Some Actual Good News For Physical Games

It's not very often we see some good news for physical game collectors as the industry moves more towards digital, but some new data is giving us a look at one platform holder who is still seeing physical as a big part of their business.

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[eskjaimes]

Physical copies of video games is a healthy games industry.

[barryklinedinst]

Im a physical collector. If digital takes over i have plenty to play. But we need to make sure it doesn't happen.

[kevinspinar]

I'm surprised no one is bringing up a big advantage of physical games: you can SHARE THEM!

Which is probably one reason the family-oriented Nintendo especially will continue with physical media: you have multiple Switches in one household, but you only have to buy one copy of the game.

[drakewaterston]

No one talks about margins either, taking out physical removes material costs, manufacturing, shipping, labor, etc. It's actually kind of hilarious they're still able to release only digital games at full price once they've cut out every single one of those previous factors.

[Madblaster]

Nintendo understands the value of physical items. Look at the recent years. Special edition consoles, collectors edition games, classic systems, amibo, etc. it’s likely why they have a hand over these digital only companies.

[flarestorm]

On the upside, Nintendo is bound to be the last hold out for physical games.
On the downside, Nintendo is the most trigger happy when it comes to shutting down emulators, even for games they don't have commercially available.

[smgofdvld]

The day I can’t buy disks/ carts we are gonna have a problem here 🧐 I will still likely play games but unless it’s super cheap I won’t be spending any money on them if I have to jailbreak my console I will out of spite

[ultimablackmage]

I have over 160 physical games on Switch & is my largest physical library for any console I own in the 35 years I've been gaming.

[AmbiVA-gd]

Nintendo being so behind market trends is a double edged sword, and being cut so many times makes it all the more satisfying when it finally swings the other way

[-OSwords]

Not about "collecting" not about looking at game boxes on a shelf; it's about game OWNERSHIP, RIGHT TO RESELL & PRICE FIXING.

[jaz]

Always get physical. It helps wih game preservation and you don't need to worry about servers being shutdown meaning you can't play your game. Also with games that are 50GB+ you need a really good Internet connection which also costs more money.

[MedalionDS]

I got my Zelda Echoes of Wisdom on physical preorder

[matthewharrington]

as someone who has been mostly digital for about 13 years now, physical media does have its place. there is absolutely no reason to have it one or the other 100%.

[Staticprophecy]

I bought mostly physical for the Nintendo switch. But out of the five or six games I got digitally, I did buy it in physical as well this year.

[sinister]

I buy physical when I can, especially first party Nintendo games. However, I don’t have any qualms about buying digital games that are heavily discounted.

[PieStudios]

I used to work at Best Buy, and I actually asked our Nintendo rep about the physical digital split. She told me that for the Switch, the split was actually close to half. She gave me a specific percentage but I don't remember, it was around 55 digital 45 physical. This was in late 2023 mind you.

[TromaDogg]

One of the big advantages of buying physical for me is...having at least some data (if not all) on the cart and not having the entire game take up a ton of room on your micro SD card. Those things fill up surprisingly fast and the highest capacity ones are still pretty expensive.

[MmntechCa]

I'm primarily a PC gamer, and physical PC games disappeared over a decade ago, so I've kind of gotten used to it even if I don't like it. Digital sales have their upsides in terms of convenience and availability (easier to get "rare" titles). They also democratized game sales, as small indie studios don't need to worry about getting discs pressed. The problem is these companies are under no obligation to honour your purchases indefinitely. Like we saw with Ubisoft unilaterally removing DLC from ppl's accounts, or Redbox going belly up and people losing all their movies, or some Xbox games not working during server outages. The problem is that in North America, our already embarrassingly weak consumer protection laws STILL haven't been updated to reflect digital purchases. Your "rights" are dependent on the good nature of the company. Nintendo in particular is one of the worst offenders. No refunds, digital codes (including ones bundled with physical games) are still region locked, expiring gold points, etc. I frankly don't even trust the eShop to honour my purchases going into next gen. I'm strictly physical for Nintendo games going forward.

[jaz]

My mario 3D world collection is worth 1.5 times the amount I paid for it. People that got digital can't sell it.

[stark]

We are not old😂, we are considered RETRO.😎