submitted 8 months ago by Tekkip20@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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Title says it all lads.

Do you prefer your games bought digitally on a storefront I.e. Steam, PSN etc OR on a disc in your shelf?

Personally on PC I always get games from GOG and Steam because obviously most titles are digital and it is convenient for me. (Despite owning TF2 on disc since 2007! Yep!)

When it's consoles though, I always wanna get it on disc and I am glad I go the extra mile for it especially when new games like SF6 are on preowned sales. Look at the PSN fiasco with shows, this is why I prefer physical media on consoles because you can keep it.

PC = Convenience, laziness and most are digital only anyway

Console = Don't want scummy corpos taking stuff I bought away from me, disc it is.

Your thoughts lads?

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[-] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I prefer roms and emulators above all else as I know that as long as I back them up I'll be able to play them. Other than that I use steam for convenience as a linux only gamer but I'm all for gog and their DRM free stance.

As for physical. The hardware fails unless its a ps2 😄. So at the end you are left with a ton of discs and you Will have to rip them to play them. Also some games are just shipping unfinished on disc and need to download patches or whatever.