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I just bought a Switch copy of Red Dead Redemption for $30 USD at Walmart and wondered if that’ll be the last of its purchase I’ll ever make. There’s nothing quite like buying a new cellophane-wrapped copy and it makes me sad the physical age of gaming is at its twilight.
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.
Bought it, but never played it. It’s still in its plastic wrapping, sitting on my shelf, taunting me, quietly whispering “pile of shame” every time I walk by.
Same here. A local store had a Black Friday sale that Echoes of Wisdom qualified for, despite only being released within the last couple months, so I snagged it. But I still haven’t gotten around to playing it yet.
Very cool game that nobody ever seems to talk about
L4D2 - it upset me that the disc just had an install of Steam and I would have to download it.
I really miss when buying PC games was fun.
Got Fantasy Life i on switch just two weeks ago.
Technically a Japanese cartridge because it’s the only physical edition, but it!s the same as the e-shop, all included languages and compatible with the Switch 2 upgrade patch.
I am still buying Switch 2 physical games, but only if they’re actually on the cartridge and not that empty keycard bullshit.
Must have been Half Life.
(without the “2” - yes, I am that old).
Had a 20 year gaming pause some time after that and when starting again, everything was online…
When The Witcher 3 came out I had the money and bought it shortly after release at a local shop, because my net connection then was way too slow to download anything measured in gigabytes.
I think it was a set of 3 CDs. I took them home, started installing, and then found out that 3 CDs was nowhere near enough and it wanted to download somewhere in the 10s of gigabytes before I could play. It took about three days.
It is would have been Gears of War 4 in ‘16 or’ 17. So nearly 10 years ago…
Resident Evil 9. Especially now with Sony’s weird “phone home every 30 days or lose it” for digital games, I feel like it’s more important than ever to buy as much physically as possible. I get so annoyed when games are released as digital only, or now with Nintendo’s game key cartridges.
I honestly can’t remember. I bought a couple of physical 3DS games semi-recently, but those were ordered online. I bought Rayman Legends on the PS4 for my sister from a physical game store like 12 years ago? Might genuinely be that.
Game Gear game, Castle of Illusion. Huge childhood nostalgia for that game and it wasn’t too expensive either. Got it just a year or two ago at an Another Castle in the Seattle area to use with my Analogue Pocket
Armored Core 6.
Until recently I was buying second hand games for my Xbox One. Then I got a Steam Deck and that was that.
Probably Super Mario Bros. Wonder or LoZ Echoes of Eisdom. I will continue to buy physical games from local stires until it’s no longer an option.
Somebody left a ps4 game on the bus one time. I brought it home only to realize it was someone’s mixtape left in an old game case so somebody would pick it up. That’s guerilla marketing.
Morrowind, back in… Dagoth knows when it was so long ago
Practically another lifetime.
Halo 2 at a Gamestop midnight release.
I order physical copies online often, but can't even remember the last one I bought at a proper brick and mortar retail store. Last year I did buy a copy of Soldam and Super Puyo Puyo Tsu from a vendor at a gaming convention, does that still count as retail?
I think mine was in Akihabara last year for some (dirt cheap) second hand Switch games, but besides that I have no idea where or when.
Witcher 2 Nordic Edition back in 2011. My Steam account is 21 years old :)
Ghost of Youtei. I like to swap some games with my sister and this is still the best way to do it. And it’s pretty easy to resell story games here after you are done with them.
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Maybe EverQuest?..
Or Doom3?
I really don’t remember, it’s been so long.
The Sonic Racing one.
Used game store in town has gotten a small mint from me. Last one was Metroid dead I believe.
Splatoon 3. Kinda regret getting into it though. Requires a subscription
I still buy physical, last I got was Kirby Air Riders with an Amiibo because I couldn’t believe they made a sequel. The price was a hard pill to swallow though.
A couple months back I picked up a copy of Resident Evil 2 for the N64 at a retro shop nearby. Honestly a great way to play the game. I don’t really buy modern releases physically these days though since I play on PC.
Bioshock Infinite for PS3. I even pre-ordered.
GandalfDG@beehaw.org 18 hours ago
It was probably when I bought my Link Between Worlds 3DS XL. I bought physical cartridges for it, but I think I was getting them on Amazon mostly. When I got the switch my whole collection was digital downloads.