I take terrible care of my game discs, most of which I've had since I got my PC in 2004. Strangely enough, as scratched up as they all are, they all seem to play fine to this day.
The same does not apply for my Gamecube discs, sadly, but I don't play as many of those games as I used to.
placing them in their original cases (I'm not sure what you call it xD)
I believe they're called jewel cases for CD's, but I'm not sure if that name applies to game cases as well. Jewel cases might only be the square ones.
Person A: Yo! Person B! You want this disc? I already installed the game! Person B: Awesome Person A thanks for the FREE VIDEO GAME THAT I DID NOT PAY FOR You can see the problem
I use steam and I like it more then using disks. I get the game right away on my pc. Only problem is that the installation takes time. On the upper hand, with a little tweaking, you can play games for like XP on windows 7.
The problem with no discs, is once you buy it you, you cant sell it, once you download an amount of games, your console would begin to slow down from holding all that information on it's hard drive, it might be possible to simply hack into it and get free games, impossible to buy games from somewhere other then the company- and as such, they wouldnt lower prices as if you want one, you would HAVE to pay full price, to get some one a game, you would have to ethier own the same console and buy the game then use a "gift" feature to give it to them, or walk into their house and buy it, wait for it to load, then let them have it. I can also think of some other reasons, like for example you cant "borrow" a game, and if your console breaks, you lose the console AND the games.
I'd like to have an entirely downloadable system, where you download a game that you want from an online database to a system library that is hosted on secure servers somewhere. And then, from this server, you can pick and choose what you want to be on your system at any given time. Whenever you move a game's batch of files, all of your saves and progress would go with it back to the library.
However, I could see the problem in this with hacking, and internet connections, etc...
I would be nice i suppose, my little brother always scratches the discs, but i think a hard copy type thing of some kind is better. And i'm not much of a programmer type, so i wouldn't know, but whats wrong with the cartridges they had for NES, SNES, and game boys? can they not handle the same amount of information to make a game like Assassin's Creed or CoD?
the problem with digital is that those with a bad internet connection would have to wait for days to install and download a game. the problem with an online server full of games is that it can be hacked and played also. its better just to take a drive down to a game store and get a disc. its much faster and someone would have to be in your house to get the disc.
No discs is bad where would you put the games which you downloaded from steam? Just think about it for a second if something happens to your computer and you lose the game you would have to go thru all that mess of comfrming that the game was bought by you and you would have to ask them to send you another copy if they send it it would be ok but if they dont if you lose your receipt or something you would have to pay for the same game twice.
No discs is bad where would you put the games which you downloaded from steam? Just think about it for a second if something happens to your computer and you lose the game you would have to go thru all that mess of comfrming that the game was bought by you and you would have to ask them to send you another copy if they send it it would be ok but if they dont if you lose your receipt or something you would have to pay for the same game twice.
anybody with a wiff of knowledge puts their favorite game on an External Hard drive. heck, you could fit several games onto an SD card.
Well, really, it depends on your internet connection. If your connection isn't fast or anything, or if you live in a smaller area away from large populations, then you'll likely pick discs, and I can perfectly understand. I made the switch from discs to digital about two years ago, but only because my internet is fairly fast.
You want a good internet provider and good cables/whatever if you go digital, otherwise downloads can take literal days before they finish.
