…Wait, what? I know, I know: the young people don’t buy physical media anymore. The young people also don’t have seven hundred bucks to throw at a platform, and the people that do don’t want to buy new copies of all their old games.
Seriously, folks, just buy a dang PC. Most of the games will end up there anyway and you can use it for other things, too.
(Via pretty much everyone)
#commissionearned
I find it beneficial to keep my work and play spaces separate. The best way to resist temptation, is not to subject yourself to it.
(Also, I have memories of being PC Master Race Before compatibility was ironed out. Dropping over 3K on a bleeding edge box, and then having half the games I wanted to play on it crash because they didn’t like a video card or sound card codec… It left a mark.)
Not to mention, I’m a filthy casual. I’d rather relax on my comfy couch and play on the big screen, than try to max the frames per second and set up custom key bindings.
The kids have rediscovered DVDs .. because “on demand” keeps what they want to watch out of circulation….
Gamers will catch up. Eventually.
Mew
p.s. reminds me, I need to go pick up my lightly used Fallout New Vegas disk at the game store..
The issue is, that (most) games do not fit on physical media, and even when they would, the publishers rarely do so. The physical disc is basically a .bat file that downloads the game. If you’re lucky, it’ll also include a tutorial level.
I have several physical disks for games that are no longer playable.
Not to mention that a game shipping in a finished state is a much missed relic of the past. Even if you buy a physical disc at release, you’re going to need to download patches for the $&@(ed thing to work.
Oh for the days when you bought a “finished” game and it was finished….
***Glares at Paradox***
I have to day I am impressed with Baldur’s Gate 3, in that respect.