My decent into digital only.

[Eric the Orange]

I like having the choice to buy DL or retail as I only have a limited amount of shelf space. Usually if the game is something I'll only play once in 5 years, not having a box is a godsend. That said my favorite games that have lots of replayability I much prefer retail. That's why I LOVE my boxed 360 shmups especially those I've imported from Japan and have Kanji on the box, it greatly adds to there value.

-3DS games: There's no account system, so I buy almost everything physically. I only buy digital-exclusive small or indie games, like Pushmo or Gunman Clive.

You can re-download things for free, but yeah there's no list of things you've bought and that would be helpful.

No account for 3DS? So if my 3DS breaks and I get a replacement it's bye bye games? If so I don't like the sound of that especially been a PAL gamer where more titles are download only.

I don't think that's how it works but I'm not sure. I say so because They download onto an SD card, so i would assume that the card can be put into another 3DS, but I have not tried that.

 

[Saregon]

I made the transition to completely digital as a PC gamer sometime after Fallout 3. I realized that more and more copies of PC games were pretty much nothing more than a disk that booted up steam and told you to just download it from their service. Personally, I think it's a shame because I hate the idea of your game just being a part of a service. I prefer owning a disk that no company can suddenly stop me from playing it. Alas, there really isn't that choice anymore.

While I transitioned games wise, I am the complete opposite when it comes to movies/tv shows. I want those seasons on disk, especially when they're charging the same price for the thing.

What is your avatar from, the Bruce Campbell thing? Can't say I recognize it.

OT: I'm pretty much the same, for my PC I buy almost exclusively digital, although some things (specifically, newer EA titles) I go out of my way to buy on console instead, simply because I don't like Origin. Would be nice if I could buy a physical copy of, say, ME3, and be able to play it without connecting it to Origin.

Also, movies and TV shows, if I like them enough to buy them, I do it physically. I like to have my collection, and paying the same price for something I can't hold/see, just doesn't sit right with me (incidentally that is a large part of my problem with Origin as well).

 

[mohit9206]

You know who hates digital downloads ? People with shitty internet like me.And believe me there are way too many people with shitty internet.The data caps,the fair usage policy,the throttling down of speed and such other shitty tactics employed by ISP's in my country (india) makes embracing digital downloads impossible. So i only buy retail versions of games. Not to mention more often than not retail copies of pc games are way cheaper than digital downloads.
For example here most brand new AAA games for pc costs 20-25$ at retail while on Steam the same games costs 50-60$ so why in the blue hell would i want to download from steam ? Retail copies saves me time and money both.And i also like to havemy games retail because i like having physical copies of games to show off as a collection. So you like my argument gainst digital downloads ?

 

[Rednog]

I made the transition to completely digital as a PC gamer sometime after Fallout 3. I realized that more and more copies of PC games were pretty much nothing more than a disk that booted up steam and told you to just download it from their service. Personally, I think it's a shame because I hate the idea of your game just being a part of a service. I prefer owning a disk that no company can suddenly stop me from playing it. Alas, there really isn't that choice anymore.

While I transitioned games wise, I am the complete opposite when it comes to movies/tv shows. I want those seasons on disk, especially when they're charging the same price for the thing.

What is your avatar from, the Bruce Campbell thing? Can't say I recognize it.

It's from a TV show call Jack of All Trades
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_of_All_Trades_(TV_series)
It's free on hulu if you're in the USA.

 

[Eric the Orange]

You know who hates digital downloads ? People with shitty internet like me.And believe me there are way too many people with shitty internet.The data caps,the fair usage policy,the throttling down of speed and such other shitty tactics employed by ISP's in my country (india) makes embracing digital downloads impossible. So i only buy retail versions of games. Not to mention more often than not retail copies of pc games are way cheaper than digital downloads.
For example here most brand new AAA games for pc costs 20-25$ at retail while on Steam the same games costs 50-60$ so why in the blue hell would i want to download from steam ? Retail copies saves me time and money both.And i also like to havemy games retail because i like having physical copies of games to show off as a collection. So you like my argument gainst digital downloads ?

you seem very angry and confrontational about this. You act as if your being attacked and must defend your beliefs to others.

I was not making any argument for why digital download was good or bad, just simply stating why I personally fell into it.

Also on a side note I'm going to guess India have what I like to call "developing 3rd world country syndrome". In which burned disk piracy is fairly rampant because there are crazy markups on legitimate copies of games. For example I hear in Brazil a legitimate copy of a new AAA title costs about $125 Where as you can get a burned disk for $10-$20. And there is little to no stigma there for doing so because of this.

Note my source is extra credits in this video.
http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/global-games-brazil