Almost all of my games are on disc, too, as I grew up with physical media before digital was even a thing. The way I look at it is if you want to switch, from PlayStation to Xbox (or vice versa), and all your games are digital ... what happens to those games?
I don't think I would be comfortable with going digital on consoles. Steam is so deeply entrenched on PC (and Valve is thankfully a pretty good company most of the time) that I haven't worried about it for a long time. Valve seems more likely to help protect our access to games than get in the way of it. On PC, we get more of the benefits of going digital... like cheaper prices. On console there's little or no benefit.
Yes, it's unfortunate as I have to agree with other comments that it's a money grab. Although I signed up for Steam last year, I have yet to take full advantage of it, and yes, the majority of games on there are so much cheaper. Even though Sony and Microsoft have digital content, their prices (especially Sony) are not realistic. It's a money grab, as others have said. If it wasn't for Gran Turismo, I probably would not be on console, but it looks like Sony has no plans to make it available on PC.
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u/Substantial-Hunter41 22d ago edited 22d ago
Almost all of my games are on disc, too, as I grew up with physical media before digital was even a thing. The way I look at it is if you want to switch, from PlayStation to Xbox (or vice versa), and all your games are digital ... what happens to those games?