Yeah. Games are all digital downloads these days. And consoles and accessories are cheaper and easier to get online. There’s no point in physical video game stores any more.
Personally, I just want Radio Shack back, and not just the cell phone and crappy toy store.
Shyfer@ttrpg.network 4 months ago
I still buy physical whenever I can. I’d hate to have my entire collection beholden to one account, although I know people do that with the PS Store, or Game Pass, or Steam. I don’t trust corporations, I guess. I really hope they don’t make disc-less consoles the standard.
Olap@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Me too Shyfer, I buy 2nd hand a lot
Shyfer@ttrpg.network 4 months ago
Same. I forgot to mention that I like to buy cheaper games through second hand rather than paying full price on electronic stores. Often even their big sales aren’t as cheap as secondhand.
Aielman15@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I had the same mindset, but one day MS was having server problems on their end, and my XOne refused to play my rightfully owned game despite the disc being in the console. I would also be unable to log into my account, which made me unable to save my progress, which made playing the game, even if it suddenly decided to work, impossible.
Consoles were great until the x360/PS3 era. I could buy a disc, insert the disc into the console, and start playing, and the game would probably work fine without much hassle. Nowadays I’m required to go to the store, buy the disc, go back home, insert the disc, wait for it to install, and then I discover that the game was not optimized for my console of choice and it runs awfully to the point of unplayability.
I now just buy on GoG. Much easier that way. Console exclusives are ported to PC anyway, so you’re not missing anything. You also get nice perks like playing online for free if you’re into multiplayer games, or playing older games on emulators (
and current ones, because fuck Nintendo).