Physical or Digital?

I forgot all about that, too. Digital copies don't go on sale nearly as often as physical. Plus, there's the ability to trade-in or lend games to friends.

Almost all my games and music are purchased digital nowadays. I will never stop buying physical copies of movies though.

This old timer definitely prefers physical copies, though I do have a decent amount of games in digital form, most recently the Skyrim remaster for PS4. So much easier than my experience at TRU last night trying to buy Final Fantasy XV. As space continues to be an issue, I'm sure more of my game purchases will be digital. I've already cut down drastically on the amount of movies I buy, getting only the MUST HAVES (superhero movies, Game of Thrones, etc.) in physical form and waiting for everything else to hit premium cable/Netflix. I don't listen to much modern music, so music purchases have been rare over the last 5 years or so, but have been mostly digital.

It all boils down to pricing for me, and thus far as a console gamer it's typically cheaper to continue buying physical copies. If I'm not getting a good deal on a digital title, there's little reason for me to go that route.

I personally just hate how the digital pricing on console titles is all over the place. You'll often get the great deal (although it can still sometimes be priced higher than what you'd pay at a place like Steam) during Flash Sales or big anniversary events. But more often than not, I'm seeing older titles firmly priced at $20-30. Then during a typical weekly sale, they'll maybe go down a couple of dollars, yet still be priced well above what you'd pay for the physical copy at Target, Amazon, or Gamestop.

I don't have a preference. It's all the same to me really.

I buy physical because it is cheaper, which should be the opposite. I can get brand new games for $48 on release day. Yet I would pay $60 to buy it digitally. I also can sell or trade the game in once I finish it (which I usually do) and get $20-$30 back as well. If I buy a digital game I pay full price, and am stuck with it forever. I buy a digital game and playing it ends up costing me less than $30 out of pocket overall.

If digital had cheaper prices, I would consider it.


As far as movies, I don't buy movies at all anymore. I don't have time to watch movies repeatedly, so owning them is pretty unnecessary. I either see it in the theater, or I rent it on Amazon or watch it on Netflix. I used to collect movies and it made no sense because I never watched them.

Music I haven't bought a physical CD in years. I buy most stuff digitally though I buy very little music these days. I am old and most of the music I want I already have. I'll buy a song here or there from Google Play, but usually it is free from my Google Survey Rewards.

Physical. I only get digital copies of games when they're free on Games with Gold on Xbox One.

I love getting physical games and keeping them in one place without having to scroll through a library to find them. But, more recently, I haven't been able to get to Gamestop or wherever to buy physical copies so I just purchase them digitally. Despite always buying DLC content digitally, I've only bought Overwatch and Telltale Batman, disregarding the PS2 games I copped from the store.