Console Gaming - Digital or Physical

[Ameer_1]

If I can sell physical games after beating them, what are the pros of going digital?

 

[Taustin Powers]

I have gone all digital for the convenience. I don't buy new releases on day 1, and they go on sale soon enough.

 

[maflynn]

I prefer physical, but realistically digital is the only viable option. I buy discs now for my movies, after Sony deleted some movies from people's playstation and Disney has edited star wars in their streaming service.

I have gone all digital for the convenience.

The only downside of digital, is that you could lose your game. I believe sony has done that, not sure if you had the physical disc what would have happened.

 

[Pezimak]

It is tricky, trouble these days is you buy a disk and all it has on it is a key to download the game anyway. Granted not all games are like that. I use both but digital more these days. However if I can wait and it is a cheaper price then disk, but if you game on Xbox or PC you can usually hunt for keys and buy the games cheaper then disk anyway.

 

[Ameer_1]

It is tricky, trouble these days is you buy a disk and all it has on it is a key to download the game anyway. Granted not all games are like that. I use both but digital more these days. However if I can wait and it is a cheaper price then disk, but if you game on Xbox or PC you can usually hunt for keys and buy the games cheaper then disk anyway.

At least when you beat the game you can sell it back

 

[Pezimak]

At least when you beat the game you can sell it back

Yes there is that, absolutely. Second hand market, bar Switch 2, cannot be underestimated and it is how MANY play games, I have bought loads of second hand games from the store over the years across all platforms.

 

[BlankStar]

What I don't understand is that physical copies are often cheaper, at least here in Belgium. A recent example: I pre-ordered Ghost of Yotei digitally and it was €79.99. Couple of days later I saw a pre-order on a local webshop for the physical version at €64.99 so I cancelled at the PS Store and ordered a physical copy. How TF can the physical version be so much cheaper? And it's not only on release. I've bought physical copies of games for €20 that were discounted on the PS+ Store for €35 for example on many occasions.

 

[Macalicious2011]

What I don't understand is that physical copies are often cheaper, at least here in Belgium. A recent example: I pre-ordered Ghost of Yotei digitally and it was €79.99. Couple of days later I saw a pre-order on a local webshop for the physical version at €64.99 so I cancelled at the PS Store and ordered a physical copy. How TF can the physical version be so much cheaper? And it's not only on release. I've bought physical copies of games for €20 that were discounted on the PS+ Store for €35 for example on many occasions.

Digital are more expensive because humans are willing to pay a premium for convenience.

Picture this, it’s pay day friday, you have had a
two beers and feel good. You fancy a new game, order online and it might not arrive until Sunday or money. Buy and play it now at a premium and enjoy the weekend or miss out.