DarkLegion
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WiiU: 2 retail/4 digital
PS4: 0 retail/0 digital
PS4: 0 retail/0 digital
I really need to get something for this guy :/
Might want to read that OP before you use it in an argument. You look silly.
That's cool. I just don't trust the closed ecosystem of the consoles to do something like let me redownload my games five, let alone ten, years from now, and that bothers me. I "own" almost 300 games on Steam because I know I'll be able to get them again even if Steam dies. Even still, it took steep discounts to make me bite. GOG's the only other service I really trust, for obvious reasons.As long as the company does not go belly up, you should be fine with digital. I have 6 plus year old 360 games that are no longer available on the marketplace for purchase that I can still download at will.
I think physical is a horrible idea. Discs break, become hard to find or rare, collectors hold them hostage for a high price... but hey its all about options.
Anyway does anyone truly believe you wont be able to download ps3 games in 5 years? Thats a ridiculous notion.
That's cool. I just don't trust the closed ecosystem of the consoles to do something like let me redownload my games five, let alone ten, years from now, and that bothers me. I "own" almost 300 games on Steam because I know I'll be able to get them again even if Steam dies. Even still, it took steep discounts to make me bite. GOG's the only other service I really trust, for obvious reasons.
I will only buy indie games digitally, i'm not going to license a full game digitally for £40+.
Perhaps not within five years, but Sony and MS aren't going to support the PS3 and X360 forever. Just look at Sony killing PSN support for the PSP, essentially rendering the PSP Go functionally useless, or MS giving GFWL an end date, which is going to leave some PC games in a catatonic state, officially speaking (i.e. ignoring the legally grey area of pirating a game you paid for that's no longer functional), as not all support offline/local profiles.
Yep. You can still buy, download and play games on it. You still has access to your download history too. Wouldn't call that useless.It's hardly "functionally useless", you still have complete access to everything you've purchased via the webstore and PS3
It's hardly "functionally useless", you still have complete access to everything you've purchased via the webstore and PS3