Why is /v/ so against physical media?
>>725613971>myyy LIFE IS LIKE A HECKIN' VIDEO GAME~>TRYING HARD TO BEAT THE STAGE~
>>725613971Grow up.
>disc rot>hardware rust>yellowing>capacitors worn out
60% of /v/ is PC vegans who can't own any of their media due to the entire PC market abandoning phyaical media in favor of digital glorified amazon prime/netflix PC storefronts.
Because scalpers and ebay sellers
browns cant have shit lying around their house because it'll get stolen
>>725614121Works on my machineWorks on my machineWorks on my machineWorks on my machine
I'm not but I am vehemently against >>725614131 scum of the earth these people.
>>725613971I'm not, I'm against retarded niggers like >>725614123
>>725613971Only Jews are against physical media.
>>725614121Do you live in a fucking humidor?
>>725614153don’t make fun of blacks and and don’t make fun of browns
>>725613971I no longer see a reason to hoard piles of plastic junk when everything can be stored and played on my PC.
>>725614230Glad to know I have enemies
I’m not against it per se, I just got kids that wreck all my shit so I play a modded GameCube with pikoboot and a micro SD to load the ROMs and use $8 old skool brand controllers on cheap flatscreen that still has AV support and low resolution.. it works. If and when a controller gets smashed from playing smash it’s like.. eh whatever another trip to the record store I guess. The pain the ass thing was learning all the autistic skills to mod the GameCube, or repair my own broken shit, but now that it’s done I’ve started buying broke ones and selling them for side money.
because most of /v/ is just a bunch of pclards that spend more time gossiping about vidya-related drama and politics like little bitches and collecting terabytes of ps1 roms they will never play, they essentially just rot in front of their incel shrines they call battlestations through which they get attention from the same ilk of """people""""this thread is just literally just the same regurgitated jokes over and over again, get a fucking life retards
I bought a Sega Dreamcast specifically to play Seaman and the fucking mic didn't work and it takes literal hours for the fuckhead to grow far enough to start talking and the clock manipulation trick didn't work and that was the last time I bought ebay vidya shit.I grew out of wasting money on this shit and if you're sane you will too. I don't even play all the shit that I bought and neither will (You)
>>725614123>consolepoors installing games for 30-180 minutes when it could be downloaded in under 10Imagine being poor.
>>725614619Seaman is a trudge at first, but just check in daily, crank up the temperature to the max acceptable, feed them once, then come back the next day.
>Why is /v/ so against physical media?I realized that video games are fundamentally a digital medium and that the concept of "physical media" is quite vague and arbitrary. I'm working towards being more honest with myself about the true nature of things, and one of those things was accepting that all video games are just software running on a computer. That being the case, I'd rather just have one high quality computer that runs my software.
Reseller market bullshit makes physical 1000% more expensive than digital.
>>725613971Because I'm savagely autistic and hate things taking up space in my house. I legitimately have empty walls and significant amounts of the floorspace in my house totally barren. The only reason I even own a couch is because my girlfriend freaked out about it. My gaming area is just a chair, desk, PC, and 3 monitors in an empty room. Having physical vidya would clutter the space and break down my fragile mind.
My eyes hurt. That's enough /v/ for the rest of my life.See you tomorrow.
>>725613971I'm not against it, but I prefer downloading the games for free to use on my consoles rather than compete with speculators trying to manipulate the retro aftermarket by turning every other piece of shit title nobody's heard or cared about into a HIDDEN GEM
>>725613971browns are poor and can't afford nice things
>>725613971>Why is /v/ so against physical media?● Majority of posts on /v/ are formed by males aged 13-24.● They did not purchase or "grow up" with physical media as their primary source for video game media.● To witness something you are not a "part of" or "have experience with" is both frightening and angering to most humans, especially children.It is inherently a "bad" thing to "most of /v/."● Most posters on /v/ who DID purchase or grow up with physical media as their primary souce of video game media DO NOT currently own those products any more.● This same group, posting on /v/, generally regret their decision to sell or otherwise abandon their previous investments of their hobby. This regret is frustrating, depressing, and invokes otherwise negative feelings.● Witnessing or being otherwise reminded of "physical media" leads this specific group to become combative, threatening/feeling threatened, and will lambast anyone who owns or otherwise shows interest in pieces of their past they now regret.It's a strong regret for "gamers" who market their feelings of investment, but cannot display it, making them feel very threatened and weak.● There are a considerable number of different brands and products of physical media.● Most capable of owning physical media are not keen to own ALL physical media.● This causes enormous levels of selection division among most consumers.● As mentioned above, division among consumers (not being a part of, or having experience with) or "console wars" was extremely prevelant. It was commonplace to lambast anyone or anything that didn't share your interest, pointing to faults among media, referencing only negative criticisms, or otherwise generating complete lies in order to mock anything you were/are unassociated with.People will do ANYTHING to kill interest in others and those interests. Negative actions that cause harm are among the easiest and fastest results of "I don't agree with that."
>>725614123If you want to collect game machines and cartridges, then go right ahead. I'm not interested in collecting those things and would rather have all of that on a couple of HDDs connected to a little machine under my TV that takes up 95% less space.
>>725613971I'm not, I started collecting a lot recently. Spent around 6k on games and consoles over the summer. I think media is about to be put on lock down, especially older media because companies want to sell you new stuff and busy bodies want to censor stuff in remakes and remasters and make old stuff unavailable, or at least hard to get. The roll out of digital ID has been a warning sign for me. In any case, I don't really like collecting physical stuff but I do forsee a point in the future when I won't be able to use the internet to get entertainment, so I figure now is the time to prepare.
>>725615390Where'd you get ● these?
>>725613971I’m not.
>>725615491>PAL SNES with an NTSC converter>For Chrono TriggerWas that somehow cheaper than getting a PAL copy or are you one of the rare Europeans that actually prefers the superior TV standard?
>>725615452I Googled "bullet point symbol."I'm sure there's a keyboard shortcut, but I don't have most memorized.
>>725614880You will never be a deep or profound thinker
>>725615873<li>Maybe?</li>
>>725615491What is that controller holder?
>BUY ALL YOUR GAMES PHYSICAL!>uses mp3s instead of CDs
>>725613971We are not.The corpohomo shills trying to sell you more disposable, rehashed AAA trash are, because they HATE to compete against decades old masterpieces.
>>725616058That does not make me incorrect, however
>>725613971Im not!
>>725616238It's just an opinion retard
>>725614880>PC vegan pretending he had a choice in the matter
>>725616189I own my CD albums, but I place those "digital files" on a "physical device" called a thumbdrive, so I can listen to them in my car (which doesn't have a CD player in it).
>>725613971
>>725615390>zoomer who thinks physical media is good and never lived back then calls people who know what it was like zoomersPottery. $10 you're a foreigner, too.
>>725613971Imagine having a fat PS2, but then putting a shitty aftermarket green/yellow memory card in it. Fucking atrocious.
>>725613971if you're cool with never getting laid then whatever.
>>725616969Uh sweaty, you know if a woman sees a PC in your house and not a PS5, she won't have sex with you, chuddie. :3
>>725616831I'm a 38-year-old white man from Michigan.You can retain your $10, though.
>>725613971It genuinely looks like shit compared to other collections. Look at all that fucking cheap plastic.
>>725617041>38So I got the zoomer part right.
>take old PC parts I have laying around and make an emulating machine for freeor>pay for old consoles and games, and have to find places to put all that shit
>>725616794>liklihood of occurring is less than untimely death
>>725616659Just connect a CD player to the speakers
>>725616794> NES / SNES / N64 / GameSoy / GameCubeSo nothing of essence was lost...
>>725617124Something like that, yes, but stuff gets lost in moves, and physical media fails. Meanwhile, I have every game on my Steam account I've had for decades, and I can download roms for every system I can emulate.
>>725617096Nobody was telling you to buy an entire lifetimes worth of hardware and software
A fire could break out at any moment, a flood or earthquake could happen, then I'd lose everything.
>>725613971I'm not, but I already have everything I want. If I get anything else it would just be an impulse buy or for a gag.
>>725617203I didn't lose anything and all my hardware works. Must be a skill issue on your part.
>>725617270>can't readImagine not speaking American.
>>72561567250 hz isn’t ideal but I still like playing on original hardware simple as that. And yeah I’m a europoor>>725616143Don’t remember unfortunately.
>>725617203Oops.
>>725617089If you define my birth in 1987 as "zoomer," then sure.Here's a picture of what Gatorade used to look like.
>>725617334But how does that affect me personally?
i can have your entire physical collection on a device this big.
>>725617452Looks like a digital collection to me.
>>725617452But can you play it on an 8" CRT in your mom's basement?
>>725617396>> But how does that affect me personally?>> Wait, wdym this is not available in my region?>> Wait, wdym the license got revoked for calling people "nigger"?In no way possible, bro.
>>725617452Soulless
>>725617517yeah. that's the point. waste of space. waste of money.
>>725615491>Spice GC>Matching GBA playerSubtle notes of absolute class.
>all those fucking lightswhy does every "gaming" setup always have a billion lights on?
>>725617537Imagine lying on the internet. When has anything other than shit with moon runes that nobody can read not been available in the US? When has Steam taken away someone's games?
>>725617396If serious; kegal guardianship.If bait; you might as well ask how murder is wrong if no one notices. Or maybe, "is it fair to deny children admittance to NC-17 theatrical films?"
>>725614123This.
>>725614119>quintessentially British >imagine the farts
>>725614119I play my games on a laptop on my dining table.
>>725617452I hope you store it on display in your home :)
>>725617701I agree, totally unique person. I bet you're incredibly handsome, too.
>>725617583Sorry for having a house and plenty of space and money to have stuff instead of settling for a budget emulator
>>725617583Plenty of space. Plenty of money.
>>725617613I'm not saying they did. Saying they could...Music platforms do that shit all the fucking time.you tunnel-vision nigger
I have plenty of space and plenty of money.
>>725614121interior climate controlinterior climate controldont store shit in the windowrepairable
>>725617613>When has anything other than shit with moon runes that nobody can read not been available in the US?The moment it was sold outside of retail shops. For example: garage sale! These were common, especially among military base housing.>When has Steam taken away someone's games?Daily. The moment its subscribers are noticed for infringement, relinquishing their access is a common occurance for Steam customers. Steam is a service, not a product; purchasing its services will not result in product ownership.
>>725617583Fuck libraries! They're like the ghettos of modern culture!
I'm over that age range and grew up with physical media. I just don't care because having one SSD or PC to emulate 30 years of games is superior over having 20 consoles with at least 40 random cables minimum. Also most of that shit is just going to collect dust and holy fuck I can tell you don't clean that often.I also literally moved my home over to a completely different continent and couldn't be more happier that I barely owned any junk/physical media. All the shit I brought over I actually use instead of looking like a poor man's collection.
>>725617860Ok, and I could get man pregnant from a toilet seat. That happens all the time in the Harry Potter fanfics I read.>>725617953So show me when Steam has done that. Surely you can cite some cases, since it happens daily. That would mean at least 8000 cases.
It's because pro physical media people here are so insufferable (austs, weirdos, hoarders) you end up arguing against them and the whole idea reflexively
>>725617613eBay began in 1995 and was already becoming famous for personal sales by the turn of the milenium.
>>725617743nah, it just sits on my desk or in my pocket at work.
>>725618014You can stop pretending you had a choice. Everyone knows you can't own PC media. Thete is no illusion anymore.
>>725618157>responds with something completely irrelevant and probably from ChatGPT
>>725618030>> I could get man pregnantPlease keep you fantasies to yourselves, xir.
>>725613971OP if you wanted to make us feel jealous then you succeeded.But seriously, where's the CRT?
>>725618030
I'm just tired of a constant slew of HURR DON'T YOU KNOW YOU DON'T OWN YOUR DIGITAL GAMES?It has not once ever been a problem and if it becomes a problem I will handle it when it happens.
>>725618230What is>When has anything other than shit with moon runes that nobody can read not been available in the US?Asking, Anon? That's a very poorly structured question. Omitting the independent exemplified clause, in order to improve clarity,>When has anything not been available in the US?is a very silly question to ask when the answer is instantly obvious.Including the obnoxiously negative example of "shit" "moon runes" "nobody" instantly followed with another negative juncture, it seems clear you are completely uninterested in "foreign" products as they seem to bear zero relevance to your hobby. Which, considering >>725618230 hatred for irrelevant media and any Anonymous responding to mentioned irrelevant media (to reiterate, "shit moon runes that nobody can read") seems verrrrrrrrrry contradictory to your bragging of digital access.
old physical media has an aesthetic charm to it, but these threads have convinced me that collectors who aren't just speculating on price are just tech illiterate
>>725614880>There is nothing erotical about lootboxes.
>>725618553>it has not once ever been a problem>not once ever been a problem>not once ever>never>never ever>no problemBrace yourself.
It's past my bedtime. No more posts from me! Sorry, Anonymous posters~
>>725618191I don't really care about not owning or owning. I can pirate, but I don't. I can buy one of those shitty consoles, but I don't. Meanwhile PC lets me mod, use adblock to everything, and when I get a new PC in a completely different chassis I can play the same games without having to worry about compatibility. I don't have to pay twice for online, and I can buy from multiple digital storefronts or just the same one and not have a single issue. It also pays for itself anyways and I can shitpost here. Oh and I guess I also gen porn too jej.If you actually have money, who gives a shit anyways? Get banned? Just make a new account, pirate, or rebuy the same games. Also like 99% of >>725613971 you can just download for free and emulate, all on a 2.5inch SATA or NVMe.So all you literally did was just buy more plastic waste for less and have to dedicate an entire room for one singular function. The worst part is that it doesn't even look that good especially when mixed with other furniture and function and is a genuine eyesore and hell to clean/manage. There are literally better shit to collect but physical media is what poor retards think is cool.>>725618912>who aren't just speculating on price are just tech illiterateI don't get this either. If you bought even a couple NVDA stocks in like 2013-2016 you would have made more than the entire resell value of whatever shitty physical media collection in OP. It's literally just the poor man's collection. Tasteless too.
>>725618553Get used to it.
>>7256189752 more weeks.
>>725619142>I don't get this either.yeah it's silly but maybe a fun way to diversify a bit. more of a low/zero-skill hobby that could at least make some money instead of costing. I don't do it myself >Meanwhile PC lets me mod, use adblock to everything, and when I get a new PC in a completely different chassis I can play the same games without having to worry about compatibility. I don't have to pay twice for online, and I can buy from multiple digital storefronts or just the same one and not have a single issue. It also pays for itself anyways and I can shitpost here.besides having the rest of a real computer right there with you (paraphrasing what you said), imo the other big advantage is not having to remove and insert media to load up a game. hate when i click an app on my switch or ps5 and then get reminded that i have to go get the thing and put it in
>>725619736You can also stop pretending you had a choice. You play exclusively on PC. You didn't have a choice. Fine another thread sweetie.
>>725613971Because physical media typically has gay copy protection and hardware DRM, and I want to be able to move, edit and back up my files without jumping through hoops.All that matters to me is that there is no DRM (or that said DRM can be easily bypassed), that the software doesn't need to phone home and that it will continue to be functional.
>>725620021a choice about what?>You play exclusively on PC.i have a switch 2 with like 10 games and a ps5 with about the same amount. where do you get that i "play exclusively on PC"?
>>72561708938 isn't a zoomer, anon. Stop rage baiting.
>>725613971because i have to live in a prison cell cubicle so i dont want to have to dedicate an entire of my living space for games i barely play
>>725620127Find a different thread sweetie
>>725617089Fucking idiot
>>725620301yeah ive made 2 posts here besides interacting with your low IQ ass and didn't have much else to say anyway. what's so special about this thread that i'd hang out here all day? did you want a pic of my gayman consoles?
>>725613971My house got burglarized, so now I just go digital
>>725619736>yeah it's silly but maybe a fun way to diversify a bitWell, it's an okay distraction but that's about it. I remember a neighbor that unironically hoarded CD's and other miscellaneous trash in hopes he would make like $40 after 2-3 years. >besides having the rest of a real computer right there with you (paraphrasing what you said), imo the other big advantage is not having to remove and insert media to load up a game.Oh yea, shopping in general too. I no longer live in the US but it boggles me why more people aren't just ordering everything online. You literally save an hour minimum every day by not driving to like Walmart and wasting time finding shit. It's not like they're going to be less of a fatso since all that walking burns like 40 calories at most.
>>725617374Is that....are those.... HEKKIN FRUITS?!?!?? AIEEEE JEW MAN SAVE ME WITH CORN SYRUP AND SUGAR NOOOOO IM GOING INSAIIIIIIIIINE
life is too short to own thingsi'm gaming
>>725620393>those 7 year old boomers are something>WHOA WHOA WHOA DON'T CALL 40 SOMETHINGS ZOOMERS. ZOOMERS ARE A VERY SPECIFIC AGE GROUP ACCORDING TO THIS WIKIPEDOPHILIA PAGE
I don't see an issue with original consoles, I have a bunch. I don't use them much, because games look better in 4k with a CRT shader on my PC, and emulation is pretty good these days for most systems.That said, anyone who collects physical games is a fucking retard, they're a chore to play. I have never, for one second, missed the experience of having to look through my collection for the right case, opening it, then finding out I must've put it back somewhere else when I switched games last time, and going through all the recent cases to find where I put it. Or the DREs, or random audio cut-outs when a scratch or smudge fucks with the laser, or the fucking noise of the CD/DVD spinning like a madman.
>>725614575Playing on emulators is superior to the original hardware in 98% of cases. Even my shitty phone is a better console than any PlayStation.Collecting physical Vidya things is cringe. Hello, look at my toys collection. Yes, my life is like a video game.
>>725620649>ZOOMERS ARE A VERY SPECIFIC AGE GROUPYes?
>>725620840Emulators are only better than other emulators. OG hardware and OG software with an era specific display beats everything else.
>>725619486 Cope harder. Some of us actually enjoy having a machine that does more than just play games and pretend it's 2006 forever. Keep flicking discs in and out while I alt-tab between mods, Discord, 4chan, and five different games like a real gamer.
>>725614121I honestly think disc rot is a meme at this point. I have never seen a game have it nor have I ever heard anyone else have it. I only see it mentioned on /v/.
>>725615390>Ignoring the fact that most of them are election tourists who follow the conservative's "You will own nothing and be miserable." Edict.
>>725621047depends on the emulator but when you can emulate games at 4K240fps when the original hardware barely could shit out 30fps, yea no. >era specific displaySo the games PC can emulate fuck easy for free and at the resolution and frames I said above? Let's also just ignore how most of the "collections" that get posted here are like PS5/PS4/Switch so way to dig your hole deeper. Oh yea and if you're autistic enough you could probably just get an adapter and tinker with the emulator and play old games on your CRT with a PC anyways so, like what was the point of this you retard.
>>725621047Imagine believing that.
>>725613971Mortality.
I dunno, my nigga. I dunno.
>>725622242Jesus. Lumines on a PSP screen must be maddening.
>>725622313I didn't have a problem with it. I started playing it when it was new, guess I just got used to it right away.
>>725615672Chrono Trigger was not released in PAL countries until the DS port.
>>725617128except thousands of dollars in goods. probably closer to a hundred thousand.
>>725623648that's actually like $50 in gamestop credit.
>>725615491>EU cube collection>NA copies of Prime 1/2
>>725624856I had to get the real boost/spider guardian experience. But for real it’s just because I have a region modded system and NTSC prime 2 was cheaper than a PAL copy. Also fuck the boost guardian.
>>725625520fair enough
