Should you buy physical or digital games? 

it's pretty good connor, i'd be interested in more stuff like this

I liked this video,I have no problems with this style!

It's kinda cool

this was a refreshing change, enjoyed that it wasnt a topic discussed regularly, keep it up connor

You'd make a badass trap

@NintendoWideTelecastJapan that's a good point. And for indies. That opens up lots of opportunities for Devs. If I have to. I'll do digital. But ill also try my best to get a game physical best I can

@NintendoWideTelecastJapan burn the game on a disc

And the smell!!!

NintendoWideTelecastJapan I prefer physical, but I’ll get digital if there’s no physical copies

Bo Bo tru

Do what? I was calculating the best meal choices within my budge- Wait where are we?

All good except the selling it part.

Wha? Physical will always be more expensive new.

@@sonickid1548 No, I see a lot of Switch games cheaper physically Even Smash Bros Ultimate was in my country cheaper physically than digitally

I have always found digital a lot cheaper except on the new releases, and for most of the games I buy them on sale. A quick example, the last 2 games that I bought were Yoku's Island Express and Max: The Curse of Brotherhood. I paid $7.5 for Max The Curse of Brotherhood due to the Switch sale, its normal price is $15, in Amazon its normal price is $30 and it's possible to buy it used for $25, in Gamestop the preowned price is $20. I paid $10 for Koku's Island Express its normal price is $20, on Amazon its normal price is $40 but its on sale for $15. In Gamestop its pre-owned price is $20. ...and that's on USA (that has good retailers), in latinamerica retailers often increase the price around 50% for physical copies and some digital distributors(most notably Steam) decrease the price for digital games (for example, in Mexico the base price of Sunset Overdrive in Steam is $185MXN (around $10 USD) and in GamePlanet(the most important retailer of videogames, like the equivalent of GameStop) costs $999MXN, more than 5x the price).

DESI BEAR

sunsbookishgamesx same

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That's what I will probably do when I get the next console after the Switch. A mixture of digital and physical games. What could go wrong? Best of both worlds!

U won

Except for GOG. I love that store. For console I always go physical.

Wonderful points

Happen to me on my ps3 with capcom. I lost megaman and capcom vs marvel.

well nowadays, physical disks are just glorified keys anyway, they dont store much if not any of the game and they just act as a key to download and play the game. think about all those games that you get physical and then you get a fucking 30ish download

First i dont sell games, and i wont borrow it to a friend. Second i hate changing disc all the time. This reason is enough to get me digital games

#teamDigital

Agreed

Team physical

Same here buddy

Same

I laughed when he said dowoad a Game in a few minutes and showed Breath of the Wild. Nintendo systems take hours to download big games, the Switch would still take like at least half an hour to an hour for that shit

@@NottJoeyOfficial When I downloaded Watchdogs for Wii U (I know that all sounds terrible) I had to leave it on for multiple days before it finished. A lot comes from my terrible wifi, but Nintendo is also to blame.

@@NottJoeyOfficial it is a 16gb game, half an hour isn't that bad.

Also consider the heavy amount of space they take

True. I’m also a collector and I like looking and the cartridge and the box itself. I also don’t like the idea of someday breaking my console and being unable to save all of my data. Having a physical copy will save the games at least.

oh yeah yeah

Brezel, yummy switch games.

Yummy

ikr, thats my reasoning to!

I support it because if want to play an Xbox 360 game it is better to play with a physical copy and a 360 atleast for me because I have a lot of storage issues on the 1 but none on 360 ever at least not yet. Plus some older games don't have any downloads on disc, and a related note you can't wrap up a digital product you can gift it but it won't be as cool to receive a present underneath your tree that says "check your messages."

@@fredricknoe3114 write the code down on a piece of paper inside of a game case. That's what my brother did for Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4

I agree with you. When I was a child, I loved trading in my games at eb games Canada, to get trade in value, to use it towards new games or pre orders. As I am in my 20s, I much prefer buying digital games. Since I have a physical disability, I can not open the flap to put the switch games inside, so digital games on the switch the best and only way for to play and buy my games. Also, the fact that I pre order Smash 2 days before its release and I was able to download it and play it at 12:00 pm est. All and all, nothing wrong with my physical games or preferring them over digital. All I can say to you and everyone else who loves physical games is, enjoy it while you can because, soon, physical games will not be available and stores like eb games and GameStop will no longer be opened.

Buy some Nintendo games they always stay the same price for years and they will probably be the only company to do physical in the years to come. I say that's good eatin with dem nintendo games.

Brandon P. That doesn’t sound awful at all. You’re doing what you have to.

You can't even buy most indie games by cartridge.

@@alppp6 I know

Anime was a Mistake thats the point

Same here. But what do you do when they release a physical copy later? Do you buy the game again? I may sound stupid but if you're a collector it makes sense...

dipresscion you can buy Undertale physically

Thats how mafia works! 😂

Davemate sounds to me like a typical child me and my brother ruined soooo many games and I can remember going to friends how where we went to okay a game and it ended up not working. Not that we’re older obviously games don’t get ruined but kids have a talent for that.

@@juliac4974 Yeah, accidents happen I suppose. Digital games are good for that but I enjoy having physical copies makes it feel more like you actually own the game. Thanks for replying in a nice way, refreshing to see :D

@@GuillaumeB7 not entirely true but way harder. Forget the joke about scratching the case because you can do that I had one 3DS game somehow having a contact scratched off. Still have no idea how that happened

My idiot little brother left games and movies outside of the case all the time, all I have to do is keep my games away from him

Oof yall where carefull children, my brother never let me neer his game cartages, i have the mindset of a 5 year old, i bout killed my families pc because I spilt a full glass of water on it

What he meant by that was: in the old days, nobody had access to DLC updates because the internet wasn't a thing. They just release the game on cartridge/CD/DVD, and that was it. The only way developers could update games back then was to rerelease it. You see how Capcom handled the Street Fighter series back in the 90s, right? Nowadays, with the internet all but widespread (it ain't all over the world yet), most of us have easy access to those updates, whether we go physical or digital.

Nobody Knows so once support ends u wont be able to the game if it is downloaded

very few differences? Sell or trade that digital copy, c'mon...I'll wait.

SexyWalrus9000 just tell the employee that gamestop is going under

Gamestop is so annoying with that man. The worker there made me have to get my mom's confirmation to get INJUSTICE.

Never had that happen

I don't even have gamestop in my area, the closest we have is EB games.

Smart man.

Same....same

Same

I downloaded the new Spider-Man in 30 minutes but it took an hour to download the new game plus update

I got bo4 in 30 mins and it took an hour and a half for a 1 gb update

It takes my switch 36 hours to update fortnite....

Good Sir , I have a switch, and a 128 GB SD card. That would,seem t be fine, right? NOPE. BOTW takes up 30 GB of storage. That’s a lot. The physical copies only take up 2.

@@dnsjtoh Breath of the Wild takes 30 GB? That is beyond ridiculous

@@dnsjtoh what the hell. Zelda is not more than 16 or something like that, or even less.

And with physical games you don't have to be connected to the internet to play

@@Xylluk you... don't have to be connected to the Internet to play digital games. You only need Internet to download them, which is only inconvenient the moment you but them (though how that will be the case after you managed to access the eshop and buy a digital game is beyond me). And for the games that need Internet to play, you'll need it whether it's digital or physical so no loss there

I like discs because if you want to play an Xbox 360 game it is better to play with a physical copy and a 360 atleast for me because I have a lot of storage issues on the 1 but none on 360 ever at least not yet. Plus some older games don't have any downloads on disc, and a related note you can't wrap up a digital product you can gift it but it won't be as cool to receive a present underneath your tree that says "check your messages."

I prefer cartridges due to how reliable it is. It's durable, loads faster than all disk based games, and doesn't necessarily require installation. Yes it's $10 more than disks, but it's absolutely worth it.

Kristian Berget YEP

This is exactly what I do

Ayden's World yeah

Thats what I do lmao

i agree

Took me 5 minutes to download

SegaDisneyUniverse but the GameCube isn’t 20 years old...

SNES, NES or N64. GameCube is 18 years old. As of 29th December 2018

A very confused individual ALMOST

@@ib7169 Did you not read the entire sentence? I said ALMOST 20 years.🙄

A very confused individual ALMOST

_Oh, like JonTron._

Hey all Scott Here

*Original JonTron joke comment*

E3kHatena ppppoo

GeekRobot Hey Scott, All here.

You can always pay and download a cracked copy, unless you're on a console, then.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@Pinkamena Pie I don't care, because the data is in my hand and not on the server. No company can tell me when I can play this game and for how long. Besides that, my internet is shit and it would take days to download something.

@Pinkamena Pie yes, they have the rights for the game but they PRACTICALLY have no controll over it. It is really easy to take a copy from a game on a CD. You can't erease the files on a burned disc wich runs on a console that does not belong to the company that made the game. And not everyone uses the internet on their device, so the company cant delete ALL games if at all. Besides that, terms and condition has to be signed like you do it in Steam or Google Playstore. You have to accept them every time. If I walk into the next gamestop and buy a game this is not the case. I didn't sign anything and nobody warned me. THIS would be a highly illegal scam. It's like saying I bought a new microwave, but I only have the right to use it and ot does not belong to me. This is bullshit. I walk into a store, I take what I want and it belongs to me. Nobody can take my property. You could argue that games are intellectual property, but so are books, music and paintings and if I buy them there still mine. The only thing that I'm not allowed is to say that it is my work or to share it in public.

Pinkamena Pie thank you for being the only one who actually understands how this works

@Pinkamena Pie Do you see the irony of what your saying? Some games are unplayable without a patch? Some games aren't even complete on disc? There selling unfinished games. And people like you only pay for the rights to play those games ruin things from a cosumer perspective. This isn't some natural progression. This is the game companies slowing pushing the narrative that digital is the future. To slowly wein you from physical. And idoit cosumers eat it up because they look at from short term benefits. Convenient downloading. Never physically lost or broken. There not looking at the unforeseeable future. Bankrupt companies, server shutdowns, simply being banned from using the service for whatever reason. And not only can companies take games away legally, but more importantly they can EASILY do this. Yes perhaps legally even on disc were paying for the same right, but PRACTICALLY it fairly difficult to single me out and take my disc. But they get around this by selling an incomplete game, and downloading patch and/or integrating server support to closely with the game. AND on top of that digital cost the same as physical, even though it should be cheaper as they completely avoided the manufacturing cost. Yes there are exceptions, but that's the general rule. That alone should tell you how dishonest and money hungry these game companies have gotten.

There’s a difference between taking care of the disc, and the fact that someday no matter how good of a caretaker you are, the disc will either become lost, deteriorate, or become lost to time. A digital file will never die, but a physical object will eventually be lost to time.

@@Goat0423 Goddamn it people if you're that bad at keeping track of it then get a box or something and keep it on your desk so even if it falls or gets lost or something then you will spot the big thing and the discs won't get scratched or anything because they are in the case o-o

Even if you take care of it it'll still deteriorate over time from handling/inserting/ejecting. Also not everyone plays the game themselves, some people have kids that'll inevitably fuck up the disc no matter how much you teach them to take care of it.

@Fox Exactly my point.

Honestly tho like at 3:45 he literally throws them on the ground

Tf?

I really hope you aren’t being serious

I have trash wifi and smash took 2 hours so

TheHog Productions BITCH I once tried to download a 200mb game on my ps4 and it took an hour

Chin Channel My WiFi is horrible and Smash only took an hour. That’s why I like physical games more.

I got smash dowmloaded because 1 it was late and I didn't want to convince my mom to go out and 2 i didn't want to switch cartridges all the time

Christ are u using walmart wifi?

Agreed. But to be fair, it will probably be a *long, long time* before they shut down the online servers of the Switch. They only shut down the Wii shop because it uses different servers to the 3ds, Wii U and Nintendo Switch (these 3 consoles use Nintendo Network). It was just most convenient.

You still have the games on your console and can play them even if they shut down the servers though so I don't see your point. I think it is safer digitally because physical cartridges can be lost and in that case, there is nothing you can do. On the other hand, if you lose your sd card or something you can just redownload the game (minus your save maybe) and it will still be ready to be played. If they shut down the servers AND you lose the sd card then you might have a problem though considering they haven't even shut down the server for 3ds it won't be anytime soon.

@@warship21 This. I never understand why people say you can't play a game after servers are deleted. As long as you don't delete the game or lose the SD card, you still have the game on the switch and can play at anytime.

@@warship21 while yes the games can be played without the server, the switch can fail, the file can corrupt, the sd can fail or be lost, and the game wont have any value as soon as you hit purchase on your switch. Physical games can be kept, and you physically own it. It can be traded, borrowed, or sold as any other property you own. So yes while youre less likely to lose your games in the short run, you sacrifice having real worth in a game, and the ability to play on another switch when the servers leave.

You can make multiple copies of a digital game and have it forever, you only get one copy of a physical game and if it gets stolen or a friend "loses" it after you let them borrow it.....

theres also haveing the library effect when you have a sizable colection for multiple consoles. think The AVGN room but actaullly possible.

It is my dream to have a massive game room full of shelves lined with games

An SD card can fit multiple games while a game cartridge for something like a switch can fit 1, not including a box...

If you move constantly, carrying hundreds of physical games can be problematic. Also, if the console in turn is a handheld, carrying tens of physical games can be a bad idea, because they can be easily lost or stolen. Lastly, customs can be problematic if you want to pass with lots of physical games, but with digital games there is no problem with customs. It's ironic that the only consoles that can still play physical games without installing copying all the data to the console are the handhelds (the ones where there could be more reasons to go digital).

@@NottJoeyOfficial I don't have a room like that but I have lots of games(10s physically and 100s digitally) and is not that great because I can only play one at the same time and I have limited time, making pointless to have that much, also the Paradox of Choice(look for that in Wikipedia if you don't know what means) makes me hard to be satisfied with a particular game and I end leaving unfinished most of them.

They can just download them again and many games have cloud saves, so that's not really a huge argument against digital downloads

@@NottJoeyOfficial What happens when the servers are down and your harddrive corrupts.

@@untested3344 You pirate the games, which you can do more easily on PC, with all the day 1 updates and patches and DLC even with physical games you won't have a good thing for preservation for most games, so piracy in the future is the only way you'll be able to play most games, physical or digital.

@@NottJoeyOfficial Acept I don't have a computer even close to that power to run it and never will. Also at that point I'd rather have cartridge so I a least have physical item out of my money I can sell at anytime of my life instead it just corrupting away. I'll pass and stick with my physical media.

Nott Joey what happens when you want to sell your digital game? You can’t 💀

Plushmation Studios a digital library is a form of collection as well. I know physical collectors don’t see it that way but it still comes with a satisfying feeling of having a game collection.

@@collinqs2541 that I truly know I didn't mean like it not a library collection but I like physical copy of the games while others may like digital

Plushmation Studios I definitely prefer having a physical copy, except in the switch’s case. I just like having all of my games on the console so I don’t have to mess with bringing games on the go.

@@collinqs2541 true but everyone is different ^_^ and there nothing wrong weither they want physical or digital as long they enjoy the games they like ^^

Plushmation Studios agreed!

Jackson Shelton Same. Only seems to be Nintendo discs too

I’ve had 2 shattered mkwii discs

Jackson Shelton ya my wiis disc drive broke before anything else

Lucky you! My smash bros brawl copy doesn't work on my Wii anymore, and that goes for any new Brawl game I pop in. What the fuck did my nephews do to my disc?

@@summerycast7936 That's not a problem with the discs its a problem with the console

Well duh that's why it's called DIGITAL but physical is better imo

I have to get all my games downloaded because the part of my xbox that takes in discs is broken.

Yeah i get that

i also live in a country where games especially physical are expensive and i know one store thats kinda far that sells switch games but i dont like just downloading

Looks like none of u don’t know about Amazon

@@heyhector05 Looks like you don't know about paying 40 bucks in shipping fees for a product that'll take longer to arrive than it would to download.

ApexUltimo Amazon shipping is free

I don't have enough space to store hundreds of digital games on my switch lol

@@jjmcn8377 you dont download them. You just save them onto your account.

No space in consoles either lmao

Physical games don't take much space in your house lol. Just put it in a drawer, shelf or something. Personally i keep them in a drawer next to my tv.

but then you'll be having dozens of microsd cards for storing your games >.> so it's just like psychical cartridges again

That is what some pc games do.

Same dude it feels weird not having the case

The PS Vita did that for a few games and more recently Fortnite on PS4 and Switch shipped with only a code

@@_simple.mp4 what does rwby have to do with discussion

@@Aban-sf1rb , like my name states I Don't Know

i bought the digital, because i thought it'd be easier to have. But i agree on getting physical copies.

@@froof usually, if a physical copy is available, I'll but that instead because I like watching my collection grow.

@@averypatrick5279 thats good.

I just like playing the game 😐 I wouldn’t pay 15 extra for a case😂a normal person would sell you the case for like 5 or less

@@loveall192 usually, physical versions of indie games are a bit more expensive. I don't really mind though, I really like having the case

TheFloodDude it was end of GameCube start of Wii type of deal

Actually i do both cause digital cant be lost. Cause if you lose the gamecard. You spent 90 freaking dollars. If you get it digitally you keep tye game forever. Dont talk about the switch breaking cause i still have a super nintendo from 1990 that works perfectly

*gets a new Switch, logs into the NNID and Downloads the Games again*

Random Guy *has to wait literally hours for every game to download again*

@@TurtleLover300 not if you have fast internet

MicroSD

@@RandomGuy-mu9py *realises you don't always have $300 to spend on a new system*

@Tiggy Zars’ Journal Thanks, anyone that's a fan of Mimikyu is good with me :]

Pathetic

@@FuckFascistRU-vid How?

@@megamanmegamanmegamanmegam8725 How what? I can't see my original comment lol

Legionaire Sunny Unless someone steals them from you...

Me too same reason i lost all my ps4 games! Still theres thing like PS Classic which have Digital but cannot be removed thats a plus for me! Its cute and small! Still testi g fps looks great! With retroArch without PSN accsess irs better just like old days put disc in wait for loading screen Playstation 2 logo pop in your in! Mush better times!

Pretty sure the reason you got banned is because you were a bad boy

fair point. If you are going to do something that you know a company wont like then you go physical all the way