The Hang Out: your post count is going backwards!

[Gare]

Warez boards say hello as well . Not owning a physical copy of something I've purchased doesn't sit well with me. Is it direct or P2P downloading?

Piracy is irrelevant in this case. I'm talking about legal acquisition of games right now. Saying that digital distribution is stupid because hurr durr you can just pirate it anyway is silly. And yeah, it's direct, via Steam's interface. You can download your game as many times as you want after buying it, though, so it's never lost. Well, unless Valve goes bankrupt, but you get the idea.

[Synthetik]

I only have a 128 GB HDD in my computer, so I'm basically always low on space.

[Quiji]

Yeah, good deals with Steam. I have even better deals, it comes from the internet and it's free.

EDIT: Yeah, bringing up piracy and digital distribution is retarded.

[Gare]

that's the thing with me too, I kinda wish they'd at least send you a physical copy after buying a game. It grants me some solace that I can install a game without needing internet.

Many games have online activation these days, even if you have a physical copy. There's also GFWL, which requires you to log into your profile every time you play.

[Slacker Magician]

Piracy is irrelevant in this case. I'm talking about legal acquisition of games right now. Saying that digital distribution is stupid because hurr durr you can just pirate it anyway is silly. And yeah, it's direct, via Steam's interface. You can download your game as many times as you want after buying it, though, so it's never lost. Well, unless Valve goes bankrupt, but you get the idea.

What it all boils down to is that I want a real copy, that I can install on as many computers as I please, if I pay for it.

[Gare]

This is like the most adorable thing ever. The music makes it perfect.

[Quiji]

Arguing over personal preference? Some like physical copies, some like the convenience of digital distribution. Who the fuck cares? You're still playing the same game.

[Slacker Magician]

Arguing over personal preference? Some like physical copies, some like the convenience of digital distribution. Who the fuck cares? You're still playing the same game.

Shoo! The newest games I've played on my computer are BttF, Alpha Protocol, and Neverwinter NIghts 2 . I don't play much on the computer these days.

[Synthetik]

I like psychic distribution personally. Having the memories of playing and beating the game transported directly into my cerebral cortex without having to worry about actually taking the time to play the game is great.

[Dr Mario]

I'd just like to point out that, in terms of copyright law and such, what you own is basically identical between the two methods. One just gives you an extra bit of plastic.

[Slacker Magician]

I'd just like to point out that, in terms of copyright law and such, what you own is basically identical between the two methods. One just gives you an extra bit of plastic.

It depends on the user agreement, EA likes to point out that you're licensing software.

[Gare]

Arguing over personal preference? Some like physical copies, some like the convenience of digital distribution. Who the fuck cares? You're still playing the same game.

You're right, though I wasn't trying to argue. Discussion is more like it. Though I might've come off as more, uh... upset than I actually am.

[Slacker Magician]

You're right, though I wasn't trying to argue. Discussion is more like it. Though I might've come off as more, uh... upset than I actually am.

Angry discussion ! I don't think it was heated enough to be called an argument .

[Russ]

Fight the kraken.

[Quiji]

I like psychic distribution personally. Having the memories of playing and beating the game transported directly into my cerebral cortex without having to worry about actually taking the time to play the game is great.

I'm with you, especially since you can actually hold the game, instead of having data in a portion of a hard drive.

But the two methods have obvious drawbacks, it's just preference. You can fit the entire library of all regions of every game made for 20 years in a single inch-thick hard drive (like atari to ps1), where that volume of games would cost you so much and take up an entire house. But that's melding the concept of physical and data with digital distribution, which is hardly the same subject in some regards.