Physical Video Games Are LITERALLY Disappearing | Physical VS Digital Gaming 

You could even go further back, towards the time when EA really meant what their company name says. You'd get so much stuff in a gamebox. The so called feelies. I really miss those things. They were awesome.

I remember in 1992 or 3 buying TF1942 on the pc and not only did it come with a physical map but also a ship identification book and a book about the Pacific War!

there are Super Rare Games and Limited Run making physical copies with manuals and whatnot

And maps too.

Especially sitting on the toilet. Especially those 90s instructions manuals. It would have all the enemy types, guns etc etc. And also Magazines. I remember I could go to any store & gas station and get a video game magazine.

We completely agree with you on this! Cheers!

Evolve or die

boomer

​@@jamesnguyen7069 clown

​@jamesnguyen7069 your the type that would take the mark of the beast and pledge allegiance to the antichrist and Satan just to get your digital copy so the boomers rule because we can see the future of where this digital content is headed.

Definitely man we do that sometimes also! So frustrating! Cheers!

Same, got like 280 ps plus games on my ps that I haven’t even played

✅ I hear you about being a 90’s kid!!! I’ve resisted the digital offensive and refuse anything past the psp!!! I’m happy enough playing Skyrim on the last system I’ll ever buy which is the PS3.

You don't own the game. You possess a license that can be revoked for any reason at any time.

@@officerminiwheats facts

Thats crazy and doesnt seem right! That should more of a reason for people to go physical ovee digital! Cheers!

Well you can combat that by making ur console different region and using vpn for that country and buy eshop games that way. They sell them way cheaper in other territories. Just do a google search. It’s some third world country. It’s essentially the same thing Nintendo is doing, it’s cheaper for them to do from another country then the USA but they are still enjoying charging USA prices.

That might be a PayPal thing. I either buy eShop cards at my local store because they give extra store points for gift cards, or I use my credit card directly in the eShop. I never see any extra fees.

A fellow GameStop patron. Glad to know there are others

I never used PayPal. I use my debit to buy games on the eShop. Not to say that I dislike PayPal. I do have a bandcamp account, after all; but that was a scummy thing to do

Yeah I remember those days as a kid! They really were the good ole days! We didnt realize how good they were in the time! Cheers!

Sadly there are thieves and shoplifters on the rise who would be selfish to steal products from the store and cause prices to rise especially video games. I would never steal from a store, I will always be honest and pay for what I buy. I don't want to get in trouble with the police or the law.

Yeah its unfortunate people do that!

@@GamingOffTheGrid When Nintendo 64 was out I remember that I needed Mario Kar 64 and it was like at Target I think and My Mother bought it for me or for my Birthday or a Christmas Gift.

I have no memory of going to Target before they kept games behind a glass door. I used to just go to Kay Bee Toys and Toys R Us.

Cars to explain some examples? Or is this just right wing dog whistling?

​@@unicorntomboy9736 wtf does this have to do with gaming??? Stfu wanna be intellectual savior

The physical copy will also last longer than the digital copy. The digital copy will last no longer than the console it's installed on, and they never last that long before they crap out. If you take care of a physical copy on the other hand... I still have NES games, where well over half my ps3 library got wiped out when they removed ps3 from psn and the ps3 took a shit. Still got my hard copies though.

Well for the most part you can mod that content back in like Ashley's skirt is RE4 remake

@@unicorntomboy9736 throughout history the OP comment is true. 10 years from now , most of the stuff today will be deemed immoral, that’s how it works with subjectivism

Ah man thats awesome! Yeah so many kids have and will miss out on making experiences they can go back to when there older! Its really sad! Cheers!

Ahh, a person of culture, I see!

why never? google "Super Rare Games" and "Limited Run", you'll be pleasantly surprised!

Major facts!! Those were the best days of gaming

Those two were top of the line RPG, and a load of fun, can already tell you that you got a big fish out there, I bought it too when it had just been originally released in the stores and played it extensively around 20 years ago, all the goodies you mentioned were there alright, but I lost the neckless because I've been moving a few times...

That doesnt sound good! But your probably right! Cheers!

In china their so anti video game that they control everything and have digital id for gaming your not allowed to have fun in commie countries ha

That completely false I have digital games over 10 years old. You say that but have never seen it happen

Just because you haven't personally seen it does not negate the fact it can or has happened. I have had some that I've seen on my devices that have affected my library. If it is installed, then sure you may not lose it, but what about people who have it digitally and the shop closes like the 3DS. Or that I have my XBox 360 with games I've purchased and when I go to re-download a game from my purchase history it says that I have a purchase but it is unavailable. Or the Steam users who get a notification that a producer has removed a product from Steam and it subsequently was removed from my Steam account too.

@@jrit12389 I have several games that were taken off Steam years ago. They were never removed from my account and I can still redownload them.

@@tgreg9542 Shut up

@@jrit12389 trust me dude physical media for video games are never going away digital it's just another choice

For sure those companies will keep pushing games out for sure! Cheers!

Not if Biden can help it.

@@Airik1111bibles bruh..

​@Airik-tc7dh Biden has no say on it you fool.

I agree but they are expensive compared to normal retail.

We are fullt with you on this! To us we think the difference between the two are huge! Cheers!

I have gone mostly the other way. As a DJ, I either have to miss out on music or could be waiting 6-8 months for something to hit a vinyl release (which, for me is less fun than using a digital version due to its restrictions and sensitivity) if I stay on physical media. I have a bunch of Drum & Bass records from the mid to late 2000s because I already own them and a small curated LP collection. I want to curate my D&B vinyl collection with better copies of tunes I love, and flesh out bits that I missed out due to budgetary constraints of being in my early-mid 20s. For general listening I prefer Spotify due to its ability to use your tastes to help you find similar music that you may have overlooked when it came out (or explore new genres) due to the expense of buying an album for €15-20 to maybe get 2 songs you want. Again, if I feel like I need it, Bandcamp exists. For movies its the same. I have some highlights on DVD or Blu Ray - mostly films that I have a connection with - but I much prefer having access to a wide library of movies and shows to either broaden my horizons of genres or have seamless access to the things I love. For games I do have a Switch with a small library, but seeing as I mostly game on PC my library has been digital since 2017. Technical problems with physical media and gaming has meant an all-digital future has been coming for some time to a point where basically game discs are just installers and physical DRM from the PS4 era onwards anyway (that optical media read/write speed limitation). With consoles being a closed system it makes community mods and post server shutdown support far more difficult, which is why the only console I own is a Switch.

Same here! And we really have to want it too! Cheers!

I bought the disk version of PS5. Because I still had ps 4 games. Disc can be cheaper you get them used or in the bargain bin

Not even physical games are actual physical games. Most have a massive install. The disc is just a license to play it.

thought of sailing the high seas? a pirate's life is a free life unchained by greedy corpos

@@OHCAM5 today, so true. But back in the day, full games were on the discs. Old-school is the way to go. Retro gaming all the way.

I don't like the fact that I won't be able to buy used AAA games at some point but that just means more indies and fewer AAA games in my library.

me too...the second that gaming companies go all digital is the second they lose my business frankly...I see no actual value in an all digital ecosystem for the consumer.

So what are you doing besides bitching about it on social media, are you leading the campaign? Or are you gonna let these companies troll and teabag you

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Yeah man its very concerning! Cheers!

This is not just a feeling. Basically, you just buy the right to play a game. With physical media, at least you own the CD or cartridge. Physical games can be given away, sold, lent or inherited. With digital games you can't do all that, you can play the game as long as it's available. You are also dependent on the seller. If a platform is closed down completely, all games are lost.

I couldn't agree more. I would say that most of my games that I own are physical games. I own (?) maybe 10 digital games vs. hundreds of physical games. Nothing will ever compare to playing the physical games on the actual consoles with the original game controllers. The look, the feel, the smell of the physical games is all part of the experience. The same with physical music albums. At 51 years of age, I seriously feel sad for the future of gaming (and music). Denying the future generations of this whole awesome experience.

You dont own the game! Its at the discretion of the company who made it! They decide to shut it down you lose the game forever! Cheers!

Crazy times. Thanks for your replies. Take care.

@@AlonsoFan2023 You also own the storage medium the digital download is stored on, its basically the same thing as "physical", just that the storage medium can store more than one game on it.

Heck yeah! We love arcades! We go to a place called uptown in our area a Huge arcade all the time! Cheers!

It's called FYE these days and they're still around. 👍

I don’t know if they had it where you lived, but I had place called Saturday Matinee … so dope for movies!!

Software etc,Babages,and gamestop✔️

​@@Mr_Mcfeely have you tried going there lately? Sure, they still have those things, but the space has definitely shrunk considerably. Nowadays, most of their shelf space is 4 Funko Pop and other products

@@dsmoothb yup idk about yours but my closest FYE still has a great physical media section for movies and music, they even have ramped up their vinyl selection over the past few year's. They do indeed have a massive wall of POPs too, you're not wrong about that but collectibles are entertainment so it fits with their brand. They were never really a big game store but for that these days I always seek out mom and pop game shops

The funny thing about this is vinyl records are making a huge comeback and I see hundreds of new releases at Walmart and target each year

@@paralysis_demon_hunter yup, vinyl, and even shockingly, cassette tape sales have steadily been on the rise for a few years now.

The thing is, with movies and music, there is a huge replayability factor. So getting a physical copy is without because you want to listen or watch multiple times. Unlike a game, that if finished, might not get touched again in years. Sure games can be very played for hours, but that's most likely one or two at a time. You can consume music and movies more at a time. Which makes collecting physical for those media types better.

@@GrayWolf5000 that's a great way to look at it too! Even VHS sleeves were cool to look at!

True

Definitely man! We know its happening in other aspects of life but we are a gaming channel so we talk about gaming! Cheers!

Cds, DVDs sinking..... Digital media is new wave and a game doesn't cost $50 it cost $200 with all the add ons. Hate it or love it. I'm curious do you still carry cold hard cash? 🤕

That's cause people let themselves get sucked in to all the crap around nowadays. Especially the young generation they are part of everything disappearing cause they keep consuming what we dont want.

@@GamingOffTheGrid It's funny. Capitalists always claimed socialism would be disownment, now capitalism actually disowns people of their entire cultural capital. Digitalisation is madness.

Which is also why some people not buying into typical things like the housing market. If you live with next to nothing. Then there nothing to tie you to a place.

Japan seems to know whats up! Nice to see them plentful there! Cheers!

We totally agree and been telling people this! If they can get people to buy the same game multiple consoles they win by makin thay extra money and cut there cost! Cheers!

Yeah thats a huge fear in the limited digital games we own! Huge disadvantage of digital! Cheers!

Then you have to sue them to get access to your Account again. Here in Germany someone got their amazon Account suspended because he is a seller and there were some issues with amazon so they closed his. BUT he bought stuff on it which he couldnt access anymore and sued amazon. The result was that amazon needs to find a way to block his seller Account while still giving him access to everything he legaly bought. If they cant do it, they cant block his Account. Basically they cant take stuff away you payed for. But thats of course a country by country issue.

The rules are very clear and easy to follow. Don’t be a douchedick and you won’t get banned. How hard is that? It’s not a huge disadvantage, Inhad a buddy that got banned from Steam for saying a meme racist term as a joke. Lesson to be learned don’t say anything racist. That fucking simple.

@Brian Price this wasn't directed at Amazon but at every company that sells you digital goods. Especially since their ToS or EULA have so many parts in there that are illegal and cant be applied. Just for example Sony states that if your Account gets banned, every money you still got in there, They wont pay it back to you in their ToS/EULA. The german company Telekom (you may know them in america as T-mobile), they stated that after some time the money you charged on your Account isnt usable anymore after some time if you didn't use it. A judge slammed that part and said that part in the ToS is illegal therefore it cant be applied in Germany. A similar case was in Austria just last year but this time it was directly with Playstations ToS/EULA, where their court decided that a bunch of their stuff they wrote in there is not legal.

Will definitely happen in the future. "You will own nothing and be happy."

I love you

Hope that last where you live! Enjoy it while you can! Cheers!

Much love!

Searching for a older PS4 game yesterday online and in the shops at the next bigger city I have to slightly disagree, not even Saturn only Media Markt I would call a descent selection (like 3+ years ago) the stock/games they listed online are strangely even less than what was available at site. At the end of the day I had to resort to Ebay and buy it used, for the same price as the digital version plus a addition for shipping. But because I prefer physical (happily) paid it.

That would be a cool concept because you could preserve your physical copy! Cheers!

This

Yeah and we know how special those experiences were and there will be some kids that never experience that and thats a shame! Cheers!

Especially the ride home and reading the manual and the back of the case too see everything!

Physical games are going to just fall into the hands of Indie developers. You know there are plenty of hacked games and games that are created now for older consoles that are not originasl. Might seem like a far fetch but I'd be willing to buy some of those games If I had the consoles to go with them. Lots of really cool Dreamcast are Saturn games.

Back in the PS1 era I used to get paid on a Friday afternoon, buy something in my lunch break (I worked in town) eagerly read the manual & clock watch as I counted down the hours before I could get home & play.

Yes but kids nowadays prefer the instant gratification of getting the game digital and just playing rather than taking the time to leave the house, go to the store, buy the game, come back, install the game then play it.

But most so called physical copies of game these day rarely contain the entire game or even any of game on the disc at all the disc you buy basically contain the license that authorizes you to play the download and if the developer stops supporting and or pulls a game from a platform even with the disc the game won’t work or have limited functionality because severs required to download, authorize and play will be inaccessible or nonexistent

No we don’t. Physical media isn’t needed when we can buy a multitude of ssd’s & hard drives to store every game we have purchased. Just keep the console or pc you played the games on & you’re good. Why have a room full of dvds when you can save space with ssd’s?

@@stellarhyme3 no then we don't need theaters and physical media will never go away digital it's just there for a option

​@@stellarhyme3because there will always be the charm of owning that physical copy of the product that you used your money to buy. The PS3 games I have are real, they take up space, and the space they take up makes up for the space I made in my bank account to get them. Those games will work as long as my console does, there is nothing anyone anywhere can to to change that , barring the online multiplayer aspects. They won't expire or be shut off. They can't be corrupted like a flash drive or crash like a hard drive. They can't sell it to me again at half the price because it's a classic and they want me to pay twice for it.

@@marcusclarkson2657 the charm to these things are in large part due to nostalgia and emotional attachment of experiencing buying the physical game or dvd. And the nostalgia can be a fun novelty, like if there is a random video store in a small town it would be cool to visit it. But the average person is not gonna change their consumers habits for a fun novelty long term. Yeah it’ll be fun to visit a blockbuster, but that doesn’t mean they prefer video rentals to the convenience of streaming. And tho there are many pros to physical media, the cons hugely outweigh the pros.

Love this comment so much! You said everything we think! Cheers!

Manuals were amazing tutorials, tips, lore.... so cool. But so many ungrateful people would throw them directly into the garbage with the box. It's why some manuals outprice their games.

That is spot on and its scares us also! We even consider going 100% retro if it happens! Cheers!

It definitely is and those games will go up because physical collectors will buy more retro games! Cheers!

If you see the price of n64 and ps1 games, retro game industry is only for people with big pockets 😢

At this point some of us just collect roms instead of physical games since its a million dollars cheaper lol..

Fuel the out of control prices. Been collecting for years… and it’s getting out of hand. People listing things 200% over it’s value. Pricecharting isn’t helping either. As eBay is only one avenue of the market, but it’s starting to set the standard.

Except that literally still happens all the time. You just don’t interact with kids

I remember specifically getting Mario Kart 64 and Mario Golf under the tree…just ecstatic. Been trying to get physical copies for my 8 y/o nephew to keep that alive! My local Best Buy is a ghost town for physical games :(

All you have to do is make more games for the older consoles and do it via physical games.

Yeah its tough to see this is the eay things are going! Cheers!

You mean the physical ones right?

They definitely shouldnt! Way less cost in producing! Cheers!

Gebs!!!! Yes, it's up to us old school folks to keep it alive as long as possible. Who would have thought we'd be the "old school" crowd. Holy hell, where does time go. Cheers!

To hell with game pass.

Definitely on the Xbox side of things. Physical is healthier for Playstation and Switch consoles, but it's gotten pretty bad for Xbox. Granted, for someone like me who likes physical, the physical copies of Xbox versions of games drop a lot faster in price than Playstation and Switch (I own all the consoles and take this to my advantage) but the reason why Xbox versions have their prices drop faster is because most Xbox owners use Gamepass only.

Love physical movies and games, and I buy them still. Keep the love alive for them!

For Xbox maybe, but not on switch or ps4. Xbox sucks anyway.

Interesting and something we didn't really consider. I'm sure that is a contributing factor. Cheers!

Eh. a bunch of physical copies selling on eBay have been cheap. Haven’t seen any price increases on popular Xbox/Playstaiton/wii/etc. items. But definitely something to keep in mind for the future

Companies like Limited Run are turning physical into a premium commodity instead of just "the norm" 😢

Yup I saw a dude selling the RE remake for 80 dollars and before that, i saw a dude selling Howard's legacy for 120. Is crazy

You can only do that with certain games. You can’t go just buy call of duty and then go home and resell it for more lol

Hope so! Worst comes to worst there is retro gaming stores and we can play retro! Cheers!

Yeah gamestop is barely hanging on in our opinions! Cheers!

Yeah they are going to miss out on all the experiences we had and thats a shame! Cheers!

So true. Back in the old days we got one or two games for christmas and that's what we played for the rest of the year. Maybe traded a few around with friends, but that was it.

Yea they are! Thats very true! Thats always so tough to see! Cheers!

Sad but true. Thanks for watching. Cheers!

In our area they have glass cases so theft would be really tough! Yeah we think there are alot of factors involved! Cheers!

Yes it is! Very popular saying for this video 😂! Cheers!

It's why I fight again game streaming services so hard. You don't even have the HARDWARE in your possession. It's an extremely slippery slope.

Yeah it definitely lowered the level of games when they stopped giving those! Some companies still did but it was really rare! Cheers!

Just scan the qr code dude 😂

And you can sell your physical copy when you'r done with it. That lower the price even more.

how high are prices of used copies in Australia tho?

Wow that’s crazy that a digital copy would cost more then a physical copy. Interesting to see how different things are in different parts of the world.

Yeah thats absolutely ridiculous! Cheers!

In our area its glass cases and whn we ask they say they dont have the games! Cheers!

Sounds good but i wouldnt count on them doing that! Cheers!

Yeah there might be a day where we play only retro games! We are prepared for it but dont want to think about it yet! Cheers!

To be honest, I would never, EVER, sell ANY of my physical versions, whether it's VHS tapes, TV Show Discs, Consoles, anything, as long as they are working. If they're broken though, then that's more of if you're willing to find a place to store it and hopefully get it fixed someday, even if it's very unlikely that anyone can fix a second generation console like the Intellivision. When my mom threw out our Pikachu N64 console, It wasn't until years later that I realized, I wanted it back. But by that time 2007 came along, it was too little too late. To this day I'm still trying to get a Pikachu N64 console off of ebay, just that I'm waiting for the right time to get it whenever I can.

@@SuperFlashDriver You can't fix VHS tape decay and CD/DVD disc rot. Eventually, it will all disappear.

@@jonmc6573 Yes that's true, but I at least still have them in my collection, even if they don't work anymore.

@@SuperFlashDriver do you really though?

Glad to hear that man! Hope that last as long as possible! Cheers!

We love steelbooks also! That would be a good idea! Cheers!

I go through the same debate. If it's a game that I really don't care about. I'll buy it digitally, which is rare tho. If a sale on a game is dirt cheap that I don't really want to play, but to have just to be there on a rainy day. I'll buy it. But yes. I actually just got into steel books. Always been into strategy guides tho. They still make those. I saw a Forspoken strategy guide at Barnes and noble, and I was like yyeah I'm buying this. I love strategy guides haha.

Yeah it is! So tough to see as Physical media collectors! Cheers!

Supermarkets carrying games? That's... really weird to me lol

@@Klonoahedgehog I mean Walmart is technically a supermarket

Games nowadays are absolutely garbage, no one is buying them. If they only had older games in there still but very cheap, they probably would have more sales. But modern gaming is trash, who's going out into stores to buy these games.

I remember the time, Morrison's sold cheap games like mr mosquito, etc. Good luck getting them cheap now. Gaming is becoming a niche, expensive market now.

Nope. There are 18 years old now that have only know the ps3/360 gen up. Alot of them go to PC long term.

"So anyways kids, i entered the code and the game download began. Watching the bar fill up was a rush." Ehh. Just doesn't sound as memorable, does it?

A disposable digital download card 😆. How lame is that.

The ps2 version didnt even run past 30fps.. the GC did.. i feel bad for any blind person who says the ps2 version looked better.. I have always been a sony fan over a nintendo fan but the GC version was way better in performance and visuals.. just like how the ps2 version of scarface had better visuals than the xbox version but gta shined on the xbox

Yes they do! How dare us making money off there games! Cheers!

Greedy bean counters running video game companies hate it because they can't financially exploit gamers with used games like they can with DRM-infested digital copy games right now.

Thanks! Glad you like our content! Yeah its tough seeing the store shelves look like this! 🍻

Interesting! Best Buys here use glass cases so unless they broke the glass you couldnt steal the games! But maybe they still hold them in the back here! We ask they say no! Cheers!

No your spot on! People just like to doubt people! We deal with it daily! Ganestop was kinda struggling before this become such an issue also! Cheers!

I always answered if they doing so well why they swap to a spencer's model of becoming an overall geek T-shirt plush store over a gaming store?

blockbuster is coming back actually.

the distribution method changes, but not the media itself, will it crash? that's probably coming in a bit given what's happening...

its not that it isnt profitable, distribution methods are changing. its like movies.....the movie industry does numbers but once streaming dropped the game changed

We believe thats a factor but with Amazon There is a known factor on some new or newer games of long delays getting it or out of stocks! We think they are slowly making less! Cheers!

Where I am there is a place called Sunrise Records which seems to be the place for physical Blu Ray movies over other retailers these days...that and physical music media.

I personally want to add that the economical situation right now is rough and there is a chip shortage hence why many people couldn't get PS5. Also where I currently live (Germany) there are a lot of physical games in stores. PS4 games are starting to disappear due to no longer being in print and are replaced with PS5 ones. Back in my country PC gaming is way bigger which means that most games are on Steam or Epic with combination of people being poor so there is a weak console culture. However there are still physical and e-store aside of Amazon and E-bay that distribute games for consoles. Furthermore combine it with the fact video game quality have dropped significantly for some time (just look at how many live service games are DOA lately) and it is likely that piracy will likely increase more. People rather put their money for their food, bills and rent than 700$-1500$ GPUs or 70$ games while their salaries stay the same and inflation increases. Believe me people like to collect stuff and don't trust companies like Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony who try to pull the rug bellow their feet the first chance they get. Covid however sure made a mess we will be cleaning a decade.

Yeah its so sad to see! 🍻

Thanks! This video has been crazy and we are unsure what we did differently! Cheers!

Lol yeah we experience that! Sometimes we have to walk up to the cashiers until we see someone and they dont like being asked if they can get someone! Cheers!

Can confirm

facts, there’a been a handful of times i’ve been in a hurry and just said the hell with it and not get anything out of the case

Yeah Lots of mom and pop stores disappearing! So sad to see! Cheers!

That’s pretty much the case (pun intended) with any products that are locked in a shelf; I have to wait around the same time when I want to get a can of spraypaint

I waited 20 mins for a box of condoms at Walmart 🙄

Glad to hear your area is still doing well! Cheers!

Wow we will have to send alot of people your way! Alot of people are still looking for it physical! Cheers!

We miss them too man. Some of the best memories was hanging at my local rental store in Norwalk, IA which was also a card shop. It was heaven in the 90's. Cheers!

True or some small developers with the love of retro games make full complete physical games! There not household titles but we have found so really great games that are hidden gems this way! Cheers!

Yeah man its tough to see it this way! Cheers!

Good to hear your Walmart is stocked well! Cheers!

So once again it's Amazon ruining an industry.

@@OutofTime.. it's the average consumer who doesnt want to waste gas money just to buy one game who is ruining the industry. It's not amazons fault people prefer to buy things online.

For me at least that's accurate. Over the past 5 years or so i can count the amount of games ive bought in person on one hand, most of the physical games ive bought have been through Amazon. Thought that's still probably not full proof, one of the games i bought last year had problems with physical stock because the company didn't realize there was such a demand for physical copies.

@@geezus7833 That, at least, I'll agree. Though I like browsing a proper gamestory from time to time, I suspect that itch will be scratched in the future by more general 'second hand media' shops like Book Off, assuming physical media retains some popularity.

@@geezus7833 so you rather wait for days to come to your house rather than getting it now? You only want to pay things online because your too lazy to get out of your house and see all the stuff in stores so you can pay it immediately.

Love this comment! Basically described why we love physical media so much! Cheers!

We have issue of over 1500 games and no way to display. Maybe we need to have a gaming museum so gamers can rejoice and play old games again

The real issue is that have easy access to physical copies in a timely manner is going to become harder. Much of the upcoming games will become digital only or will have to be shipped to your house and will be increasingly more vulnerable to scalpers.

@@NSG_UK dare I say... a rental store lol There probably is a place for that in the future, once physical gets really difficult to find.

Not unless Sony and Microsoft adopt what Steam is doing by trading games digitally

You are completely correct! Physical will always be the best form of buying media! Yeah unfortunately we think they will! Cheers!

Yes they are! Huge old school wrestling fans so we had to have them! Cheers!

Or if you had a commodore amiga or Atari St and had to insert and reinsert next disc out of 10 discs. ah the memories 😂😊

@@NSG_UK I had a Commodore 64/128 and, later, a PC. Yeah, I remember sometimes spending hours trying to get those multi-disk programs to install/load. The old computer game boxes were something else too.

@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 only kept two big boxes. Sensible soccer and sim city on pc

Yeah we dont like it and agree with that! Cheers!

Thats a great strategy! Cheers!

Both of those are digital though.

Directors are fearing that there new movies will no longer be shown in theatres because of streaming. We might see movie theatres go bye bye to streaming. Sounds crazy but if someone told me Blockbuster would never shut down I’d believe them.

@@ancientflames that is not the point my man

My buddy is a huge film buff, he dedicated most of his house to bookshelves of physical copies from floor to ceiling, all cataloged, it warms my heart when I go by.

Making shitty 40 second “short films” doesn’t mean you’re in the the industry.

Again, we knew it would come to this but seeing it person in aisles that look like they are from the Walking Dead is weird to see. Crazy times. Thanks for watching. Cheers!

At least the Xbox disc for RE4 has the entire game on it! It sucks when the disc has 10 Mb 😂

I went to best buy last week to pick up a ps5 and there was maybe only 20 games with all 3 consoles. It is sad

Lol yeah .

Toys r Us.... KB toys...

Yeah we think this could boost retro sales! Cheers!

Yeah that is very true and they will be penalized for that and that isnt right! Cheers!

Yeah its becoming a thing of the past! Cheers!

How ironic you talk about things of the past while wearing an MTV shirt.

My local Walmart has like tons of games. No one's buying them apparently. It's shocking that some Walmarts don't even carry that many games. That could mean everybody's buying it or that can mean It's not being made anymore or as much but I do notice when you go into GameStop I see so many games that are on clearance for PlayStation switch and Xbox because they're not selling as well

We miss the old ps1 demo discs

@@NSG_UK We need more demo disks!! When I got my original playstation when it came out the only game I had was Crash Bandicoot and the demo disk. I played the crap out of that demo disk once crash got boring.

Maybe people are deciding to actually buy games again. That could be a possibility and maybe 2023 is the year that people are buying more games and DVDs because my local Walmart has tons of DVDs and games but they did shortened the CD section. Probably because CDs aren't selling as well the same thing happens at my local Target. They decided to make the DVD section a lot smaller last year so they don't sell as many but they kept the video game section the same and I always see tons of video games at target

My local target, gamestop and Walmart look healthy with physical copies but really they are keeping the bare minimum. They look like Fry's electronic stores a few years before they closed. All their inventory is already on the shelfs and none is at the back.

There's going to be less variation of physical games on shelves anyway as the cost and time of making games goes up so there's a lot less AAA games on shelves like there were in the GameCube/Xbox/PlayStation 2 era. Many indie devs simply cannot afford to create physical copies but sometimes they do upon release and others become physical if they sell really well like Shovel Knight

@@jamesm47766 I sure as heck hope you are right.

@@finkamain1621 I think you are right about that.

Understandable! We get your take! Physical isnt for everybody! 🍻

Dang its sucks when you get excited to go buy a game and there isnt anything! Cheers!

I just bought an OLED switch from a local target and was able to get same day with 2 games.

Yeah I have been ordering my games online now for the past couple of yrs from BB, 🎯 & amazon.🤔

Very crazy and sad to see this is what retail stores have become! Cheers!

Yeah thats unfortunate! At our stores they have glass cases so stealing is hard to do unless you break the glass which would be loud! We ask the stores here and they dont have the stock! Cheers!

A lot of modern games need day 1 patches and don't even launch with all the content on the disk. There's DLC as well, but then you'd have eliteists like "I don't care about playing DLC for a game when it's 20 years old" but then they'll miss out on extra Super Smash Bros characters and stages and big expansion packs like TES IV Oblivion's Shivering Isles DLC or any Borderlands DLC which adds so much content to the game

Those games where never realy popular anyway.

​@@resiefan3258 Those games are very popular, I work for a company who manufactures physical media, and Demon Souls is a very high demanding game wanted physically, as well as Returnal and the other title he mentioned as well.

@@resiefan3258 if you don't like something, it doesn't mean it's not popular.

Yeah our has games but its very low also! Cheers!

Very solid points! Its a money pit! Cheers!

Yeah its so tough to see these stores like this with physical media! Cheers!

Stores here have pc section which is odd for me as most laptops and pcs made today don’t have a cd drive. I’d have to get a usb cd drive to play physical games.

valve is secretly killing any physcial media.

Yeah we knew it was inevitable but was hoping we would have alot more time! Cheers!

Really? Thats odd!

They are all doing it!

Yeah thats unfortunately where they are pushing us into! Cheers!

- WEF klaus schwab.

Its basically communism

We hope it stays stocked there for as long as possible! Cheers!