But that’s not true but they do have alot of great digital sales. I remember when people said digital version would be cheaper then the physical versions. A clear move on their part to dissuade people from buying the disc version. On topic, Grant Theft Auto Trilogy digital (as the thread title lists it ) arriving November 11th, almost a full month before the disc version on December 9, 2021, is clear incentive from Rockstar to make more money off the digital version, which costs them zero dollars to keep in stock digitally, versus having to produce and pay for manufactured discs. Some games being $1.99, others $5.99 to 7.99, for games I was considering years ago on disc for 59.99.Įven so, for AAA games, it's still much easier to install a disc that's 50 GB or larger than to download it, which would take 3 to 5 hours for me, depending on the time of day. Sony's 20 PS Store digital sales were great at times, with many games being cheaper than I could ever find a new disc game.

That stinks for those in the future hoping to play a vintage game brand new from the package, or if they bought the console used and all data was erased. That's true, that in 30 years, Nintendo probably won't have the server or store up in order to be able to complete any partial game on a disc. I now wish I'd have bought it on PS3 too, and the TMNT Arcade before it was also removed. Speaking of which, I love The Simpsons Arcade and I bought it on Xbox 360 so for me, if I want to play it legally that's how I gotta.

In the end, this hurts consumers and media preservation because the content has to be downloaded and what happens in the future? It's either gone or you'd have to pirate it to be able to play it.

SONY had this annoying issue too with the Vita where the memory cards were quite pricey and it just weren't worth it.

Nintendo's previous proprietary cartridges all had its games in its cartridges than download part of it, but now it seems the Switch cartridges are a lot more expensive than the 3DS, DS, GBA, etc.

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