Buying a digital copy of a game will never surpass a physical unless some changes are made.
Digital distribution, a lot has been said lately about this “monster” lurking in the shadows. Like always there are two sides of everything and we can sit here the whole day and discuss all the Pros and Cons of both Digital and Physical distribution.
"I want to rather talk about things that need to change with digital distribution to make it a viable and preferable option."
Remember this year's Saints Row(opens in new tab)? Volition would probably prefer that you didn't, which might go some way to explaining why the studio recently decided to upgrade everyone's copy of Saints Row 4(opens in new tab) to its full-fat Re-elected Edition, containing all the game's story and cosmetic DLC and even introducing cross-play between Steam, Epic, and GOG versions of the game.
Unfortunately, that upgrade seems to have backfired, and players now report a myriad of bugs with their new version of SR4. Both the Saints Row Steam forums(opens in new tab) and subreddit(opens in new tab) are filled with players complaining of broken saves, crashes, and mods failing to function. It's also received a few hundred negative Steam reviews(opens in new tab) since the update. If it's succeeded in washing the taste of Saints Row (2022) out of players' mouths, it's only because it tastes even worse.
I wonder if Volition's getting reorged under Gearbox impacted the quality of their release.
When it comes ranking the Saints Row games, there are a couple of weird ones you have to consider, though this is Saints Row after all.
Juan at SwitchWatchTV got his hands on Saints Row 4 Re-elected for Nintendo Switch. Check out his review here and see what he thinks.
Physical. You know why? I CAN'T DOWNLOAD ANYTHING ON MY LIMITED BROADBAND. 2 Mbps till 8 gig and .512 after that? Good luck bro :P
Hopefully I move to US after this semester and get better broadband. Digital will never be as popular and successful as compared to physical unless there is standard broadband everywhere.
Also, 33% of US lacks proper broadband. :/ THIS is why Aliens won't talk to us. Or maybe they will, but only to US, like they do in movies. *waves*
Download for me.
I prefer digital. It is nice to have your collection in your profile so you can delete and download whenever you want it. I am quite forgetful so I tend to loose physical discs.
Physical. I can sell it, trade it, borrow it, give it away. I like trading games in towards other games and i like having complete control over something i buy so digital is a no go for me. Call me oldschool.
yeah digital for some reason is always more expensive, you rarely get any bonuses, you cant pass on the game say if you dont have that much money to keep it, and it takes up your hard drive a significant amount. so :/