I was just searching for good deals on fire emblem awakening, and I saw that I could get it for around £3 (thats $4.67) cheaper as a digital download. But I'll still be getting the physical copy. Purely because holding a nintendo handheld game gives me a feeling of glorious nostalgia, when I think of my first ever game pokemon Red. Mostly though it is because I enjoy displaying my games on a shelf, rather than having them as a file on a hard drive. I look at my games and it makes me feel happy to think I can play them whenever I like and no one can easily take them away (unless they steal them via breaking into my home).
I have never fully trusted technology to be relied upon, and I know games are technology. But games aren't usually known for crashing and disappearing into the void. For example I don't really trust steam to never crash sending all my downloads to Davy Jones locker. So I only have a few downloads and will only download if its a choice between downloading or not playing, or maybe if the download is significantly cheaper.
So are you guys fine with downloads or am I just a bit paranoid? I think I would stop most of my gaming if games went exclusively digital.
I have never fully trusted technology to be relied upon, and I know games are technology. But games aren't usually known for crashing and disappearing into the void. For example I don't really trust steam to never crash sending all my downloads to Davy Jones locker. So I only have a few downloads and will only download if its a choice between downloading or not playing, or maybe if the download is significantly cheaper.
So are you guys fine with downloads or am I just a bit paranoid? I think I would stop most of my gaming if games went exclusively digital.