Why aren't people buying games physically anymore?
>>738852180pcfags
>>738852180digital is better now...even on console, being able to gameshare is better than being stuck with one disc and you cant share it with your friend to play at the same time
>>738852180whats the point?
>>738852245fpbp, a lot of those sales for capcom titles on pc are also from the chinese.
>>738852374Sadly true. How many physical copies have a day one patch that is required for the proper experience?
>>738852180unavailability.Tho, this coming from Capcom, they put most of their modern catalogue on 50+% discount for like 3/4th of the year.
>>738852270with who?
steam is convenient I'm willing to pay money for the convenience and if they ever go under, I will simply never buy a video game again, only pirate. I wouldn't be surprised if Valve goes public or something else retarded after Gabe dies, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. Once the platform becomes unusable, I'll just download all my games, use a crack and never buy from them again. Until then, I'm happy to abandon physical, shit is a pain in the ass.
>>738852180Digital is the future, grandpa.
>>738852180steamies killed vidyagayben is the antichrist
>>738852180because buying physical is pure retardiness. I also hates playasia and wants to see them panicking.
lmao all you fags don't even own your video games
>>738852180>Brick and mortar stores closing or turning into funko pop retailers>Consoles removing disc trays entirely>Phblishers not even bothering with physical or limited editions anymore>bUT wHy aRne'T pEoPle bUYiNg PhYSicAl???!!!
>>738852180Most people are moving to PC. Consoles fucking suck. I have switch 2 i play pokemon puzzle leauge and Fire Emblem POR on it best games there fuckssake
>>738852640Think back to when the last time you saw a PC game disc in a store. Fuck sake, even console discs don't have the full game on them, you gotta download a majority of it
Because there's no longer a reason to buy physical. No manuals, no special cases, and shitty companies like Limited Run quadruple the price if you want either.
>>738852180because Capcom doesn't make games I like anymore. they're all pozzed and filled with Kernal level malware
>>738852270you're retarded. buying digital costs you extra in the long run because you need more and more memory to store these bloat filled shitty games on.
>>738852180Probably includes DLC items since it's capcom
>>738852180Because there's no point.
>>738852180I haven't bought a video game in 20 years.
>>738852659how is buying digital retarded?
>>738852180Because you literally won't sell them to me
>>738852180I am. I don't buy digital slop.
>>738852180I hate clutter.
>>738852180Because they're counting microtransactions.
>buy physical console game now>still have to download part of the game to play it>some games are straight up just a fucking code in a box>meanwhile physical PC games died ages ago
>>738852180The physical media doesn't even come with any benefit anymore. You don't even get a booklet anymore.
>>738852180Digital is more convenient and I don't understand the ownership concerns if the data necessary to make the game work is being stored locally for later cracking and distribution, it's only a genuine concern is you're worried about operating within the letter of the law. Cloud-based gaming is the real threat to ownership.
>>738852868>buy physical console game now>>still have to download part of the game to play itNever happened to me.What consoles do you own?
I mean do PCs even have hard drives anymore? I know laptops stopped having them like more than a decade ago due to usb sticks and cloud storage, and of course, everyone just downloading stuff directly from the net. Torrents were one of the causes for the downfall of physcial media at least for PC and that was 18 or so years ago.
>>738852442????sales from pc users outside china are also digitally dumbass
>>738852180As regards Capcom, I don't have a PS5 and all their Switch 2 games are GKC, so I don't purchase them either. What's left is PC, which is just Steam, where I simply wait a couple of months and buy their games digitally 50% off. My most recent purchase was actually Kunitsu-Gami.
Disc rotDrive rotDigital lasts forever
>save batteries on my old carts died>my oldest ps1 games are pinholing badly>my brand new ps5's disc drive died 3 months after i got it with minimal use>my pc doesn't even have a disc drive and neither did the 3 before iti borrow physical games from the library for the switch. that's about it.
>>738852932>Never happened to me.Oh, my mistake. I guess it's not happening anywhere. Fucking stupid nigger.
>>738852780Maybe on nintendo, but pretty sure both playstation and xbox make you install the whole game so in that sense they take up as much space as digital
>>738852973yeah but part of the reason why digital is taking over is because more and more chinese are finding their way onto steam where they are paying a fraction of the western price for the game. there's some capcom pc games where over half the sales were from the chinese which pushes the number of digital much higher.if you were to count just the west, then digital to physical ratio is much less pronounced.
>>738852180the unfortunate reality is that you no longer own your games even when bought physically
>>738852180Capcom counts GCK as digital. They wanna go digital only. They've been gimping physical for years, fucking scumbags.
>>738853154>Dodges the question What's wrong? Stop being a retard.
>>738853073that's funny
>>738853290>They've been gimping physical for years, fucking scumbagsYou say this despite the fact that you're choking on Gabe's cock
>>738853312The PS4 and Xbone were doing it for years. It wasn't some industry secret. Mongoloid.
>>738853360calm down Tim
>>738852180This isn’t physical vs digital. It’s physical vs digital, dlc, and mtx.
richfags squeezing us poor gamers with inflation for food and rent to line their pockets
Sony's store keeps the games longer than I do. I don't buy that many games and often replay them, so I wouldn't mind buying one twice.
>>738853360Dude I don't even like Valve nor do I buy games on PC, I only pirate on PC. What I mean is they gimp their physical games on purpose to limit them artifically super hard to drive people to buy them digitally instead. They've done this the entire time with NS2.
If you pay for video game you are goycattle
>>738852180They do.Capcom counts every $1 legacy game they have on digital storefronts as a separate sale. Those shouldn’t be compared to fully priced physical sales.They also count Switch 2 GKC as digital sales despite people having to buy them physically.
Because steam. Also people have been brainwashed into digital under the disguise of convenience (which is killing not only vidya, but a lot of multimedia stuff).
>>738852673I don't care about physical media for anything after the ps2, the rest of the barrel has been spoiled by online dogshitFor 6th gen and before, yes, I do own most of what I play (and in great condition mind you)
>>738853447Thank you.Explains why I never noticed it. I havent had a PS or Xbox console since the PS2 and OG Xbox.Nintendo games don't seem to do this, in my experience.
>>738852180>company says something that justifies "cost saving measures" and fucks the consumerDisregarded.
>>738852245paved the way but doesn't explain consoles
>>738852180What's the point? You are either required to download the full game since the disc only comes with half of it, or ut requires to be online all the time, or the game requires day 1 patches to function properly. You buy a game physically but you can fucking use it unless you are online.Might as well buy digital.
>>738852180>refuse to put a number of your games on physical media like GnG for some retarded reason>make a number of your physical titles Japan only, crippling physical sales even further>distribute some of your titles to fucking LIMITED JEW of all companies, a company many people despise, despite the fact that you're a fucking publisher>count GKCs, every Humble Bundle and DLC purchase for shit like Arcade Stadium, alongside standard digital purchases, as separate purchases>only time physical goes on sale is when it's legacy shit like the Mega Man/Mahvel collections, which never sell as well as RE, SF, or MH>also cheap out and use GKCs instead of actual cartridges, knowing full well physicucks hate them>"Why does no one buy physical?????"Gee I fucking wonder why?
>>738854132>the disc only comes with half of itSwitch carts have the full playable game included.
>>738852180Last "physical copy" I bought was Command and Conquer Ultimate Collection. When I opened the case there was a fake cardboard cd inside with a cd-key that unlocked all the games for me in EA Origin. So there was no point buying it from a store.
>>738854605Did you get a refund? I would have.
>>738852180Because you can’t buy them anymore in local stores. Only way to get most physical games is online.
>>738852180I stopped buying physical games on PC when they started requiring internet connections to install at that point it's just digital with extra hassle since you need the disc in the drive anyway
>>738854835>Rip disc>Never need to insert it againWhat I used to do.
>>738854434Yeah, but game discs like the Indiana Jones games only comes with 1/3 of the game. And then you have collections like the spyro and crash remasters that only have two of the three games in the disc.The third one requires obligatory download.
>>738854880Feels good to have the games digitally ngl. Just turn on the console and play. No need to insert any disc or have to swap it if I want to change games
>>738854913That's insane! I'm so glad the Switch carts aren't like that.>inb4 key cardsNever buying that slop lol>>738854994I prefer physical. All the benefits of digital (I make digital back-ups) and the added bonus of having a legit copy for future back-ups.
Fuck you idiots.
>>738855573Gonna cry?
>>738854835Only PC games I'd want to buy are the big boxes as decoration.Daggerfall especially.
And doomkeks say digital is bad, lmao, in 20 years you will be able to pirate and emulate switch 2 games or you will be dead and people keep worrying about "but muh physical"
>>738852180Because most games don't even have physical release anymore, maybe?Just food for thought
>>738852780You know you can uninstall games when you're not playing them, right? My game drive on PC is only 2TB, and I only keep 40 or so games installed (and only realistically play 2-3 of them at a time).
>>738852180because your games aren't worth shit anymore and don't deserve to be memorialized
>>738852180Because they only make Game Keys!
>constantly push bundles on bundle sites>have your games like base rise be $2 on sale>physical doesnt follow suit because its the decision of the vendor>"guess no one wants physical"
>>738852180I am still buying physical, but definitely not from Crapcom. A lot of companies also aren't actually releasing real physical games anymore, but likely still counting them towards physical sales. They're selling you codes in a box.
Physical was dead when everyone got multigigabit internet connections.
I'm guessing this includes DLC and other digital-only stuff as part of the percentage. I don't believe their shipments of physical games account for a mere single-digit percent of retail games sold, otherwise they'd just get rid of it entirely.
>>738852180Price and convenience are big advantages of digital games. You don't need to go anywhere if you get it digital. And digital games usually go on sale more often.I buy physical games because I prefer it that way.
>>738852180That's due PC being their biggest platform.
>>738852180Because these days you buy a physical game and it still just downloads the digital version...
>>738853852>Nintendo games don't seem to do this, in my experience.Bro, your keycards?
but I amImagine being a digitalcuck. I already sold my copy of Pragmata after platinuming it for $50, after fees that's around $45 in net profit, so I paid about $20 to actually play the game with tax on release day. If I want to play it again in the future which I won't I could always get another physical copy when it's like $20 in a year from now.
>>738852180Isn't this what they wanted, why are they complaining now?
>>738852973>Game sells 6 millions copies>5 millions come from chinks buying it on steamIt's pretty common.
>>738852180Even when you buy physical you still have to download and install the rest of the game, theres no benefit to having the cd if you cant insert and play instantlyPc always had this issue of having to install games and not instantly playing from disc
The only relevant digital/physical comparison is when a game first releases. Digital's always gonna win by a landslide when it's a publisher that does deep discounts on things like Steam fairly often.
>>738860008I said Switch, not Switch 2.I don't own that console.
>>738860118>Even when you buy physical you still have to download and install the rest of the gameI don't own a single game that requires a download to be played.
>>738852180Discs barely mean anything nowadays when games need day 1 patches to even work properly. That's not accounting for the ones that need a download to even WORK, defeating the whole purpose.Physical media for consoles are slowly becoming what they were for PCs 2 decades ago, a piece of plastic you have to put in your machine for no reason at all other than passing DRM checks.
>>738860054Name one game besides Wukong
>>738860470crimson desert
>>738852180>sell physical copy in 90's and early 00's>dics have the whole game in it, you insert it in to your console and you can play instantly, no internet, updates or account checks required>benefits from being physical by not requiring long downloads or installs & naturally works offline>sell "physical copy" today>it's basically just a license>you insert the disc in to your console and the console just downloads updates and verifies your "right to play it">literally no point or benefit to having physical over digital, some don't even work offline
>>738852180have you been to a walmart lately? their whole games section is like 12 games
Because Capcom creates an artificial shortage and pushes digital slop in order to maximise their profits. They did they same with Resident Evil Requiem.You’ll own nothing and be happy.
>>738852180Because this.https://www.doesitplay.org/
>>738860798in their defense, they clearly didn't expect this game to be such a success
>>738860798I have not seen Pragmata in any store. Requiem I see.
>>738860028The only people complaining and crying are OP other people in this thread on /v/, Reddit and probably Resetera (30-40+ year old men and """women""" by and large). For Capcom, this is great news. For everyone else, nobody cares.
>>738852725This. They killed manuals back in the 7th generation.
>>738860863The list so you can mess aroundhttps://www.doesitplay.org/list
>>738852180>Why aren't people buying games physically anymore?They're not SOLD physically anymore.In the rare occasions they are, the physical copy is artificially made dependent on online shit anyway.True physical releases, in the rare cases where they exist, always sell out.
>>738852180Since practically every game these days release in early access and needs like a year of patches to be finished, you are gonna end up having to go online either way. It also seems kind of stupid to spend the extra money/time on rare what-if scenarios. Might as well pick the option that is cheapest. Granted this debate only really matters on consoles. On PC you effectively already have access to every game for free and buying games is just a convenience question.
>>738860986I got a manual in a Switch game I bought last week.Was a nice surprise. Wasn't a special edition or anything.
>>738860798>You’ll own nothing and be happy.I own the games I bought on steam, though
>>738852180What's the point? If your box has physical game instead of code it will be release "1.0" version that needs 3+ release patches to be functional.
Every since games stopped being complete on the disc the advantages to physical aren't very compelling. And yes, any game with an update is not complete DoesItPlay shills.Like if Playstation bans your account or you lose access to it someway you still have your license. And you can sell them. But thats pretty much it.
>>738861036I guess I meant that enough of the mass cleanse happened back in the 7th gen that I just stopped caring over time. I used to have a Switch but I don't think I ever touched the manuals for Zelda BotW or Metroid Dread.
>>738861078Steam says otherwise.
>>738853852>NintendoTendie nigger fishing for an excuse to talk about his favorite corporation >other dumb retard anon falls for itLmao
>>738861219Name (1) instance of Steam revoking someones games
>>738861194Yeah that's certainly when they went hard on "tutorials go in the game!! Baby the player!!" mindset.I much prefer manuals over tutorials.
>>738852180DRM unironically
>>738861261Every Tuesday, they steal everyone's games and force them to rent new licenses.
>>738861261Sure, after you prove that you own your games and they're not just a licence.Go ahead, you made the claim, time to prove it true.
>>738861353>you prove that you own your games and they're not just a licenceYou can't own game even if you buy disk. It's not your IP
>>738861470So you cede the point? Excellent. I accept your concession
>>738852180>farts all of your games into nothingnothing personnel, kid
>>738852245Consoles have being moving away from physical for a while now. It is pretty much the reason I dropped consoles. If they want to be shitty PCs, why wouldn't I make my own shitty PC?
>>738861650You can own disk with video game but not game itself.
>>738862047>You can own disk with video gameOn Steam? I don't think so
>>738852245>PCück will own nothing and be happySo true
>>738862085>download game on Steam>drop Goldberg DLL into game directory>rar up game and put it on cold storage drive>I own it
>>738861287Yeah the lost habit has even disadvantaged me when playing older games like God Hand where certain moves are only shown to you in the manual.
I have a internet connection fast enough to download a game while i’m taking a shit, i don’t have to physically go to a store and hope they have it in store, or order and hope the postal delivery do it on time or lose my package. Fuck physical, i hate people.
>>738862172>You own a licence to play itfix'd.
>>738861656Remember in 1859, sun shoot out a flare. Every electronic compartment shutdown.
>>738862234I own it. Nobody can take it from me.
>>738862275No, you don't.You can't redistribute it legally, because it's not your game.
>>738862365But I can distribute it, which means I own it.
>>738861170They have these weird fantasies of being the only people who "saw through the scam" and are one of the select few who can play an unpatched shit version of a game 20 years from now when everybody will be emulating or on a hacked console anyway.
>>738861190>And yes, any game with an update is not complete DoesItPlay shills.It's distinctly muddy. Lots and lots of games the updates were for online features or to enable post-launch DLC. It hardly matters if you don't have that patch in the future since the functionality is gone along with the patch server.Minor bug fixes that you can live without are fine too. It's not like SNES games didn't have bugs, we just couldn't patch them.Actual beta-on-disc-day-one-patch-for-full-game bullshit is *mostly* limited to cucking yourself with Bethesda, Ubisoft, Activision, Microsoft Game Studios... those horrible companies that won't rest until we are all paying subscriptions to access our own devices.
>>738862365>You can't redistribute it legally, because it's not your game.I dont think game companies allow you to resell your copy either
>>738862427Legally?
>>738862501>I dont think game companies allow you to resell your copy eitherIf you think you can prove that claim true, please go ahead.
>>738861353A disc is just a license, you don't own the game either. Grab any disc and read the fine print. Movie discs have even more explicit legal bs.
>>738862609I accept your concession
>>738862659>A disc is just a license, you don't own the game eitherCorrect.What's your point?
"Physical" is worse than digital in every single conceivable manner.
>get up>get into car>PUT ON YOUR FUCKING SEATBELT YOU HEATHAN >drive to store>get out of car>head into store>find game you want >bother worker to get it out of the case for you >buy game>go home >REMEMBER THE FUCKING SEATBELT ARE YOU 12?">gho into house >put disk into tray>day one patch about the size of the game has to download takes an hour>finally maybe play your game compared to >open in console store>guy game>download the latest version still takes an hour but you didnt have to leave your house >now maybe play the game its not much more convenient but its still more
>>738862668>He doesn't know what a concession isIt's cute when retarded ESL monkeys like you try and win debates
>>738852245>>738862123>>738861783>PC is 93% of Capcom's sales based retards
>>738852374Plastic hoarders have no response to this
>>738862691That you're retarded.
>>738852180Buying physical is a pain in the ass and the data on your disc is not one bit different from the data on my hard drive. Physical copies are for people who look for trash to fill up their hovel with and idiots who think there is magic in a plastic saucer.
>>738862243is there any way to predict a sun fart and protect you electronics?
>>738862803Since when is being correct "retarded"?
>>738860190So you were aware of companies doing it, despite pretending you weren't aware?
>>738862691I made my point very clear.
>>738862984>Makes up things that never happened to get upset aboutWhere did I "pretend to not know about them"?Go ahead.
Every physical disk hoarder ends up selling his junk collection. This is the cycle every gamer go through. You will re-evaluate physical worth of your hobbies. Physical box for some niche game or visual novel or artbook or book series collection edition you like (you don't even read them because you already did)? Yep. Everything else? Digital.
>>738860470Chinese can't make games. Asura's Wrath was original peaked games.
>>738863142So your point is that you agree with me?Thanks for confirming this fact.
>>738862538Yes. EULAs aren't the law.
>>738862609It was literally in Sony's EULA, they just changed the wording after a recent backlash.
>>738863335Can you prove that claim true?
>>738863362>They changed the wordingSo post the most recent version, not the outdated one. Thanks.
>>738862946>I'm retardedWe know.
>>738863443nah, you look it up
>>738863447Stop crying.
>>738863487>Refuses to prove his own claims trueIf you're ceding the point, then this is where you lose.I accept your concession.
>>738863517>I'm retardedNo no it's okay we already know.
>>738852245No reason to get SF physically especially cause of shit like Super Turbo Ultra fuck my shit up re-releases making buying at launch pointlessAll the older RE games are heavily discounted plus mods MonHun is better on PClike no reason to play shit on console let alone get a physical version
and now that physical stores/amazon no longer had to be appeased via price parity, the savings from the all digital era will be passed along to the end users right?
>>738863367>Can you prove the law says your property is your own and that EULAs aren't codified legislation?You corpo niggers are really dumb sometimes.
>>738852180I buy physical for consoles but there's not enough incentive for me to drop 500 on any of the current ones.
>>738852245>>738852442>disable the ability to buy physically>this is [consumers] faultthe moment cheap harddrives hit xbox and ps3 with broadband internet, it was already over. digital download was always going to be cheaper than contracting cd manufacturers and distributing to retailers. everything from buying to potential refunds goes straight through the company now. go ahead and blame Gabe Newell for Todd selling you a console game case with a cardboard disc in it tho
>>738863591>He's refusing to stop cryingreply again
>>738852180Discs these days aren't the same
>>738863758>posts no proofSo you can't prove it?
>>738852180I guess that makes my physical copy of pragmata an artifact worth cherishing
>>738862538Who cares about the law when Europeans are literally trying to make game developers run shitty dead live service games eternally?
>>738852180physical doesn't get discounted to $5 and I don't want hundreds of plastic boxes gathering dust at my place
>>738864567>Who cares???So not legally.
>>738864681But I own it. If I take your bicycle, I own it. I'll also be more happy than you will be sad, so the net happiness in the world went up when I took your bike.
>>738864627>physical doesn't get discounted to $5Yeah it does.
>>738864718So it's not legal? Thanks for confirming this fact.
>>738864824Legality is irrelevant when we still allow non-American countries to exist.
>>738852180Unless it comes with some cool merch I don't see a point. I'd rather save the shelf space for art books and figures.
