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Media - Digital or Physical?
wiggy:
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--- Quote from: nbart711 on September 13, 2015, 06:17:29 PM ---That is my assumption wiggy. My issue is what happens if your hard drive goes later on? Once the server goes offline if you ever lose your downloads for some reason there will be no way to replace them.
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If DRM has been switched off, then the software will be available in some form on the net.
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This.
I'm willing to bet that even if it doesn't get switched off, the software will be available in some form on the net.
Dr.Agon:
physical, always!
(outside of Android and iOS, obviously)
if a hard drive goes, i don't have to re-download or re-purchase, if the console dies, i don't have to re-download or re-purchase, etc.
TDIRunner:
--- Quote from: BlackAndGreen on September 19, 2015, 04:25:27 AM ---i really like digitsal copies of games, they are so much easier to use becase i cant lose them.
i was always losing discs before but now that i keep on doing games witrh gold i cant lose them and they are so easy to find and digital copies never get scratched!!!!
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I get what you are trying to say, but digital games can be lost. There is no guarantee that they will be available forever.
sheep2001:
^^^ This
There's already been stuff pulled from the online stores because of licensing issues. Turtles Arcade on PSN and PT for a start. If I had those on physical media, I could install them to any new machine I wanted, but as it stands, if my hdd fails, they are lost.
In fact, I think turtles is probably on my broken PS3, so yeah it's gone, even though I paid for it.