Sony reminds us once again why physical media is so important….

[@Frank-x1g]

Such a free feeling that I just walk into my man cave/closet. Choose which of my 8 systems I want to play. Grab a game. Read the case, manual and pop it in. As long as there is electricity. I am gaming.

[@whatthesquid]

which systems do u havee

[@Bionicleforever]

Physical or pirating game, I always feel scammed buying digital tbh lol

[@LatashaMorra]

I will only buy physical media.

[@DocBlue005]

the problem is, physical these days is the equivalent of toilet paper, just a download key. Unless it's a Switch cart, which, actually has the game in it, its just useless plastic

[@DefendingTheTruth]

Yea physical on Xbox 360 gen and older still the actual game though. New games are trash anyways

[@fewerqt]

It’s always better to have phisical media, since you don’t requiere of sketchy licenses

[@DoEDoE40]

I have a huge collection of disc based games and none have ever gotten disc rot, and this if your house burns or a flood happens is a crazy argument. If my house burnt down I’m not going to be worried about my video games as much as I might love them. I’m going to be worried about where my family will sleep. I’ve already lost games I’ve bought digital cause I forgot my email password I’ve tried for years to get that account back, those games are gone.

[@beegchunguz7425]

What Ive come to find about disc rot, are discs stored in binders with felt/fabric sleeves. I usually check the differences, and over time you WILL get disc rot from the ones stored in felt materials, which has something to do with moisture. But Ive never come across discs stored in plastic with that issue.

[@shanenice5380]

only vhs tapes

[@jaysilva5854]

Agree. I had an old set of music cds in those felt mini binders. Even zipped up and half them just deteriorate with the material falling off. If you can, keep your cds in jewel cases.

[@poppysgtspanky]

Just seeing the first few seconds of the video with your collection is so satisfying to look at

[@shmackatrotsky5394]

i have mostly physical games, but i buy digital too, sometimes, if it's on a good sale, and it's not a game i really feel strongly about wanting the physical for. i also game on steam, so i definitely have a ton of digital on there.

[@wondiefive]

Not only keeping a decent physical stash in the tuck is great, but having a different console seems to be handy as well. If I wanted to play online matches of MvC2 from the MVCFGC, I can do that with no problem on the Switch since the PS5/PS4 version was down. I remember when the PSN outage first happened in 2011, my co-worker acted like he couldn't game at all because he was so used to online matches. I was fine, because I had other consoles and retro games to fallback on.

[@bocanegrageorge]

There might be a thousand ways i could loose my collection but for a digital collection all sony has to do is flip a switch and it's gone and it's only a matter of when will it happen not if.

[@Alien_isolationist]

They can't take away a digital game that's not an online game but I don't condone digital purchases. You can still play RE1 offline

[@Gamer_Girl_Noire]

​@@Alien_isolationistthey absolutely can just revoke the licence.

[@SyndiGlo]

@@Alien_isolationistthey can. They’ve proven it. Even worse, they made it so you can’t transfer PS1 MGS from PS3 to PSVita. For what? So you can buy the MGS Collection on PS3 and Cross-Save with PSP, or so you can buy the MGS Collection on the Vita? They always crap on old physical media via updates so that they can sell it to you on modern hardware.

[@Jack-nj9pi]

​@@SyndiGlo they can do it with current physical media games due to how reliant the internet checks now. Anything before ps3/360 before isba must for physical but anything now doesnt matter

[@Madlad_Hagrid]

​@@SyndiGlo And that's only a portion of how asinine their mindset is about their own work from the past. At some point in time you probably won't even be able to play most ps3 games on ANY PS3 consoles for a few reasons like an online service that's been shut down by Sony or not having the latest version of a game you wish to play.

[@pauljacob99]

Monthly subscription inflation is a huge problem.

[@GameMaxxin2080]

I hate how they release physical copies on later date tho

[@RandallStevenson]

even if I was on my PS3 during the outage, I wouldn't have even noticed

[@jamesmorris9120]

Game companies will bait and switch you with digital sales until everyone has migrated to digital. Then they’ll discontinue physical products altogether. At that time they will justify high prices because “this is how much games always cost”.

[@stephens4175]

I'm old school, and the newest system I have is the PS3 and that's as late as I'll go, only physical for me, Don't care about something that's in the ether, digital isn't actually yours and nothing can take away a piece of entertainment you can hold.

[@marybetheby5184]

Same here...I feel no need to go newer than PS3.

[@stephens4175]

@marybetheby5184 good man, I feel video games got to their peak in graphics at that point, and all they did since then was same crap over and over, nothing new, cookie cutter after this system , it was the last real jump tech wise. No need to go further.

[@jamescolar504]

I'm fine with both physical and digital games but for different reasons. I normally collect physical games that usually come with some extras such as artbooks, manuals, or steelcases but sometimes I prefer to have them for trade-ins or to sell if I ever get bored of them and want something else. Digital games are good because it is just way more convenient to power on a console and just start playing right away. No fetching for a game, opening up the case, and carefully grabbing the disc and inserting into your console. You just find the game on your digital library, then select it and play. It's as simple as that! Both have their strengths and weaknesses.

[@TheDarkVyers]

I only do physical. I have discs and cartridge games as far back as NES. My dad taught me to take good care of my possessions when I was a kid if I wanted them to last. My NES games (all my games) still have the original box and play like they did 30+ years ago.

[@LoafingMushroom]

You can't get away from licensing games from Steam if you want access to some of the most popular PC releases, but if I value it enough I will own it on console instead of digital only. I have a lot of ps1 digital downloads though for my ps3 to justify pirating them in the future. I already paid for the games and if I have to permanently lose access I will use a pirated copy as a backup of my digital purchase. I don't like that that is a way I have to go eventually, but I don't have a digital copy of any game that I haven't paid for in real life or to the publisher. I would just like to always have access in as affordable and direct a way as possible.

[@unnaturalselection8330]

If it ain't in your possession, it's NOT your possession.

[@djdoejr1002]

I have pretty good mix of physical and digital games. But I have been getting back into playing my physical games more. But great points on everything in this video.

[@Peponlikespeson3684]

Ever since Covid I’ve been collecting movies and series preferably on blu ray but I’ve found some good deals on dvd movies from my child hood. Same with video games. And tv shows as well. Is worth IMO and I’m saving money in the long run.

[@DeadGruesome]

I do both, on Xbox I'm all digital but with ps5 I buy discs as long as it's not some online only slop then I don't see much point owning the disc. When it comes to movies I use streaming services but never buy movies digitally, I always buy the Blu-ray or 4K as a movie I don't have to worry about being incomplete on the disc.

[@warriorjoe305allapattah2]

Let me hold some of those games for the PlayStation three so I can get some trophies

[@codyreece7080]

Ocd collector here. How do you organize your collection? Besides just by console, I personally must have my spines match then alphabetical

[@NeverB_Gameover]

Sony doesn't give AF about you

[@easyDoes1T85]

so but true. All my games are digital and I had nothing to play

[@Dezeberbro]

Great points. I agree with you 100%

[@Gamer_Girl_Noire]

Even with the disc depending on the game you cant play it as it still needs a connection for single player content. Its very much a game by game basis it feels for modern games on ps5.

[@Jack-nj9pi]

This is the convo all these creators and viewers dont wanna talk about lol anything before ps3/360 is pro physical but not now really doesnt matter given how mandatory internet checks are especially when tied to your gaming account

[@punishedhek7495]

Almost all ps5 and ps4 games are completely in disc, there's a whole website and forum about this. Only like a handful of single player games are like that and live service games. But almost all ps5 game are on disc. Sorry to break it you brom

[@punishedhek7495]

​@Jack-nj9pi no, there's no madotory checks dude, I have tested this myself,, I have over 150 physical ps5 and ps4 games and they all install without internet. Get your facts straight kid.

[@Gamer_Girl_Noire]

@punishedhek7495 And that still isn't changing there's significant amount of titles on ps5 that require online connectivity to actually play. It's not every single game but it's common enough outside the indie space to where its something you need to look for on the case

[@Jack-nj9pi]

@@punishedhek7495 take your own advice google and youtube are still free, there countless of incidents to back up what i said especially if ur dumb game needs to be patched or the rest of the data has to be downloaded because if u didnt know not all of the data is on the disc. Sony especially has changed how they do things now and again 360/ps3 was the last gen that had absolutely everything in it with out needed internet. Not including nintendo that does both

[@pmcfarlin7]

This is why I'm glad I have my base PS5 and not the con slim and pro models Sony slipped on the gamers.

[@WilliamSmith-ex9et]

My OCD wants to know why those games aren’t alphabetized😂😂

[@obiden5286]

Collection is based asf

[@marysknucklehead]

That's why I played xbox360 games I do have ps3 also with hard disk

[@shanenice5380]

its always important

[@SyndiGlo]

I was big chillin on the PS3 playing Happy Feet Two and playing Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus on the Vita

[@DocBlue005]

The only physical games i buy these days is from Nintendo. They actually give you the game in the cart, unlike XB and PS that is just a download key

[@malcolmmurphy2924]

I always buy physical I never downloaded a game. I love just having it looking at the art and reading manuals from the day. I like how the manuals had notes on them. I never wrote on them always used separate paper.

[@SyndiGlo]

I almost want to keep manuals from older games. Like keeping the manual for heavy rain or red dead redemption. Games that got ported but put the older manuals in the new ports cases just to have. But would feel weird and I’d make a copy incomplete

[@WolfmanJayMunster_13]

I buy both physical and digital, the psn was down but doesn't mean we couldn't play digital copies, we just couldn't stream games through PSN or play online games. But when it comes to playing original games on PS5 like PS1, 2 and 3 yeah, definitely, physical copies matter.

[@Look-at-the-ghost]

I did buy a digital SOMA last year. But it was 4 dollars. I don’t support ANY subscription service

[@Jack-nj9pi]

Yeah i had no issues during the outage, its okay to collect physical and buy digital. People that are worried about this stuff havent even played 10 percent of their games because they will never admit that they will never get to play all of their games because theres not enough time in the world and ours is limited lol.

[@punishedhek7495]

You're just mad you only have bs digital games, stop hating with your bs misinformation

[@Jack-nj9pi]

@@punishedhek7495 how old are u geezer? Touch grass lol u got me im so MAD that i have endless options with no worries about the future with solid deals! Here hold this L

[@SyndiGlo]

⁠@@Jack-nj9pibro he has to be trolling lmfao

[@ryanraju6774]

When I said something along this line on a update coverage video about the situation I was called a hypocrite and bullied hard. Im glad I'm not alone. These digital Only age people are fricking stupid. It's unreal. What I said was "this is why I will always be firmly against people who stand for digital Only games. Imagine coming home and trying to boot up or download a game that's digital only to be met with this. If you have a disc you can just pop it in and be good" some of the replies I got were "hypocrisy at it's finest" and such. I hate this gen of gamers.

[@wolframflorian]

Stop saying that buying a game digital is buying a game. It’s not. Buying a digital copy of a game is actually just paying for the license to play that game as long as it’s available. It’s not physical versus digital. It’s buying a game versus paying for a license.

[@theshadowman1398]

I exclusively buy media on a physical format and no other way. And I hate subscriptions.

[@Jackbat69]

I had no issues at all because all my Games are links to my primary system on my ps4/ps5 But I agree physical is better 100%

[@moonlambo5229]

I have a bunch of physical media for consoles but PC is 100% digital on STEAM.

[@GameMaxxin2080]

I will try my best to buy only physical copies for now on.

[@shanetyler9391]

Physical will mostly be king think about he Vinyl music Records that are very collectable even today!!

[@datriaxsondor590]

Convenience, is nothing more than laziness. Giving up ownership to be lazy, is just as stupid as stupid can be. I don't buy digital, and never will. It's not even a conscious decision I have to make. I simply get a bad taste in my mouth at the thought of paying for something that I could actually own, and instead, merely be allowed to access.

[@JeffMac2012]

Sometimes we are forced to go digital as some companies release their video games digital only. I believe River City Girls 2 is digital only.

[@SyndiGlo]

River City Girls 2 is physical for PS5 on Amazon

[@JeffMac2012]

@@SyndiGlo Thanks, I was having no luck finding a physical copy. I will track that one down.

[@SyndiGlo]

The biggest L from all this was (some)people unable to register their disc drives and the PlayStation Portal becoming useless. I thought I read that a local wireless connection would be enough. I really think people will be keeping their PS4’s for longer and be buying PS4 version of disc games instead of PS5 disc games

[@JoeBob189]

My apologies, I have no idea what actually happened. Why would people get the PS4 disk version instead of PS5? Can you not play your PS5 disk when PSN goes down?

[@shauncameron8390]

@@JoeBob189 I had no problem playing the Stellar Blade disc when the servers went down.

[@pmcfarlin7]

​@JoeBob189 slim and pro disc drives need to sync online for authorization, unlike the base ps5 model. That is why some sony owners were complaining about their discs not working.

[@beegchunguz7425]

AMEN

[@NahmOmar]

I'm mainly on PC so it's mostly digital for me. I only buy physical on consoles cause I use them well after the generation.

[@jollygoodfellow3957]

Use GoG and also emulation of old consoles with ROMs. At least they can't revoke access to the games that way.

[@NahmOmar]

@@jollygoodfellow3957 I already do

[@patg108]

well they on paper aren't wrong about how you COULD lose them, but if you're a collector you would try to minimize that loss. But its MOSTLY older ancient games on cds at risk of disc rot but even then a LOT of those are still holding up fine in the right enviornment. Physical is more important though. Cartridges hold up better as long as there isn't too much moisture because any cartridge is a circuit board inside which can be repaired by electricans. Its more about the chip rot of the rare and special chips inside certain ones that's a potential real issue as those can't be replaced easily. But its why repros and everdrives if you use sparringly and don't pay as much as the real version is worth for them are ok options, or emulation if resorting to that is nessescary

[@patg108]

i wouldn't do all the RGB the shelf lighting or setup, i mean its pretty and maybe to make it a bit more festive for the holidays fine. But for regular use to RGB the storage or the setup is just ASKING for more potential trouble via higher electric bills, and risk of that potentially staring a fire vs just a shelf with games, unless a beam of light focuses on some paper just like on a magnifying glass not much chance., And you can minimize fading and disc rot developing further than it already has by simply keeping minimal amounts of lights allowed into the room and on the consoles as that helps accelerate it. And that can't be repaired on coverart or manuals or exposed discs laying around or art on cartridges. As far as loose carts well you can always put them in small ziploc bags as a cheap solution if you can't simply get a end cover like on snes games made to fit I'm certain there is aftermarket made to fit any cartridge size as well as originals. And any collector (or person) would be wise to invest into a whole house surge protector and a electrician to install it. Sure you may have to skip out on the latest releases for maye a month since its about $80 and the electrician a lot more for the work probably. But then you have even MORE peace of mind since that also protects ANY electronic plugged in and able to be taken out by a power surge As far as media in a binder you can always do simple experiments like trey a paper sleeve of a couple burned discs on the same media one with and one without and see which holds up better in a cheap binder. And wouldn't hurt to have a extra in the good binder. Just experiment with that as a test subject rather than a legit copy of a game or movie or something that is more valuable than a bootlegged backup.

[@GameMaxxin2080]

Btw great game collection

[@UnitedWeStandFreedom]

I don't buy anything but physical i don't care how much i love a game it's physical offline or nothing! Never reply on anything online only period!! 35 years later none of my games have disk rot or was stolen . My game also made it through 2 basement floods and a fire in nyc ! 😂😂

[@scourdx]

I heard that the PSN outage was due to some internal Sony US employees getting laid off. Instead of leaving gracefully, they decided to go full scorched earth. Shutting down PSN probably meant that all security measures had to be activated to prevent any ex-employees from accessing backdoors and causing more trouble. It’s no surprise that Sony seems to be struggling lately, especially with their leadership focusing on woke politics and censorship. They’re following in Microsoft and EA footsteps with subscription model and go full digital without even consulting their fans. With a Japanese CEO now at the helm, maybe we’ll see a shift back to physical gaming, end online DRM for games and a stop to these live services, along with a halt on overpaying for woke western developers.

[@rosedotmov]

I truly don’t think woke is the reason for no one wanting a PS5 lmao

[@JBird401]

​@@rosedotmovno but it is the reason all these western studios are shutting down

[@rosedotmov]

@ I think that’s cause budgets aren’t getting allocated right between companies like Microsoft who mass bought all these Western studios and realized they weren’t getting enough profits so they said screw you to those studios

[@Gamer_Girl_Noire]

no they're shutting down because in about 5 years the average development cost has trippled and because no one can afford to keep up with every release by studios they lose so much money they can't recover from the loss.

[@JBird401]

@Gamer_Girl_Noire Star Wars Outlaws and Dragon Age Veilguard flopped because they were woke

[@pinatacolada7986]

Disc rot? I still have CDs I bought in the 90s and they play perfectly fine. Rip the discs to hard drives for convenience (and backups) and keep the discs. Seems obvious.

[@DocBlue005]

instead of demanding ultra realistic games, we gamers should demand true physical games, and not just a useless plastic that are only download keys. and bring back carts. I wouldn't mind paying a bit more for a good solid cart with the full game in it

[@Alien_isolationist]

All my disc's work offline, & all my revocable digital licenses work offline. I play single player story driven games. Your online disc's won't work either in that situation. So many clueless YTers

[@retrolosopher2405]

i prefer physical. digital was great until the gouging, monopolizing, and microtransactions took hold

[@MySplatterhouse]

All those possibilities are true concerning physical media demise, the question is how many of those possibilities happen MORE than the delisting of games, server outtages, account bans. With that type of mentality, why own anything?? 🤔

[@SyndiGlo]

The possibility of being banned wrongly because someone spam reported me on CoD is the biggest fear I have of loosing ANY of my digital media

[@AZITHEMLGPRO]

Betcha don’t have wario ware wii sealed😊

[@roninstormYT]

this is why i hack my older consoles and my ps3 slim i jail broke it too play ps2 games and i hacked my wii u too play game cube games

[@nobelwarprize]

Agreed

[@DocBlue005]

From the 8th gen foward, physical games are nothing but useless plastic. theres nothing in the disc, except for some.a very very small number of games

[@marybetheby5184]

Disc rot is a farce...

[@MaryHarper-x6r]

Should we only buy physical? No .... uhhh yes! Games shouldn't be digital at all! Otherwise its going to the all digital regardless! 1 media: physical

[@corporatemcmahon2815]

100% physical. Blurays and PS5 games. No fully digital. You're a cuck when you depend on digital. You're alpha when you collect physical.

[@MrDream-zm1pw]

The media and reddit has exaggerated and blown this out of proportion. It was down for less than 24 hours, and people act like it was the end of the world and as if they did not have any non-online only games installed. Worse comes to worse, go outside and get some fresh air.

[@pmcfarlin7]

Most Playstation players only play COD, Fortnite and 2k. They were the ones complaining the most, because most Playstation owners don't game like that its proven by their exclusive games sales. But you are right though gaming has existed way before this online era and many of us did fine lol like you said either play offline or just go outside.

[@SyndiGlo]

The Fortnite and Call of Duty bundles PS5’s exist for a reason. Two of the biggest game titles on any console, two games leading in micro transactions. They’ll be back yea but that’s $$$ lost

[@DocBlue005]

An hour is way to long. don't you get it? the day any gamimg company goes under, you can say goodbye to your games

[@CRASHZERO411-w4x]

Hello Bro

[@MaryHarper-x6r]

Digital games need to be removed otherwise it will win..physical games should only be made!

[@unicorntomboy9736]

That's not going to happen

[@mjj8560]

So I was right this whole time im glad yall couldn't play for two days guess what I was doing playing games

[@kingnacho69]

Miiiiiiiiic check 1 2 1 2

[@ramirovilla5271]

Go eagles

[@Jack-nj9pi]

Yes thank god the chiefs didnt win again lol