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Post by gammonstark on Jan 7, 2015 0:02:07 GMT -7
Inspired by the previous question about which you would rather own...
Which format do you find yourself forgetting about?
Author Tracy Hickman mentioned in an interview that as we move into the age of digital media, it is good to have "artifacts". Both hosts mentioned wanting to having physical copies of favorite games and Hickman mentioned that he wanted to offer supporters a physical copy of the book he was kickstarting for the same reason.
I type this while surrounded by shelves of such artifacts. My favorite books over here, my favorite games over there. [suck it, comma splice]
I look around the room and remember enjoying these items, and what I was doing as I was enjoying these items. But some of you, especially for those of you who may be digital natives, may get the same feeling when you look at the list of games on whatever device you are using.
So, again, which format do you find yourself buying games in, but then promptly forgetting about or just sitting on? [take that, prepositions]
I tend to forget about digital media. I am currently sitting on 8 digital games and 4 demos, as well as, 5 kindle books.
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Post by kalebfcraig on Jan 7, 2015 22:28:43 GMT -7
If its a console game or a movie id rather have physical. Digital is nice but i like seeing a shelf of awesome. Id also rather own hard copies of old games just to say i have them. its why i'm so tempted to drop 250 on a copy of valkyrie profile. its not only an older game but its rare and hasn't been released on digital except in japan.
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Post by pooralice on Jan 31, 2015 15:45:52 GMT -7
Physical will always win for me. Not to try and sound like too much of a martyr but if I want something I'll happily pay a more premium price to own it physically. Not once have I been swayed by the idea of owning something digitally. The games I own digitally on PSP have been presents from a family member. Books, games, music, films being the main articles of talk here I can safely say I will continue to pay for these if I want to own them. It's to do with actually having a tangible object. For books, CD's and games (less so for films), it means as much to me to have the actual object as it does to have the ability to read/listen/ play the thing. I think that's a good way of describing my feelings towards this.
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