Weekend Hot Topic: The last physical video game you bought
Readers reveal the last time they bought a physical video game and whether they’ve gone all digital or are still holding out.
The subject for this week’s Hot Topic was suggested by reader Rackham, who asked how you make the decision to buy physical or digital copies of games, and whether you miss always getting a box and disc.
Few people had gone 100% digital but most admitted that buying physical copies was getting less common, even if they do usually represent better value.
Digital policy My policy on buying digital vs. physical is fairly straightforward. Since I can share digital copies with my brother I’ll consider buying digital for games I think we’re both interested in (although he doesn’t have a PlayStation 5 so all my PlayStation 5 purchases have been disc based so far).
Otherwise, it’s usually cheaper just to get the disc version as even when there’s a digital sale for games that get a retail release there’s often a similar or better price for the physical equivalent. Spider-Man: Miles Morales on PlayStation 5, at around £30, being my most recent disc purchase over Christmas.
It just means I can sell games on if I know there’s little chance of me going back to them when I’m done, something that’s fairly rare nowadays. Not that I’m always selling games or trading them in but every now and then I’ll have a little purge and get some cash back, which I obviously can’t do with digital copies that are often just permanently deleted to save storage space.
That said, the number of smaller indie style games I buy has been on the increase – especially with regular sales – so while I’ll default to physical for many games, the absence of a physical version means the majority of my purchases are probably still digital overall.Pan
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