Digital is nice for its convenience. But I prefer physical for longevity. Plus it's nice to just look at what I have, sometimes. Can't really do that with digital.

I buy physical disc outside new Zealand because of the cost compare to digital

I'll buy whatever is cheapest, which usually means physical.

Physical only for me unless it's something indie pr the Resident Evil HD remasters. I'm even holding out on Life is Strange for a physical copy.

digital meh

Digital is the future, but they have to find a way of reducing the prices, otherwise people will just go where it's cheapest, and that's physical. It's as simple as that.

I prefer digital so I dont have to get up off the sofa to switch games,
that said the cost 1 year after launch still being the same as launch day is a bit insulting, but with all the sales it would seem that its more of a watch this space for all the virtual sales.
I still like a disc but take Destiny for example, i have a disc copy and most times cant get it to load anymore, so top games i always get digital now.

I prefer physical if it's an option. I just don't feel like I actually own the game if I get it digital

still to many restrictions on digital. (I know, I know, you don't own the copy blah,blah) Until they allow more consumer control over the digital purchase it won't be worth losing physical copies. to at least have the ability to make a physical backup copy would be nice, and this retaining it's full retail pricing a year after release is a joke, even mulit million dollar blockbuster movies end up in the 5.00 bin at walmart after a period of time has passed, proving everything has a shelf life.

Always physical for me.
I like to own the physical box with unique box art & the disk or cartrige.
I don't like the idea of making several hdd backups of digital in case it gets pulled from the download list or the digital service gets shut down.

Also with physical, if I ever buy a god awful game, I can get rid of it so I never have to look at it again, but with digital, it's always there in my downloads.
I made that mistake with a game that was digital only in my country.

Physical love vs Digital love.

Physical. Was tempted to get hold of arkham origins the other day, as I wanted to give it another go but sold it. Looked on the store and they wanted £50 for it!!! Could go to GAME and get a copy for bout £10!!!

Digital is high because they need to sell the hard copy first. That's why the price of digital don't come down until almost a year. The company needs to sell as many discs as possible

I go for physical but to not have the option is just wrong.

I go physical for the PS4 and digital for PC.

Physical only!!

digital is the future that way they can recharge all console gamers each gen for their games.

I'm all about physical...and that's because I am a huge Gamefly guy.

But I do like the ease of use of digital, going from one game to another without having to get up and change the disc is great. I know it's silly because it takes less then a minute to do but I'm all about convenience.

So many reasons NOT to buy digital; if only more people realized this!

For the big games that I'm super excited for (uncharted, halo etc) I go physical. Nothing like having a physical copy of your favourite games. I generally go physical if I pick something up in a sale or if I decide spontaneously I want a game and I can't wait to get it so I just buy it off the store then and there. I still think digital really needs to drop its prices big time before it becomes appealing to the masses like the big companies want.

Man, I haven't bought a physical game in 6 years.

I have concerns about the long term ability to support digital content.

In 10 years, when I want to revisit a game, I can with my physical media however if I don't have a game on the hard drive with digital that might not be possible.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau

Helix will be expensive but it's still a day one for me.

Oh, my days...
So Nadella meets with the US president multiple times to ensure AI regulations are minimal if any at all, donates to the inauguration and ballroom, and his boy not only won't regulate AI as farmers lose land and billionaires/corporations buy up farmland to build data centers...but because he's insane and compromised, he starts a war on behalf of a rogue colonial zionist state and [further] destabilizes the Middle East, restricting component access and helium supply.

Now the head of Xbox is saying the hardware pricing "could impact" next generation hardware pricing? Asha,...your boss at a minimum played a direct role in this. What are we even talking about?

Yea because a $3 trillion company can’t absorb the majority of the cost to keep the product lower for consumers.

Expensive… oh no, here comes another flop.

Could? Strange how prices rise for virtually everything we buy, yet when things settle down, prices don't come down. This has been happening in the UK probably before I was born. With that, how much is a next gen console going to cost? Look at the price of the PlayStation 5 Pro, which has been a flop for Sony. On that note, we don't need the next consoles for another 5 years.

I guarantee if people just stopped buying this kinda stuff all together. This would all be sorted within 2 weeks and everything would be back to normal.

We seen the exact same thing through the COVID period. Companies just jumped on the bandwagon realising that they can get away with charging far more under false pretences and fear mongering.

Consumers now have this fear of "you know what, I only live once. I'm going to spend all this money I earned through my hard work" Or "I only live once I'm going to take a loan out and enjoy my time here".

Silicone Valley spends literally billions of dollars researching how much they can push society to the limits to increase spending. You can research it yourself. There's published written documentation about it. Have a look for yourself into their group research into subscription programs to see how evil they are and why it's such a giant focus of current civilization. Its the very essence of corporate capitalism.

Just delay all new consoles. I could easily go another 5 years with my base PS5.

could? it's already affecting current gen pricing.

It is greed. Apple are selling at the same price, while Microsoft Surface increases 500$ per unit. Karma will tell.