Why You Should Buy Physical Over Digital
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ธ.ค. 2022
- Its a convenient world out there...but as things get faster and easier we must ask ourselves...what exactly are we saving?
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Dude i spend nearly every day trying to convince people that removing little conveniences from my life has made it so much more fulfilling and they look at me like i'm crazy. So i totally respect this. I was planning on trolling in the comments about how you waxed poetic about getting drunk and going to mcdonalds like it was some magical adventure, but the last few minutes of the video sold me. Youre a good writer. Good job.
lol well Im glad you watched it till the end, thanks for the comment and im glad you are living your life in that way!
America sold its soul for these companies now they root for sx trade countries and not family values and are a dying breed of sociopaths the world is learning alot from not becoming
why physical disks are a dying breed even sony cant prevent the eventual degrading of your disks why we are trying to get consumer grade solid state drives on the market sense this would quite literally change how history is saved to everything a product that lasts a consumer no more then 20 years vs a product that can last hundreds and more if refurbished and well kept its like the race to the best solid state battery for consumer use why invest billions into something when you dont even know if it will last you a million cycles little alone the 3 trillion some people quite literally want stop fighting it and help it or get out of the way
I remember going to a video game release night with my brother. Many gamers were in cosplay. Retailers gave out candy, posters, and prizes. People even got a chance to meet and make friends while debating. It was good times. The social aspect of buying physical games are important. I still have certain physical games because of the moments it gave.
Yeah poor kids these days wont even know what they are missing
We are fortunate enough to experience the last vestiges of social interacting in gaming. Now everyone gets their validation through a veil of lies and transactions.
Midnight launches definitely weren't the same when I was younger. I started going to them when I was in hs in 2017 and they were really boring. I always saw stuff online of people playing games and stuff in line, but no one really wanted to talk
You can always do that. But as an adult would you call your brother and abandon job for a video game?
America sold its soul for these companies now they root for sx trade countries and not family values and are a dying breed of sociopaths the world is learning alot from not becoming
This video in nutshell: The process of getting the entertainment is part of the enjoyment.
Yes the 14 minute version of that lol
Imo, It was only enjoyable because it was the only process. I enjoy not having to go anywhere. I get enjoyment from knowing my pre-order will be ready to play on launch day when I get home from work. I do understand the sentiment tho.
America sold its soul for these companies now they root for sx trade countries and not family values and are a dying breed of sociopaths the world is learning alot from not becoming
why physical disks are a dying breed even sony cant prevent the eventual degrading of your disks why we are trying to get consumer grade solid state drives on the market sense this would quite literally change how history is saved to everything a product that lasts a consumer no more then 20 years vs a product that can last hundreds and more if refurbished and well kept its like the race to the best solid state battery for consumer use why invest billions into something when you dont even know if it will last you a million cycles little alone the 3 trillion some people quite literally want stop fighting it and help it or get out of the way
Were you intentionally being ironic cuz that's funny x)
I remember going to pick up GTA 4 on release day pre-order at GameStop in Corona, CA. Waiting in line, it was raining, and people were all talking about how exciting this is, and we were all guessing what new features the game might have. "Dude I'm sure you can like walk into every building, and they're gonna have so many new cars, etc.." And then going back home and installing it, having to deal with the Rockstar Launcher that was broken to hell, but eventually I - like many millions of others - filled the shoes of Niko Bellic and went on a ride I will never forget. I think I spent a whole day not even doing missions, just cruising around causing havoc. Good times!
Yeah I had a very similar experience with GTA 5 midnight release. I even recognized a guy there and wound up having to give him a ride home lol Fun times for sure.
I went to the GTA IV midnight release, I will never forget that night. I was living in Memphis, TN. at the time, and the line was long as fuck. We were all out there just hanging out, talking shit. The police even pulled up and skipped the line to get their copies. We have lost that, but I prefer digital these days.
I remember it being 10am and the video store was dead except some old dude becuase most everyone was at work or school, I had a day off! I remember stacks, stacks! of GTAIV on the counter and I remember thinking "all those will be gone by tonight".
Sure enough on the weekend the store had no GTAIV's for sale.
I remember watching the reviews for it all day before heading to the midnight release at GameStop. Then hopping on a call with a friend while we played for a few hours.
I've still got a physical copy of GTA IV, and The Ballard of gay Tony, and The Lost and Damned. I'm so glad I still got my PS3 unlike all the other game system's I've had since my NES.
I buy physically over digital because I'm a collector and the appeal of seeing my collection especially my movies is an amazing feeling
Even though I’m a fan of digital media and how convenient it is it still won’t ever completely replace physical media #1 with physical media anything you buy you own it where with digital media you don’t and another big difference is the picture and sound quality the picture and sound quality on a 4k DVD or even Blu Ray blows away streaming a film digitally and if you ever notice whenever you stream a film sometimes it switches back and forth from HD to SD and sometimes it buffers so there are still a lot of advantages that physical media has over digital media.
A producer (maybe 50) once told me how something’s been lost with gps. The stories and adventures people would go on just to get to a place. Even in the 90s, a long trip to visit someone was “Hopefully I’ll get there by tonight”. Detours, realizing your going the wrong way, not knowing the fastest (boring highway) routes. Asking for directions, going a buying a map of the town. Sounds horrible to me, but he said they had plenty of adventures because of it.
Yeah its weird everything has a reaction at the end of the day. If you make something easy you will obviously be losing something....if you make something hard then you will be adding something. I wouldnt want to give up GPS but I bet life would be more interesting without it.
Nah, i got way more stories now about running around outside trying to find my groceries delivered to the wrong house
@@RahzZalinto lmao. Dude Amazon delivered my $800 monitor to the wrong apartment after cyber monday. Crazy
For every action there is definitely another action. - Full Metal Gregory
I can understand the value in getting lost like that. But at the same time, I’m so bad at navigating I’m afraid I’d get horribly lost forever. If it’s not within 5 miles of home, I need a GPS.
I remember going to a midnight release for Guitar Hero 3 at a Game Crazy (small game store they started attaching to Hollywood Videos before going out of business) and this store always made midnight releases really fun where they’d usually have some snacks and everyone would hang out and talk games. This night, since Guitar Hero 3 had a playable demo, they decided to have a competition and the winner got first place in line to buy the game. I worked my way through the tournament bracket and eventually made it to the final. Being that I was only 15 at the time, the guy I played let me pick the song, so I picked Tenacious D’s “The Metal” and ended up winning the whole tournament. Midnight rolled around and I was elated to be the first one to get the game that night and my dad was surely glad to get to leave earlier too. I walked up to the counter to buy the game and they said “Congratulations on winning the competition. Your copy is free!” And they not only gave me the game itself but the whole guitar controller / game bundle. I remember hearing a couple “no way”s and I was just so excited and proud to have won the game for free. To this day it’s one of my all time favorite gaming memories.
Ah dude that sounds like an awesome night!
I remember when I was 12 I really wanted Phantasy Star Universe for the Xbox 360. The issue was that it was impossible to find at almost any gamestop. I remember going to my gamestop, asking them if they had it, and they didn't. They called another gamestop, they also didn't have it. I asked for the number of a 3rd gamestop, and when I got home I called that store, and started a chain of getting the number of another store from the current one until I found it. It took at least 10 stores til I found one that had a copy but had to wait a few days before my dad was willing to make a 45 minute drive to get the game. That was probably the most exciting 45 minutes of my life until that point and the drive home I was just staring at the back of the case grinning ear to ear.
Truly a very special game to me, and a special memory.
Wonderful story.
I’m also concerned about how digital copies/streaming services can now scrub/edit something out of existence; physical copies don’t do that to you
Yeah that a whole other side of things
Yep, like Rockstar removing the original GTA's just to force new buyers into purchasing their (at least at the time) crappy Definitive Edition.
This is touchy for me. I actually can compare my memories from my childhood forcing my father to go to the shopping center just so I can see what s new in game stores. We drove all the way to the mall where we didn t just get the game and left we actually had some family time and till this day I can still feel the memories, still smell the scent of many places we´ve been to all kinds of stuff that I cannot relive by buying games on store. Physical stuff will once be remembered as a renimiscent of what life was before we took a rocket-fast living as basic thing. So yeah I am mostly going to these stores even tho I bought games online I don t feel the price I don t recall buying it. You got my sub. Hope you continue doing this. - Love RE series too
Thanks for sharing your thoughts...I definitely buy digital from time to time. I have a huge RE video planned so stay tuned...plus many more video ideas ranging a variety of topics
Couldn’t agree more! I also favor a memory over convenience!
Big Time...sadly this too is being lost
Damn, what a message you delivered! ❤I always enjoyed physical copies over digital because it would always remind me of my childhood memories picking up games at a store when my mom would let me pick up one at the time.. I honestly didn't thought about how deep it could be. Having so much memories attached to one single thing makes it priceless! Loving your channel! 👍+1 Subscriber!
Thanks im glad you feel the same way!
@@OpticLureProductions When I was a child, and even in my teens, many people actually rented more videocassettes or DVDs than they bought.
If you support buying physical copies, how about renting them?
I loved that Story Time, bro. The Gamecube REmake came out almost the same time as Eternal Darkness, so I pledged to pre-order REmake and let my band friend borrow it, and he pledged to pre-order Eternal Darkness and let me borrow it. After all, $49 is a lot of dough on lawn-mowing wages! 22 years later, we're still great buds, we best-manned one another's weddings, and are in a nostalgic hometown text group together.
lol Awesome story...true friends share games and stay together
very nice, I stil have Eternal Darkness, it would be nice to see it get a PS4 release.
This is a huge reason why I still love physical copies even though my friends primarily only do digital. I'll never forget going to the midnight launch of the 3DS at gamestop. Dragging my parents along and waiting in a ridiculous line while I was selling my old DS and games just to be able to get it. I'll never forget that and it's now been almost 12 years!
And now if you wanna collect your ds games again. Boy, you feel like yourself regretting it.
I'm gunna sub i like your style of vids
Thanks!!
So true man. I'm from South Africa. I had great memories driving to the store with my friend on 11/11/11 to pick up Skyrim on launch day for my Xbox 360.the hype was real i felt like it was the best day ever the anticipation..it was so exciting. Even remember the midnight launch for Diablo 3...yeah the launch of the game was crap with internet issues but man the midnight launch was so fun...cosplayers a band playing Diablo tunes was so fun. Me rocking a Diablo shirt...etc meeting like minded fans in the cue that stretched all the way out of the game store across the mall..yeah fun times like you said we are a communal species.. And you're right we miss out on all that life from a digital download
Lots of memories made witnessing the peak of society during Madden midnight releases at Wal-Mart that's for sure! I feel a lot of great entertainment is being missed due to the convenience of digital downloads. Something isn't good within the first five minutes, shut it off and click on the next thing. That game, movie or show I just turned off could have been something I may have actually enjoyed. With physical mediums, there was a sense of obligation to the product after having that journey and putting in the effort to create the entertainment moment. This meant giving the thing a chance to develop, which I believe is becoming a forgotten perspective. Couldn't convince my parents of that though when we only made it 5 minutes into a rented copy of Scary Movie 2 before they shut it off and didn't give a rat's ass about the efforts put into the entertainment moment but hey that night is also now a core memory of mine.
Absolutely I couldn't agree more with what your saying about giving things a chance due to obligation. So many movies I would have never got through the first 10 minuets if I hadn't actually bought the DVD.
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i know growing up in the 90s , renting games just based off the box cover was pretty interesting lol. it was kind of like gambling
Isn't it sad most of us don't cherish external memories. Interesting observations, thanks to all!
You're nice to listen to. Your voice, the way you talk, the things you talk about. I'm so glad you're not the typical trendy TH-camr.
Thanks for the compliment!
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Damn lol I never thought of that!!! so funny
Everything is so easy nowadays, we get everything served on a silver platter, we're basically living on easy mode and I think the game analogy fits quite well. Without pain there is no gain, without effort there is nothing to be proud of, nothing memorable.
Remember us when you blow up, loving these videos so far and binge watching them
The editing is especially amazing!
so grateful to receive comments like these! I guarantee you I wont forget reading such things at this stage. Or at any stage quite frankly !
I got all teary-eye watching this video. 🥺I still get my games as physical copies. And yes, I remember my days at Blockbuster - that specific smell and familiar open space comes to mind. I remember just being surrounded by endless stories, from horror to mystery, and being excited by whatever I was going to watch with my family. Then Blockbuster started releasing videogame rentals! Devil May Cry is my FAVORITE series. I fell in love with it since the DMC1 demo came out with my Resident Evil Code Veronica (REMEMBER WHEN PHYSICAL COPIES USED TO COME OUT WITH DEMO DISCS??? ❤❤❤). I was so excited when Devil May Cry (the full game) finally got released. I immediately went to my Blockbuster to rent it out. I rented it out SO MUCH that I eventually convinced my parents to buy me the game (since it ended up being cheaper that way lol).
Oh man the days of demo discs. I remember getting xbox magazine every month just for the demo disc. And the booklets inside the games....i miss it all
I'm so glad I held onto my physical media. I've moved around quite a bit and sometimes the new internet providers have been total shite. Currently the ISP that the property managers are using likes to severely slow down the service at around midnight. It's a total pain if I'm trying to listen to music or watch a movie. When it happens (and it can last for a couple of hours); I just grab some DVD or CD (my collection goes back to the mid 90's) and enjoy time away from the internet. We had no service for an entire week once, and since I'm not a fan of watching movies or listening to music on a smartphone; the physical media was a life-saver.
Man this channel is just so awesome, I love remembering the hype and excitement I have for things like concerts and games, even when the thing I was so excited for turned out to be not so memorable.
This video was really nostalgic, it brought up a lot of memories I had while picking up games from shops. One in particular was Dishonored 2 back in 2016. I preordered the collector's edition at GameStop and vaguely remember picking it up. But, really, the special memories happened at home. I was recovering from a foot surgery at the time and I have these memories of just watching the gorgeous ocean waves of Karnaca while soaking my feet in an epsom salt bath in a tiny foot tub in my living room. More so, since Karnaca gave me Sicilian vibes, I started cooking chicken fettuccine every few days for lunch as I was playing the game and it felt like I was having a rare feast onboard the Dreadful Wale. Video games, whether we're aware of it or not, do become a part of our lives and can inspire us to try new things as we make these memories. Thanks for sharing some of yours, I love Resident Evil too, and I'm real sorry you got sick on launch day!
If this whole situation happening at WB with using entire animated franchises as writeoffs has taught me, is how important it is to own physical copies of your favorite shows/movies/video games.
You never know when a company will decide to un-exist it.
I love that you have calm music in the background of your videos. Please keep this up. I like the way you tell your own personal stories about your experiences with games you love. Its like I'm sitting around listening to a buddy tell a story. You stand out from the crowd. Love your videos.
Hey thanks so much for letting me know how you feel about it. Great to hear!
I've tried explaining this to my kids. How the experience of going out to buy things was often more memorable than whatever we got.
Me and my friends would go into town to find the latest underground music in a push pull tango with the girls who wanted to go clothes shopping. Then, inevitably end up waiting in the underwear section placed outside the changing rooms while the girls tried something on. You'd look around and quietly acknowledge the other equally uncomfortable looking boyfriends stuck next to a rack of panties and bras! pmsl! Not fun at the time , but it's so funny to look back on.
What kids today don't realise is that the trip to buy something was as much, if not more about spending time with friends. Catching up, messing around and having fun together as it was for whatever you wanted to buy.
Plus, you appreciated your new Tape, CD or video game much more after the time and effort it took to get.
The funny thing is, I remember the time spent with my friends looking for the media more than the music or games I bought.
Great video. I have so many stories like this. Picking up Last Bronx for the Sega Saturn without even knowing anything about it. Turned out to be a solid fight game. And many many MANY more stories. I never looked at it this way. But I still have a copy of ALOT of these old games. You can't find them anymore. Not cheap and not easily. I felt the story.
Thanks! glad it hit home for you. Those memories will always be with us..
Your story is amazing, thank you for sharing.
Where I live we didn't had that much access to new releases during my childhood, but still I remember a small shop that used to import games for the PS1 and PS2 and I remember staying hours in front of them (I didn't had a console back then). When I "came of age", PC was the option for me since it was easier getting games for it since eveything was digital and all of my friends played there, so I have really good memories of that time, but also remember going to the mall and seeing all the cool collectables and accesories and physical games consoles had and got a little envious. Now back to a couple of years ago, my friends keep playing on PC, I got tired of it since I already work from home 8 hours in front of one, so I went the console route. Nowadays some local stores are now doing midnight launches, but not as frequently and I'm already accustomed to go digital from my PC days, but man physical does have something else.
Edit: now I remember my last midnight launch was GOW Ragnarok. It was a digital preorder, but still made it "special". Kid and wife went to bed early, so I ordered a pizza and spent the hours until midnight talking with old friends on Discord until it was the time the countdown came to 0 and let me play the game. I may have stayed until 4 AM playing. Luckily I didn't had to commute.
The blockbuster bit. Man, I miss working in a Video Club, the smell of popcorn, having costumers ask me which movie they should get between one ot the other and why. The memories.... :)
Man I always wished i would have taken a job at a video store when I was in high school instead of working at KFC lol
Stumbled across your channel randomly. Watched most of your videos. I personally buy digital, only because they don't wear out, they don't get lost, they don't get damaged and I can always redownload them if I go to a different console, etc. BUT, in saying that, I totally agree with your video and the reasoning behind buying physical. I do have a lot of memories about games being released and waiting in lines for the doors to open, etc etc. Sadly, I think we are so far gone down the digital tunnel, that we are at point of no return and there are not enough stores that promote the "launch day" like Game Stop (EB Games) did. I'm going to subscribe to your channel. You don't have a lot of content but what you do have is quality. And I like quality over quantity most times. I look forward to your next video's, whenever that may be!
I only but physical if its a game I really care about. Otherwise I pretty much just buy digital now. Especially with my work schedule being nights. Thanks for checking it out and thanks for subbing!
good story telling man, reminds me of the times i was basically homeless with my mom and dad. all we had was my car and he would trade stuff with people, sometimes we had to drive many miles and while it was sometimes a pain in the ass, thinking about it now I think fondly of it. I never did so much driving before, it felt like an adventure.
Man the quality of this video is Amazing
thanks for the comment. Motivates me!
awesome message. video rental shops were a huge part of my childhood/teenage years and its a feeling that rarely comes around anymore
One thing about rental stores is you always watched the movies and would sometimes find some gems
Subbed to your Survival Horror video, and this is my second now. Just wanted to say I really love your energy and outlook on life! I'm one of the ones that miss these elements too, and especially rental stores. A little story of my own. My former local independent rental store (which has now been 3 different things since then, as well as the smoke/vape store it is now) used to rent all the major blockbuster films, had a games rental section, a huge $0.99 cent VHS horror section (which I became a huge fan of in my late teens), etc. Greatest thing about that era (prior to the internet) was the pure mystery of everything. You couldn't just google ratings or other people's opinions on a movie or game, you had to try it. As a child age 10 to early teens in the mid to late 90's I had a subscription to a few magazines like Nintendo Power and Tips & Tricks and the like. That was pretty much the most information you were getting on anything you could play, outside of that, you never knew whether a game was good or bad before you played it, the same with most movies. Got stuck trying to solve a puzzle you couldn't figure out? Tough luck! You actually had to figure it out!
Marketing was everything back then, but it didn't encapsulate the entirety of all the good titles, which is another thing I miss. I was allowed 1-2 rentals by my parents on the weekends, and I would usually rent something I already knew was good, and something I had never heard of. One of my favorite games on the N64 for instance ended up being one I had never heard of at the time (and one most still don't today) "Body Harvest" a fantastic hidden gem that should have been one of the best games on that console but was marred by a lack of marketing budget. Come to find out many many years down the road, the company that made that game was DMA Design, the former name of a company now known as Rockstar North! Turns out the engine and related technology utilized in Body Harvest (which was open world 3d and quite ahead of its time) was the prototype work for what became GTA 3 on the PS2.
In any case, there's a good chance with the way the world's curated opinion is consistently at our fingertips now days, many of the movies or games I once rented in a time of naivety would have been passed on or missed today due to the heavy curating of the industry now days. What I don't miss though is having to mark the inside of game manuals from store rentals in order to keep track of which cartridge carried your internal save file (prior to games that utilized the controller memory pack), and hoping someone else who rented it didn't delete it to store their own! Imagine trying to play through a Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time cart with 3 save file slots and 2-3 day rentals as a child (fortunately I owned it)! But despite its downsides, the mystery and enchantment of that era seems almost unfathomable by todays standards.
Once again, love your content & keep up the good work! Always takes me down nostalgia lane!
Oh yeah totally agree on the mystery. Back then you would just go into a store and see a game you never even heard of and find out it was a masterpiece. Happened to me with Shenmue 2. And man those save files were a pain in the ass lol but I miss all of that stuff so much. Thanks for your amazing comment and im glad you enjoy the content. I appreciate you taking the time and watching!
Buying into digital is giving up your rights to own any media. You give up control to the corporations. Once physcial media is phased out, they wont sell movies or games anymore. You will have to pay subscriptions for everything and those subscriptions will gradually get more expensive. You will be paying to play or watch anything and wont ever be able to just pop in a game or movie and play for free again. It will cost you to play every time. Not only that but they get to choose what games or movies are available to you. They can delete any content they wish and take away your access to some of your favorite movies or games. Also there is no refunds and no guarantee that you will be able to watch or play what you want. If you get banned your banned from playing at all. Thank about the control it gives corporations.
Im so blown away at how high the quality is of your videos !! inspiring thanks for the video !
UK viewer here - This is such a wonderful, and important video. I have so many similar memories picking up games - buying Silent Hill 3 on launch near the end of my first year of university where we nearly crashed a car, or getting the castlevania GBA collection where there was only 1 copy and no-one, not even the shop, gave a shit about it. You're so right - the stories are intertwined with the games.
Thanks for the comment and glad you can relate to the message. Its all about the journey sometimes and thats something thats definitely been lost.
Man ... I remember picking up the Songs Of Faith And Devotion album by Depeche Mode in 1993. I think I could've gotten it from that one store in my own town but there was this glorious store in a mall in the town nearby. It made the whole thing that more exciting. I clearly remember picking it up and bringing it back home on my bicycle like it was the most precious thing in the world. Like I had just gotten away with a pirate treasure. I still got that CD to this day. I could say the same thing about a lot of physical media. Like Serenity DVD, the Firefly follow-up. Or that Peter Facinelli film Stealing Time which I had to import from the US. There is just an irreplaceable value in anticipating a thing, a piece of art, heading out there, hunting for it, getting it and then losing yourself in it. Digital can't provide for that. It's easy. It's quick. But it's also vapid and fleeting. Many people today favor convenience to save time. Time they then mostly don't know that to do with. Streaming? Binging? They key to a great experience - which separates art from content - is that it's not that easy to get. When the first Transformers movie came out in 2007 (and yes, I know it's highly flawed) we had to drive to the other side of the country to watch it on the big screen. I guess all the local screenings were sold out. One of my oldest friends picked me up from work and then had to rush so we wouldn't miss the beginning of the movie. We had a blast watching it. And an even bigger blast laughing about how stupid the plot was when we waited outside the cineplex for the rain to stop so we could get the car on a huge parking lot. Ok, movies are not physical media but you get the point. We would never had that pleasant experience if we had just clicked button to stream it online :)
You get It for sure! Thanks for your comment I enjoyed reading it and I dig your taste in art!
Great video! Always felt the magic of discovering the past when I would find games from the 80s/90s since I never played them. Finding them in their physical form, playable on their respective hardware was probably the best way to experience an era that I never lived through. I hope future generations can experience that too!
wow dude this video was just a comfort to watch, I am seeing my favorite band in concert today and you just made it all the more exciting. I am also a big fan of the RE games, played them all in like a month or two haha. Keep up the great work!
Awesome!!! Have fun man!
Love that outro. There are so many trips I vividly remember taking to the video stores to rent movies with friends and family. I don't remember a single browsing session on Netflix in the last 10+ years. Almost feels like life was stolen from me.
I know man Its a bummer when you really think of it. At least we lived through that time though. thanks for watching!
Boy, when I was your age, I was going on road trips in a rented van full of buddies, moshing to Metallica, then traveling down the coast, stopping in cool spots to camp on the beach, surf, and girl watch. Then grabbing the mountain bike to go bombing down some treacherous trail the next weekend. It's good to go on adventures and build memories, especially when you're young. I'd only say, aim higher, friend. The world is an amazing place. Turn off the game console, put the phone down, go out and explore the real world. You won't regret it.
This reminds me of the times when i was a kid in the tweener phase going to Top Hat Video(a local video rental store) with my brother and sister. My dad always took us. Anyway, i remember these 2 girls that worked there. Sisters if i remember correctly. Maybe twins? Not sure. But they were pretty and i always enjoyed seeing them. Nothin like renting a game and/or movie for the weekend and seeing those 2 girls was a nice added bonus, especially since i liked them a lot.
I still remember going to the post office way back in 1992 to pick up my copy of Dune 2. It was my first RTS game, and it started a life long love for the genre. I also vividly remember visiting the local equivalent of Blockbuster in the 80s and 90s, as well as browsing the movies and games at this DVD- and record shop just down the street from where I used to live. Now all that is gone, and all that's left is online.stores and streaming. I still collect physical media, both because I grew up with it and old habits die hard, and because I like being able to hold something like a comic, a DVD or a book in my hand. Also, paying $15 for a movie and have it in my shelf is far better in my opinion than having to subscribe to 40 streaming services to _maybe_ get access to everything I want.
I love my dvd collection. Always saves me when the internet goes down, which happens more than it should
Got the Dreamcast on release day. There were a handful of people at the store with me. The shipment was late so the clerk offered us all drinks as we waited. Someone got a call that another store got their shipment in and we all took off and got it at this other store. Still love that console and still have one.
I preordered my copy from Best Buy in Riverbank Ca. and it took them a little while to locate my copy as well lol. That Best Buy is gone now. I brought the game over to my friends house and let him play it a bit. He screamed when a zombie showed up out of nowhere, then threw the controller and shouted "nope, nope, nope" and ran out of the room. I couldn't stop laughing. Good times 😆
Love this,. Definitely can't take for granted the memories difficult routes give you compared to the instantaneous conveniences we often take for granted.
Subbed. Good stuff. Very happy to find ya
Not gonna lie, this video really does hit home, I remember when Skylanders Trap Team came out for the PS4 and my dad had put in a preorder for it at one of our local stores, seeing it in the back of the car then unboxing it when I got home was awesome and it’s stuck with me ever since. I loved the style of video here and I’ll definitely watch more from your channel!
Thanks!
Reason I mostly buy digital now is that it's basically the same: discs require install and download patches. Some don't even really have the game, just info or a key like that. You still need to download it. So there's really no different.
"But it can be taken from online" I hear someone say. I know. That's why I don't keep my game library online. I download them into external storage now. I never ever ever rely on downloading and redownloading my games. That's just not reliable. So I'd rather download them and keep them on a storage device. And take real good care of those devices. And when I get better storage devices, I'll pass on my library to those newer devices to keep my collection save and sound. It's more work, but much more worth it when physical isn't really physical anymore.
This is hands down one of my favorite videos on TH-cam. The way you retold your experience picking up RE2 captured the reverie of getting a game and enjoying it in the ways we all did as kids that has unfortunately been lost due to the ease of access. I genuinely believe if more people started to game like they did as kids I.e. limiting their viewing of gameplay overviews/ not watching so many reviews/ buying physical/ they would enjoy gaming more.
Last week I traded in my PS5 Digital for a PS5 Slim (disc) because I felt so detached from the games in my digital library. There’s just something so pure in nature with owning a physical game.
Thank you! Yeah I agree, im actively trying to watch less reviews and trailers these days.
Back in the day Id read about a game in Xbox magazine or gamespot. See a few screenshots and that was it! My imagination did the rest
got super drunk the other night and ate McDonald’s the next morning… so i HAD to watch this again. your channel is excellent, and your most recent video is excellent. it’s so refreshing to see :D
yes the drunk McDonalds breakfast is a must
**thank you so much; explanation at the bottom**
Dude you're so right and although I'm almost 50 now, I can relate to your Blockbuster part of the story also.
I worked at a movie theater back then.
Because of my hours I would be the guy whether it's to get together with a girlfriend or to hang out with buddies, who would make the run to Blockbuster while everyone is at work on the release date of when they get copies of the movie that was only in theaters a few months ago.
At least where I grew up, (on a release date of a movie) if you didn't get it early at Blockbuster you're not going to and your only chance was to be off of work that day or to have unusual work hours.
And I remember being the guy who was able to tell my friends and my girlfriend, "I got Pulp fiction for tonight!"
And sir you are so right it's those memories that go along with all the things in life that really make who we are more pleasant and the memories surrounding the item are from a time we will equally not forget no matter what era we grew up in.
By the way I somehow stumbled upon your channel the other day and I'm a new fan and subscriber ever since.
Somehow your matrix video came up in my feed and I've been trying to watch your videos ever since.
I am an over-the-road truck driver who is always looking for ways to find something to listen to to kill the boredom OR to just stop thinking about how much I miss my wife and children and even my dog.
Well I don't know what your name is Sir but thank you for your videos because they are now a part of the rotation that helps to keep me sane on the road
Oh man great to read that. Yeah I remember things being all rented out at Blockbuster and how badass it was to be the guy who had the hot new release. Times were so distant and it wasnt even that long ago. Also Im glad you like the videos while your out there working the road. Im a bartender and I know quite a few truckers, not an easy job at all.
@@OpticLureProductions thanks man God bless and I'm glad I found your channel I really enjoy your unique take on stuff especially because it seems like our generation came from a time when we used to think the best computers in the world would be bigger than the empire State building in the future... Heh and now we can fit so much more than what our imagination allowed us to see as best in the palm of her hands.
I still remember hearing rumors that someone's dad down the street got a six disc changer in their car haha
I still buy CD, DVD and vinyl. They’re mine. If power and networks go down I’ll still be rocking with a Sony Discman.
Internet went down the other night. Watched a blu ray. Cant beat it.
Also there are way to many pros owning digital over physical to many to count
I really love the way you talk in your videos mate. You really bring a guy I met at a family function kind of vibe where you and I are starting a decent friendship over the love of video games. Good content mate
Oh thats a cool way to put it! Thanks for watching my friend.
Well said. You make a ton of memories flood back bro. I'd be here all day telling em lol but it simply comes down to the feelings you described in your story. Good on you bro
Hell yeah thanks man!
I remember midnight releases, here in the UK. Going to get a physical copy of a game at midnight was so exiting. The buzz in the store was great.
OH MAN!! I used to live for midnight releases! They actually stopped doing them by my house for a while and then there was police escorts there because people figured out that everybody standing in line probably had at least $55 in their pocket and one night somebody came by in a car with a gun and they stuck out a bucket attached to a pole and told everybody to put their money in the bucket and they robbed probably 30 or 40 people on the line. I’m honestly surprised that nobody attacked the car lol. Do you know gamers! I would’ve started squeezing right trigger in my head, and I would’ve been it! But the cops started to come by, and essentially supervise the midnight releases. I remember the midnight releases I remember… I remember the last two dead space midnight releases, as well as many others, and I do remember everything that happened on those nights. Very glad I found your channel.
Oh damn! thats a crazy story man lol that would have been nuts! Yeah those memories will always be with us and dont stop making those memories!
I buy dvds because I don't have Netflix
Lol well do you want Netflix?
@@OpticLureProductions yes and no
@@ozziefarmboy3569 You know its good to have for some things but honestly man Ive wasted a lot of time scrolled through endless crappy movies and never picking one, or turning a movie off after 2 minutes. With a DVD you commit a little more. And you probably like the movie if you bought it.
I would agree digital over physical but there are so many benefits to digital nowadays. Game share is a big one, when you and a friend can pay the price of one game and both of you can play is a ridiculously good deal.
Nowadays I have children and they get their hands on everything, including game discs thats are in the console lol. My playthrough of borderlands 3 ended that day and even now years later I have a craving to play it but no can do.
The lack of creativity when I comes to physical copies is just an insult. I remember the days I would go to town on the bus to pick up the latest game, I is a fond memory. Picking up gears of war and there is a printed instruction manual an art book and a steel book reading and just taking in the artwork made you more excited to get home and play. Nowadays you get nothing just a case and disc and its very underwhelming.
Lastly installing games to your console just takes way to long to buy physical. I'll always remember when I got my xbox one so excited to set it up and play the latest assassins creed only to be faced with a download screen for 5 hours to set up the console and download all my new games, heartbroken I didn't get to play it the next day.
First World problems lmao 🤣
Oh yeah I should make a whole video on the instructional books in physical games. The greatest insult of modern memory was buying elden ring physical and It didnt even come with a map. smh
Great video, the only pet peeve I have is when you say RE is a gamecube exclusive, while that is true for the remake. The original came out on the PS1
Right I was talking about REmake though. Thanks glad you enjoyed
Thank you so much for this video. Made me tear up a bit towards the end especially when you brought up the hunter gatherer thing. It also made me think back to my childhood when I used to rent movies and how fun that was.
Keep telling stories
Thanks for the comment, glad the video hit home with you!
I remember back in the day, I was 14 and went with my older brother to game crazy. We were looking at a lot of games but we were limited on the budget. We ended up picking up Metal Slug X and it was so exciting! We used to play the original in the arcade when we were younger and being able to play it on a console together was something to look forward to. We got home and played that game for weeks. I have so many different experiences like that when PS2 came along and picking up my copy of prince of persia or dragon quest.
Hey man, I liked the point that you brought about the importance of physical copy over digital one. And I really enjoyed the delivery, as well. Very nice writing and job👌
P.S.: I am also a fan of Resident evil game series
I've been thinking about this same thing for a while. Beautiful message. Suscribed!
Thanks so much
I have a dvd /vhs collection that makes people gasp and then laugh. I then tell them that I am very selective and those are all the ones I deemed worth watching…
I remember when Brutal Legend came out and I asked my dad to drive me to the far Game Crazy because the one by our house closed. I was sick as a dog that day. Swine flu was going around and I dunno if I had it, but I’ve never had the flu as bad before or since. Anyway, it was a cold, rainy day and we made the trek out there and as soon as I got home, I popped the game in and played for as long as my flu riddled body could. I discovered a ton of awesome music in that game, had a blast driving around, killing monsters with a guitar and listening to Jack Black’s character gush about the world as much as I myself did. I had a real bad fever so I went to bed early that day with Motley Crue’s Dr. Feel Good running a groove on my brain. It was only appropriate given my condition. I may have been half dead, but that was such a fun and memorable day for me.
A similar story happened when Left 4 Dead 2 and Assassin’s Creed 2 both came out on the same day. We went to the same Game Crazy, I picked up both games, and we went to the Food 4 Less next door for some dinner ingredients. I was so excited for those games, I carried them into the store with me lol. I couldn’t let them go. I love driving with my dad and will always remember the times he took me to Game Crazy, spending some time with him, and playing awesome games at the end of the day.
I mostly grew up with digital stuff since mainly i'm using Computer for games & stuff, but i've used to buy physical games on ps4 back in 2014 since i was like 14 at the time and didn't had my own bank card to buy digital in first place.
Friends shared with me couple physical games on xbox360 at one point, was fun to experience them and give it back to them. [trading games, till you finish it]
I always go physical unless I can get the game dirt cheap on digital.
Bro I love this video. Really good story. I remember the day RE2 Remake came out. It was senior year of High School and I was working at goodwill at the time and I couldn’t stop thinking about that game. Once my shift was done, I walked straight to Walmart cause it was across from my job 😅. It was Friday night and I had the weekend to play it. Once I got home I turned on my PS4 and the rest is history. Till this day one of my favorite games of all time.
I have so many memories of those days. Midnight releases were so great with friends. I also miss my massive physical game collection. Sadly I too have become a digital collector.
hey man i really loved this video, the presentation of it all with the editing, the colors, the music and your voice just everythin works damn well. reminds me a slight bit of nakeyjakey but you really got your own style. your stuffs great !
Oh thanks so much man! I appreciate it, im a big fan of nakeyjakey as well!
Wow. Fantastic video.
Hi from England. I used to love going to Blockbuster on a Friday night with my daughter, she would always rent the Sims/Urbs and we'd spend Friday night eating rubbish food and playing games.
Thanks for memory. X
Sounds like great times....its awesome you bonded with your daughter like that. I bet she will always cherish those memories too!
Love the video style, won't be long until you are hitting 100k
Thanks man!
The core idea of this video is honestly beautiful. Remembering to live, to smell the roses, but honestly I feel as though I’ve done that with digital releases. Now yes I love picking physical games up l, I’ll never forget the day I skipped school with my mom and sister in order to buy a switch animal crossing edition on launch day. I could go on and on about that but I can also describe the feeling of calling up my friends, all of us anxiously anticipating it to be midnight so we can experience a new game together. My favorite game of all time has to be animal crossing new leaf, a game I bought Christmas Day on the eshop. I remember receiving a 3ds for Christmas and continuously reopening the eshop desperately wanting to get it. That download to me was like that car ride, slow but part of the journey. Digital doesn’t always has to mean worse, live a little, get involved. If you don’t engage with the things you love, you’re not gonna get a whole lot back.
Thats true ive actually had that with some games that ive gotten digitally. I get off work at 11pm and there have been a few times my coworkers and I were headed straight home to all buy the same game at 12am. Spent our whole work shift getting hyped for it
That's a really great video. Keep up the good work!
Thanks I will! new video this Saturday
Thursday, June 6th, 2002. The day I got my PlayStation 2.
I was 17 at the time. For months I had been saving up to buy one. With money from my after-school job I was sure to get it now. But two events changed how this story would unfold. The first was my mother putting down $15 at the local Walmart to put the PlayStation on layaway. Mind you that I never asked her to do this. But that act saved me money and insured my console would be there. The second thing that happened was my most recent paycheck. Remember, I had been saving up little by little for the past few months. But this latest pay check covered the entire amount of the console. So I took my combined monies and headed to Walmart with two of my best friends. My eccentric friend Ira and the real life version of Hiei, Dorrell. Now let's do some math 😒. We walked 1.5 miles from my house to Wal-Mart and got the system with pretty much no problem. This is where the fun starts. We walked another 1.8 miles to this place called Coventry to get some games from The Record Exchange. With the extra cash I was able to buy Bloody Roar 3, Devil May Cry, and a memory card. I had an extra PS1 controller and games at the house, so I pretty much had a complete setup ready.
But this was finally it! After almost two years of waiting I finally got a PlayStation 2. This was the biggest purchase I had ever made in my life up to this point. I even had enough left over to buy my homies some Chipotle and Subway. I walked the 1.9 miles back to my house in a state of pure euphoria. We got back to my spot and had a blast for those few hours until my boys had to narrowly make curfew. 😅
Now some people might read this and see a foot blistering 5.2 mile slog. But I see it as just one more reason why my childhood was priceless.❤
(Edited for capitalization.)
Awesome story!!!
Enjoyed your story man, cuz I had the same story as your but I live in Egypt
I pre ordered the game a month before but standard edition, it was a rainy day and slept only for 2 hours cuz I can't stop thinking about it, was watching some RE2 PS1 speedruns the day before just to calm myself XD
the moment I arrived home and turned on my PS4 and see Capcom logo appears on my TV....had the one of the my best days in life
that's why Resident Evil is so magical
It really is...thanks for watching!
It's a combination of the little things that makeup a good game retrieval story. Beer - Hangover - McD - Pothole - Store Delay. I remember whole days in the market looking for Atari 2600 games in the 80's, Megadrive & PS1 games in the 90's and so on, till about 8th gen (PS4). In the future you'll have to explain to kids what "physical games" mean T_T
Yeah these kids will never understand
I remember going to the midnight launch of Mass Effect 3 with my buddy at our local GameStop. We had class the next day but we didn't care. All we cared about was that we were finally gonna see the ending to mass effect trilogy! While we waited in line, we met some other mass effect fans and had awesome conversations with them. We compared choices we made in the series, class types we used, characters moments, etc.
Good times. 😄
You just can't do that with digital downloads.
Hell yeah those times will never be lost!
Listening to this reminded me of getting Sonic Adventure DX for the GameCube and TotK for the Switch. And oh goodness I miss rental stores I miss being able to browse.
I feel like I valued games more when I bought physical copies. I have many stories to tell. Like when I first got an xbox 360 a friend and I walked 10 miles around the suburbs in a blizzard to each game stop nearby so that I could get a copy of Dead Space. I definitely cherished the game. I really look forward to this remake. 2 days!!!!
By the way I miss midnight releases.
This video really surprised me. And it also helped me understand better why I love physical media, so I'll share a story as well.
Close to RDR 2's release day, I was really, really anxious for it. And I really just couldn't wait, I was really, really pumped, couldn't sleep all that well already on the Wednesday, and the game was coming out on Friday. So this is when I should mention I live in Brazil, and physical releases sometimes end up on some physical stores one day before the official release date for some weird logistical reasons, I guess (at least in São Paulo). That of course means I just got out of my bed on Thursday determined to get that game before most of the world would get to play it because I was just overwhelmingly hyped.
Unfortunately, RDR 2 was one of the exceptions, and I couldn't find it on a single store (I went to 10, btw). As I exited the 10th store I was really bummed I would have to wait for another day to play it, and the cashier just notices my sadness and goes like "Hey, y'know what, gimme your phone, I'll call you the second the game arrives on our store" and I obviously just handed out my number. Friday comes, and the cashier calls me at like 5:30 AM and I jump from my bed and go straight to the store. The cashier just greets me with a silly little smile that I remember to this day and hands me the game, store isn't even properly open yet, and that's that. I skipped a college day and went straight home to play that damn thing, and it was totally worth it.
oh thats cool! What a nice guy that cashier was. Bet youll never forget all that!
I've had this discussion about buying gamecopies vs downloading with my buddy. I have over 70 games at home, hes got none, all digital. Then I came with the argument he could break his console or forget his account password and he finally went in with me and recognized, that physical copies are just something special. Btw, thx for sharing that story of yours, nice slice of life I can relate to 😁
Beautiful story, its true with many issues with our culture of instant gratification. I remember linking up with my good friend to buy Pokemon Pearl, he bought Diamond in Argos which is a UK retail store that doesn't even exist anymore.
Great video man!
I like how when he tells his story he set the mood with jazz music and fireplace. It kept me engaged. 😊😊
glad you enjoyed :)
I remember my dad driving to the city to pickup the oroginal resident evil 2 for the ps1, i was 12 and couldnt wait for him to come home.
The case and the fact that it came two disks made it amazing
Back when Metal Gear Solid HD collection came out for 360 I skated to gamestop the next town over to pick it up at midnight. I didn't know it was the same night as a new COD release. Huge crowd with a line going around the shopping center. When it was my turn the gamestop employees called me out for being "the only person NOT picking up COD" then the entire line started booing me 🤣
Still walked out of there happier than ever excited to play one of my favorite series again.
lmao that hilarious! You made the better choice that night
I just loved how you described, you are a great storyteller imho. Zen vibes too, made me feel good.
I love to hear it!
I remember playing resident evil 1 and 2 on the original playstation it was probably tge best games on the playstation at the time. It changed my gaming experience from the spectrum. Good vid m8 😊
Hell yeah still is the best! I play those games all the time
You are fighting a LOSING BATTLE if you focus only on physical medium.
The broader argument needs to be about *OWNERSHIP* which can encompass physical and DRM-Free digital.
I'm showing my age. I remember as a kid during the trip home just going through the manuals of the nes game. Lore, artwork, tips. That's been lost for decades.
Streaming services kinda suck because you never get access to the bonus content - like behind the scenes - I mostly buy movies in physical format for these things. "The making of" stuff tends to be really interesting to me.
My older sibling got Super Smash Bros Brawl at launch while I was at school, so I didn't get to go to a game store to pick it up but coming home from school and suddenly having Brawl was an amazing feeling. A few years later at E3 2011, Nintendo announces there will be a Smash Bros for 3DS/Wii U and I was hyped at the idea of playing Smash Bros on the go and in HD respectively. At E3 2013 the first trailer with gameplay for these games were shown and I was amazed at how great the Wii U game looked. In October 2014, I got Smash for 3DS at launch and playing it with friends at school shortly after was a lot of fun. Then on November 2014, Smash for Wii U was finally out on a Friday and my Dad knew how excited I was for the game and drove me to Gamestop right when I got home from school. The Gamestop was packed with some people there also getting the game and I remember talking with other people about who they were gonna main. I got the game and 3 amiibos (Amiibos launched for the first time along with Smash for Wii U) and then proceeded to play the game all weekend long. I had waited years for the game and it was surely worth it and those memories on launch day will be something I'll never forget.
it's the journey that matters, not the destination. Only few understands especially in today's world.
A good point..even browsing for movies in a video store.