Why You Should Buy Physical Over Digital

Its a convenient world out there...but as things get faster and easier we must ask ourselves...what exactly are we saving?
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[@Buddhakingpen]

Dude i spend nearly every day trying to convince people that removing little conveniences from my life has made it so much more fulfilling and they look at me like i'm crazy. So i totally respect this. I was planning on trolling in the comments about how you waxed poetic about getting drunk and going to mcdonalds like it was some magical adventure, but the last few minutes of the video sold me. Youre a good writer. Good job.

[@OpticLureProductions]

lol well Im glad you watched it till the end, thanks for the comment and im glad you are living your life in that way!

[@roxaskinghearts]

America sold its soul for these companies now they root for sx trade countries and not family values and are a dying breed of sociopaths the world is learning alot from not becoming

[@roxaskinghearts]

why physical disks are a dying breed even sony cant prevent the eventual degrading of your disks why we are trying to get consumer grade solid state drives on the market sense this would quite literally change how history is saved to everything a product that lasts a consumer no more then 20 years vs a product that can last hundreds and more if refurbished and well kept its like the race to the best solid state battery for consumer use why invest billions into something when you dont even know if it will last you a million cycles little alone the 3 trillion some people quite literally want stop fighting it and help it or get out of the way

[@VictorSavelle]

I remember going to pick up GTA 4 on release day pre-order at GameStop in Corona, CA. Waiting in line, it was raining, and people were all talking about how exciting this is, and we were all guessing what new features the game might have. "Dude I'm sure you can like walk into every building, and they're gonna have so many new cars, etc.." And then going back home and installing it, having to deal with the Rockstar Launcher that was broken to hell, but eventually I - like many millions of others - filled the shoes of Niko Bellic and went on a ride I will never forget. I think I spent a whole day not even doing missions, just cruising around causing havoc. Good times!

[@OpticLureProductions]

Yeah I had a very similar experience with GTA 5 midnight release. I even recognized a guy there and wound up having to give him a ride home lol Fun times for sure.

[@davidwhite206]

I went to the GTA IV midnight release, I will never forget that night. I was living in Memphis, TN. at the time, and the line was long as fuck. We were all out there just hanging out, talking shit. The police even pulled up and skipped the line to get their copies. We have lost that, but I prefer digital these days.

[@streamingnowstreamingnow2568]

I remember it being 10am and the video store was dead except some old dude becuase most everyone was at work or school, I had a day off! I remember stacks, stacks! of GTAIV on the counter and I remember thinking "all those will be gone by tonight". Sure enough on the weekend the store had no GTAIV's for sale.

[@Itstwistedroots]

I remember watching the reviews for it all day before heading to the midnight release at GameStop. Then hopping on a call with a friend while we played for a few hours.

[@ChiralityPracticality]

I've still got a physical copy of GTA IV, and The Ballard of gay Tony, and The Lost and Damned. I'm so glad I still got my PS3 unlike all the other game system's I've had since my NES.

[@GreedAndSelfishness]

This video in nutshell: The process of getting the entertainment is part of the enjoyment.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Yes the 14 minute version of that lol

[@jayroach_4443]

Imo, It was only enjoyable because it was the only process. I enjoy not having to go anywhere. I get enjoyment from knowing my pre-order will be ready to play on launch day when I get home from work. I do understand the sentiment tho.

[@roxaskinghearts]

America sold its soul for these companies now they root for sx trade countries and not family values and are a dying breed of sociopaths the world is learning alot from not becoming

[@roxaskinghearts]

why physical disks are a dying breed even sony cant prevent the eventual degrading of your disks why we are trying to get consumer grade solid state drives on the market sense this would quite literally change how history is saved to everything a product that lasts a consumer no more then 20 years vs a product that can last hundreds and more if refurbished and well kept its like the race to the best solid state battery for consumer use why invest billions into something when you dont even know if it will last you a million cycles little alone the 3 trillion some people quite literally want stop fighting it and help it or get out of the way

[@obban12]

Were you intentionally being ironic cuz that's funny x)

[@SunsetBlvd515]

A producer (maybe 50) once told me how something’s been lost with gps. The stories and adventures people would go on just to get to a place. Even in the 90s, a long trip to visit someone was “Hopefully I’ll get there by tonight”. Detours, realizing your going the wrong way, not knowing the fastest (boring highway) routes. Asking for directions, going a buying a map of the town. Sounds horrible to me, but he said they had plenty of adventures because of it.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Yeah its weird everything has a reaction at the end of the day. If you make something easy you will obviously be losing something....if you make something hard then you will be adding something. I wouldnt want to give up GPS but I bet life would be more interesting without it.

[@RahzZalinto]

Nah, i got way more stories now about running around outside trying to find my groceries delivered to the wrong house

[@OpticLureProductions]

@@RahzZalinto lmao. Dude Amazon delivered my $800 monitor to the wrong apartment after cyber monday. Crazy

[@horizontide568]

For every action there is definitely another action. - Full Metal Gregory

[@Ckoz2829]

I can understand the value in getting lost like that. But at the same time, I’m so bad at navigating I’m afraid I’d get horribly lost forever. If it’s not within 5 miles of home, I need a GPS.

[@ayalpoww5851]

Damn, what a message you delivered! ❤I always enjoyed physical copies over digital because it would always remind me of my childhood memories picking up games at a store when my mom would let me pick up one at the time.. I honestly didn't thought about how deep it could be. Having so much memories attached to one single thing makes it priceless! Loving your channel! 👍+1 Subscriber!

[@OpticLureProductions]

Thanks im glad you feel the same way!

[@Myrtone]

@@OpticLureProductions When I was a child, and even in my teens, many people actually rented more videocassettes or DVDs than they bought. If you support buying physical copies, how about renting them?

[@Meddi_Logically]

Couldn’t agree more! I also favor a memory over convenience!

[@OpticLureProductions]

Big Time...sadly this too is being lost

[@drsnooz8112]

Boy, when I was your age, I was going on road trips in a rented van full of buddies, moshing to Metallica, then traveling down the coast, stopping in cool spots to camp on the beach, surf, and girl watch. Then grabbing the mountain bike to go bombing down some treacherous trail the next weekend. It's good to go on adventures and build memories, especially when you're young. I'd only say, aim higher, friend. The world is an amazing place. Turn off the game console, put the phone down, go out and explore the real world. You won't regret it.

[@dantespimp]

I got all teary-eye watching this video. 🥺I still get my games as physical copies. And yes, I remember my days at Blockbuster - that specific smell and familiar open space comes to mind. I remember just being surrounded by endless stories, from horror to mystery, and being excited by whatever I was going to watch with my family. Then Blockbuster started releasing videogame rentals! Devil May Cry is my FAVORITE series. I fell in love with it since the DMC1 demo came out with my Resident Evil Code Veronica (REMEMBER WHEN PHYSICAL COPIES USED TO COME OUT WITH DEMO DISCS??? ❤❤❤). I was so excited when Devil May Cry (the full game) finally got released. I immediately went to my Blockbuster to rent it out. I rented it out SO MUCH that I eventually convinced my parents to buy me the game (since it ended up being cheaper that way lol).

[@OpticLureProductions]

Oh man the days of demo discs. I remember getting xbox magazine every month just for the demo disc. And the booklets inside the games....i miss it all

[@cloud9savagehenry]

Great video. I have so many stories like this. Picking up Last Bronx for the Sega Saturn without even knowing anything about it. Turned out to be a solid fight game. And many many MANY more stories. I never looked at it this way. But I still have a copy of ALOT of these old games. You can't find them anymore. Not cheap and not easily. I felt the story.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Thanks! glad it hit home for you. Those memories will always be with us..

[@lingo4489]

I'm gunna sub i like your style of vids

[@OpticLureProductions]

Thanks!!

[@hasanovmaqsud]

Hey man, I liked the point that you brought about the importance of physical copy over digital one. And I really enjoyed the delivery, as well. Very nice writing and job👌 P.S.: I am also a fan of Resident evil game series

[@kevintodd1222]

**thank you so much; explanation at the bottom** Dude you're so right and although I'm almost 50 now, I can relate to your Blockbuster part of the story also. I worked at a movie theater back then. Because of my hours I would be the guy whether it's to get together with a girlfriend or to hang out with buddies, who would make the run to Blockbuster while everyone is at work on the release date of when they get copies of the movie that was only in theaters a few months ago. At least where I grew up, (on a release date of a movie) if you didn't get it early at Blockbuster you're not going to and your only chance was to be off of work that day or to have unusual work hours. And I remember being the guy who was able to tell my friends and my girlfriend, "I got Pulp fiction for tonight!" And sir you are so right it's those memories that go along with all the things in life that really make who we are more pleasant and the memories surrounding the item are from a time we will equally not forget no matter what era we grew up in. By the way I somehow stumbled upon your channel the other day and I'm a new fan and subscriber ever since. Somehow your matrix video came up in my feed and I've been trying to watch your videos ever since. I am an over-the-road truck driver who is always looking for ways to find something to listen to to kill the boredom OR to just stop thinking about how much I miss my wife and children and even my dog. Well I don't know what your name is Sir but thank you for your videos because they are now a part of the rotation that helps to keep me sane on the road

[@OpticLureProductions]

Oh man great to read that. Yeah I remember things being all rented out at Blockbuster and how badass it was to be the guy who had the hot new release. Times were so distant and it wasnt even that long ago. Also Im glad you like the videos while your out there working the road. Im a bartender and I know quite a few truckers, not an easy job at all.

[@kevintodd1222]

@@OpticLureProductions thanks man God bless and I'm glad I found your channel I really enjoy your unique take on stuff especially because it seems like our generation came from a time when we used to think the best computers in the world would be bigger than the empire State building in the future... Heh and now we can fit so much more than what our imagination allowed us to see as best in the palm of her hands. I still remember hearing rumors that someone's dad down the street got a six disc changer in their car haha

[@Gnomleif]

I still remember going to the post office way back in 1992 to pick up my copy of Dune 2. It was my first RTS game, and it started a life long love for the genre. I also vividly remember visiting the local equivalent of Blockbuster in the 80s and 90s, as well as browsing the movies and games at this DVD- and record shop just down the street from where I used to live. Now all that is gone, and all that's left is online.stores and streaming. I still collect physical media, both because I grew up with it and old habits die hard, and because I like being able to hold something like a comic, a DVD or a book in my hand. Also, paying $15 for a movie and have it in my shelf is far better in my opinion than having to subscribe to 40 streaming services to _maybe_ get access to everything I want.

[@OpticLureProductions]

I love my dvd collection. Always saves me when the internet goes down, which happens more than it should

[@Emaagination]

The core idea of this video is honestly beautiful. Remembering to live, to smell the roses, but honestly I feel as though I’ve done that with digital releases. Now yes I love picking physical games up l, I’ll never forget the day I skipped school with my mom and sister in order to buy a switch animal crossing edition on launch day. I could go on and on about that but I can also describe the feeling of calling up my friends, all of us anxiously anticipating it to be midnight so we can experience a new game together. My favorite game of all time has to be animal crossing new leaf, a game I bought Christmas Day on the eshop. I remember receiving a 3ds for Christmas and continuously reopening the eshop desperately wanting to get it. That download to me was like that car ride, slow but part of the journey. Digital doesn’t always has to mean worse, live a little, get involved. If you don’t engage with the things you love, you’re not gonna get a whole lot back.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Thats true ive actually had that with some games that ive gotten digitally. I get off work at 11pm and there have been a few times my coworkers and I were headed straight home to all buy the same game at 12am. Spent our whole work shift getting hyped for it

[@Noa15Lv]

I mostly grew up with digital stuff since mainly i'm using Computer for games & stuff, but i've used to buy physical games on ps4 back in 2014 since i was like 14 at the time and didn't had my own bank card to buy digital in first place. Friends shared with me couple physical games on xbox360 at one point, was fun to experience them and give it back to them. [trading games, till you finish it]

[@UltraNurture]

My older sibling got Super Smash Bros Brawl at launch while I was at school, so I didn't get to go to a game store to pick it up but coming home from school and suddenly having Brawl was an amazing feeling. A few years later at E3 2011, Nintendo announces there will be a Smash Bros for 3DS/Wii U and I was hyped at the idea of playing Smash Bros on the go and in HD respectively. At E3 2013 the first trailer with gameplay for these games were shown and I was amazed at how great the Wii U game looked. In October 2014, I got Smash for 3DS at launch and playing it with friends at school shortly after was a lot of fun. Then on November 2014, Smash for Wii U was finally out on a Friday and my Dad knew how excited I was for the game and drove me to Gamestop right when I got home from school. The Gamestop was packed with some people there also getting the game and I remember talking with other people about who they were gonna main. I got the game and 3 amiibos (Amiibos launched for the first time along with Smash for Wii U) and then proceeded to play the game all weekend long. I had waited years for the game and it was surely worth it and those memories on launch day will be something I'll never forget.

[@theedguardian]

I remember going to the midnight launch of Mass Effect 3 with my buddy at our local GameStop. We had class the next day but we didn't care. All we cared about was that we were finally gonna see the ending to mass effect trilogy! While we waited in line, we met some other mass effect fans and had awesome conversations with them. We compared choices we made in the series, class types we used, characters moments, etc. Good times. 😄 You just can't do that with digital downloads.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Hell yeah those times will never be lost!

[@squire_squad]

I feel like I valued games more when I bought physical copies. I have many stories to tell. Like when I first got an xbox 360 a friend and I walked 10 miles around the suburbs in a blizzard to each game stop nearby so that I could get a copy of Dead Space. I definitely cherished the game. I really look forward to this remake. 2 days!!!! By the way I miss midnight releases.

[@JohnkyTonkbadonkadonk]

I went to the midnight release for Pokemon Scarlet/Violet. While the game itself ended up not being great, that night was awesome. I could have sat at home, installed it, and started playing, but naw. Met up with my oldest friend, got dinner went over to Gamestop, and just hung out for a few hours, played some games, and sat with a bunch of people also waiting for midnight. Good laughs, even made a new friend who I still keep in contact with. Never would have met them if I didn't prefer physical games.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Great memory for sure!

[@Lex-up6mg]

Those SOB at best buy didn’t have my steel book. I did go around noon that day.

[@arzak1]

That's a really great video. Keep up the good work!

[@OpticLureProductions]

Thanks I will! new video this Saturday

[@RyanBromhead503]

I remember going to see the FNAF movie at the cinema with my mum. People were dressed up as characters from the games

[@frvo]

Mostly, I get physical because you can collect them. I started using the internet way back in 1996. I've seen lots of things taken out of me that I loved, and so I now make sure that does not happen anymore. Also, with digital, you can easily lose them. I remember buying a music album from Microsoft when they used to sell music. I lost it. I guess I did not remember to make a backup and now it's lost forever (was from a rare artist that does not sell her music anymore).

[@itwsntme]

A cherished memory to be sure. I absolutely understand. So let me share my story. I swear, this is true. Its 2001 and Microsoft is about to launch its first console. On one hand I was working for Microsoft at the time, on the other I did not live in the US. In fact, where I lived then, Venezuela, there was no chance whatsoever to purchase a console or games. What I had was a friend. One of my best childhood friends was then living in Florida, he usually would do the preorders for me, get my consoles and games and I would eventually pick them up. I used to travel to the US two or three times a year on business. As part of this arrangement he got to play my consoles until I could get them So as per usual, he preordered my XBOX, along with DOA3, Oddword Munch's Oddisey and one more game I never heard about before, Halo. Don't tell anyone, but it was Oddworld I was most excited about. I did not know when I would be able to pick my console up, probably months. But as luck would have it, Microsoft ended up sending me on a one week business trip, on launch week. Not joking. The catch, I was going to be in Seattle. Timing was tight, so I would not risk sending the console across the country. I resigned to my fate, so close yet so far. Then fate intervened again At the end of the conference, I headed to the airport as usual. Sitting there by gate, the announcement came. The flight was overbooked and they were requesting two passengers to volunteer. I even hesitated for a few minutes. Is this really happening? Gathered some courage and walked to the desk. I told the attendant, I'm willing to give up my seat, if you can arrange a stop in Miami. After what felt like an eternity she called me back. They would grant my request. I would have to wait for hours and then spend a night in Miami. I was beside myself. There was an eerie feeling at the gate after everyone had left. Only two passengers left behind, me and a heartbroken looking girl. I decided not to call my friend, I was just going to drop by. He's that kind of friend. The flight was delightful, they even upgraded me to business, my only time ever in that class. I arrive at Miami and take a taxi to my friend's house. Its late in the evening. I knock on the door anticipating the surprised look on his face. I did get the "WHAT? HOW?" face I was expecting. I walk in to find a group of his friends, playing DOA3. I join. It doesn't get any better than this. That xbox died eventually and was replaced. Still have the three games, along with the replacement xbox. This is what it's all about,

[@OpticLureProductions]

Oh man thats an awesome story! Truly was fate lol

[@nolongerhuman13]

Subbed. Good stuff. Very happy to find ya

[@DestroWOD]

I totally understand your point and i do feel it in a way but its kinda different for me. You see what makes a memory good is the way its unexpected, how it happen and the actual nostalgia of it enhance it. I have a similar story of you of going to pick Gears of War Judgment on a huge snowy day to a EBgames across town because i pre-ordered it there before moving out where i was. I had to walk and wait for buses in the snow, in snickers, and when i finally got home to play it, man it felt good. But these are old memories that i like to cherish but do not want to articially recreate. You mentioned RE2 (wich is kinda funny to me as it feel like yesterday that game released) wich is a Gen 8 title and you got lucky on this one the game was pretty much great right away. Maybe there indeed was a day 1 patch as you mentioned (or maybe its just disc installation you meant) but i don't remember that game to be buggy. Sadly so many games now release buggy that for ME it killed the fun of buying physical. This and the mandatory installations, the lack of game booklet, the small ugly boxes (vs old cool dvd cases) and so on. So now i pretty much only buy digital when it comes to modern games. And this may sound funny, but the simple fact of not having to get up and switching disc all the time is something i find VERY annoying when playing physically my older games lol. But to say more on memories, as you mentioned Blockbuster etc. I loved the video store era and im older than you so i lived trough the time where we would go rent movies and NES games at the video store. They always had these 2 for 1 and my mom would let me pick a movie and 1 game and she would pick the other 2. It was great memories as a kid. But looking back at it, im fond of it cause of what it represent. I still have a video store nearby (in the basement of a convenience store) and ocasionally ill rent a movie there but the fun of choosing it ... i get it as well browsing the digital store. Sure the place is mostly empty when i go (ill be lucky is one other person is there to pick a movie) and that does change the experience as back then, but i mean i get SO MUCH MORE choice now on digital services because tons of movies never came to Quebec due to not being translated etc. And truth is... i hate having to go drop it back the next day. I mean i hated that part as a kid and teen as well lol but even more now. What im trying to say is time evolved. I look back at tons of things in nostalgia googles. My old walkman, my old consoles, old movies, i still have a few VHS left even, and yes sometimes i can briefly recreate those memories like for instance there is a store selling used medias in the town nearby (vinyle, cds, dvds, blurays and even VHS) and its kinda cool to enter there and browse the VHS section but then i realize all of those are old movies, no new releases, and thats because VHS is obsolete as a format. Outside the few odities im happy to find because for instance the french dubbing is only on VHS or movies was reddung with a different one on DVD, what would be the point of buying a VHS? Picture quality is bad right away, even worst now as these ages. I rather just remember the memory of renting them as a kid.. Sorry for the wall of text but i enjoyed listening to your story and wanted to kinda share my side of view on it.

[@OpticLureProductions]

No worries I enjoyed the read. I agree and believe it or not I actually buy most games digital. Only when its something important to me do I go out for the game case. Times are changing but I can tell that along with it many things are watered down. For instance I used to have a used dvd store around the corner of my house that sadly went out of business, but it sort of became a weekend routine for awhile to buy a couple movies there. I watched a few films from there that started off weak and I actually quit watching, but since I had purchased them I felt the need to later go back and try again, and got super into them the second time. One of them became one of my favorite indie films of all time, a vampire flick called Habit. Anyway I dont get that connection on streaming. I will just stop watching and never try again. Theres no bond. To many options. Its good and bad, and thats kinda the spirit of what Im trying to say in the video. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@DestroWOD]

@@OpticLureProductions Yeah the stores quantity as diminish a lot. During the early 2010 i picked so many movies physically out of video stores, and now those are all gone. Its weird to not have them anymore in a way. The one i mentioned from my story is the same as when i was a kid funny enough, but there inventory is so small compare to back then (they closed half the floor) and they have no games since the end of the 6th gen.. Still i kinda like going in the basement cause its physically the same space as when i was a kid. I do enjoy getting RE games physically too as its also one of my fav series. But i kinda stopped at RE3 remake. May buy RE4 remake physically tough, still debating. RE7 i still need to play, it just don't appeal much to me at first glance, too different, i picked up pretty cheap digital tough. But if i end up liking it i may get it physical at some point... just cause its RE lol.

[@OpticLureProductions]

You will like RE7 man, the last third of the game sort of lags but the rest is so damn good. Trust me. Its the scariest one they ever made for sure@@DestroWOD

[@matteobovo2126]

This video hit me hard. Especially in this period. Subscribed.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Appreciate it...im glad the message hit you !

[@je6164]

Dang you make sense. My friend invited me to go get the game (RE2R) on the release date. Pretty Sure I spent the night before there too. So I remember it being morning during winter. For some reasons, he made me drive but I had no glasses and could't see through the windshield cuz of the sun.I only remember close calling with a garbage truck cuz I tried breaking on the ice ! We somehow get there, He goes to the counter and say "I'm here for THE game". The girl is like "what game" ? He goes : You know, THE Game ! Again She goes : I have no idea which game you're talking about. The he says RE2R and she goes..."It's only releasing in 4 days...I'm laughing hard and calling him a dumbass ! We went out and got breakfast instead while I kept making fun of him !

[@OpticLureProductions]

hahahah thats gold!

[@Doom-Head]

Bro you should do more vids like this! Awesome editing 🤘😎 RE2 PS1 greatest game ever made!

[@OpticLureProductions]

Thanks man Ive gotten busy with work the last two months but im freed up again now and am currently writing my next vid. Should be out in two weeks or so

[@therealjaystone2344]

Even though physical media had its downsides such as disc rot, cartridge degrade, battery dies, etc. it can still feel the worth for your hands. Sucks that the retailers are selling more digital code cards than physical games.

[@OpticLureProductions]

I know I was at target the other day It tripped me out! Why would anyone go to the store to buy a code?!

[@MegaNancyLover]

That last sentence of this script was great!

[@SaltySwan2801]

I’ll get some games physically, for example, I’ll be picking up dead space in two weeks but I like the convenience overall.

[@KEEGANATORGAMING]

Sony and Microsoft don’t wanna get rid of physical copies because of pollution or anything. They want to remove the second hand market because they want that money.

[@Nades_]

This was a great video, your story made me wish I went out to get my games, which is something I haven’t done since…BO2…I think. I’ve gone basically 100% digital since the start of Xbox One/PS4 gen, which I regret. I’ve been really missing having physical games for some time now. The journey of purchasing the game from a store is part of the experience because it is an actual experience unlike downloading it, it adds something to the whole experience and can give you great memories just like it did with you. When I get a PS5 I’m gonna go back to physical, unfortunately I think this will be the final generation we get physical games. Really wish midnight launches were a think still, only went to 1 (MW2).

[@OpticLureProductions]

Hell yeah get it in while you can! Its definitely on the way out.

[@mreyeball3085]

Damn this video has surpassed more than just video games. Would be interesting if pc still had disc downloads for games instead of all digital.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Thanks bro Im glad you got the message!

[@TucBroder]

The only times I buy digital is if there is no other way (like the upcoming Alan Wake 2) and if the game is insanely cheaper than the physical counterpart. I will though, most likely, buy the physical edition a few months later just to have it in my collection.

[@jordandrukqsz4026]

i like to collect and sell sometimes. I used to buy nothing but digital for a few years but there are some single player games i'm never going to touch again so i kind of wish i bought the physical just to sell them off and buy something else with it.

[@Mire_Klick]

Great vid style. Great story. Know that, been there xD . And i agree with you. I have so many similar storys to tell, but unfortunately my english skills are not thag great. Anyway, you've got a new subscriber. :)

[@OpticLureProductions]

Thank you for commenting anyway!!

[@APRBaller]

This video hits even harder knowing there are soon-to-be triple AAA titles that won’t be released on physical.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Thats just crazy huh

[@F2t0ny]

My favorite "picking up a game" story is waiting outside GameStop in the morning to get Dying Light on launch day. There was another guy there and I noticed he had a shirt with a bunch of cats in space suits looking up dramatically like a movie poster. I asked him if he was picking up Dying Light and he was. Then I asked him if he wanted to see something funny and I unzipped my hoodie and revealed my shirt with a cat in space shooting lasers from its eyes and a rainbow from it's ass. I should have added him on Facebook or something.

[@Guy-May-Cry]

Nowadays physical may be up in the air considering that once this generation of consoles or the last are offline, many will not be able to actually update or even be played since they are simply download discs to put games on a hard drive. TL:DR get them before the servers shut down or else you end up with Xenoblade Chronicles X for the Wii U being mostly unplayable by it needing loads of patches to run at all hence it cannot really work anymore 💀

[@OpticLureProductions]

Very true

[@UchihaItachi1986]

I fear that sometime in the next decade this won't even be an option

[@3lote997]

Thanks to my decision of prefering physical over digital i saved 89$ of buying the callisto protocol for some weird reasons, the game came at janurary so i waited and well....we all saw how the game ends up been

[@OpticLureProductions]

Yup another great reason right there!

[@gamerpro729]

Actually should always keep an eye on physical copies cuz right now and get cyberpunk for $39 brand new on Amazon but if you go download it it's still full price of 80

[@OpticLureProductions]

Another great point!

[@LEXICON-DEVIL]

12:44 Its out of balance. Im 34, i agree with everything your saying but i also love the that i can just rent a movie at home when i want to. I still like going to theaters too. The truth is that it was easier to control the market growing up in that time so it became more of a culture to consumers. Corporate always wants money and many things suffered then because of it too. Its just worse now. The Toy industry was like the Mafia back then. We have to admit that we as children were also brainwashed in ways through corporate advertising subliminal messaging. Remember when the Coke soda machines were exposed for having saxy women and other images hidden in the ice melting off the giant can? The problem is balance as always. I wish i could have a vape pen back then but then i miss out on the story of trying to secretly het high without getting caught by my parents. Now you can vape weed literally behind their back and they cant smell it. Pros n Cons. Brotha, WE ARE THE LAST GEN OF GETTING THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. haha We were born at the perfect time. We reaped the benefits of how life was before people became less socialized through technology. They cant appreciate how far we’ve come and at the same time how far weve fallen behind. Life before world wide internet bruv, we are the last.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Oh yeah thats a whole video onto itself. We really are a special generation at the tail end of life before the internet and at the shores of a new endless horizon. Its such a lucky time to be born.

[@dsmith4658]

YES 100% Always buy Physical !!???

[@SOAD498]

What an amazing video, just truly beautiful.... you are incredibly funny, and I love your style, and you are very right about the point you've made in this video.... so much so that I'm going to pre order RE4 for pickup at best buy, because I agree with the sentiment of making an event out of something you are so excited for... I remember being around 6 and seeing a friend's older brother playing re4 on the ps2 all those years ago, and the nostalgia of that. I remember playing re4 for the first time when I was a few years older, and how many incredible memories I have with the game. Thanks again, you're awesome

[@SOAD498]

P.S. I really hope to see more RE content from you in the future :)

[@OpticLureProductions]

@@SOAD498 Wow awesome thanks so much I really appreciate you saying all that and im so glad your going to preorder the game. So am I!! Also yes have written a whole hour long video on RE1 that will go deep into the history of horror games, zombies and the production, launch, and reception of the game!! Its going to take me awhile to make though....in the mean time Ill be uploading every two weeks on Saturdays.

[@SOAD498]

@@OpticLureProductions oh man that's great to hear! I look forward to seeing more from you

[@NuclearHendrix]

1. Buy games from the safety of your home😊 2. Free games😙😙 3. Emulation/game preservation😍😍😍 vs 1. Show off your physical collection on reddit like all the other hoarders😂 2. Let your friend borrow it so they can use it as a drink coaster🤣🤣 3. Actually "OWNING" the 56mb on the disc🤡🤡🤡

[@OpticLureProductions]

lol

[@KrisVic91]

Gaming off the grid, gave you youtube channel discovery of the year on their 2023 wrap up vid.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Damn thats crazy I love those guys so much

[@KrisVic91]

@@OpticLureProductions 🙂

[@OpticLureProductions]

Thanks for telling me!@@KrisVic91

[@KrisVic91]

@@OpticLureProductions Ofc. Congrats. Great video btw. I don't drink anymore, but you brought up the feeling of nostiligia for sure. I used to go after work on Fridays to a gamestore to buy ps2 games. It was like a 9 mile cycle home. But it was great, looked forward to it.

[@OpticLureProductions]

I just quit drinking on the first. Hopefully I have time to make more videos now lol@@KrisVic91

[@HotdogJuice]

I remember going to a video game release night with my brother. Many gamers were in cosplay. Retailers gave out candy, posters, and prizes. People even got a chance to meet and make friends while debating. It was good times. The social aspect of buying physical games are important. I still have certain physical games because of the moments it gave.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Yeah poor kids these days wont even know what they are missing

[@dooms8870]

We are fortunate enough to experience the last vestiges of social interacting in gaming. Now everyone gets their validation through a veil of lies and transactions.

[@UltimateTS64]

Midnight launches definitely weren't the same when I was younger. I started going to them when I was in hs in 2017 and they were really boring. I always saw stuff online of people playing games and stuff in line, but no one really wanted to talk

[@raychii7361]

You can always do that. But as an adult would you call your brother and abandon job for a video game?

[@roxaskinghearts]

America sold its soul for these companies now they root for sx trade countries and not family values and are a dying breed of sociopaths the world is learning alot from not becoming

[@jamesloehr641]

Buying into digital is giving up your rights to own any media. You give up control to the corporations. Once physcial media is phased out, they wont sell movies or games anymore. You will have to pay subscriptions for everything and those subscriptions will gradually get more expensive. You will be paying to play or watch anything and wont ever be able to just pop in a game or movie and play for free again. It will cost you to play every time. Not only that but they get to choose what games or movies are available to you. They can delete any content they wish and take away your access to some of your favorite movies or games. Also there is no refunds and no guarantee that you will be able to watch or play what you want. If you get banned your banned from playing at all. Thank about the control it gives corporations.

[@Omniblade_Gaming]

I buy physically over digital because I'm a collector and the appeal of seeing my collection especially my movies is an amazing feeling

[@corycg9624]

Even though I’m a fan of digital media and how convenient it is it still won’t ever completely replace physical media #1 with physical media anything you buy you own it where with digital media you don’t and another big difference is the picture and sound quality the picture and sound quality on a 4k DVD or even Blu Ray blows away streaming a film digitally and if you ever notice whenever you stream a film sometimes it switches back and forth from HD to SD and sometimes it buffers so there are still a lot of advantages that physical media has over digital media.

[@captaincrunch1051]

@@corycg9624I hope not man. I’m hoping more people realize the importance of physical media and the joy it can bring. I hope there are options for both digital and physical.

[@TheNamesJER]

I remember going to a midnight release for Guitar Hero 3 at a Game Crazy (small game store they started attaching to Hollywood Videos before going out of business) and this store always made midnight releases really fun where they’d usually have some snacks and everyone would hang out and talk games. This night, since Guitar Hero 3 had a playable demo, they decided to have a competition and the winner got first place in line to buy the game. I worked my way through the tournament bracket and eventually made it to the final. Being that I was only 15 at the time, the guy I played let me pick the song, so I picked Tenacious D’s “The Metal” and ended up winning the whole tournament. Midnight rolled around and I was elated to be the first one to get the game that night and my dad was surely glad to get to leave earlier too. I walked up to the counter to buy the game and they said “Congratulations on winning the competition. Your copy is free!” And they not only gave me the game itself but the whole guitar controller / game bundle. I remember hearing a couple “no way”s and I was just so excited and proud to have won the game for free. To this day it’s one of my all time favorite gaming memories.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Ah dude that sounds like an awesome night!

[@YungM.D.]

Wonderful story. I’m also concerned about how digital copies/streaming services can now scrub/edit something out of existence; physical copies don’t do that to you

[@OpticLureProductions]

Yeah that a whole other side of things

[@JammyGuns]

Yep, like Rockstar removing the original GTA's just to force new buyers into purchasing their (at least at the time) crappy Definitive Edition.

[@ozziefarmboy3569]

I buy dvds because I don't have Netflix

[@OpticLureProductions]

Lol well do you want Netflix?

[@ozziefarmboy3569]

@@OpticLureProductions yes and no

[@OpticLureProductions]

@@ozziefarmboy3569 You know its good to have for some things but honestly man Ive wasted a lot of time scrolled through endless crappy movies and never picking one, or turning a movie off after 2 minutes. With a DVD you commit a little more. And you probably like the movie if you bought it.

[@drackaris_]

I remember when I was 12 I really wanted Phantasy Star Universe for the Xbox 360. The issue was that it was impossible to find at almost any gamestop. I remember going to my gamestop, asking them if they had it, and they didn't. They called another gamestop, they also didn't have it. I asked for the number of a 3rd gamestop, and when I got home I called that store, and started a chain of getting the number of another store from the current one until I found it. It took at least 10 stores til I found one that had a copy but had to wait a few days before my dad was willing to make a 45 minute drive to get the game. That was probably the most exciting 45 minutes of my life until that point and the drive home I was just staring at the back of the case grinning ear to ear. Truly a very special game to me, and a special memory.

[@nicolasmeszaros4533]

This is touchy for me. I actually can compare my memories from my childhood forcing my father to go to the shopping center just so I can see what s new in game stores. We drove all the way to the mall where we didn t just get the game and left we actually had some family time and till this day I can still feel the memories, still smell the scent of many places we´ve been to all kinds of stuff that I cannot relive by buying games on store. Physical stuff will once be remembered as a renimiscent of what life was before we took a rocket-fast living as basic thing. So yeah I am mostly going to these stores even tho I bought games online I don t feel the price I don t recall buying it. You got my sub. Hope you continue doing this. - Love RE series too

[@OpticLureProductions]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts...I definitely buy digital from time to time. I have a huge RE video planned so stay tuned...plus many more video ideas ranging a variety of topics

[@CMONCMON007]

So true man. I'm from South Africa. I had great memories driving to the store with my friend on 11/11/11 to pick up Skyrim on launch day for my Xbox 360.the hype was real i felt like it was the best day ever the anticipation..it was so exciting. Even remember the midnight launch for Diablo 3...yeah the launch of the game was crap with internet issues but man the midnight launch was so fun...cosplayers a band playing Diablo tunes was so fun. Me rocking a Diablo shirt...etc meeting like minded fans in the cue that stretched all the way out of the game store across the mall..yeah fun times like you said we are a communal species.. And you're right we miss out on all that life from a digital download

[@YaoyorozuKMomo]

Also there are way to many pros owning digital over physical to many to count

[@theprophet2444]

Everything is so easy nowadays, we get everything served on a silver platter, we're basically living on easy mode and I think the game analogy fits quite well. Without pain there is no gain, without effort there is nothing to be proud of, nothing memorable.

[@slayer_west]

Remember us when you blow up, loving these videos so far and binge watching them The editing is especially amazing!

[@OpticLureProductions]

so grateful to receive comments like these! I guarantee you I wont forget reading such things at this stage. Or at any stage quite frankly !

[@djb5255]

I loved that Story Time, bro. The Gamecube REmake came out almost the same time as Eternal Darkness, so I pledged to pre-order REmake and let my band friend borrow it, and he pledged to pre-order Eternal Darkness and let me borrow it. After all, $49 is a lot of dough on lawn-mowing wages! 22 years later, we're still great buds, we best-manned one another's weddings, and are in a nostalgic hometown text group together.

[@OpticLureProductions]

lol Awesome story...true friends share games and stay together

[@ShadowCthulhu]

very nice, I stil have Eternal Darkness, it would be nice to see it get a PS4 release.

[@IEagles702]

Lots of memories made witnessing the peak of society during Madden midnight releases at Wal-Mart that's for sure! I feel a lot of great entertainment is being missed due to the convenience of digital downloads. Something isn't good within the first five minutes, shut it off and click on the next thing. That game, movie or show I just turned off could have been something I may have actually enjoyed. With physical mediums, there was a sense of obligation to the product after having that journey and putting in the effort to create the entertainment moment. This meant giving the thing a chance to develop, which I believe is becoming a forgotten perspective. Couldn't convince my parents of that though when we only made it 5 minutes into a rented copy of Scary Movie 2 before they shut it off and didn't give a rat's ass about the efforts put into the entertainment moment but hey that night is also now a core memory of mine.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Absolutely I couldn't agree more with what your saying about giving things a chance due to obligation. So many movies I would have never got through the first 10 minuets if I hadn't actually bought the DVD.

[@xCorzo650x]

😂🤣😂

[@Hypno_BPM]

i know growing up in the 90s , renting games just based off the box cover was pretty interesting lol. it was kind of like gambling

[@tomaims]

Isn't it sad most of us don't cherish external memories. Interesting observations, thanks to all!

[@SalveASMR]

Oh I love me some Chippy chips right now.

[@Psychoma99]

This is a huge reason why I still love physical copies even though my friends primarily only do digital. I'll never forget going to the midnight launch of the 3DS at gamestop. Dragging my parents along and waiting in a ridiculous line while I was selling my old DS and games just to be able to get it. I'll never forget that and it's now been almost 12 years!

[@therealjaystone2344]

And now if you wanna collect your ds games again. Boy, you feel like yourself regretting it.

[@YaoyorozuKMomo]

My guy digital will always be better I’m sorry I don’t have to waste gas for a 2hr drive to GameStop then when you get there you better hope there is no long ass line waiting there for 30mins to an hr only to then find out the game you wanted is out of stock same for preorders I use to hate those lines for being so damn long get there and they tell you we are out come back tomorrow to get your preorders Im good I’ll by games at the comfort of my home thank you very much the amount of money wasted on gas could have went towards ordering pizza

[@OpticLureProductions]

to each their own

[@drunkgamingpodcast]

I would agree digital over physical but there are so many benefits to digital nowadays. Game share is a big one, when you and a friend can pay the price of one game and both of you can play is a ridiculously good deal. Nowadays I have children and they get their hands on everything, including game discs thats are in the console lol. My playthrough of borderlands 3 ended that day and even now years later I have a craving to play it but no can do. The lack of creativity when I comes to physical copies is just an insult. I remember the days I would go to town on the bus to pick up the latest game, I is a fond memory. Picking up gears of war and there is a printed instruction manual an art book and a steel book reading and just taking in the artwork made you more excited to get home and play. Nowadays you get nothing just a case and disc and its very underwhelming. Lastly installing games to your console just takes way to long to buy physical. I'll always remember when I got my xbox one so excited to set it up and play the latest assassins creed only to be faced with a download screen for 5 hours to set up the console and download all my new games, heartbroken I didn't get to play it the next day. First World problems lmao 🤣

[@OpticLureProductions]

Oh yeah I should make a whole video on the instructional books in physical games. The greatest insult of modern memory was buying elden ring physical and It didnt even come with a map. smh

[@Dekkuden]

Man the quality of this video is Amazing

[@OpticLureProductions]

thanks for the comment. Motivates me!

[@vilemk69z98]

Optic unironically became the Truck driver in the Prologue of Resident Evil 2!! He even had a burger on the side similar to that driver 🤣🤣🤣!!!! Really enjoyed your story!!! Here's to you gaining HELLA Sub my duude!!!! Keep it up!!

[@OpticLureProductions]

Damn lol I never thought of that!!! so funny

[@AdmiralBison]

You are fighting a LOSING BATTLE if you focus only on physical medium. The broader argument needs to be about *OWNERSHIP* which can encompass physical and DRM-Free digital.

[@cloudydaycauldron]

I like the hunter gatherer take. It seems like you’re calling for a return to slow living and physical products as the gateway to that. I wrote an ebook “A Starter Guide to Selling Physical Products on Social Media” but for entirely different reasons. I have hope humans will figure it all out eventually.

[@yolanda8563]

I always go physical unless I can get the game dirt cheap on digital.

[@tonydew440]

You pay big money for a game on release, you then play it and don't like it. With a physical copy, you can sell it on, with digital, you can't. So thats why I believe, the digital PS5 has not sold well, while the disc PS5 has, that shows how people feel. I would never go digital with games, so if they just did that in the future. I would just play the older consoles and games, I don't believe they will do that to be honest.

[@oBigBusiness]

Buying physical is kinda pointless these days. 90% of new games DO NOT come on the disc lol you buy the physical game but the game is not available to play. you have to connect to internet and download it. The disc is pretty much a THUMBS up to network that you own it... So in 25 years, if you pop that disc in and you don't have downloaded, you're F'd lol

[@LEXICON-DEVIL]

😁Its hard to watch and not make a comment like every other minute lol Number one reason to buy physical is price options. All digital means your at the mercy of the digital store. Besides, the whole point of having a disc has been destroyed, crippled and pointless. Games are no longer finished at launch. Even final ultimate editions need download. If the game was 100% complete on disc, no updates or sign in needed then discs are the ultimate option. Because that PS3 shop channel already almost shut down. RIP Wii shop channel which means RIP Castlevania Rebirth, Contra Rebirth. Neither game was included in the current collections either. Discs aren’t the answer, emulation for gaming preservation is. Thats the only hope for how things are. Its only gonna get worse unfortunately. Trust me i feel ya bruv. No balance.

[@XzaroX]

PC edition: Buy on GOG over Steam. Buy on Zoom-Platform over Epic.

[@yorkshirelass96]

Wow. Fantastic video. Hi from England. I used to love going to Blockbuster on a Friday night with my daughter, she would always rent the Sims/Urbs and we'd spend Friday night eating rubbish food and playing games. Thanks for memory. X

[@OpticLureProductions]

Sounds like great times....its awesome you bonded with your daughter like that. I bet she will always cherish those memories too!

[@TheRealSephiroth]

Resident evil 2, 3 FF7 remakes are the only games i ever bought digitally for my ps4 and im glad i did, those games were so ateocious i wont miss em when they inevitably get stripped away from me 😂

[@lalotime]

Besides the feeling of putting a new game disc in, Physical doesn't really matter anymore. Used to. With 360 era and under. But not anymore. When you pop a disc in, it just installs the online version. It has data on it. And it's more stable. But you can't play it unless you install it online. So physical games is kind of over.

[@lancemairs4956]

I have a dvd /vhs collection that makes people gasp and then laugh. I then tell them that I am very selective and those are all the ones I deemed worth watching…

[@davidstare6753]

Great video, the only pet peeve I have is when you say RE is a gamecube exclusive, while that is true for the remake. The original came out on the PS1

[@OpticLureProductions]

Right I was talking about REmake though. Thanks glad you enjoyed

[@yderga8707]

If this whole situation happening at WB with using entire animated franchises as writeoffs has taught me, is how important it is to own physical copies of your favorite shows/movies/video games. You never know when a company will decide to un-exist it.

[@2bstiff584]

why u still can not play the game u need to update it you can not play offline it must verify the disc online and if that service is no longer there u can not play the game

[@ESF19791111]

GREAT EXPLANATION VIDEO :) THANK YOU FOR SHARING :) I AGREE WITH YOUR EXPLANATION ABOUT BUYING AND PHYSICALLY OWNING THE PRODUCT IS SOMETIMES BETTER THAN DIGITAL "OWNING THE PRODUCT" ! THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)

[@OpticLureProductions]

Thanks for watching!

[@atlanta2076]

Man ... I remember picking up the Songs Of Faith And Devotion album by Depeche Mode in 1993. I think I could've gotten it from that one store in my own town but there was this glorious store in a mall in the town nearby. It made the whole thing that more exciting. I clearly remember picking it up and bringing it back home on my bicycle like it was the most precious thing in the world. Like I had just gotten away with a pirate treasure. I still got that CD to this day. I could say the same thing about a lot of physical media. Like Serenity DVD, the Firefly follow-up. Or that Peter Facinelli film Stealing Time which I had to import from the US. There is just an irreplaceable value in anticipating a thing, a piece of art, heading out there, hunting for it, getting it and then losing yourself in it. Digital can't provide for that. It's easy. It's quick. But it's also vapid and fleeting. Many people today favor convenience to save time. Time they then mostly don't know that to do with. Streaming? Binging? They key to a great experience - which separates art from content - is that it's not that easy to get. When the first Transformers movie came out in 2007 (and yes, I know it's highly flawed) we had to drive to the other side of the country to watch it on the big screen. I guess all the local screenings were sold out. One of my oldest friends picked me up from work and then had to rush so we wouldn't miss the beginning of the movie. We had a blast watching it. And an even bigger blast laughing about how stupid the plot was when we waited outside the cineplex for the rain to stop so we could get the car on a huge parking lot. Ok, movies are not physical media but you get the point. We would never had that pleasant experience if we had just clicked button to stream it online :)

[@OpticLureProductions]

You get It for sure! Thanks for your comment I enjoyed reading it and I dig your taste in art!

[@alsybroth]

Wow, what a load of pretentious bullshit. And no, I don’t miss Blockbuster. I haven’t bought a physical copy of a game since 2015, and have no intention of going back. And here’s something to shut down the argument for good. I got The Quarry physical copy as a secret Santa gift last month and when I stuck in the machine, the installation was 40GB for my hard drive 😵‍💫 I thought, shit! Just how big is this game? Turns out it’s only 43.5GB in total. The disc only had 3GB of memory on it. Turns out EVERY game now is this. Every physical copy has just a couple GB of memory and serves as a download key to retrieve the game data from the online store (PS or Xbox). The latest COD game was the biggest criminal as it only contains 72MB for a 150GB game! 😵 So basically, even if the devs or publishers D-lists any game you love or shuts down the servers for whatever reason, you don’t retain a physical copy to preserve, you have a pointless drink coaster. That’s why physical games are pretty much dead and pointless.

[@ergastolo4281]

This is pretty much why i prefer to collect physical retro games than new ones. That, and also because i prefer to play older games, which i guess that'd make me a retro gamer. It's cool to be still be able to play good old games, especially the ones from my childhood on real hardware in 2023 and on

[@nolongerhuman13]

OH MAN!! I used to live for midnight releases! They actually stopped doing them by my house for a while and then there was police escorts there because people figured out that everybody standing in line probably had at least $55 in their pocket and one night somebody came by in a car with a gun and they stuck out a bucket attached to a pole and told everybody to put their money in the bucket and they robbed probably 30 or 40 people on the line. I’m honestly surprised that nobody attacked the car lol. Do you know gamers! I would’ve started squeezing right trigger in my head, and I would’ve been it! But the cops started to come by, and essentially supervise the midnight releases. I remember the midnight releases I remember… I remember the last two dead space midnight releases, as well as many others, and I do remember everything that happened on those nights. Very glad I found your channel.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Oh damn! thats a crazy story man lol that would have been nuts! Yeah those memories will always be with us and dont stop making those memories!

[@razorbackroar]

Fuck no!! Horrible idea my house burned down & I lost everything. Digital I got everything access to my finger tips. To each there own. But it’s the digital age.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Well there are certainly the outlier stories out there...sorry that happened to you

[@Machowesker17]

Reason I mostly buy digital now is that it's basically the same: discs require install and download patches. Some don't even really have the game, just info or a key like that. You still need to download it. So there's really no different. "But it can be taken from online" I hear someone say. I know. That's why I don't keep my game library online. I download them into external storage now. I never ever ever rely on downloading and redownloading my games. That's just not reliable. So I'd rather download them and keep them on a storage device. And take real good care of those devices. And when I get better storage devices, I'll pass on my library to those newer devices to keep my collection save and sound. It's more work, but much more worth it when physical isn't really physical anymore.

[@hausriot]

awesome message. video rental shops were a huge part of my childhood/teenage years and its a feeling that rarely comes around anymore

[@OpticLureProductions]

One thing about rental stores is you always watched the movies and would sometimes find some gems

[@54MDigital_Media]

I love your channel. Took a few years with the algorithm. Highly impressed compared to loads of garbage on KZbin. You echo my thoughts.

[@JeronimoFalls]

Survived two house fires now where anything physical has just been wiped out, although in principle I agree, I will pass.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Ah man sorry to hear that glad you made it!

[@blairbailey6199]

I jusy lost all my Digital purchases because my account on email was hacked and i got 0 way of getting into it and i lost a few hundred dollars in game's in movie's i am so mad that i dont want to buy Digital anymore.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Ah man that suck sorry that happened to you

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

I still buy CD, DVD and vinyl. They’re mine. If power and networks go down I’ll still be rocking with a Sony Discman.

[@OpticLureProductions]

Internet went down the other night. Watched a blu ray. Cant beat it.

[@TheWiseLJ]

I preordered my copy from Best Buy in Riverbank Ca. and it took them a little while to locate my copy as well lol. That Best Buy is gone now. I brought the game over to my friends house and let him play it a bit. He screamed when a zombie showed up out of nowhere, then threw the controller and shouted "nope, nope, nope" and ran out of the room. I couldn't stop laughing. Good times 😆

[@anthonybones272]

i enjoy both physcal and digital games when im on the go Digital games are good with the the steam deck physical copies when the intrent goes out i pop the game i was playing on pop in the disk and still game i enjoy both mediums

[@heavensea141]

Both have their Pro and CONS. PHYCICAL takes phycical space but you own it. Digital you don't own but it don't takes up phycical space. At the end of the day I compatibility agreed with his video ' When something is phycical you're care more about it.

[@tristinkirby]

I prefer disk copies over digital as well.

[@themoongateofficial]

There’s nothing more satisfying than getting a good price cut deal on a PHYSICAL game, they re released rdr1 for ps4 finally for 50 bucks, but I got my copy for 19$ id have still been happy getting the digital that cheap but you absolutely can’t beat that feeling of physical

[@TinyMaths]

I'm so glad I held onto my physical media. I've moved around quite a bit and sometimes the new internet providers have been total shite. Currently the ISP that the property managers are using likes to severely slow down the service at around midnight. It's a total pain if I'm trying to listen to music or watch a movie. When it happens (and it can last for a couple of hours); I just grab some DVD or CD (my collection goes back to the mid 90's) and enjoy time away from the internet. We had no service for an entire week once, and since I'm not a fan of watching movies or listening to music on a smartphone; the physical media was a life-saver.

[@krazart]

this was oddly relaxing to listen to