Physical Releases - News & Discussion Corner |OT| Physical Games Are Dead, Long Live Physical Games

Thick Thighs Save Lives said:
Here's my latest physicals which I've gotten this past week:

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Both games have interior box art so that's dope!

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I just hope that's in the interior of the NA version of Emio. I'll update as soon as I get it.
 
keraj37 said:
Just grabbed this one, cant wait to play
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Lol, I kinda want to grab a copy as well just for the sake of it since it's a Sony 1st party game which bombed hard and then got recalled/refunded.

The problem is that every retailer I've looked at have already removed the Concord listing from their store page (those sneaky Sony ninjas moved fast with the recall order). :messenger_grinning_sweat:
 
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I pre ordered the physical floppy edition of Catacombs 3D. I have a working floppy drive that I can use it with. Never would have guessed that I would buy a game on floppy disk in 2024.
 
Thick Thighs Save Lives said:
Lol, I kinda want to grab a copy as well just for the sake of it since it's a Sony 1st party game which bombed hard and then got recalled/refunded.

The problem is that every retailer I've looked at have already removed the Concord listing from their store page (those sneaky Sony ninjas moved fast with the recall order). :messenger_grinning_sweat:
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Prices on ebay are going wild already
 
This week, I only picked up this little platformer with a cute robot that you might have heard of :messenger_grinning_sweat:. I was also supposed to receive the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection for Switch, but my copy is shipping late, so I'll be getting it sometime next week.

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I clearly remember that there would be no EU PS4 version...

Found this at my local store!
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Yeah, Capcom really did some strange decisions with this game. NA only got physical version for Switch, while Europe only got it for PS4. Japan and Asia pn the other hand got both.
 
Picked up a physical copy of Astro Bot. Both because it was (as usual) cheaper than the PS Store, and because I wanted to own it.

Returned Outer Wilds. Not because I don't want to own it, but because they fucked it up. But they're fixing it, I'll be ordering a new copy as soon as that's available.
 
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Suika Game is getting a physical release for the Switch on Nov 14 in Japan. It includes the DLC from the eShop:
  • 2 Player mode
  • Summer theme pack
Along with all new, exclusive content that'll only be included on this physical release:
  • BGM pack (2 new music tracks)
  • Background pack (2 new backgrounds)
  • Poppy change pack (3 designs, changes the look of the the little cloud you control at the top of the screen)
  • Decorating parts pack (51 designs - various decorations for the fruit)
  • Ready Go animated pack (I have no idea what this means)
Supported Text Languages: Japanese, English, Chinese (traditional/simple), Korean, French, Spanish.

Pre-order listing is up only on Amazon JP for now.

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Okay, this is a bit unexpected. Honkai Star Rail (F2P gacha) will receive a physical release on PS5. And yes, there will actually be a physical disc inside the box.

 
Some of the physical games I've ordered have been delayed, but I still managed to snag these 3 physicals this week. Sea of Stars (€10) and Return to Monkey Island (€35) were very good deals even.

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Oh and I couldn't help myself and bought the disc drive attachment since I plan on upgrading from my launch model PS5 to the PS5 Pro. :messenger_grinning_sweat:

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FYI: The PS4 physical version of Star Wars Jedi Survivor runs at 60 fps on PS5 and it appears to be complete on disc (there's no download required label on the box and the game comes on 2 discs).



One of the guys at does it play is currently testing this PS4 physical release. I might have to grab this one later on when it goes on a decent sale. Also, there's no PS5 upgrade option so keep that in mind in case you plan on picking this one up.



 
Still have a ton of pending orders, but here's my latest arrivals. This upcoming month I plan on importing more physical games from Japan.

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Now I have the Ace Attorney collection for the Switch complete.

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Rocco Schiavone Rocco Schiavone PlayAsia has some placeholder listings for that game, but I think they're just placehoder and not real ones.

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That said, this Cocoon Deluxe for the Switch from Super Deluxe looks really tempting... It's around €40 on Amazon JP.

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Hmm... did not expect these two games to get a physical re-release in the form a collection. I was looking at the listing that's up on VGP and it looks like it comes with a steelbook. Might be worth collecting for anyone who's a fan of the games.


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I just re-acquired the Switch physical copy of Witcher 3. I think I've purchased 3 times and sold twice now lol. Sealed copies for me each time.
 
So it looks like VGP managed to reprint AI: The Somnium Files for both PS4 and Switch. I'd say this is a good opportunity to snag a copy, especially since new copies were going for around $80 on eBay and from 3rd party sellers on Amazon.

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Hello people. Here's my lovely little weekend sorted. Sorry about the visual noise, but I've been on the rum and cokies. This is my first post in neo, so hello everyone, hope you're all good? Without being a twat, it feels like I've joined the 'normal' side of the internet.

Cheers, ol

Hope this works - it didn't work, how do I post pics from my shitty Motorola? Mwah
 
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Well... shit! My Merge which was one of the few physical distributors bringing indie games to retail stores is closing down. Huge blow to physical game collectors like myself who also loves indie games.

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Here's some of the physical releases they've handled:

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olninty said:
Hello people. Here's my lovely little weekend sorted. Sorry about the visual noise, but I've been on the rum and cokies. This is my first post in neo, so hello everyone, hope you're all good? Without being a twat, it feels like I've joined the 'normal' side of the internet.

Cheers, ol

Hope this works - it didn't work, how do I post pics from my shitty Motorola? Mwah
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KaiserBecks said:
They deleted the post and are now saying they're part of "Maximum Entertainment". Whatever that means.
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Yeah, saw that this morning. It's weird since that Maximum Entertainment post is framing like everything is fine, when in the now deleted post they implied that the majority of employees that were part of My Merge Games are being laid off and thus not being moved into similar roles at their parent company.



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My latest arrivals. Three pre-orders which were delayed a bit finally arrived at my door this week, and a used Halo 5 copy that I got for €4, lol.

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It's not much these days, but still waiting for some titles to arrive.

I'm mostly looking forward to Alan Wake 2 later this month.
 
Not much to share this week, but I did just snag this Xbox copy of Persona 3 Reload for €30. Gonna resume my playthrough which I started back in May when I was still subbed to Game Pass while I wait for my PS5 copy of Metaphor ReFantazio to arrive.

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Picked up these. I love mystery/detective games so I'm happy for that, but what I'm really excited for is my first Japanese commuter train sim!
 
It's already late October, and my Switch copy of Chained Echoes that I bought (and paid for) in Dec 2022 is still nowhere in sight
 
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