would you buy CEs with digital game codes

[LowlyAssassin]

If the future is so heavily digital based
Like all out musis,TV, movies and entertainment is digital
We do not have any guaranteed that it will last forever
I think, maybe this is the main fear a lot of you have,l; not just with digital games but also all digital entertainment and media

But how many of you print off all of your digital photographs just in case you lose the digital copy?
And on a side note
Does anyone know the projected life cycle /life span of the ps4/xo?

[vhal_x]

I prefer to buy music on CDs or LP, however I rarely buy music nowadays other than if it's my favourite band (Papa Roach), just because I don't really have time to listen to music half the time.

I do actually print out a lot of my digital photos, I usually go to the little Kodak Kiosks in Tesco etc, every few months and print a bundle out

Haven't done it in a few months though due to lack of money xx

[Ayiu]

Originally Posted by LowlyAssassin

If the future is so heavily digital based
Like all out musis,TV, movies and entertainment is digital
We do not have any guaranteed that it will last forever
I think, maybe this is the main fear a lot of you have,l; not just with digital games but also all digital entertainment and media

But how many of you print off all of your digital photographs just in case you lose the digital copy?
And on a side note
Does anyone know the projected life cycle /life span of the ps4/xo?

I heard something about 10 years but don't pin me down to that.

[LowlyAssassin]

Originally Posted by Ayiu

I heard something about 10 years but don't pin me down to that.

Yes that's the past product life for the ps1/2/3 but I have not heard any actual proof for ps4
So could be true
I guess we will know in 2020 when the ps5 is anounced

[SwiftDeath]

When all that is available are digital CE's in one way or another I'll stop collecting modern stuff and only collect past stuff if that makes sense

If I cannot have a physical copy of the game then I cannot collect that game

I may buy some collectibles for said game but it is not collecting to me

There is no physical connection to the game

It is the same as a flash game on kongregate or addictinggames

Just bits and bytes and nothing more

There is nothing lasting about a digital game

[Matt16]

No, on top of no, next to no, before no, after no, surrounded by hell no!

I don't even download music, everything must be on CD for me.

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

When all that is available are digital CE's in one way or another I'll stop collecting modern stuff and only collect past stuff if that makes sense

Yup

[Dreamcazman]

I would always purchase the physical disc version over a digital version given the choice. There are pros & cons of both.

Discs can be scratched and lost but you'd have to be a total dumbarse for that to happen.

Trouble is digital versions completely lose their value once you've redeemed the code so the only thing of value is the statue or whatever else came with the CE. Also you never really own the game, you just 'allowed' to play it.

I know everything will go digital eventually, but in the meantime I'll keep on collecting the disc based versions.

[LowlyAssassin]

Originally Posted by Dreamcazman

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Discs can be scratched and lost but you'd have to be a total dumbarse for that to happen.

You have obviously never used an Xbox 360

When assassins creed 3 came out
I got the game 5 days early and put it in my console
Installed it so it didn't spine as much
And do not take it out for over 6 weeks
Nobody else used or touched the console
No earthquakes or anything that mover the conse
The console was flat so the disc was spinning the normal flat way

And when I finally took it out
It looked like someone used it as a coaster
Yes that really happened

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by LowlyAssassin

You have obviously never used an Xbox 360

When assassins creed 3 came out
I got the game 5 days early and put it in my console
Installed it so it didn't spine as much
And do not take it out for over 6 weeks
Nobody else used or touched the console
No earthquakes or anything that mover the conse
The console was flat so the disc was spinning the normal flat way

And when I finally took it out
It looked like someone used it as a coaster
Yes that really happened

For whatever reason certain disc drives are more susceptible to scratching discs then a normal drive is

Have yet to figure out why but I've heard of this before and it depends on what drive model you have

PS3 drives were mostly good because of the slot-loading which is a better disc drive style for protecting discs from scratches

Although blu-rays are less susceptible to scratches to begin with I think

[LowlyAssassin]

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

For whatever reason certain disc drives are more susceptible to scratching discs then a normal drive is

Have yet to figure out why but I've heard of this before and it depends on what drive model you have

PS3 drives were mostly good because of the slot-loading which is a better disc drive style for protecting discs from scratches

Although blu-rays are less susceptible to scratches to begin with I think

There are 2 main reasons why Xbox discs get scratched
reason one (based on the original far xboxs I have not got hands on experience with 360 s or e
The disc spinning down (either while ejecting or just powering off the console) in both cases the spindle drops and let's the disc stop by spinning to a rest in the plastic drive tray
2nd reason
When the disc is ejected, the laser does not move back to the reset/ centre position, it stays where it was. And as there is very little clearance between the disc and laser if the laser was on the outside of the rail (edge of disc) when you last powered off the console or ejected the disc or the disc stopped spinning for whatever reason
The. The next time you change discs, the laser housing will catch either the ejecting disc or the new inserted disc
(I can't clearly remember if its both or just one or the other, but caiguely remember it being both, although the inserted disc to a laser extent as the drive is not spinning when the laser mech catches the disc)
I do know if the laser was at the outside of the disc and you press eject
The laser housing and rail mech and spindle lowers in such a fashion that the laser assembly catches on the disc and causes a r or L shaped scratch on the disc and then the disc spins to a stop on the plastic tray causing maximum damage
All of this is from plant of experience with open boxes of all 4 Xbox fat drive types