardware to play it on is readily available, so problem solved.
Thanks for watching Dean! While having original hardware is always a solution and a worthwhile investment, ideally it shouldn't have to be this way. Although for those delisted games on PC there are ways you can acquire the installation files rather easily and get a working version to play. Of course, all of this is really only a problem for new players who never purchased the games when available.