Imagine going to a museum with a screen or hologram displaying artefacts etc. nothing beats the actual item at hand

@youngsmeezy1

8 ай бұрын

Great analogy. People dont understand At that point, anything can be fabricated and not so authentic but we wont know because of the ones in charge. The internet is so real and fake simultaneously.

@timsievers2067

8 ай бұрын

They are already doing this in a way. These retro collections are coming packed with things like a 3D rendered arcade cabinet, which bloats what would be like a 20-200 MB emulator and files, to 20 GB because of 4K 3D files.

For me I am a park ranger who works for the National Park Service. I constantly move around from park to park to park with a high likelihood that there will be no reliable access to internet. This is why I collect physical. I will mention I don’t hold onto the cases, which are in longterm storage in a trusted family member’s home. But being able to keep 400+ films on me in a small form factor and I know will always be there for me. Is something that I find incredibly valuable. While I have slowed down in my collecting habits and are more selectful in what I own and buy. I still have this massive library of films I can watch in the middle of absolute nowhere, which is why the Bestbuy news is so heartbreaking for me.

I've done decided when physical dissapears, I will no longer purchase games. Sure I'll miss out on a bunch of great games but there's so many games I've haven't played over the last 40 years of gaming, so many in fact I'll never be able to play them in my lifetime and that's ok.

A fantastic topic, with fantastic points as to why physical will always be better than digital/streaming. I’m all about having ownership for things I pay for, rather than paying for “renting” items that ultimately will never be mine to actually keep. Awesome job again highlighting this topic man!

@RetroGamingPandemic

9 ай бұрын

Agreed, Marcello!

One of the issues is them editing movies on the streaming services. Like Disney editing an iconic line in adventures in babysitting cause she said a naughty word. Censored media is something I don't like. If they are going to do that then give me both choices and let me decide which to watch. Like back in the day you could buy a CD that was edited or the one with the Parental Advisory sticker.

@shazmanbound1496

8 ай бұрын

This is why I still collect physical movies and uncensored.

@tankmchavocproductions6907

8 ай бұрын

Yup. The great thing about retro consoles is that when I put a game into, say, a ps2 or Wii, it’s exactly the same game I played in the 2000s

@Launchpad05

8 ай бұрын

'But that goes against Snoop Dogg's artistic expression to kill cops, and pimp hoes, and it's racist.'

@johnsampson6387

8 ай бұрын

@@tankmchavocproductions6907 It's like in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City where Haitians complained that there was a mission in the game where you had to kill Haitian gang members so they altered it and took out the Haitian bit and you couldn't play the original version anymore unless you got your hands on an older copy of the game.

Convenience doesn't mean happier. Why is it that we live in a far more unhappy culture nowadays. On paper we should be happier. But nope. With the loss of video rental stores and arcades, or going to cut down a Christmas tree for example, we lost the bond of excitement we shared with loved ones. We weren't hardwired to be catered to in that way. Us as humans were wired to be going through experiences together. Person to person. Even if it's "harder" to drive to town to get a video or to get that Christmas tree or getting that toy from the toy store...hey those were the good ol times. Let's keep that spirit alive and support small businesses everyone.

@RusticRonnie

9 ай бұрын

Actually it does, the only people I see who are truly happy with there media Are people who pirate the shit out of it, and just store it on a SSD or hard drive. They are the only ones who truly own there media… and they didn’t even pay for it

@therealjaystone2344

8 ай бұрын

Convenience is a trap made by corporates to give them more money to control us all

@Kimvanloocke

8 ай бұрын

That is if you can afford to why small businesses can't afford to open or stay open and whent out of bussiness by covid WHO corp killing compitition

@ScaryClown338

8 ай бұрын

Show me the small business selling games or movies and I'll show you a unicorn. They are very rare these days because people support digital then wonder why it's so hard to buy a physical dvd or game.

@Kimvanloocke

8 ай бұрын

@@ScaryClown338 never supported digital subscription but now stock is gone all suppliers are ending delivery in stores only amazon and used and other online stores at mostly high prices and delivery cost even higher then the product

I feel so sorry for people who never knew the excitement and joy of coming home from the shops with a shiny disc in a lovely case , I will never stop buying physical media , delete the dreary downloads ! 😅

One of the best parts about physical media is the artwork and unique variations that make it a joy to buy and own. Its just so boring buying digital i find myself not even playing some games right after purchasing

We all need to unite and go buy physical media i really dont want it to go away

The big thing for me is, with the advent of streaming services, is the death of supply and demand. They get to choose what we watch based on their own interests, whereas when we pay for movies piece by piece, the consumer is in control of what is successful.

for everybody out there don't forget to buy back up devices that can play your physical media just in case the ones you are using right now malfunction in the future. I own several gaming systems as backups for my growing library of games and movies.

I'm with you on every point, and I really feel for what the future generations are going to lose out on if we let corporations continue down thos path to squeeze an extra few pennies to line thier own pockets. #SavePhysicalMedia

Amazing video. After seeing what happened with the PS3/Vita store, I decided then and there that I'm good with newer video game consoles after PS5. There's way too many older video games that I have yet to explore. If you think about it, it's a couple of lifetimes worth of video games out there just waiting to be played. All on physical-only consoles. At the end of the day, these companies will make way more money moving into the digital space and tightly controlling their media. That's their prerogative. We as the consumer just need to be better informed and either be OK with it, or walk a hybridized physical/digital/emulation/piracy path with our gaming.

@Kimvanloocke

8 ай бұрын

SSD the death of presevation by design even a disc game needs to install and save progress

@BrokenInside365

8 ай бұрын

​@@KimvanloockeSo, in way you don't even "own" physical games that require installing.

@Kimvanloocke

8 ай бұрын

@@BrokenInside365 edleast longer then a Digital licence a official copy but yes never be the owner of the IP because i am not a multimillionair

@AdrianFahrenheitTepes

8 ай бұрын

@@BrokenInside365 Starting with the 8th Generation (PS4, Switch, XBoxone) you don’t.

@Wizard66

8 ай бұрын

@@BrokenInside365been true since day 1 20 gig patches. Newer games like Call of Duty do not come with all the data on the disc and must have internet to complete install.

I've recently started a Blu-ray collection. I've just started with the films and series' that I cherish. The things I watch at least every year without fail. Studio Ghibli, other anime, Tim Burton's Batman, Home Alone, Die Hard and so... The line keeps getting redrawn though.

I'm almost a 99% digital media gamer. I've was a collector mostly to PS2 era. To be honest my comfort is worth more than tons of boxes and CD's in house. Games are only games, books are more important (because it's knowledge, sometimes hard to find on the internet). Entertaining is not needed to live, but sure - physical media are still something worth to fight for.

I hope physical media doesn't die. I don't see Nintendo switching away from a physical game system soon though. I see Microsoft and Sony going that route completely first but I think that's going to be hybrid how it is currently for a long while to come. Seeing movies go streaming only though sucks. Hopefully some day I will be able to reach my goal and start my own Blockbuster so others can enjoy renting movies and games again.

@Pacmancase

9 ай бұрын

I'll come work part-time!

@Reprogrammed_By_SEGA

8 ай бұрын

If anything it is Microsoft like a dark shadow forcing Sony's hand and probably Nintendo too in the end. If we get Microsoft out of entertainment we could reverse this trend. Remember Sony is part creator of the Bluray format.

@tankmchavocproductions6907

8 ай бұрын

The day game companies stop selling physical media is the day I go retro.

@Jolis_Parsec

8 ай бұрын

@Reprogrammed_By_SEGA Microsoft isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, little buddy. Cope harder! 😏

@Alien_isolationist

8 ай бұрын

Nintendo are the worst, they have resident evil, Wolfenstien, Aliens and more as digital only options, even sometimes selling an empty case with a code inside.....

This was a really great breakdown and a good contrast in video style to some of the more alarmist videos I've seen discussing this topic. For me, availability and ownership are the two biggest issues, and really two sides of the same coin. As was mentioned in other comments, I don't think a lot of people even realize when you "purchase" digital content, you're really only purchasing a license to access that content, which can be revoked at any time for any reason.

Sitting in an empty room with your tiny pension debating over food and heating or going to subscription services. The reason we hold on to things as we get older is because we can't afford new things at pension age. Zoomers have been raised on subs and credit card debt, sadly this will crush them mentally in the future when they have even less than millennial's.

I still own tons of cds, blu rays & dvds. I also learned how to convert movies. So I backed them up on my hard drives as well as music. It feels good just hooking up my hard drive & instantly play music or movies without a streaming app.

I agree im a collector myself.. I've been playing video games since the Atari era. I wish we all can do something about saving the physical games and DVD movies collection because its has always been a Nostalgia masterpiece through out history.

Great video! Physical media all the way! I totally agree with all your points on this. I was one of those people without internet at home until 2018. I had my cell phone internet, but no home internet due to my location.

This is where companies like Analogue and their focus on preserving gaming history through FPGA technology allows us to hold onto physical formats and preserve the legacy of games with future generations. Digital media is inevitable. But physical media will be unforgettable.

@Kimvanloocke

8 ай бұрын

SSD the death of presevation by design even a disc game needs to install and save progress

Dude I've been thinking about this for years. Thanks for making a video on it! I've seen the same decline, and when you bought a CD back in the day, you were buying your OWN copy of the artist's music, and you can listen to it and do whatever you wanted, as long as you don't distribute it. *Shared this* edit

Love this topic man and I 100% agree with everything you said!

@RetroGamingPandemic

9 ай бұрын

Wow…he said eff the GameCube at the end.

Keep up the great videos! I value your perspective!

@Pacmancase

9 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

Physical forever! 🤘

@NESADDICT

9 ай бұрын

Let’s get physical physical, let me see your body talk.

Really great points my man. Its already happening and in a few years people are going to wake up when its too late.

Awesome video brother. 😎 As a Man who still owns VHS and cassette I'm with you on this . There is nothing more satisfying than going to my shelf and browsing my DVD and VHS collection to see what I want to watch for the evening and knowing that I can watch it as often as I like. Really enjoy your channel keep up the good work.😁

The worst thing about digital is how media is botched by editing. One big example was with the Simpsons where there was a joke where the three duff flavours were all from the same pipe but in the widescreen remaster the top is cropped so you don't see the pipe splitting into 3 pipes

Preach, brother ✊🏽

Physical media is going to skyrocket

Good video bro and I agree totally

Great video! Thanks for fighting the good fight!

@Pacmancase

9 ай бұрын

We got to! One day it might be gone.

Glad your bringing this up more people need to use their platform to talk about how serious this is. People don’t want to lose views so….

Well said !

Videogame collections, much like a nice music collection also is a way to show your personality. I loved going through my parents 70s and 80s vinyls as a kid to see what they were listening to as teenagers. I'd like to think my kids will do that with my collectables.

I will keep buying physical games for as long as I can. I love the tangible ownership of my games, being able to show off my collection on a shelf, and having the ability to share/trade my games. Buying physical is also a nice way to support local gaming stores

It was over the moment physical games came with a code instead of the game... rip physical games.

Sorry but I'm not worried. You can literally mod and jailbreak your systems and thus create your own digital backups with patches and DLC included. At this point if people don't want to do this, they're just going to keep losing expecting these companies to act in good faith. Plus it keeps the rooms clean with only the consoles beings there. Just on my OG Xbox alone I have nearly 500 games installed on the hard drive (swapped the original 8GB for a 2TB) and it's just so comfortable to boot up the console, sit down and pick a game from a menu to play it exactly like it would from a disc. I can't imagine having 500 game cases on massive shelf, leave alone more than that if we count my other consoles.

Streaming is just a rip off these companies figured out a way to manipulate people into paying for the same product multiple times (with movies and music) I am a huge movie guy I literally have over 1000 movies across DVD Blu-ray and a 4K Blu-ray. My movie collection is pretty much complete I may be by about 5 to 10 movies a year now, what people don’t realize is that if they don’t spend the money on all the services like Netflix Hulu Amazon HBO Disney and on and on their movie collection would be complete in like 3 to 5 years and I’ll never have to pay for streaming again. It’s also insane people buy these extremely nice TVs an amazing sound set ups and then a stream on Netflix instead of popping in a negative 4K disc it’s insane. The younger generation is truly dumb.

@RusticRonnie

9 ай бұрын

Back up you media on a home server, and have the best of both worlds. Join the rest of us. Jellyfin is local only Also, blue ray is digital. The younger generation that you think is dumb is pirating 4K HDR content and having a better experience than you.

great video and well said

Great video, man. You're highlighting the ugly reality of what's coming over the horizon. I love physical media: books, dvds, cds and of course my beloved physical video game collection. I'm finding that I'm buying more and more of it, retro through to Switch gen becuase of what you're warning us of.

Great topic and video mate! Subbed

@Pacmancase

9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

So many great points; so many agreeable topics too, all culminating into why we collect physical. One thing I'd like to note is internet speeds. Missouri is 38th in rank (1 = fastest, 50 slowest) in the country and it's legit nigh impossible to have people understood that even in 2023 it can be a chore to so much as stream content. We've stopped watching movies that are chopped to bits with buffering. Playing online? Some days it sorta works, others, forget it.

A digital only release at the start. After all the DLCs, and patches have been released. A physical disc release at a later date. This includes set up on a private server, and LAN for multiplayer. A lower print run than commonly done for pre-launch physical media. These physical releases could also be packaged with booklets. There has always been demand for traditional game packaging. These can be produced with less manufactured pieces than that of collector editions. People want physical media that is a preservation of data. What people don't want is a physical key necessary to play the games they purchased. Yet, continues to require it each and every time these games are played. Which, needs the internet to access games that shouldn't need additional data to run.

They say you don't own physical media either. But If I can pop a CD, DVD or Blu-ray into my computer, rip it with some free software and have access to the non-DRM-locked data on the disc; I own it 100% whether it's legal or not. If they stop doing physical media, then I'm just going to stay with rentals, or I will switch to free ad-supported streaming. I will NOT pay for something that they can just take away whenever they feel like and leave me with nothing. How is that not theft? If they want to be unethical, I can be unethical too.

When my dad died the family me and my sisters took the movies and shows he collected over the years and split them up between us. My dad loved Stargate and Star Trek he had all the box sets I took those I’m not even into that but it’s something I can remember him by. I have them displayed.

@Pacmancase

8 ай бұрын

That shows the power of physical media. Memories and their associations are important. Thanks for sharing.

They will no longer be getting my money if i don't own what I pay for I'm no sucker !

I had the same problem with my xbox account, it is registered with my landline phone number and they send a code to that number... the sms on the landlines technology is obsolete now so it is imposible to retrieve the code ... shame on me.

You wrong about digital media not having raw crystal clear 4k image, with today's advanced in tech they can upscale any media to a higher resolution, it just depends on the developer. Microsoft is doing a great job on upscaling their old games onto their new hardware.

back to sailing the high seas

Loosing physical media will be a shot in the foot for these companies sooner or later. And if they cut off the account or go belly up you lose all the movies, games, etc you bought.

I was subbed to iTunes for about 8 years, downloaded 1000s of songs for “free.” Cool. Cancelled my subscription and lost the entire library. So essentially I spent hundreds of dollars and have nothing to show for it. If I physically own a copy of madden 11, granted it might be worth 2 dollars, but I still have a physical copy that’s worth something!

@mainstreetsaint36

9 ай бұрын

That's Apple music, not iTunes. iTunes is a digital storefront. Apple Music is a subscription based service. So of course you didn't own it, and nothing in the agreement states you own the music. You merely have access to it while a paid subscriber. The same is true with Spotify, Amazon Music Unlimited, etc etc.

@Nicomanism

8 ай бұрын

that's Apple Music Johnny Boy. oof

@Nicomanism

8 ай бұрын

​@@mainstreetsaint36 does iTunes still work in 2023 onward?

@Johnnyboi1986

8 ай бұрын

iTunes or Apple Music whatever, the point is still the same

@Kimvanloocke

8 ай бұрын

@@Nicomanism just a less fuctionable degrated spottyfy and own collection on HDD and Other formats untill players break down and only look at it after that

Great topic! Always a great one to debate. I love stuff. 😂

Klaus Schwab said "Everyone will be surveillanced and love it."

@AdrianFahrenheitTepes

8 ай бұрын

Perfect mark of a cult leader

here is what scares me the most for the future. all the games we own now when consoles will be 'digital only' which means all our disks will be useless for future consoles and then all the old consoles will be a rare thing and you have to buy all your games again for the new consoles. as for moveis?? I am having to import blu ray and UHD movies from the US for $60 god damm dollars here in Aust and disney are no longer gonna make physicals movie for us here they just want us to rent disney plus for ongoing costs

Easy fix: Back to physical media. Yes, they can be damaged too, but noone but yourself can dedice what you want to with it, nobody that can just easily pull if from you out of a digital store or force updates you maybe never wanted and such. Not to mention that for an installment, physical media often requires way less Harddisc Space than a digital only one. In my opinion, physical media always has beaten digital media in terms of comfortable advantages.

Resale of old games will always remain the top reason I prefer physical copies. Enjoyed your video.

@domymbd

8 ай бұрын

And this is the exact top reason why publishers/developers hate physical copies.

Perfect subject I needed to click on this and hear what you have to say. In short .. if we don't go to stores we don't meet new people. Did collect for a long time and visiting other people, stores .. hunting was so much fun. Did buy around 1500uds of PS3 software and I can't use it anymore. At this point I keep using steam for 16 years ... I LOVE IT ! Netflix is a great example was so happy with it and now most of the series are gone. Need to have 5 streaming platforms to watch it all again. Don't always want to but still ... I hate this.

I agree with you completely

@Pacmancase

9 ай бұрын

Time to start a movement!

Great points. I am right there with you opn all of them. I do not like having to rely on a corporation to be able to enjoy what I cherish. Especially when it comes to gaming. I am selective when it comes to buying digital games.

This is definitely a big hot button topic right now and it shows in the views just how many people are passionate about physical media. This really resonates with us because we love our collection and I've always hated the statement "You will own nothing and be happy" because it doesn't speak to me either. Great video buddy and I'm not sure if there is any truth to this but I have heard rumbling about Special Reserve Games closing up shop....

@russellmania5349

8 ай бұрын

Lots of people will be happy when all the games are streamed to them via the cloud and they will be happy not owning a single game.

@RetroRivals

8 ай бұрын

@@russellmania5349 and I'm happy for them but the rest of us (which are many) just want to continue to have the option.

@AdrianFahrenheitTepes

8 ай бұрын

@@russellmania5349I’m fine, games today are dumbed down as it is.

i’ve had multiple accounts i had to get back on my ps3 the way to do it without email phone number or anything all you need is your ORIGINAL PS3 that you made the account on. you give that serial to sony and they’ll retrieve the account for you i’ve never had that issue of my account being gone

It is unfortunately inevitable that physical media will stop being developed for games through companies like Microsoft and Sony and the same goes for movies and TV shows on Blu-ray and DVD. If you're the type who enjoys having a collection of physical media around, the best to do concerning physical media is to buy what games, movies, and TV shows that are most important to you while they're still easy to grab. There's no telling how the price of physical media might adjust years in the future or how rare it'll be to come across certain discs. Also, not having any physical media means you might be subscribed to a few streaming services and that sort of money can surely add up over time. Personally, I've collected many games, DVDs, and Blu-rays over the years and there are many more other ones I still need to buy. Just last night i purchased the entire series of Game of Thrones on Blu-ray and House of the Dragon. I love those shows lol

Visualization helps a lot. Imagine telling people you have a collection of 20000 games, and when they come checking it out it's a bunch of names in a list on a device. "That sounds like money" Money can be exchanged for goods and services. You can't exchange digital videogames for goods and services. You own nothing.

Great video! I think the industry will go to all digital eventually, even if the majority of people don't want them too. We can already see it happening with the latest physical releases that you can't even play the game from the disc. Either the game is not complete or is missing large chuncks of the game unless you download the day one patches / updates. It's very sad to see as an avid collector myself.

@AdrianFahrenheitTepes

8 ай бұрын

I can see some niche audience with decreased production. It just won’t be as huge of an audience for it overall. As it is, streaming is pretty much becoming like a mixture of Cable TV and rental stores used to be. Cable and Broadcast TV censored or broadcast a limited selection for movies in the day. I’m kind of in a similar camp as rural even as a suburban dweller, mostly because I don’t care for modern games, because there’s simply so many games now where I just am occupied with those games from PS3 and before, and unless some great disaster like a flood or earthquake destroys my console and discs? They will have a retro game console where I can just play the games I used to know again.

Totally agree, and the rabbit hole goes even deeper... many people think their digital data is eternal, but unless you back up your games that is far from truth, and if you do that you need to expense extra in them (consoles don't have too much memory). The servers which holds the games are not free, they costs money to companies, meaning they will dissappear someday when the company thinks they are not profitabke anymore (that happened even with some current generation games like god wars in switch). Knowing that, if physical format dissapears someday, withe the excuse of being too expensive for companies, you should expect 100% the dissapearance of digital format next with the same argument, being exchanged by the stream format which is just a rental

So glad you brought up the fact that it will always strangle your video quality. Don't care if you are running gig speeds streaming will never look as good as the actual disc. No middle man. Just the way your tv processes the signal it's receiving is different. And if you are like me and spent a shit load on a TV and surround to truly have a home theater experience than it's crazy to be streaming anything. Dark levels especially look janky when streaming

Only physical media I have kept are my favorite, iconic movies. I don't game anymore and have given my game consoles away to friends. I have donated my movie collection away during my relocation, but kept my favorite movie box sets, like Star Wars, Indiana, Oceans, and a few others. Something that is a good fall back when I have no other options, but something that says a little about who I am on the movies I like.

Personally, NOT a fan of digital and NOT looking forward to an all-digital future. Currently working on curating a collection of physical games, music, and movies that I know I will enjoy without having to rely on whether the digital gods will grant me access to their digital property that I can neither touch nor see.

@bryanbarnett8889

8 ай бұрын

You will be able to emulate games without needing anyone to "grant you access". That's the future is what I've heard

To all of those who live in country like i use to. You could get free to air satellite. Can buy hardrives with retrobat that have many thousands of games on it. A good pc can play higher than ps5 like experience. Maybe cheaper in the long run.

Title explains it all

Agree totally. As an owner of hundreds of physical games across 12 systems I like the feeling of owning the game so I can share them with friends or family. My ps4 and switch lite don’t work anymore so every save and digital game is gone. Hundreds of dollars and hours into all those games. That’s why I got a ps5 and actual switch and no digital anything! It’s terrible to have something you can’t touch or own then it gets corrupted or broken.

We have only one problem with physical media the updates and DLC. The games comes with day one massive updates and day one are incomplete. The aditional content like DLC or the indie games that are only in digital format, how we can have those in physical ?

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 AT Last a KZreadr saying what I’ve been saying “ REMEMBER! You Will Own Nothing and Be Happy!

Missed one of the most egregious points…. Censorship. Altering history. Stomping artistic freedom. Digital streaming content can be modified at will. A physical copy, uh-mmmm, not so much.

Just found you and liked and subscribed.

@Pacmancase

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@b.o.4492

8 ай бұрын

@@Pacmancasewhat a well thought out video. Most people just cover the stores going offline but I’ve had the same problem losing my PS3 account and all the digital games with it. They charged me but couldn’t get me back in. Told me to reverse the charge and I’m like yeah right I’ll lose my PS4 stuff then too when they lock me out. Love retro and physical games. But that again is only for so long. Good thing for emulation for some things.

Dude I feel you on loosing your account , it happened to me too with over 200 games on the ps5 , now I’m re buying them like a dumbass , not again , physical all the day or no play

@Kimvanloocke

8 ай бұрын

Does this have to happen to everyone? And can we even stop the companies from this path?

@samuelgregr8451

8 ай бұрын

​@@Kimvanloockewe can we can just simply stop buying digital games and after some months or years they will come back to physical games

@jigzyonline

8 ай бұрын

​@@samuelgregr8451Good luck getting the sheep to do that.

@Kimvanloocke

8 ай бұрын

@@tvguy61 normaly the game begin to end minus the firstday patch that was Made after the game has gone gold burned to disc

Denmark has not really had game stores sense 2020, we have to go online for our fun. But the fact that you can get so many indie physical switch games, which did not seem to be a thing when I first got into switch (it was after pokemon sword and shield had been out for a while) does bring hope, that we might be able to hold on to some physical even if we lose game stores for a time. Look at records, they came back.

I had the same problem of not remembering my PSN log in (during PS3 days), after being on the phone with customer service for a very long time and them telling me they could do nothing, I forgot what I said to them, but they used "another method" for me to verify it's my account and they reset my password manually and gave it to me. Keep in mind, this is after they said they couldn't change my password and whatnot. Edit: Just like you, I put a lot of money into digital media and I believe, I told them that I would sue them because I'm not losing everything I bought and they should have better ways of retrieving people's accounts.

This also kills the retail employees jobs.

Imo the main issue that the mixture of content exclusivity, multiple media services and lack of physical releases will inflict is indeed piracy. Content sevices are no longer convinient nor affordable.

Imagine if the only way you could play Sonic was on dial up through the Sega channel. Sega lost the console wars, Dreamcast is done. All the servers are gone and all of the history of Sega is gone. Subscriptions and cloud saves all wiped out. Think about how dumb digital media services being the only option are. The entire Toy Story movie would not exist without a woman having backed it up. When a servers data gets corrupted or hacked, everyone suffers together. Some things are also better as couch co-op! Why do I need the Internet for single player or local play? If they can't force subscriptions or microtransactions they don't give a fuck about you. This is where we are at as gamers now.

I wish more games were finished for physical format, or they waited to release the disc version after most of the “game breaking bugs” were fixed. A lot of games require massive downloaded updates that aren’t preserved to disc. One can imagine a new media format that was half read-only and half rewriteable (like a CD-R or flash drive) which could be updated with the patches and DLC. It would also be cool if more indies could get bundled together for preservation on commercial discs.

I like physical books, movies, and video games. Physical media makes me think of the song by Olivia Newton John "Let's get physical.....physical". LOL

Well on one hand I get the 'why'. When was the last time you popped in a DVD or a Blu-ray to actually watch something? People usually watch by streaming it either through paid or pirated means. It reduces the amount of e-waste. It brings in more space for other things. The only benefit of actually having a copy of a disc is the extra features or just owning a copy in general. On the other hand, the more things that go digital the harder it is to actually 'own' a copy. You now pay for a server for a company to hold your 'data/copy'. You have accounts, and billing info, and subscriptions. Once those are gone or you can't pay for said services you no longer 'own' anything, it's just leased (however you never really 'own' anything but that's another discussion). Same thing applies to games. You have to be a fan to have a physical copy nowadays otherwise it's kinda of a waste and creates clutter. Is it good to go all digital? No but it is a fantastic backup option. It really does depend on how many people care about it as well. Some people still have VHS tapes and are fine with that so 🤷🏽‍♂️ On the side note, the PS3 PSN added an additional security layer to access your content. Once you create a Device Setup Password (which acts as a two step verification) then you’ll be able to access your content again.

Pretty soon there won't even be a disc slot...wtf

Yup, happen to me as well back in 2015. Lost all my Digital games. Since that day i went back to buying Physical games.

I wholeheartedly agree with you on the disadvantages of digital over owning physical media, it’s why I will always buy physical media over digital.

Own the media that means something special to you. Movies/TV, music, and games. And know that just owning everything that you doesn't automatically make one happy.

@Kimvanloocke

8 ай бұрын

Sadly not much is left that makes one happy thanks to our leaders and spineless drone slaves

Hard drives exist, backup your data. Physical media isn't dead, it's just shifted formats to local storage vs cloud storage. If you knowingly invest in a console that is likely to face these issues with no recourse for the customer, it's on you.

@RusticRonnie

9 ай бұрын

I think he wants the shelf, he just doesn’t doesn’t realize thats the issue

I prefer phsical media for games over $15. I've lost so many games digitally... I lost all my DSI games when I got a 3DS, now that internet stopped working on my PlayStation vita come on I can't access any of my digital games. I lost my entire apple account, most of my Android games don't work anymore several years after buying them. Probably 80% of all my video games and Movies were used. PS most Blu rays come with a free digital copy , and That's plenty convenient

*LONG LIVE PHYSICAL MEDIA‼️*

I agree with you 100%. Physical was, is and will be the best way to own video games and movie, as long as the game doesn’t have an online internet connection required.

I'm always gonna be a physical media buyer since owning games via digital means you're renting it long term and the company has no obligation to see that I get to redownload those games.

@bryanbarnett8889

8 ай бұрын

this is the realization ive come to after starting a digital game library of games that I purchased. It's nice right now but when you think of the long term you don't really own the games. Kinda bums me out and makes me think I should of focused more on buying physical. It is what it is though.

@numberoneappgames

8 ай бұрын

@@bryanbarnett8889 this is why I've started to do a mix and of collecting and emulating. I collect passed the Xbox 360 and PS3 era and while emulating anything under the game GameCube and PS2 era. I'm happy with this mix because you can't predict what game companies are going do.

@bryanbarnett8889

8 ай бұрын

@@numberoneappgames yup thats the answer ive come to will prolly be my solution for the future is emulation

@numberoneappgames

8 ай бұрын

@@bryanbarnett8889 I think most people will hit this level at some point. I really hate this era of being back to renting. I didn't mind it in the early 00's but it's in sufferable now with big companies being straight-up evil.

Great video but you forgot to mention that content can be altered or removed retroactively by whoever controls access to it.

A caveat to this is when publishers don't put the full game on the cartridge / disc and it requires downloads to be able to be used. Publishers need to provide their customers a physical copy of the game which works without internet access.

I’ve got my doubles/triples of my favourite snes games and now I’m almost done grabbing grabbing what I need for ps4 and N64. The RE games/remakes are tight. I’m feeling slightly okay with what’s happening as I’m preserving the games and hobby myself. But I do see that crappiness of what’s happening.

A lot of the honus is on the mainstream consumer as well. They prefer convenience over quality and permanence. Would they seek an an independent game store to buy anything or just grab it digitally or off Amazon if they do want a physical? We all will have to make an effort if we really want physical games to stay alive. This is why only indie and niche titles come with full color manuals, the entire game on the disc, and extras in the box. Yet people will complain about pricing still. The more companies that stop producing physicals, the more expensive it will be for smaller companies to publish physicals.

@AdrianFahrenheitTepes

8 ай бұрын

And yet numerous retro games or even retro game consoles loaded with many retro games cost less than new modern games costing you 60 to 100 dollars for just one game.

As of march i started buying all old consoles since i sold everything in 2008 for a xbox 360 😭😭😭