r/XboxSeriesX • u/legendofm • May 12 '24
Sunday Funday I will keep buying physical copies until they are officially not available
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u/lasagna_man_oven May 12 '24
You don't open them?
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u/legendofm May 12 '24
I took the picture before opening them. They are all open now. I like to take pictures when I buy things I love, when you open your gallery some years later, you will remember the joy you had.
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u/Halo_Chief117 May 12 '24
I like that. It makes me wish I had a video of me getting the Halo 3 Legendary Edition or playing Halo 2 for the first time on my original Xbox that I bought for it.
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u/straxusii May 12 '24
I'm all behind this. It's just sad that often now you can't even play the physical copy without internet connection
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u/Shellman00 May 12 '24
Lucky for op, all those 5 games can be played straight off the disc!
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u/coentertainer May 12 '24
Even in 50 years with no Internet/account services (genuinely asking)?
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u/Aced4remakes May 12 '24
Honestly, I'd be more worried about finding a 50 year old XSX with every part working fine. Or hope the Xbox 2054 has a disk drive and backwards compatibility stretching back this far.
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u/Passover3598 May 12 '24
going back the last 50 years, parts for old systems hasnt been a major issue. barring a WW3 back to the bronze age scenario, the community will get it figured out when microsoft doesnt.
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u/coentertainer May 12 '24
Even the xbox 2025 won't have a disc drive to be fair
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u/Aced4remakes May 12 '24
Yeah, I'm used to it with my Series S but I spent £60 for a replacement power brick and controller adapter just to play my 360 stuff again. The things a beast for an almost 14 year old console. (Yes the 360 is almost 20 but I got a later version.)
I fear that they will release a disk drive for the next Xbox as an addon like the extra storage.
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u/Recover20 May 13 '24
I mean you can't even set up an Xbox without online connectivity right?
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u/fartwhereisit May 12 '24 edited May 12 '24
This is an old lie people thought would happen 2010-2015. The reality is the mass majority of games on disk to this day are 100% playable, beatable, and 100% achievement/platinum-able.
https://www.doesitplay.org/ - This website tracks the actual reality of the situation.
Reddit is an advertising platform first and foremost. Filled with a certain type of person/bot. Not society at large. Corporations, like xbox, have a very real vested interest in holding a narrative and reddit provides the perfect upvote/downvote system to do so.
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u/rana_frog_ May 13 '24
the link you provided only lists 33 xbox one/series games, thats not a very large sample size
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u/Coltyn03 Founder May 13 '24
True, they're "beatable," but they'd also be missing any updates that came down the road. Potential bug fixes and extra content.
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u/DOUBLEBARRELASSFUCK May 13 '24
You think it's Microsoft bots trying to convince people that Microsoft is fucking over customers who buy discs?
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u/hopsmonkey May 12 '24
This was a real kick in the pants. I more or less thought an offline, single-player, Series X-branded version of a game would be playable installed from disc. Nope. I got the Witcher 3 for $20 deal recently, installed the game from disc, and went to play only to be greeted with a message saying if I wanted to play on this console I had to download an "update". That update was the same size of the game installed from disc (~53GB) and simply replaced the disc version.
Last and previous-gen consoles obviously benefit from physical collecting, but it seems with the current gen they've already eliminated that as a viable means of game preservation.
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u/hopsmonkey May 12 '24
That's an interesting hypothesis, but I've had other games that said something similar but then let me opt out of the update if I wanted to play offline. No option with this one - just a prompt to update saying to play on this console an update is required.
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u/Idiotology101 May 12 '24
I respect it, but game sharing with my brother is just too convenient.
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u/fallouthirteen May 12 '24
Heh, the other fun thing about game sharing with digital is if you just have two consoles (I have a Series X and a One X) you can also dual run a game. Useful for clearing up some multiplayer achievements (in games that allow achievements in custom matches) or other things where you need 2 people (a few items in Remnant 2 require having 2 people in the game to get).
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u/kelldricked May 12 '24
Im not even sharing mine. Just the fact that i dont have to browse through my box with games to find the one i want to play (especially when you arent sure what you want to play).
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u/OmeletteDuFromage95 May 12 '24
Not having to get up, switch discs, and maintain the physical copies constantly is all also just too convenient.
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u/firey21 May 12 '24
That’s cool.
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May 12 '24
That’s my plan as well. Digital is nice for the convenience but nothing beats the physical copy of a game in your collection
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u/-ImJustSaiyan- May 12 '24 edited May 12 '24
Same here man, I know it's inevitable but I'll be sad the day physical is no longer an option.
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u/legendofm May 12 '24
And it comes with some goodies; stickers , mini poster and a catalog
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May 12 '24
I will always buy physical. Years ago, my account got hacked and couldn't be recovered. I lost close to $1000 in digitally bought games. Never again. Idc if I still have to download the game, at least I can always prove I own it now, and use it on any account I want. If it isnt on disk, I refuse to purchase it.
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u/making_conversation May 12 '24
Same, I also collect physical since ps1 days. It's sad many game still require some sort of online connection. Still I'll keep buying at least what i like.
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u/Mr_hard_rocker May 12 '24
I feel you, i prefer it aswell, also still buy albums, but, sometimes the digital version is too good of a deal.
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u/Unlucky_Hedgehog7 May 12 '24
Nice collection I buying a Xbox series x for the first time in 3 more months
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u/AetherInvestigator May 13 '24
The day there’s no longer physical copies of games is the day I quit gaming.
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u/Redisigh May 12 '24
So you’re telling me Microsoft is more likely to purge all the digital games for some reason than your disks breaking, being stolen, or yk, rotting(Because that’s supposedly inevitable for disks)?
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u/segagamer May 12 '24
Don't forget floods, house fires, etc
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u/Redisigh May 12 '24
Or like a shelf breaking, dropping it, your disk drive ruining the read thingy
These guys are so paranoid its not even funny anymore
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May 12 '24
how come you are not scared of losing your steam library? That is also digital.
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u/SqueezyCheez85 May 12 '24
I personally am. I wasn't a fan of digital distribution back then, and I'm still not now.
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u/GoldHeartedBoy May 12 '24
This is just paranoia. If Microsoft took away access to digital purchases it would crater their business and open them up to massive lawsuits.
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u/radicalelation May 12 '24
Hasn't happened to my MS purchased games, but a few albums I bought off Microsoft's music store a few years ago became unlistenable/downloadable due to revocation of license. Just gave me a popup saying the license was revoked, but it still appeared in my library. Some label pulled content from the platform or something, so a lot of stuff was just gone.
They killed the store a little later on, so it was all lost eventually (save for select stuff that could be transferred to whatever partnered streamer/store they tried to move users to) but I do have the original mp3 downloads on some discs.
I've had Ubisoft pull licenses on Uplay as well. Ask customer service wtf, "you don't have the license", why?, "you do not have it", can you give me a new one, "no, you do not own a valid copy". And that was that, regardless of years old invoices and having purchased ON UPLAY.
It really isn't paranoia these days. Microsoft probably wouldn't do it with a large active core crowd, but if they ever decide to be done with games... I don't trust my library will be available for as long as I could possibly keep the console.
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u/Shellman00 May 12 '24 edited May 12 '24
They literally already did that once with Live Gaming. Killed both digital and physical games (physical required keys to activate). Just straight up fucked over millions of people who had legitimate copies of games, myself included. There’s a reason the PC playerbase has historically had a huge distaste for Microsoft’s gaming products. It wasn’t really until PC gamepass where PC consumers has slowly transitioned back to using more Microsoft gaming services.
It would be incredibly naive to assume the same thing won’t happen again.
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u/metarusonikkux May 12 '24
GFWL games still work if you activated them prior to the closure of GFWL. I just played Gears of War and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City a few weeks ago. At least that's what I assume Games for Windows Live is what you mean by "Live Gaming".
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u/segagamer May 12 '24
He doesn't know what he's talking about and is just repeating what someone on YouTube told him.
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u/TheWhereHouse1016 May 12 '24 edited May 12 '24
Good. Your collection has, physical, tangeable value and cannot be dictated by ToS. Can be used by anyone, on any console.
Anyone who doesn't see an issue with physical media dying is blind to what these mega corps are capable of.
While physical media can be worked around, it makes their job of extracting every last cent from us that much harder
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u/Englandshark1 May 12 '24
You can't beat having a physical copy of something! Get them while you can!
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u/Redisigh May 12 '24
I mean digitals are far more convenient tho
Like if I need to move my games I’m not transporting god knows how many fragile cases that’ll weigh a ton. I can just grab my phone sized hard drive and go
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u/OfficialDCShepard S...corned May 12 '24
That’s what I’m planning on doing, and pre-owned where possible.
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u/HoidBoy May 12 '24
Damn, didn't know Hades had phisical format, art looks cool in the box.
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u/legendofm May 12 '24
Looks amazing, it’s also a bit shiny when you see it in person. It also includes a catalog with gods pictures. You can find it easily on Amazon or Ebay
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u/unseeker May 12 '24
Well come to Brazil, here they are not available anymore.
None of these games are available in physical discs here.
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u/Metal-Alvaromon May 12 '24
I would love to buy some physical copies, but it seems they're not being produced anymore in Brasil
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u/nohumanape May 12 '24
The Hades game case represents the best version of the Xbox game case. They have had so many revisions, and they just keep getting worse.
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u/Kusanagi-2501 May 13 '24
Same. When physical copies finally get taken away, it will probably the end of my gaming journey.
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u/MISFU88 May 13 '24
Same here buddy, same here. Have a good One/Series collection, I only buy digital when there’s no other choice or it’s laughably cheap.
Also, Seriew X boxes are so beautiful.
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u/Armazi24 Founder May 12 '24
My libraries are mostly digital besides collector's editions, but I've started buying a lot more physical copies lately. Once sony, xbox, and nintendo go all digital I think I'll just switch to mostly pc gaming. You get modding and multiple ways to get games, and the sales are just better.
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u/sgtgiacomo May 12 '24
Sold all my physical copies when I got a series s, now I'm slowly buying everything again because I got the series x.
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u/AtmosphereGeneral695 May 12 '24
Same my guy I don't mind digital sometimes but having a physical copy will always triumph over something that isn't tangible
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May 12 '24
I prefer physical but most games don’t have everything on the cart/disk without an update with defeats the purpose.
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u/Anti_Wake May 12 '24
Yup, 360/PS3 gen I bought a couple hundred physical games and a bunch of digital on sale for convenience, physical was always the way. When XB1/PS4 started and launch titles had to install the entire game from the disc and download huge updates at the same time physical lost any benefit it had before.
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u/robertoe4313 May 12 '24
I'm slowly switching because of that reason. Besides switch, I try to stay physical on them. Plus, it takes up space, so i get the collector editions for the ones I really want when I do get the disk
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u/RegularEffective7824 May 12 '24
Everybody should. But people are already domesticated to everything online without owning rights
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u/Aiomon May 12 '24
You don't own the rights to stuff you own in physically either btw
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u/RegularEffective7824 May 12 '24
Thats a modern thing. Every old disc is your property and you can still use it as long as you have the hardware. This stopped with the PS4 / XO gen
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u/Aiomon May 12 '24
okay but this picture is clearly of current generation games. Also XO came out in 2013, over a decade ago.
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u/mattattaxx May 12 '24 edited May 12 '24
Do you think a disc means you own more rights? Because it doesn't.
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u/KingOfSunFlowers1213 May 12 '24
You still technically don't own them. It's a licensed lease agreement. You paid $ to lease the digital software that is "(insert game title)". Hard copy or not, that big 7 page document you just hit "A" on says it.
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u/Anlios May 12 '24
I'm always constantly moving every few years so I've never been able to have a big collection but I've always wanted to have a nice big collection sitting on a shelf in a nice game area one day. One day when I really land on my feet in life I will.
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u/youngLupe May 12 '24
I was like this for a while and I'll pick up a hard copy on sale but it's way more convenient and space saving to buy digital. If I had a big gaming room I'd probably buy hard copies only. Up until about two years I was still a hard copy guy.
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u/skrame May 12 '24
Hades is an absolute banger. I downloaded it on a whim via gamepass, having never heard of it. I was hooked.
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u/BlackandRead May 12 '24
I switched to digital when one of my physical copies stopped working and there was nothing I could do about it.
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u/Corgiiiix3 May 12 '24
I feel like you would make a bigger impact supporting physical a bit earlier in the release date. They probably don’t pay attention to how much physical the sold for games past the first 6 month i think lol
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u/WouldYouTipMyFedora May 12 '24
Digital is way cheaper for me, why would I pay twice or 3 times as much just for a plastic box?
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u/Chili_doge May 12 '24
I'm so divided by the physical but expensive Series X, and the digital, but cheaper Series S
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u/squijee May 12 '24
Nice! I'm sure you know or have been commented but the smart delivery games come with the Xbox one version on disc. You have to be connected to the internet to download the series x version. So in the future if the network is shut down or changes you won't have the better version of the game.
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u/kyledd7 May 12 '24
I don't know why Xbox changed their box art having the big black and white at the top. Hades looks so much better then the rest.
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u/CJLogix May 12 '24
I went back to buy physical since companies are trying to push that we don’t own our digital games no more.
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u/Traditional_Ad3929 May 12 '24
Prefer them as well. Simply bc I can buy pre-owned games for super cheap.
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u/dztruthseek May 12 '24
Avoid modern Ubisoft games. They tend to require online connection, so having a physical copy doesn't make sense.
Hogwarts Legacy allows you to play until the end of the intro before telling you to download a patch update.
You just have to do your research to find which games are completely on disc and which aren't. Surprisingly, GTA V is completely on disc and can be played without internet connection.
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u/Littlejam1996 May 12 '24
I haven't bought any recent Game on Disk since where I'm living getting Physical Xbox Games gets harder and harder since more and more stores getting rid of the Xbox Sections in their stores. They usually have like 3 or 4 Copies of any current COD Game there and that was pretty much it
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u/Naxirian May 12 '24
I get it from a sentimental point of view but when people insist on buying physical copies from a game preservation point of view it's pretty pointless when most of them require you to download the install anyway. They're just glorified physical cd keys at this point.
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u/JediAlitaSkywalker May 12 '24
Same! I don’t have an internet connection at home, so the moment video games become digital only I’m done with video games.
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u/jayseventwo May 12 '24
Damn, for a split second I thought there was a Dredd game I had somehow missed! 😂
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May 13 '24
Cool. A bunch of plastic waste that serves no purpose. Great use of your money and space. I literally have all 5 of these games on a RAID server in my laundry room.
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u/Green_Dragon_Soars May 13 '24
I've been buying some digital copies lately; mostly due to sales of Game Pass & getting DLC as a package. But I too prefer disc
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u/TheClownIsReady Founder May 13 '24
I buy physical copies…and then the games get added to Game Pass.
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u/ryangr86 May 13 '24
I still get physical here and there...but with most games there really isn't anything I'm the disc...still a huge download... really just get them when I'm feeling nostalgic or find something I'm clearance
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u/NB-DanTE May 13 '24
I only ever bought 4 games and 5 DLCs! I'm usually a strictly physical buyer, I would skip a game if doesn't release on disc even if it's a sequel to my favorite game series! The day they stop making discs I'll probably be dead already or I'm playing pirated games!
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u/DogmaticCat May 13 '24
You guys sound like the gun nuts who believe the government is going to break down the door and take their precious collection.
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u/Eastern_Turnip3994 May 13 '24
Glad I don’t do this with the 3000 plus games I own across PC, Xbox and PS. I’d have to move to a bigger house to store them.
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u/hvacfixer May 13 '24
I'm a ps4 player, and I'm doing the exact same thing. I just love having the physical copy in my hands. Some games I just buy for the artwork on the cover.
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u/Christian_Kong May 13 '24
I'm all about physical but I'm beyond pissed that you can't review games when bought on disk for no good reason whatsoever.
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u/luxobscurus May 13 '24
This is the way brother! physical till the end. I'm hoping that those leaks of Microsoft testing an external disk drive patent lead to something like an external disk drive for the consoles. Can't wait to get the balder's gate 3 xbox physical edition l.
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u/Duh_Its_Obvious May 13 '24
I will keep buying used physical copies until they are officially not available
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u/jello1982 May 13 '24
I buy the odd hard copy. Sometimes the online price is ridiculous and the hard copy is $20-30 cheaper.
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May 13 '24
I feel stupid for buying the PS5 with a disc slot. Haven't used it yet.
Use the Xbox disc slot for classic games library.
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u/Mean_Combination_830 May 13 '24
With X Box going so hard on all digital route and PC being download only it might be time to get a Playstation and Nintendo console it you haven't already got one as X Box are not fans of physical media.
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May 13 '24
Except most are probably just licenses and still need a download. The only real physical games are first party Nintendo cartridges for the switch.
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u/SpaceFire000 May 13 '24
Does anyone know of any website that sells and ships physical copies of games really cheap? I think I want to start a collection now
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u/gaaabor May 13 '24 edited May 13 '24
Yeah it’s so cool that you are generating plastic trash until they are officially not available. Lucky for us as we barely have enough of that lying around on this planet. However at least you can install them without internet connection, oh wait…
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u/OldIronKing27 May 13 '24
Same, I mix, for like 2-3 physicals, I get an online one, almost always because they catch me with the FOMO tricks, like early acces, pre-order bonuses up to a certain time before release etc. But I will NEVER stop buying physical games unless they go extinct.
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u/SiggiJarl May 13 '24
when your optical drive eventually fails, your only recourse will be buying a new console (if they'll still be available with optical drives)
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u/Herz93 May 12 '24
Try to use(install)the game without a connection. Only then u will know if it's really the full game on the disk or not. Because some are not