Anon buys a game for the switch 2

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• Flatfire@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s been interesting, watching the lag here. This feeling was felt by many who played games on PC 15 years ago when DVDs were starting to become less common and games were expanding in size. I distinctly remember buying a game I was excited for only to learn now I had to spend part of my data cap on downloading it. What had even been the point of buying the boxed copy?

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  • Matty_r@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I remember hiring games, and reading the manual inside the case on the drive home. Just feels like everything is lacking soul now in the name of convenience.

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    • Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Not the convenience of the consumer but rather that of the provider They don’t want you to pirate their games, not even sharing the disk. We don’t own what we pay for anymore.

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    • sleen@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It’s not about convenience. It is about control, and manipulation. There is only one thing important and it is money.

      Corpos, are trying their hardest to cut corners on every opportunity. It was promised that digital games where to be cheaper than the physical alternative - but alas that promise was broken when all that did was tie the customer down into a literal monopoly.

      In my experience, some indie games still have that “charm”. So it’s not about convenience, it’s caring about your customers.

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    • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I remember hiring games…

      What games did you hire? I wonder how good link would be at gardening. I know I’d take Mario as a plumber. Samus as an exterminator?

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  • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    To me it’s because a physical copy means ownership and control of what you bought and paid for. You can display it, make a backup, lend it to a friend, play it without a mandatory internet connection, or sell it later. Sure I didn’t avoid buying digital only games on PC but I specifically sought out physical console copies of certain games because it meant I could recover some of my expense if it turned out it wasn’t what I wanted.

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    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Well that’s just not true, you can buy a physical game that is still subject to DRM and have it tied to an account so other people can’t play it.

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  • GhostedIC@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Skyrim for me. At least I got the physical map! But it was kind of plasticky. Made me miss, say, the cloth map that came with Never winter Nights.

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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What had even been the point of buying the boxed copy?

    Some have historically come with art books or figurines or other tchotchkes

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    • Flatfire@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Oh sure, that was more of an echo of the feeling of being tricked than anything else. Those are usually special/collectors editions anyways, and there’s reasons beyond needing/wanting the data that you’d buy that.

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  • Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Resale. You can easily sell these again, which is not possible with a fully digital copy.

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    • Flatfire@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Hardly. If the only thing in the box is a code, then it ends up tied to an account. I know that’s not the case with the Switch, but it wasn’t what I had really directed the sentiment towards

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  • Bongles@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    If this follows that, we’ll just stop buying/selling all physical games.

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  • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Im like this with movies and music, but not games.

    Although I will not buy ea games or shit with drm

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• SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Don’t buy from Nintendo. Easy fix.

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• Mac@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Ew Nint🤢ndo

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  • RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Nintondo

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    • Raptorox@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Nintendon’t

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• otacon239@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Now they just want to make you pay to waste some plastic.

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• J_on_LemmyML@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It says on the front of the case

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