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Old 02-12-2021, 07:04 AM  
Pink24
So Fucking Banned
 
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Originally Posted by Applebite Media View Post
More and more you see new systems coming without a CD drive and going purely digital.

Good idea?

Maybe for the game companies... but for the consumer, other than convenience of getting a game immediately... what other benefit is there for the consumer?

1, Cannot return the games very easily...
2, Once you beat the game you are stuck with it, cannot trade it in for another.
3, Cannot share with friends.
4, You still pay sales tax on an item you can never hold. (remember when electronic downloads were free of taxes??)

Personally, I would rather have a shelf of games that I actually own and can sell off or trade it when I am done with it.

Sorry... little rant this morning... 1st time I ever paid full price for a game... beat it within the month and now stuck with it. Wasted 120.00!!! Great game though! AC Valhalla... if you have not tried it... it's a blast. Easy, but a blast.
Up until about a year ago I always bought game discs until I got a PS4. Since then, the drive has only been used for 1 game - Just dance which was bought at Christmas.
Several years ago I would trade games in but recently I took like 10 games in and was offered like a dollar for them all.
Kind of glad I don't have to bother with that now.

Also, games take up space and clutter. I subscribed to PS Now which means I can play 100's of games instantly. It's a streaming service a bit like Netflix.

So, I don't really mind.
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