• Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 months ago

    Unpopular opinion, but I’m fine with this. I only buy games digitally these days because who has the patience to put in a disk these days. And I pirate cracked copies of PC games to ensure I have a copy forever.

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      9 months ago

      That’s what you do and that’s fine, but if this becomes the norm then we lose our second hand discount market and the console companies will control the market and pricing completely.

      I don’t want to see that happen

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      9 months ago

      Intentionally buying digital makes a lot of sense for games you might play on a whim.

      But I’m going to be honest, if you’re playing through a full campaign, that’s just lazy. If I’m going to be playing a game for the next couple weeks or month, putting a disc in affects me negligibly.

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        9 months ago

        Nah, it’s easy to put games on an external hard drive and keep them there for future use. Takes up a lot less shelf space, too.

        Losing the second hand market hurts though. But there also haven’t been any box PC games in at least a decade.

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      9 months ago

      Last time I checked most games were cheaper when bought physically in comparison to digitally.

    • cum@lemmy.cafe
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      9 months ago

      I agree but oof is that going to be an unpopular opinion lol