Physical Media might be making a comeback | People upset about COD Modern Warfare 2 Disc
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- Опубликовано: 28 окт 2022
- I’m seeing all over forums and groups, people getting frustrated with streaming services, region locking, and the constant shuffle of content moving from site to site. More and more people are buying DVD’s again, and the Vinyl record market is booming, what will happen with gaming?
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I think we are tired of losing the films we love on streaming networks. I always keep a crt on my desktop to watch while I work.
The constant shuffle is so frustrating. These shows and movies are very important to most of us and we need to be able to TRUST that we can always maintain access to them. Physical media remains the best way to do that
^ all of this.
I’m 21 and I love collecting physical media. Games, blu ray movies and cds are just fun to collect. I’ve noticed a lot more games coming up are releasing physical versions of their games so I think it is becoming more popular to buy physical versions of stuff.
Games are in a weird place where the industry is pushing for Digital and a majority of consumers are adopting it. 50-70% of all game sales are digital now, but there’s a groundswell towards physical with companies like super rare and limited run bringing us more physical than we’ve ever had before
@@NerdCrave yeah. Tbh I think they will keep the disc drive for a few more console generations. My dad works for Xfinity and there are still a lot of places that don’t have great internet like you said. And I think they are allowing people to choose. Like both Xbox and PS have released both physical and digital versions of their console I think if we were gonna get only digital games it would have happened this generation. Just my thoughts
Want somebody else choosing and controlling what you watch? Then it's streaming.
Want to be free to watch what you want when you want (with nothing censored), then physical media is for you.
This!
I haven't had anyone change, sensor or remove anything I have bought in Vudu or Apple.
I’ve just found your channel today. It’s strange how over the past few months I’ve gone back to picking up physical media. Wether that be ps3 games. Xbox 360 games. Also blue rays for £1 each. Dvds here in charity shops and car boots are 10-20p a dvd.
My wife and I subscribe to all the streaming services but have enjoyed popping a disc into a dvd or blue ray player and enjoying it.
I forgot about all the extra you got with physical media. Recently we have watched all the Batman ( Christian Bale )
Remakes of planet of the apes.
Moon ( with and without multiple commentaries, remember them!?)
Master and commander.
Gladiator. On and on.
It’s been brilliant and we have been showing our children who just about remember discs from portable dvd players from car journeys.
I’m collecting larger from now on too.
Great video ( video 🤓)
Thanks.
I feel like physical media is experiencing a resurgence, or it’s going to very soon. People are tired of chasing shows and movies around the internet. They want at least their favourite stuff on hand forever
I hope you're right! I've never stopped collecting physical media...
I couldn’t agree more. I’ve been collecting physical media since the 1980s and my friends be like ‘why do you have so much useless stuff?!’ Now, when they want to stream stuff that’s no longer available, they call me and ask if they can borrow a DVD, but then realize that they pitched their DVD player when they got rid of all their DVDs. 😂
You got the stuff!
I'm 20 years old and when I was younger I collected a lot of DVDs, mainly because my family didn't have any streaming services at the time.
I stopped due to space reasons but I recently moved to a new apartment where I finally have the room to display a DVD collection.
I'm really excited to get them off the attic in my family home and to start collecting again.
I've found that especially in the last few years I have been getting so annoyed at streaming services and their constantly changing line up and there are definitely films and shows I wish to own physically sooner rather than later.
Enjoy that physical collection!
What are your plans when you run out of space at your apartment?
@@tafb94force29 I don't really have any intention to build a massive collection or start buying DVDs I don't enjoy / have no interest in actually watching, so that, for now seems like a problem that's still very far in the future
I hope so theres so many movies i want released on bluray
Personally I just don't feel like signing up for 5+ different streaming services to watch everything that I would care to see. And it's not like I want to watch everything these services have to offer either, so it's kinda like we're back to the olden days when we would sign up for a cable package with 100+ channels but only watch like 5 of them.
We're being made to pay for stuff we don't want, all over again. So me personally, I have avoided all the streaming services at this point and just went with physical media where possible. And that is perhaps one of the biggest advantages of physical media: you pay to enjoy exactly what you want and nothing else.
Exactly!
Agreed
They are also editing streaming movies and series (They changed stranger things)
Yup! You can’t edit my physical media! I still have my original CBS/FOX Star Wars VHS tapes. Except for piracy it’s the only way to see the original movies now
The streaming services are way too expensive and even if you buy you do not own it. I have been collecting movies since I made my first paycheck. I would prefer to buy and watch it as many times as I can and actually own it. Loved your video keep up the good work.
Thank you!
But the general mass consumer casual market doesn't watch movies multiple times enough.
I buy physical all the time,once everything goes all digital i'll stop buying movies and games.
I have some digital stuff like on Steam and Switch if it was cheap but I definitely prefer physical
I've had this idea of 'building my own Netflix' for ages and I just started this week with Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke on Blu-Ray. Really pleased to have started, and started with a couple films I value so highly.
The great thing is that you can do it so cheaply now with thrift stores and pawnshops, yard sales etc.
The only problem is anime on Blu ray is so expensive like dbz Blu ray full set is like $200 on amazon
Some stuff is nuts
DVD / Blu-ray only for me
goodwill, pawn shops, thrift shops for the used movies 👍
The easiest place to get physical media is amazon even if the big label stores stop selling amazon sells all types of Blu Ray's
I’ve been buying the odd DVD series from Amazon for pretty cheap, got 2 seasons of Frasier and two seasons of Roseanne for about $15 each
Everything has been siloed off behind each streaming networks pay wall. I’m Gen X, most of the stuff I like is 15+ years old and use to stream somewhere free. Xena, Hercules, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate, Star Trek, etc. I was like this stuff is so old now why not just buy it. The day I got Hercules in the internet went out all night and I curled up with an old favorite and wasn’t worried about when it would come up. It felt really freeing. I was hooked. I finally get it about owning a hard copy of the things you love.
See? You get it!
I'm 21 I do watch streaming sometimes but I always get new movies that I want to see on disc even though it's more expensive than using a subscription
I want it how it was when I first got my xbox original and ps2 where I just popped in the disc and play. Nowadays you have to install the game with internet. The CD itself just a key that give you access to the game because the game is not actually on the CD which really sucks. When I bought gta 5 for the ps4 pro I thought I could just pop it in and play like right away, but nope I had to download 53gb of it off the internet and it was when my internet wasn't that great for downloading. I miss the old days. Idk why they keep sticking it to us in the ass and with the increasing price in games too. I wish Canadians gamer would protest against the big companies like Sony and Xbox because paying $89.99 with that 13% HST tax that is close to $100 or over a bit. Like wtf? I was fine paying $64 in total for a new game and paying $530 for my ps3 when I had it back then, but this pricing is fucked up. I guess people are ok with it since there has been no complain or protest. P.S with close to $750 for a PS5 I might as well go with the switch OLED or just build a pc that can play games on ultra either 1080p or locked 40-50 fps on 1440p on high to med setting on the latest titles.
Agreed. I built a PC and bought a steam deck. If everything is going to be digital anyway I’d rather trust Steam than Sony. PC has been far better anyway
I've moved on-ish. We have a huge collection of VHS and DVD's but I rip it all to my Plex server. So I still get that VHS look because it's taken from a tape. And when I rip the DVDs I bring all the extra features in to. But it does take FOREVER however, once it's done I can pack the physical away and it's easier to watch the content!
I have like 20TB of crap running through plex and I’d still rather pop a dvd on my Sony trinitron
@@NerdCrave oh I hear ya but I just don't have the space to leave it all out😄 some of it is but not much!
Now is the time to strike if you want to start a collection when most people don't want it!
Exactly!
Since the middle of PS3 Live the Physical media becomes a "Physical Key" instead of a product. The reasons are many of them, but the most important is the control the developer has over its product. Some developers can deliver an incomplete product to collect profits and later fix the game. If that was not possible believe me a broken or incomplete game in a disc will end up in the garbage and the developers will not make money. I have not seen a game from PS4 and Up to be completed on the disc and that will never happen. In the end, is not related to the user experience, everything is about MONEY, Money, Money.
Money! Yup
As cool as vinyl is, I wish albums would also release on CD. Most of the video game and anime soundtracks put out these days are only vinyl.
Totally. I respect what vinyl represents, but I’d rather have a cd
I hate digital media because whenever I try to watch a movie online it's always freezing and random ads pop up, watching DVD is better although they do sometimes freeze like streaming but atleast you don't lose your movies
Agreed. Digital can be temptingly convenient at times but physical is worth the effort
One of the things I love about Physical Media is when you can get them autographed by the actors.
Yeah, that’s super cool!
Great video, couldn’t agree more!
I love physical media. The only hard part is now older DVDs when you pop them in the DVD player, your 4K TV “upscales it” which makes your DVDs look like crap sadly.
It doesn’t seem to do that with Blu-ray. Just DVD.
i have several different TV’s to achieve the optimal experience. I play most DVDs on my 27” Tube TV, and it’s glorious. i also have a 1080p flatscreen that i use for widescreen format discs, basic blurays and game consoles like my PS3 and WiiU, and then a 4k HDR tv for the ultra hd discs and the modern consoles
@@NerdCrave yeah I wish I saved my old TVs in hindsight. I have an LCD TV that I play my DVDs on that looks decent enough.
I did see a 4K player online though that someone reviewed and he said you can tweak the settings on it to play DVDs and they look great.
I think once the old TVs all become a thing of the past, so we all have no choice but to have a 4K TV or nothing, people are going to come out with instead of upscaling, we’ll have downscaling devices.
technically all upscaling is simply making the picture look bigger
if it didnt upscale you'd see a very small image in the middle of the screen
but are you referring to any weak 'AI' upscaling features to try to make it 'look better'
it doesn't
I bought a new DVD player and have been slowly buying my favourite films and TV series again. I have a pretty good collection now, most being second-hand and having cost me very little. I only sign up for any streaming service when they have a free offer. I do still have Prime but not for Prime video, for the deliveries. I do get annoyed when I fancy watching an old film and they are charging more to watch it on Prime than it costs to buy it on DVD.
I think I own about 200-250 seasons of tv shows on DVD. Like you the only streaming service I have is Amazon, and only because it comes free with prime shipping. You can’t beat the prices of DVDs used, I just paid $30 (Canadian) for the complete series of Gotham. 5 seasons, so 6 bucks per season.
I have a collection of all of my favourite TV shows and movies, both modern and old. I have Blu-rays, DVDs, and VHS tapes and I watch them all the time because I can't afford streaming services and some of what I like either aren't on a streaming service, or aren't on ones I'd want to have.
Me too, I have a lot of physical media and also a huge Plex server with ridiculous amounts of pirated shows and movies. No need for streaming services
@@NerdCrave Exactly. I shared Disney+ with my sister for awhile, but they just started to crack down on that, but I used that for the more recent Star Wars shows that I wouldn't necessarily be able to get physical media copies of. I actually just got a couple of Star Trek VHS tapes a couple of weeks ago and I have at least one season of each of the classic Star Trek shows on DVD and Blu-ray, except for Enterprise, as the Enterprise DVDs seem to be the hardest to find around here.
I got a 1400 film and tv show collection. I never shied away from physical media. There are just some things you won't find on streaming, like your Only the Strongs, Highlander TAS, or Terminator TSCC.
Absolutely! Who’s streaming Stargate universe right now? Nobody I know
I've actually been going in the opposite direction. I'm buying way less on Blu-ray and usually waiting for sales on Vudu. I just find digital cloud copies easier to deal with, I've yet to lose anything there.
Me 5 years ago. Now I’m re-buying everything
i been collecting physical media since from the records aka vinyl i have physical media which is not on any sreaming services which were made by tv channels and were banned from showing on any tv channels or any streaming services
i have paramount + which has star trek and britbox which has the old doctor who which i have them on vhs and dvds
i still buy loads of physical media because the can't take that away
streaming media services is just like watching a tv channel you can only watch what they decide to put on
so by buying physical media im 50% in control of what i watch or listen to and the other 50% to the streaming services
I’m 50/50 physical and pirated
I am actually using kodi to manage my optical media rips
I used to use kodi, but I’ve been using plex for about 6 years now
Visually I think some people might want the disc, maybe. But in terms of audio I think they’ll choose streaming or radio - if not all, most. But me, I need the vinyl, the CD, the cassette, all of it, give it to me!
Most will, but those who know, know!
Somebody gave me a VCR DVD player I'm so glad I didn't have to pay $200
Nice score!
Always prefer physical to start. I was in Gamestop yesterday to spend my $5 member coupon, the only reason I would go there. I saw a stack of MWII games on the back counter from their new release day. I laughed and said "you know that's on gamepass already, it's already downloaded to my xbox...and I don't even like the game but I thought I would give it a quick couple games" They were in total disbelief that it was already on gamepass.,..which would make their entire store irrelevant since they no longer keep even PS3/360 games around anymore.
Sub'd....as your portion about the DVD's is right where I am at. You can't beat watching a DVD straight from the player to the TV. It's so much smoother and having all the extras if always a bonus. I have a friend with a huge Plex libraty that he shares for some of the newer movies and shows. Everything else I watch physical. I don't watch network TV or cable, rarely even go the Netflix as they have questionable motives. I think DVD's will hit the place where Vinyl is now....once the streaming services tighten things down and piss enough people off.
DVD’s are so cheap right now too! I just bought 10 SEASONS OF Smallville for $2.50 each. That’s over 200 hours of entertainment for $25
I wish this video had more views, because it's all true. More people need to wake up from this "All-digital future" shit.
Preach!
I tried to watch Dr Strange on D+ a few months ago but it had too much Woke stuff that I kept quitting after a few minutes. I then noticed that most of D+ and other streaming services had content that I was not a fan of. I then came to the conclusion that my monthly subscription was paying for content that I didn’t want to know about, rather than content I actually wanted to watch. So I stopped paying for these steaming services and went back to physical media. The only downside is that it’s old. But other than that I’m discovering content that actually entertains me and is original. I could go on, but it would be too long lol
This. This. As a forty something white dude, they aren’t making things for me anymore. 20 years ago I would have been the most valuable demographic, today I am public enemy number one. So I just watch 20 year old stuff 99% of the time
I’m 40 something too, not white but Canadian. A person’s background doesn’t matter and shouldn’t matter as long as what I’m watching is entertaining me. So I really think that physical media made for pure entertainment is really another reason why people prefer to collect older stuff.
@@retromario6130 yeah, colour is pretty irrelevant except when they race or gender swap existing characters. It’s not really about the race, but more about respecting source material.
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I am in Canada, shipping would be impractical
Either everything is free & online or I'm buying a real copy cause either i pirate it or I own it so I can resell it when I don't need it at CEX for some money like I got a bunch of great games for nothing there & why'd I pay £46 or something for Black ops 2 when I can pay £1 for a disc & never lose it.
Agreed! Physical forever!
I purely hate streaming games , audio, and video... it's ganna flop because everyone hates it
Sadly, no everyone does not hate it. Upwards of 70% of gamers prefer digital as shown by the sales statistics. I’m with you though, I wish it was different
@@NerdCraveit's possible that times will change where people will go physical over digital instead. Who knows?
I want to like digital. I moved 3 times in 3 years in the early 2010's and was sick of transporting boxes of dvds with me.
I got rid of loads and didnt really miss them, the ines that survived the cull are now disc only in a couple of wallets and i still never touch them.
But the divergence of the studios is getting outrageous. At least the record companies licence their IP to apple/amazon/spotify/youtube, disney/warners/ paramount all want a slice of the pic.
And even though im happy to pay for digital version, the prices are ridiculous, like £8.99 for a 25 year old film.
Im not going to sacrifice space in my house to hold hundreds of discs, as i know many would be put on the shelf and never leave or be watched, i actually believe many physical media purists are just hoarders. But i happily just go "i guess i wont watch that film" and refuse to pay the price.
At the end of the day it’s gotta work for you. I like both for different reasons
@NerdCrave agreed.
I feel its all well and watching folk like yourself who broadcast and display the collection in videos/content, but to just have a collection no ones seems baffles me.
I believe I forgot to mention that I enjoy your videos and wish you well.
That game is trashola anyways
What game?
@@NerdCrave MWII 🤮🤮 it's a whole mess 🤦
@@9latinumStudioz the new one or the original? The OG is a masterpiece
@@NerdCrave new one of course 🤟
Yes i have been collecting more and more dvds of late because many of them especially the older horror movies etc you won't find of streaming. services.And if they are on the danger is they will probably be taken down eventually we could literally lose a ton of movies and TV shows if everything is online.
Or have to subscribe to an endless amount of services to have access to (still not everything)