Physical originals of games or digital re-releases of games?

[Forte]

I hope in our forum everyone says the same.

Physical nothing more and nothing less.

woo woo woo, you KNOW it

the only two digital games I own are Mega Man 9 and 10 because there was no other choice, but I bought the MM9 press kit and made custom DVD cases for them just to act like I've got a physical copy. digital media can die in a fire

[Maben]

I hope in our forum everyone says the same.

Physical nothing more and nothing less.

woo woo woo, you KNOW it

the only two digital games I own are Mega Man 9 and 10 because there was no other choice, but I bought the MM9 press kit and made custom DVD cases for them just to act like I've got a physical copy. digital media can die in a fire

How much did that set you back? (Also...they give you a CD without the game?  COME ON CAPCOM!)

[Forte]

I hope in our forum everyone says the same.

Physical nothing more and nothing less.

woo woo woo, you KNOW it

the only two digital games I own are Mega Man 9 and 10 because there was no other choice, but I bought the MM9 press kit and made custom DVD cases for them just to act like I've got a physical copy. digital media can die in a fire

How much did that set you back? (Also...they give you a CD without the game?  COME ON CAPCOM!)

I somehow managed to snag one when they went live on their website, so 50 bucks plus whatever shipping was.

[Deadpool]

i only download indie games like aquaria, supermeat boy etc, and others from psn (journey, flower) and xbox live arcade (castle crashers, limbo, sine mora)

[Seraph Man]

Wow, a lot of hate for digital games.

While ultimately, it really depends on the game, I would prefer physical copies. Granted, I'm saying this with Castlevania, Super Mario Bros., Sin and Punishment, Mega Man X, and Gunstar Heroes on my Wii, and that's just the VC. I've got WiiWare games, and XLBA games, including Sonic 2. Some games (Mega Man X) are worth having as a digital copy as well, and some games (Castlevania, Sonic 2) are nice to be able to experience without needing to purchase a console (I only recently got an NES, and it's by retrobit. I want to one day own a regular one, but that may never happen. As for Genesis, I don't really care enough to get one.)

So yeah, I prefer physical, but I don't hate on digital.

[BadChad]

I somehow managed to snag one when they went live on their website, so 50 bucks plus whatever shipping was.

I got mine from a guy who lived about 10 minutes from my place. Never thought Id ever find one, let alone in my own town. Payed a good $150 for it tho. And then my fucking roommate had to go and remove the $9.99 sticker off of the front thinking it was just a pointless sticker like any other...

[lcvolt]

i rather have the originals. except with handheld games. i do not own the handheld sometimes and it is usually a little amount. i like like 8 games on GBA, so i rather get the digitals. sadloy, i dont think there will be a crash bandicoot on 3ds

[Arseen]

Semi on topic:

If consoles ever go to download only games and/or prevent using second hand games, I will not buy the console!!!
I want cases and manuals.
Unless I choose to go the pirate way.

And I hope Sony stays wise and does not implement the region lock in the future consoles either, AND hopefully Nintendo and Microsoft wise up and follow the example.

[AO007]

Semi on topic:

If consoles ever go to download only games and/or prevent using second hand games, I will not buy the console!!!
I want cases and manuals.
Unless I choose to go the pirate way.

And I hope Sony stays wise and does not implement the region lock in the future consoles either, AND hopefully Nintendo and Microsoft wise up and follow the example.

While I am not an importer, I still think region locking consoles can only do more harm than good for a console... especially when it's a handheld.

[Arseen]

So you had to blow things out of proportion.

[Staf]

With Nintendo's announcement of putting out 3DS and Wii U games in both retail and digital, I think I'll be going retail for each game. Not having to carry all the games with me would be nice, but I want the physical game.

[soundwave925]

Screw Physical copies of games! Digital all the way baby! WOOOOOO!!!!!

J/K
98% of my games are actual carts and discs, I do have 4 digital games though. Flower, Journey and Mega Man 9 & 10, all awesome.

[Harp00nX]

Everyone should resist downloads, they are just a form of control. They get to turn servers off to make games redundant, they can determine when a game expires, they have no resale value (which is the main thing all companies want) and it puts people out of work in stores and distribution chains etc. Just say no!

[scarmullet]

Everyone should resist downloads, they are just a form of control. They get to turn servers off to make games redundant, they can determine when a game expires, they have no resale value (which is the main thing all companies want) and it puts people out of work in stores and distribution chains etc. Just say no!

Basically they wish to control distrobution and destroy used game sales by going digital. I have made the same argument with netflix, by going complete streaming/dd, you are allowing a big company to tell you what you are allowed and not allowed to watch/play. Which is why I hope physical copies stay around instead of forcing us to go all digital.

Hard Copies = freedom.

[wiggy]

Netflix is different.  It's the same as a rental store.  Nothing on Netflix is exclusive to Netflix.  Hell, there's NOTHING on Netflix LOL!