Would you be able to accept an all digital future for video games within the next 5-10 years?

Yeah im going physical on the ps5 and switch

I will buy some indies an stuff digitally but prefer physical for everything

My only issue is that at release physical is cheaper than digital because of sales. So new releases I do prefer physical after a couple months though I don't care but in the case of Xbox GP makes it the cheapest so I will get digital from them

@npiet1: Yeah I haven't read too much into the GP but it does seem pretty reasonable.

I greatly prefer physical myself and will go with any company that keeps on supporting a physical format for gaming. If none do that then I will go with any company that supports selling dedicated consoles which allow you to download games to the system. If that is no longer supported by anyone and gaming becomes streaming only then I’ll probably still play some games that way but the bulk of my money and time will be spent buying hardware and games from previous generations.

So for me it’s:

1. Physical

2. Digital download

3. Streaming

**** no, like streaming all digital can **** off.

Excuse the bad language, but thats the nicest way i can put it :)

Nope.

*Shrugs* I'm already all-digital. Convenience, and no more dumb plastic boxes and saucers taking up space in my house.

PC don't have hardware generations, so there is no excuse for PC stores to shut down access to old games. Valve have already said they have a contingency plan if Steam ever shuts down. And if GOG goes under, well, I'll just go on a download spree.

As for the Wii Shop situation; sucks for the Wii gamers, but that's Nintendo and online for ya - always one step forward, two steps back. Even to this day; just go say "Mario Maker 2" and "online with friends" to any Nintendo gamer, and prepare to hear an exasperated sigh.

Hell no. Physical copies are much more reliable.

Already for 15 years by now.

U are behind the times bro. Physical is dead. Unless you live in a 3rd world country with shit tier internet.

i haven't bought a physical game since the start of this gen, so that's over 5 years of me being all-digital.

i own 527 steam games, 232 PS4 digital games and 36 XBOXONE digital games.

i just love the Convenience of it - and not having piles upon piles of gaming cases taking up space in my bedroom is a plus.

I’ve been all digital for years now. It’s the best

Considering I earned hundreds of dollars by selling all the old sixth gen console games I owned, considering that Sony can ban whoever they feel like from their own account, considering how easy it was to steal my old PlayStation Network account, and considering that American ISPs are subjecting their customer's to bandwidth caps... God no. You people happily give these companies way too much leverage.

I buy physical because they are always cheaper and I resell my games. Sometimes I even make a profit.

I only buy digital if they are super cheap and tend to be trash games like mirrors edge so i don’t feel too bad dropping $5 on it.

I am already all digital.

No more than accepting a full automated future where machines take over even the lowest-paying jobs.

Nope!!!

NO

I will always continue to stick with physical media for as long as it is an option which I hope and expect it to remain for at least the next decade.

If one console maker goes 100% digital while another still offers physical media, I will give my money to the console maker that still offers physical media.

All digital for me now (exception of one game that was a gift), its the future.

All digital thank you! Save space and the planet at the same time.

If that is the case, then what about home consoles?

Yes

Uh. Yeah I'm way-over the idea of game ownership and physical copies of games are a hassle and provide no benefits to me.

I bet the data on my server lasts longer than your discs. Let's meet up in 30 years and see.

sure. I do like special edition crap, though. I know, I'm a sucker.

@onesiphorus: I can live with a console. But if the issues of streaming is resolved then I am happy to see the console go away too and just have a joypad and perhaps something like a Chromecast connected to the TV.

In case you are wondering, I only read digital books, digital newspapers and digital music.

It’s environmentally friendly and I have always hated clutter, it’s just more stuff to clean, take up space and etc.

Man I'd really like to play Silent Hill PT......oh wait......I can't

Man you want to hop on city of hereos later ton.........oh wait

What about law breakers? Oh no....crap

Tons of Cd's over 30 years old and plenty of optical based games over 20 years old still in perfect working order in my possession. Take care of your stuff and it'll last.

Everything I download via Steam, Uplay, etc, gets a copy saved on my server from now until the end of time. (Google Steam Cache server)

I got my gaming future sorted out. What about you?

Sucks it's not so easy on consoles.

Same here. I have no regrets and I don't like Streaming games is my only issue.

@Gatygun: Physical is dead huh LOL, that's the kind of stupid I expect in threads on GS.

physical all the way

Digital is the future. Acceptance not required. :P

I do both. Sometimes digital games have a renewing license/rights that if whoever that runs it stops renewing it, the game just simply disappears. Take for example the Wii Shop. All the digital games you bought simply disappears if you didn't download it because Nintendo decides to discountinue the Wii online service.

I had this problem with my Marvel vs Capcom 2 New Age of Heroes.

I buy physical on consoles since digital is a rip off there. I'm all digital for PC of course but I'm ok with it due to the better prices (among the other benefits of digital).

If consoles go all digital but discount game prices I'm cool with it.

Let's put it this way: companies are not attracted to all digital because its in the best interests of the customer.

I'm predominantly a PC gamer, so I've been forced to use DD for years now anyway. With consoles I'd prefer to stay physical so will buy them whenever they're available, but realize it's only a matter of time.

Console gaming needs to be simple, user friendly, and direct. Tying everything about them to an online shop will make it far more difficult for young people to be gamers and will ruin the market.

"All Digital Future" is boomer logic buzzword soup. It makes sense for PC gaming where upgrades and iteration are constant. For console gaming, which is supposed to have presence in emerging markets and have accessibility as baked in to the feature set, it makes no sense whatsoever and will shrink the gaming industry.

Tldr: some people need to remember who they were when they were blowing into cartridges and pressing Start to play. If you think that person wants to wait two and a half hours to download then your childhood sucked 100% booty.

Yep, time to let go of the half-game you get with no manual that needs a download in order to have a full game.

No, I want both options I never want physical media to ever go away.

I always goes with the cheapest option. So far, for the ps4, I brought 3 physical and the rest (roughly 10 games) has been digital.

50gb games takes a whole night to download and be ready. I don't plan on getting faster internet so if games becomes 100gb or more, I still see myself going with the cheapest options, but will get annoyed with digital really quick.

It's already required to wait for installations and patches out of the box, which has effectively negated plug and play, and they've not been that way for quite some time now. Even Nintendo with the Switch, whose long prided themselves on simplicity of play and whose defenders touted, still demands another massive download onto an SD card when purchasing physically.

I mean, I've been all digital for ages on my PC, and honestly starting with the Wii it started to feel like a PITA to get my fat ass up and change a disc. I've basically gone all digital on console this gen, with the exception of gift games

@MirkoS77: the vast majority of games will work off of the disc or cartridge without the day one patch, though.

@Yams1980: I can accept digital gaming but the streaming situation, nope.

I've been all digital this gen. PC obviously and on Xbox. I have more faith in MS keeping digital games around since they are one of the biggest companies with servers and a cloud framework. Something Sony doesn't have. I don't really buy into the whole streaming gaming thing but if Google and MS have figured it out then it's the future. As long as I can still download full games and play them then I won't have any issues with the digital future.

Always prefer physical, but if I dont have a choice like hollow knight, yeah I'll buy digital. I like being able to trade or sell games after I buy them.

It is inevitable. Does not really matter if you accept it or not.

Yes, but only because I know there's no other choice. Face it, guys. All digital is the future.

No