so they can sell an "internet-free" DLC for tetris...But why?
This is why I generally stay away from non-physical games now.
There is always a chance that a game will be pulled from the App Store, or an iOS update will break the game and the developer may not update the game to make it playable again. There are so many different things that can prevent you from playing games you purchased now.
This is a strange time for gaming. With physical media, it is pretty much good forever as you can always play it. I have many old NES, SNES, Genesis, etc. game that I can still play today, many decades after purchasing them.
If I die, all those games can go to my children, and they can continue to play them if they would like.
With digital purchases, you never know when the games will no longer be available to play.
ExactlyBut why?
LOLThe Russians are gonna be PISSED...
This is why I generally stay away from non-physical games now.
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If I die, all those games can go to my children, and they can continue to play them if they would like.
With digital purchases, you never know when the games will no longer be available to play.
Unfortunately most physical games now days do nothing to ensure the game will still be able to play. Many times these days the "Physical" disc either contains a downloader for the actual game or an incomplete build that requires an immediate update to be playable. Even if you are so lucky as to get a complete build on the disc the game is often coded in such a way as to require the publisher's servers to be online to support core mechanics of the game, the game won't run without a feed from an ad server, or the game lacks any enemy AI and instead relies on synthesized ghosts of other players so even if it could be modified to run without the servers the opponents would just sit there doing nothing and that doesn't make for much of a game.This is why I generally stay away from non-physical games now.
There is always a chance that a game will be pulled from the App Store, or an iOS update will break the game and the developer may not update the game to make it playable again. There are so many different things that can prevent you from playing games you purchased now.
This is a strange time for gaming. With physical media, it is pretty much good forever as you can always play it. I have many old NES, SNES, Genesis, etc. game that I can still play today, many decades after purchasing them.
If I die, all those games can go to my children, and they can continue to play them if they would like.
With digital purchases, you never know when the games will no longer be available to play.
I really don't consider this a problem at all.I agree and disagree with this.
In the 70s/80s/90s, physical games for the Ataris, Nintendos, etc. were on cartridges which were a lot larger. You couldn't easily lose them behind a bookshelf or in some small crack. A dog couldn't take them and destroy them by holding them in his mouth for 3 seconds.
That's the problem with the new media - for the Nintendo DS, the cartridges are so small. For the other systems, they're on CDs, which can be easily scratched or destroyed if dropped and a dog picks it up for 3 seconds, or a kid rubs it on the floor for a few seconds.
That's why I've switched to digital - they can't be ruined so easily. Maybe if my kids were in their teens and we didn't have small pets it would be different, and I'd get mostly physical media.
Even owning the physical media doesn't mean much. If there's an online component to the game then the life of the game has a limit.
Yeah, just because it is on a disc, doesn't mean it is physical media. With so many games requiring downloadable content to even play, regardless if they start out as disks, I would consider this non-physical media as well.Many times these days the "Physical" disc either contains a downloader for the actual game or an incomplete build that requires an immediate update to be playable.