Anyone else not buy digital games because they want to own their games?

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And not just 'rent' them under some stupid contract based scheme like what most digital download services use?

Because I have to say, that's always going to be my reason for buying physical copies of games. You buy it, you have the right to do whatever you like with it (like reselling it, lending it, modifying it, etc).

I'm also rather alarmed at how easily the 'younger generation' give up their freedoms/rights in terms of ownership for some stupid idea of 'convenience'. The fact they don't sell digital download schemes as the attempt to remove ownership of people's purchases makes me fear that those in the future will walk straight into the terms of a dictatorship or the likes without even questioning it.

Anyone agree? Have the same logic for not getting digital versions of games?
 
Completely. I never really liked the whole digital copy of games thing for those exact reasons. I got a digital copy of Animal Crossing, but I have no plans to get any other digital games. Windwaker, X and A Link Between Worlds will all be posted to my front door. Or have been, in X and Windwaker's case.
 
You sound like an old man protesting bank check cards. Get with the times. The digital age will be born and there is nothing you ccan do about it.

Honestly, I read half your post and in my head was thinking that older gamers, like ourselves prefer cartridges or disks, then you made the remark about the younger generation. I totally prefer "owning" a game and having it in my possession.

This topic reminds me of the nook tablet my wife gifted me a couple christmas' ago. I has the idea that because there were significantly less production cost and no shipping, digital books.would be cheaper. Turns out, they cost more! Bologni!!!

Anyway, in my own opinion, i think digital games should be less expensive. Forfieting the right to trade or resell that copy should invoke some kind of incentive.
 
I never resell my old games; I always view purchasing a game as a sunk cost, not something I could get some money for in the future.

That being said, I embrace a digital future. Just look at what Steam has done with digitial! There's a reason everybody raves about their seasonal sales. They have Assassin's Creed III for $10 right now when the lowest it's retail version has gotten to is $20.

You do have to make some sacrifices to get down to those low price points, but they're worth it IMO. Xbox One was going to embrace the Steam model but they did an absolutely awful job at selling it to the public so they had to backpedal.

Wind Waker HD is another great example of the benefits of digital releases. No coordinating delivery and shipment schedules! They were able to release the game 2 whole weeks before the retail release and Nintendo made more money per game sold through digital than retail.
 
Like holding my games and looking at the cases and all that. The only time I would buy a digital game would be if I was really desperate for some reason.
 
I prefer to buy the actual game carts as well. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I like having the box art, and cartridge or disc. Same with books, I like the experience of holding the book, the feel of turning the pages, the 'book smell'.... I like the tactile feel. Bearing that in mind, I DO buy plenty of digital games as well, but mostly for the computer where discs are far more hassle. I like the way that Steam works, and prefer it to disc games.

It's a shame that the consumer laws protecting us aren't developing nearly as quickly as the technology is, but that's just the way the world moves now. Unfortunately, we'll probably be far deeper into the world of digital goods then we are now when lawmakers around the world finally start to tackle the issues created by them; we can only hope they come down in our favor rather then big business.
 
I like the idea of having games already on my system, ready to play. Also, it's good if physical copies are sold out (I downloaded Luigi's Mansion 2 because there were none left in stores).

But I like the physical copies because of the boxes. Kind of stupid, but I can't help it. :p
 
I like to have the game in my hands too, makes me feel like a collector after all those games haha but my point is, digital games are a easy way to store your games and not having to carry around with the cartridges but yet again is easy to lose your account where you bought the games and never be able to get them back (in this case, if the worst happened). Im not sure about the 3DS though because it doesnt have a complete account system, what happens if you 3DS messes up and cant use it a again? The games are stored in the SD I know that but, is there anyway to acces to your already downloaded content in the eShop in a different device?
 
The main reasons why I love digital purchase:
No need to worry about scratched disks.
You can freely redownload games you deleted, no need to buy them again.
 
The main reasons why I love digital purchase:
No need to worry about scratched disks.
You can freely redownload games you deleted, no need to buy them again.




I've never scratched a cartridge and I would agree with you if Nintendo operated like Sony or MicroSoft and made the accounts not tie to a single console.
 
only reason i download games is so i can game share with my friends
 
People buy digital music, they stream digital movies, they read digital books. So why are games any exception? You might as well complain about digital music, Netflix, Hulu, cable TV, e-books, etc. You don't really "own" those items either.
 
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I agree with you 100% because I know when Onlive's(for example) server's go down,years down the road,because they went out of business,I wont have access to the games I bought and that would suck so I rather buy physical media.



That thought has never even occurred to me. Ho-crap you are absolutely right! I'm so used to Nintendo being around even in the late 70s before they had their own console that I had never thought of the possibility of them closing. Same with MS and Sony.
 
The reason i prefer to own discs rather than digital downloads is due to the fact that not only does discs take up less memory on your harddrive, but it also requires far less time to actually play for the very first time. I too prefer to actually own my games and just keep them on display to admire my collection every now and then.

The best part though has to be the brand new game smell when you open the case.
 
The only time I buy digital copies is if it's in a bundle. I don't have a Wii U but I would like to have the Wind Waker bundle and I have no problem getting the digital version because it would save me money. In ANY other instance however, I always purchase physical copies. I love having the original case, booklet, etc. I can also lend, trade,or sell the physical version.
 
A while back I preferred to have digital copies of a game because it would save you time, money, and problems like games being sold out. On launch day of Pokémon X and Pokémon Y I downloaded my version because I predicted there wouldn't be any copies in my city for about a week or so, I was correct but later would I learn that Pokémon Y would take nearly all my saved data on my SD card that I had to delete my downloadable games that I had. I did not know that later on Pokémon would have updates even though it was obviously inevitable. Update 1.2 came out which took up about 116 blocks of storage, and without it you couldn't connect online anymore, because I had no more space. Even though the benefits are sometimes good like no major tax to pay, time to wait in line or sit in traffic having a physical copy would greatly be appreciated in the future, at least on a Nintendo 3DS console. Another good thing of own physical copies is having a little bonus like what they did for Pokémon X and Pokémon Y when you pre-ordered both, you get a map. As for another game I bought a year ago, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 you were able to obtain two maps for free, Nuketown 2025 and Nuketown Zombies. Sometimes owning a physical copy can often grant you a nice surprise for you effort.
 
... later would I learn that Pokémon Y would take nearly all my saved data on my SD card that I had to delete my downloadable games that I had. I did not know that later on Pokémon would have updates even though it was obviously inevitable. Update 1.2 came out which took up about 116 blocks of storage, and without it you couldn't connect online anymore, because I had no more space.



That's one thing I wish Nintendo would have taken into account with their systems and pushing their eshop services so hard recently. Yeah I can download games, but the teeny, tiny storage cards and hard drives on their systems quickly run out of space. I know they say they package with smaller cards so they can charge less, but the sizes of their drives are a bit ridiculous... I wish they could have eaten at least some of the cost of packaging with larger storage devices and saved everyone else a bit of hassle! At least SD cards are fairly inexpensive now.
 
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