I just bought Port Royale 2 instead of digging out the disc. With my net connection I would have been faster finding the disc but i cant be assed getting out my chair.

Anyone else done this?

I normally download games again of less than 1gb instead of going to my backpack to get my external HDD with my games.

Not me, but I'm often too lazy to get up, get the disc out of the box and put it in my PC or a console (depending on the game) so I often end not playing the game I want because of my laziness. :)))

Yeah I bought Total Annihilation too just to play the campaign, even though I have the CD barely a metre from me. Besides opening and closing the box will wear it out. Don't mind buying it off GOG for the price of a meal if it can preserve the packaging.

I have downloaded a fair few torrented films, simply because I couldn't be bothered to change the DVD in the drive. In my opinion it's not piracy simply because I already own the film.

I cant argue with that logic.


Also glad its not just me.

Yes. I don't have many games on disc, but I rebought quite a number of indies on GOG so that I don't have to find the particular Humble or Indie Royale bundle the game was in.

Damn, I finally get it downloaded and it doesnt run :-( time to read forums for a solution

Not "in the moment" like that, but I certainly replace disc versions with easier to use download versions when they're on sale.

I move a lot, so digital is the only solution for me.
Haven't installed a game form a disc in like... well probably since Steam came out. My account is from 2003.

When I read the topic title I initially thought that this thread was going to be about the webseries "Lazy Game Reviews"

Which is funny because I have seen the guy posting here occasionally

This is the reason I'm buying here. Slowly getting rid of the physical dust-catchers.

I sometimes buy DRM-free digital copies of games I already own so I don't have to dig out any CDs/DVDs.

But I'm so lazy I install all my games and keep them installed so I don't have to dig around for discs and don't have to wait to install it when I want to play. I have a 1.5 TB drive that's got around 90 games installed on it. That's not all my games, but it's close* and I'm... heh, too lazy to dig out the ones that aren't installed on it yet.

*Actually, I have a ton of Indie games I've bought and not yet installed (although I've backed all of them up), so I'm not sure if 90 games is really 'close' to all I own.

**edit** Actually is anyone like me in that they're so lazy (well, probably tired is a better term) that sometimes you just can't bring yourself to fire up a game at night and instead just cruise some forums?

90 games?! I would go nuts if I've more than 10 games installed at the same time and prefer around 3 to 5 at top, otherwise I can't choose what to play.

Anyway, only 5-10% of the games I've bought here I own somewhere else but a digital part is one of the reasons I stay here.

Bah yah lazy lot! You need more expensive hobbies to drain your money if you're re-buying things just to avoid getting out of the chair! ;P

Go take up fishing or photography or er miniature wargaming or something - you'll fast find it profitable to get out of the chair again when you're saving up ;)



As for me, the only time I've ever re-bought a title is when the original is either in a broken state (rare since I try to look after my stuff as best I can); lost (generally rare but it has happened once or twice); or where I've ended up with the game disk in a different county and is thus not available for a very long period of time - and were suitable postage is basically not much less than GOG selling the games on discount ;)

But yeah in general I'd rather buy something new and different than re-buy the same thing that I already own and is, literally, within hands reach.