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Books. Real, hold in your hand, books. If you are kindle freak, we have nothing to say to each other.

Yes, same! I will do a kindle or audio book if I want to check something out(or too expensive physically) but I always buy ones that I love.

1) In case the book I like ever gets taken offline.
2) Nothing beats that new book smell.
3) Love just flipping pages while reading.

 

[Lambogenie]

Games is physical for me where possible. Modern stuff, Switch is main physical platform but I see that changing with Switch 2, possibly. The others just don't make sense unless the disc is significantly cheaper.
Have dabbled in some vinyl, but my god the weight and space adds up fast!

Movies I've mostly gone streaming. I hate the constant anniversary, update, and what-not additions - though it's a FOMO issue I need to resolve, probably. Same for anime. Half season releases, full season special sets, anniversary sets that omit something great but add something cool... it's super deliberate and annoying.

Space is definitely an issue, so downsizing and curating is definitely a good middle road. Applies to everything, not just entertainment formats.

 

[dragonyeuw]

I pretty much went mostly digital during last gen with PS4( it was shifting mostly to PC that got me comfortable with the idea of buying digital games) and while the pros/cons of both media types are beyond well-known at this point, on a personal level I find that I am less apt to finish a digital game now( similar to streaming movies) or I swap though games/movies more easily, because the 'convenience' factor means I can ( too) easily switch when I'm not feeling something. Whereas with physical games/movies, the 'inconvenience' of having to change discs means I was more likely to stick with something longer.

On a somewhat related tangential point, I also feel like I generally have too many games now( and there are too many games on the market overall). I kind of miss when I was a kid where I either was gifted a game for my birthday/Xmas, or I'd save up summer job money for months just to afford a NES/SNES game I was following via EGM and I'd play the shit out of it. I remember tracking something like MK2 SNES for months, then it finally lands and I plunk down my $60 or whatever it was, that experience felt so fulfilling. Nowadays I just go on a Steam key reseller site and buy some $5/10 game and end up with a wall of games that have no real inherent 'value', I don't mean in terms of dollars and cents, but it just feels more disposable.

 

[flying_sq]

I've never moved away from books, but for movies and games? Digital all the way now. As I get older and have lost significant interest in a lot of games and stuff that I liked when I was younger, it has all just become burdensome trash that I throw away or sell. There are very few exceptions, but most of it just goes straight to the dump.

 

[Lambogenie]

I pretty much went mostly digital during last gen with PS4( it was shifting mostly to PC that got me comfortable with the idea of buying digital games) and while the pros/cons of both media types are beyond well-known at this point, on a personal level I find that I am less apt to finish a digital game now( similar to streaming movies) or I swap though games/movies more easily, because the 'convenience' factor means I can ( too) easily switch when I'm not feeling something. Whereas with physical games/movies, the 'inconvenience' of having to change discs means I was more likely to stick with something longer.

On a somewhat related tangential point, I also feel like I generally have too many games now( and there are too many games on the market overall). I kind of miss when I was a kid where I either was gifted a game for my birthday/Xmas, or I'd save up summer job money for months just to afford a NES/SNES game I was following via EGM and I'd play the shit out of it. I remember tracking something like MK2 SNES for months, then it finally lands and I plunk down my $60 or whatever it was, that experience felt so fulfilling. Nowadays I just go on a Steam key reseller site and buy some $5/10 game and end up with a wall of games that have no real inherent 'value', I don't mean in terms of dollars and cents, but it just feels more disposable.

Know that feeling and try to mimic that by avoiding sales. I'd still be spending money but playing nothing. So I try and bring actual intention back to each purchase... I said "try".

That said, it's probably more about more income, less time, currently.