Digital Media is DESTROYING GAMING & Our Wallets
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- Does this end the debate between physical and digital media? Let us know your thoughts as we continue to look into the future of video games and the gaming market.
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Physical media ❤
Amen
It is showing Physical media is making a comeback in general. Even the news has been picking it up.
July 29 the whole OG xbox collection is being removed.
@@Jfscloud723 I made a video about Xbox games lol
All hail emulation
When certain retro games became very expensive (long before covid) I started getting into emulation. Eventually this brought me to rom hacking and looking at source code of games in general. Will always love collecting physical copies of games but at the very heart of gaming is the code itself.
I agree, it's easier to have complete sets in digital format. I'm sure you already know but in case you don't.
Look for trackers and you'll find a bunch of sets of all the consoles.
Same here going on 8 years the downside is it kills your SSD and ram faster. So over time you end paying more in up keep on you're computer.
For me it is about having the original system with the controller and then purchase the Evedrive to play any game for the system. So far just have NES and SNES.
@@benjaminway5699 love having physical for the controller and original feel. A lot of games I'm talking about are Neo Geo or TG16/PC Engine games. There are companies out there that make pretty good reproductions of these console controllers that connect to your computer. But also a lot of these games benefit from an arcade stick anyways.
I am both physical and digital. I do physical for games that can be played "offline" but will do digital for games that require online to play because once they turn the servers off they physical media won't work either.
This is the most reasonable/thought-out approach to the whole physical vs. digital debate, thank you
I'm physical media guy same thing like to have it anytime I can play it and it won't be taken away and don't feel like it's collecting if it's not physical
Great video like always, thats why im thankful for finding games at goodwill and other thrift stores
My biggest gripe with digital games are the overly expensive prices. Like why would it cost the same and sometimes more than physical when there is no cost of materials being involved
Yes, and it seems like gamers never put up a fight because the distributors spun this as a "convenience" for gamers. I feel like gamers are starting to wisen up, but not sure if they will really push back and buy digital to make it clearer to companies what they will or wont stand for.
The spec ops the line prices are insane right especially when price charting is still showing them being worth complete around $12
price charting gets its price from Ebay sold averages, it just dropped again almost immediately.
At work on break and i was hoping a new video was out. I'm so glad it was :)
Fr the best feeling
I know in another video you've talked about it, but that jacket is awesome. Much like your channel, never stop gaming.
Physical media for retro, but I mostly play digital games on PC. The unfortunate truth is you don't own digital games, you rent them for an unknown amount of time until it's ripped from your hands.
watching from the UK your shop and products looks great. wish I could come visit
Love all the videos Rick! Been watching for years. If you need anymore Pokémon singles I have a ton to get rid of and would be happy to make a dealio
Used to have a big physical media collection. Long story short I was living with people I thought were friends that really weren’t.. I had to leave my home in a day and I had nowhere to put anything, had to sell my collection and lose a lot of money on it. Since then I can’t put myself through that again, so I now have all my collection on a 2tb ssd. Literally over 10k games. And I can play smash bros melee online….
Dude I feel like I owe you a referral tip or something. I have had a copy of Web of Shadows for Xbox 360 for sale on eBay for like a week. Within 2 hours of this video dropping, it sells! No way that's a coincidence. If the buyer is in here, thank you for the sale!
Depends on how much you were selling it for.
Web of Shadows is one of those that flip flops for PS3 or Xbox 360 as to which is gonna be more expensive. Before the pandemic the 360 version was the higher of the two, then the PS3 was the higher, now the 360 seems to be catching up to the 3.
nice video, the Retrofest Arkansas sounds epic
btw if you need any help with layout or poster design, video editing
and i wold love to support you dudes
Physical is incredibly important; luckily emulation is covering most of the issues in the transition to digital, especially with FPGA
Awesome video Rick! More games less exercise! Loose weight off camera we want just the good stuff! Love you man!
@12:30 I used to have the same TMNT suitcase in this shot. It held a toy train+track I’d play with as a little kid. It either broke or disappeared before I had the chance to possibly make money off it.
Physical media for me! I love having the box, the manuals, the CD inserts, all of it. I love knowing that it won't disappear if they randomly decide to remove things from the store (or the store goes away...).
I'm an older gamer. Started as a kid in the 70's with a Mark III my dad had bought. We later graduated to the 2600 and since my dad was a hardcore gamer and still is, we had plenty of games in the house. Throughout my childhood I played TONS of games on a huge variety of systems. Back then, all games were physical because the internet was nothing like it is today. Even as an adult I always bought a lot of games for any system I owned at the time. When digital games came around it simply was a way to grow my collection even more. Today though I keep hearing about the death of physical media and although they have been saying this for probably about a decade now, the evidence definitely points to most media becoming all digital. Now I pretty much try to buy all my games physical not because of future value, but because I like to play the game I want to play on the original system without spending a small fortune to do so. Not that I mind digital, just a literal old school gamer who grew up surrounded by tons of physical media. Its what I know and love.
I’ve never been to a gaming convention. I’d love to go to yours.
Hey Guys, not sure if this has been asked before, I am sure it has but couldn't find it, do you have an estore with overstock or your items in general? I would love to purchase some of the items you have but the trek from PA to Arkansas is a tad far.
I'm a RPG player and I prefer physical copies for the reason that the digital version can be ripped away from me at any time by the company. The same goes for movies. Price point isn't any issue for a physical copy if it's a game I know down the line I will want to play it again.
Does anyone know what the mechanical voice says at the start of these videos?
Physical Media is so so important, recently after Crunchyroll brought FUNimation they closing down the FUNimation app and nuking any digital copies of Anime brought on that app meaning various english dubs and legal copies of the japanese dub are going to vanish into the void because of no Physical Release, also from what I heard there is also distributers who are being asked to destroy any physical FUNimation media too meaning a lot of the Physical Releases are being destroyed, this is just a constant amongst apps losing stuff forever and forcing people to Pirate media, PC was the first to start this trend when it went all digital and now it's become an absolute nightmare through Music, TV/Film and Games, we need to urgently U-Turn on an all digital future otherwise this will keep happening
I think pirated sites have more passionate translations
...and Digital Fanboys still refuse to see the truth in that. For those that say "Its cheaper and convenient", it's really not since without Physical, they are free to RAISE PRICES as they see fit, also convenience as a backlash of them taking their purchases.
Look at what happened with the PlayStation and the WB Discovery fiasco. All that money wasted to get Digital and they just shut it all down, even for re-downloading them, all because the two companies couldn't come to an agreement. They have no idea what they are in for.
Anyone know what song is playing in the background at 3:46 please?
I will always prefer physical media. I started my gaming journey with the Attari system, PS2,Sega system, Xbox 360, psportable, Xbox One and now VR meta 2.
Great video!
i live in cali... i would move to your town just because of this store. no cappppppp
Proud of you Rick ✊🏼
Pokémon is king when it comes to the kids, then they get to be adults like us and want to start competing with their cards. The well never runs dry lol. Good work brother, keep it all up!
I have always been and I always be a part of "Team Physical." With "Digital" media you can run into several problems that could possibly prevent you from playing. One problem that I can think of is that the online store can shut down or delist the game. Another problem that I can think of is that your hard drive for your console can crash and you lose all of your saved data and games. By using physical media and taking care of the discs/cartridges, you will always have your favorite game(s) at your fingertips.
Physical games doesn’t last for long either because most of the time you have to download the update patches to have the full experience, let alone DLC. They also degrade too and Pokémon games are the best example.
@@therealjaystone2344 Your comment is devoid of logic. Physical games can be played without the update patches and DLC. Also, patches and DLC can be applied as long as the game is available online. Physical BlueRAy discs with proper care can last up to 50 years if kept in a good environment (away from heat, humidity, UV rays), according to the Canadian Conservation Institute, which publishes a paper on media longevity.
@@syeddanishanwer physical game discs are no longer the case at all. They are way different to physical DVDs on movies that doesn’t require you to use the internet.
@@syeddanishanwer "as long as the game is available online" That part right there is concerning. Forza 3 for example.
Why dontcha try out the Nintendo ring fit for the exercise program?
When people come to Retrofest Arkansas, they can take a tour of all of the roundabouts in Conway.
Yo Rick
I'm with you on the physical media,buuuut.
Now I have games that are disc's that won't play because of an update being needed and I couldn't pay my internet bill. Uuuuughhh!!!
Love the convention idea. Any chance of gettting I Fight Dragons to play?
Rick ! We dealing with nearly a foot a snow over here today, so glad to come inside to a new video . Have a great week everyone
You live in Greenland? 😂
Wow. thankfully it missed me, where do you live?
Do you...
(1) Shovel
(2) Snow blow
(3) Plow
(4) Say f**k it, I'm not leaving the house until it melts away
Crazy thing to say when Spec-Ops has been on sale multiple times over the last many years for less than $10 on XBL and now that people can’t get it easily they will pay 400% more than what a physical version was a month back.
The PS3 version was even free on PS Plus for a time.
Thanks to resellers I won’t pursue the final few Snes and Nes games I need to complete the sets. Back when I started collecting those titles were MUCH more obtainable. The only affordable titles I do not own are now digital, so it looks like I and many other collectors are taking the download road. Ppl are offloading collections and physical stores are beginning to suffer.
RIP
How can I purchase something if I'm in Texas. Is there a site?
A tip Rick because I love your content and sold so many TCG games. It’s quicker to price via Tcg player.
Will we ever see your gaming room at home again? Has it changed at all? Or has it all moved to the office?
Digital take less place when you have no room , but something special when you put the disc in so i would have to be 50/50 on this one 😂 Love the vids as always cheer from Quebec 😀
I see that little plush on the stairs 😎
I get the idea of physical vs digital. Sure digital is convenient, but with games being delisted, digital storefronts closing and even recent news about digital items you have in your library being removed for rights or other reasons.
When the PS3/PSVita/PSP storefronts were closing (even though at that time the PSP store was really dead anyway), it started my need to buy more physical media that I haven’t done in a very long time. Then the eShop closes for the Wii U/3DS which accelerated my purchasing of physical games.
As it shows, my wife and I are physical media consumers if we can get it that way otherwise buying digital if it is only there is fine (yet I would rather buy that on a sale) since there are good digital only games to play like Gunman Clive and many others I cannot name.
I'm pro physical as well, but I also realized that some games are just meant to be online for multi-player reasons.
I'm glad as kid I realized that early on. The only game I bought digitally on a console was Super Mario Bro's on the OG Wii. I then transitioned to pc for Blizzard games & other MMORPG's and around that time from 2010-16 the discs became useless. For multi-player games it makes sense for it to be 100% digital.
My problem with modern gaming is when they take what is essentially a single player game experience and require you to be online just to play it.
It's when they make single player games that require always online or an account that is the main problem.
Diablo 3 - required online connectivity just to play - on launch nothing, but log in errors.
Games like Diablo 4 is mainly a solo experience, but it can only be played with others online & it requires you to create & connect your blizzard account to it just to log in and be able to play.
Simcity 2013 when it released... was made to encourage an multi-player experience, but on launch log in errors. If you wanted to play single player - nope you need to be online.
While I can appreciate them doing something new to innovate the franchise. The part they fucked up with not allowing us to play offline for single player & not giving us larger city map sizes. It took them 6 months to give us an offline mode after community backlash.
If they made games 100% without online features people would be more likely buy them physically.
If you look at the most mainstream popular games of today it's Call of Duty, Fornite, League of Legends, Minecraft, Pub G, Valorant, Roblox, Counter-stike: GO
Games like Forza 4 is a single player experience, but you need to sub if you want to play online or if you want to buy any extra content it's only available online.
They are all multi-player experiences that require online connectivity.
Cyberpunk 2077 & Sims 4 though are single player experiences as well, but to get the full experience you need to buy the dlc which is digital only. They don't require an internet connection, but if you want to buy something for new content you need to do it online.
I still support physical media when given the opportunity to own it physically. Whether it be 4k movies or a console game that doesn't require online connection.
Which leads me to only buying physical games for my switch even if they're available for pc.
I have been a PC gamer for a very long time. I really miss physical media and the art that went into the package. Console players need to hang on to that physical media as long as you can. Don't let them take your media like they did to us!
Team Physical over here. I like actually owning the thing and having the option to bring into your favorite RUclips Video Game store is always nice!
1:29 is Rick learning when he says "subscribe" in a video and the person isn't, the subscribe button lights up lol
Riff this is your chance to make this into an 80's workout montage!
had that exact jordan tee and it didnt fit me right either lol
My friend owns Home Town Ticketing. They charge low fees. They blew up in Ohio. Highly recommend.
Did not know Rick could throw a punch! Dayummmm
Hi from the uK, love your videos! im 38 this year and love watching your videos for the nostalgia. i started gaming on the Spectrum sinclair 128k (where the game on tape takes about 1hr to load then could crash haha) been fortunate to have owned pretty much every console growing up, up to current gen. i was a manager at a UK store called Gamestation (owned originally by Blockbuster) for many years and loved it. i love the energy all you awesome people have at your store! reminds me of the good old days haha so many consoles and game si wish i kept instea dof selling them as a kid. 1 item i miss and cannot find anywhere was a handheld lcd console "narc" i would love to have that again one day. i wish one day to come visit you guys with the mrs n have a nice chat. Stay Awesome, Stay YOU! Adlad
I swear that Owen Kid was in the ghastly grinner episode of Are you afraid of the dark? 😂
Both. I collect certain games or series. Mostly Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil. But I also have a few other physical games that I want to keep handy. But, for preservation, convenience purposes and so im not hoarding games I will never get off my butt and put in a console. I use Everdrives and my Steam Deck. That leads me to my next bit. I mostly play my modern games on Deck.
How about the Pixel squad ‘ or Nes pursuit & Phoenix Resale there to sign and hang out? That would be cool
I am a physical copy team member. I like holding the physical copy and don’t care to play games online.
I’m team physical media for everything. I have every console I’ve owned from the Atari 2600 to a PS4, around 1,500 DVDs and BRs, 600 albums on CD, and about 200 audiobooks. What I’ve done is ripped my entire media library and put it on a private media server. Haven’t had a subscription for a streaming service in years now. I honestly think they’re going to end up pushing more people towards piracy that would never have considered it before.
I very rarely digital download games, almost all my games are hard copies because I like owning physical versions if possible
Truthfully I just stopped caring about physical media. I collected a lot and kinda got outta it but still have some of my collection. I'm digital now. It's easier.
Used to be physical media only but then the Steam Deck came out and changed my life forever lol
I have spec ops the line, I bought it about a year ago for 15$. Crazy that it's gone up that much but I'm a collector so I would never sell it.
I am a both 🎉 teams kind of guy. I will usually start out digital and if I really like it or find it for a good price I will get it physical. I don’t worry to much if it will be around in the future but I understand if you are. What I miss is it’s a lot harder to buy ssome thing digital as a gift for someone. I will buying physical for someone because I know that they would love a particular game. that is some thing digital has taken away in my opinion
Still in physical since I love the feeling of opening up game. Also, I love collecting things.
Born in 1971 it's going to take a lot for me to adjust to the 21st century. I'm physical till the end. If it all goes digital it does it without me. If 20th century music didn't exist I probably wouldn't listen to anything at all. The industries hit their peaks for me between 1960 and 2005.
Used to be a physical media guy, Team Digital/Emulation all the way now. Doesn’t take up space in the house, don’t need to have 5 consoles hooked up to play my games, don’t have to pay exorbitant prices for games to resellers, plus rom hacks have great quality of life improvements for lots of games.
I want the X-Men hat that you always wear. I can't find it anywhere. I will pay up to $200. Not even kidding a little.
Do you have an online store
Physical media = trophy upon completion & a Physical representation of nostalgia/memories
Team Physical. Easily. I grew up in the NES and SNES era. The funny thing is that my NES and SNES games still work and are still just as fun. What I worry about with digital is that in 25-30 years, all the games that are digital only, or part of the “all digital future” won’t even be playable because the servers are gone, or the store is closed down. Additionally, I don’t like where the digital future leads: More games via subscriptions (even single player games), pay per hour gaming (started being talked about by some gaming execs), and we the consumers having no ownership over what we purchase. Keep buying physical, y’all. Keep gaming as we know it and knew it alive.
Physical media for sure! I'm also a big fan of being able to view and admire my collection
Physical media and theres still a market for it I buy a lot of movies on blu ray and one thing ive noticed is since some stores like Best Buy and target having very little movies they sell out at other stores the day the movie is released on blu ray the only bad thing when it comes to games is if I want a game and its $70 at gamestop and $45-50 on the Playstation store I do end up buying it off there and with the new Playstation rewards on the app I do end up getting $20 back a lot with those points
physical media for the nostalgia an just for my well being i love collecting just gets a lil expensive sometimes
Physical media i collect so much but never liked disc game (i still own a lot) because of scratches disc rot ect and the consoles disc drives weaning out and lasers dying so im happy for mods and emulators that still let us enjoy the games
yep that's the worst thing about collecting disc games
You can extract game data from disc games pretty easily if you know how to poke around. People say that disc media has a shelf life but I have pretty well preserved music CDs from the mid 80s that have not deteriorated at all. I guess only time will tell.
Plastic cartridges will break down before CD's .
You act like discs are perishable and have an expiration date, lol.
I would love to come there.
Physical media is definitely the way to go for this reason. The stranglehold digital media will take with the dwindling of physical is going to be massive. I hope there’s a resurgence and it gains traction again.
Yes🔥
That 3EB shirt is 🔥
Team Physical Media, always 👊
Well I have a bunch of games digital in my PS5 slim digital but I have a few games in dics and other digital in my Xbox Series X and some digital in my account of Nintendo switch cloud
Physical games are my thing. There is something about actually holding and inserting the game into the console. Also, looking at my game collection is awesome.
Dang wish you had an online store, saw some games i wanted haha.
nice shirt!
Hey team!, will you have that new atari stuff?
Team physical media for me. I started gaming at 3, with the NES. Then got a couple GBA systems. Then my first big console was the PlayStation 1. Moved on up to ps3. And now I just collect and play a little bit of everything. I like to have the physical copy in my hands cause if your system ever screws up or if someone hacks your account, you could lose your games or full account. If you have the disc or cartridge, you can play it whenever you want, and never lose it unless you sell it.
Yeah I have two games I just downloaded from my Xbox. Cheaper too than physical games. I personally don’t care if I have a physical copy of a game. Saves shelf space & is cheaper.
When it comes to games. I'm team digital media. Movies, Music, and Books I still believe those should stay in physical media. I believe games should still come out in physical media, but every game will go OPP. I'm not really into spending extra money on OOP games, I'd rather emulate than have to spend hundreds more than MSRP to play a game. Now if its in print, I'll always buy what I can. My collection are a mix of both. But if I wanna go back, I'm not gonna miss paying a bill vs playing a retro game.
i found couple copie of spec ops xbox360 in pawn shop already sold 2 on ebay for 60$ each 😅
I bought The Line on digital for the Xbox series x years ago.
If you truly have a love for some form of media, make sure you have a physical copy
I'm team physical media 99% of the time. The only time I'm NOT team physical media is if the Switch eShop has a great deal on a game, but I refuse to spend over $20-$25 on a digital game.
Shirt vintage petina... haha. I am entirely team physical media. I understand the ease of having stuff digital, and I have stuff digital in Steam, but having the physical copy of the game will always trump a virtual copy. Having the ability to play it when I want, no matter what (internet outage, Steam going under one day.) is important. Also, having the ability to loan, trade, or sell my copy is important to me as well.
**sees third eye blind shirt and instantly starts singing** "I wish you would step back from that krispy kreme my friend!" :)
I love your third eye blind shirt
Sickest shirt I’ve ever laid eyes on goes to Rick
I love having physical games but nowadays especially on Xbox and Playstation alot of disc are basically just keys to allow a huge download to occur to play the game. In the future will these discs even be playable I wonder.
Nah bro digital media is making sure I don't have to pay $300 for a rare copy of a game that used to be a budget release.
What do y'all sell Mario Kart GameCube for? It's stupid expensive everywhere I've seen it.
I get the nostalgia for games and physical copies but game stores are going to be like blockbuster. I'd rather not leave the house and not deal with people. Hard to compete with convince and being cheaper to play.
The digital download is not worth buying. 1' it's not worth anything 2' if someone steals your account then you lost everything you payed for so in reality it's not 🚫 worth it in the long run period.
Digital media is why I gave up on gaming consoles everything has to be connected online the best of both worlds was ps3
RIP fun gaming
now people just live on games and updates its a total time waste to me I’d rather play a nes than any of this new crap