AlKim: In an attempt to raise a bit of money and clear some much-needed shelf space, I have started drifting towards all-digital as well. It'll take me ages to dispose of all of the boxes, but I've put the few dozen that I least desire on sale. Time will tell whether I'll extend the program to every physical game I own.

I have yet to do the same to music and DVD's, but that just because they take up much less space and because I can't be bothered to familiarize myself with the digital alternatives.

timppu: For me the collector mindset never went away, hence I prefer DRM-free installers to Steam or OnLive games.

Dralel: Oh God, people talking about the environment as being an issue for physical copies, says them using a computer that is burning electric.

Fenixp: People need to eat to survive. People need to drink to survive. People need to use computers so they have money to eat and drink. On the other hand, they most assuredly do not need physical CDs of videogames, and, for the most part, neither those of music / movies. And let me assure you that the amount of resources saved on all of these would be quite enormous.

Dralel: You're forgetting that once people own physical copies of games/music/films, they can keep them forever or trade them in for another, they aren't binning them straight after use. Games also eventually go out of print as well so yes the impact on the economoy is TINY compared to the amount of everyday items packaged in a box that people will throw away the day of purchase.

jamotide: What did he do?

timppu: I don't recall you from anywhere, first time I see your username (or at least make a mental note of it). What did you write before?

carlovili: sorry about my previous threads, i acted like a complete asshole, i will understand if you wish i burn in hell.
if you can forgive me, keep reading:
nowadays, you enter in a store, and you don't see many games for sale (im speaking about my city. maybe its different where you live) like in the past.
i like collecting games and keeping them in shelves, but some of them can only be obtained in digital versions, or special editions for a very limited time (resonance). i miss the old days.
maybe you think im moron, because i can play the game in any case, so why im whining?
but just like books, i like feeling them in my hands. and the smell when you open the box of your new game, for me these little things make it worth the price, even if i have to pay more (digital versions are cheaper normaly).
what do you think? do you prefer purchasing physical copies or digital?

timppu: Easy for you to say, aren't you primarily a console gamer?

timppu: I was always envious to console-only gamers for their small PSX and PS2 game boxes (I have lots of those too, no need to throw the boxes away with them). At some point the DVD box size fortunately became the norm also on PC, but it didn't take many years after that that PC digital delivery started taking over.

timppu: Try to live with e.g. that monstrous Journeyman Project Trilogy box that could hold a small child, but contained only CDs in a cheap cardboard sleeve if I recall correctly, ie. it was full of air. Or that triangle-shaped Thief: The Dark Project game box.

timppu: I'm telling you, PC game publishers were just crazy sometimes. And before someone says that you can't fit a 30000 page flight sim manual or a cloth map from Ultima games into a DVD box, those were really just exceptions at some point anymore, and big boxes were just full of air.

l0rdtr3k: ok,I forgive you for calling me an asshole.
anyway,same feeling here.I love the old days of those big boxes,with their extensive manuals and extras(reference cards,maps)now if you wants this,you need to preorder the damn thing

carlovili: sorry about my previous threads, i acted like a complete asshole