Comment on GOG seemingly shares that they are considering physical PC 'big box' games. Maybe?
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 6 hours agoI don’t think it matters for this discussion. As long as I can download the files once, that’s fine. Just like if I bought a disc: once I take possession of it, I need to manage it.
I don’t expect that I can walk into a store 5 years later and just get another physical disc, so why would I expect that with a file? I need to take care of them myself.
That said even though they are not publishers, GOG, Steam, and humble bundle have been pretty good about keeping things available long after i bought them. I can still pull my whole humble bundle catalog (and soundtracks) down with a script.
skisnow@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
So you’ve never run out of space on your HDD, or replaced your machine, or wanted to lend or sell your game? You’re in the minority.
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Will the physical media get scratched, have bit rot, or no longer have a device it will work in?
At least with a file I can simply back it up, buy a new drive, put it into my server, leave a copy at a friends house and all the other ways we back up our data.
I dobt really care about lending a game, but they can come over and play it if they want.
Selling it seems like more hassle than its worth, and frankly even now we (collective we as in all of us) are simply throwing away DVDs, cds, and until recently older games.
I would rather just know that I have a game I can play anytime forever and that’s that.
skisnow@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
You’re just grasping now.
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Lol what? I’m “grasping”?
I do not want physical media. It’s wasteful and gives me no benefit, takes up space and has a limited lifetime.
How is that grasping?