YianGaruga
Banned
What does that even mean? Does any game "need" to be on a physical medium?
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Shovel Knight Officially Heading to Retail
- Thread starter Thoraxes
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What does that even mean? Does any game "need" to be on a physical medium?
Yes. Because reasons.
Yes, because this game deserves to be hugged. You can't hug digital.
E the Shaggy
Junior Member
All those new campaigns/modes. Buying the hell out of this for the PS4.
Believe it or not, people sometimes walk into stores to purchase physical objects. Shocking, I know.
BrokenIcarus
Member
In.
Damnit...I would buy this. I haven't cared enough about any of the Nintendo characters to buy an Amiibo, but a Shovel knight one and I'd be in so fast.
xDUMPWEEDx
Banned
I'll be picking this up for Xbone.
BulletBees
Member
Looks like I'll be buying each version physically...dammit.
Yes!
RoninChaos
Member
Where can we preorder from? I don't see it on amazon.
Solid SOAP
Member
EACH!? Why more than one!?
Mr. Nice_Guy
Member
Tied for my GOTY 2014, picking it up Day 1 for PS4. Can't wait to try all the new stuff!
MagnaderAlpha
Member
Double dipping on the PS4! Fuck yeah, this game's worth it, as are Yacht Club Games!
BulletBees
Member
Okay, okay. Here's how I rationalized it in my head.
PS4 is my main machine and I would love to own it on disc for that platform.
Xbox one has battletoads!
3DS is in...3D!!!!
And uh...owning it on Wii U would be cool. Nintendo and all. Super limited I'm sure.
Look man, I love those devs and wanna support them as much as I can. I'm also crazy. Apparently.
gotta collect dem boxes
I also love having a retail copy of pretty much any (good) game.
Benzychenz
Member
Wii U or PS4?
It came to Wii U first and that's where I own it already, so I somewhat consider it as a Wii U title and would like it on my shelf with my Wii U games..
But PS4 will be somewhat of my main platform and will end up with a mighty impressive library in a few years so I'd like to see everything in one place and see if it can rival the PS2 collection in the end.
It came to Wii U first and that's where I own it already, so I somewhat consider it as a Wii U title and would like it on my shelf with my Wii U games..
But PS4 will be somewhat of my main platform and will end up with a mighty impressive library in a few years so I'd like to see everything in one place and see if it can rival the PS2 collection in the end.
whiterabbit
Member
I wish they had released it in retail originally... It's kind of silly to do this a year after release when almost everyone who might want the game has already bought it digitally. I'll probably still buy a copy, but still... it's the exact same game as the digital version.
nailbombxx
Member
Awesome. This game is great and everyone should play it.
Mr_Kuschels
Member
That's exactly why they did it that way. There will be a lot who're going to double dip in order to have a physical version of the game. I'll be one of them...
You also can't:
-resell a digital game
-lend or trade a digital game (on most gaming platforms)
-get nice box art, manuals or other physical items with digital games
-take advantage of as many sales and discounts with digital games
Physical maintains choices and consumer rights that are completely lost with digital. Unless a digital game is very significantly cheaper than physical I will always choose physical.
Having said that, I never played Shovel Knight, and look forward to getting it physical with my GCU discount.
sixteen-bit
Member
Dat triple dip!
You are in for a treat. Hope you enjoy it!
Solid SOAP
Member
I think that for consoles it's definitely worth it to go retail, but with my 3DS I think it's super convenient to have all my digital titles on one system and wish I went digital from the beginning, or had enough space to own most of the game's on the system.
Mr_Kuschels
Member
The game can be preordered on Amazon.com now. It won´t show up for me, if I just search for "Shovel Knight", but if you add the system it´ll work.
Here are the direct links:
Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo Wii U
Xbox One
Playstation 4
Here are the direct links:
Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo Wii U
Xbox One
Playstation 4
AzureTranquility95
Banned
Everything deserves to be on a physical medium so that it can be played forever on whatever system you buy it for, and you wouldn't need access to the internet to download or re-download it. Besides, we're getting a full-color manual so it's even more justified.
Spoken like someone who's never played the game.
Tell me your secrets
For me, definitely. It's cheap enough that buying it multiple times doesn't feel bad to me.
Plus, having a permanent copy of a game I love is just plain awesome.
AzureTranquility95
Banned
Well, it's $20. So think about it this way, for the usual $60 price tag (poisonous I know, but bear with me), you could get 3 Shovel Knights.
What's better, $60 flavor-of-the-month or 3 Shovel Knights? Your choice, not your person, will determine your fate.
Sure, but like I said, there's a ton of patch content yet to come that obviously won't be on the disc/cart, so it's kinda premature.
AzureTranquility95
Banned
Hmm, I see. That does indeed seem premature. Ah well. is it anything important?