Physical is still better indeed because of the huge size of data needed to download games and internet speeds still suck in many places in the world.

I'm frankly surprised it's that low on the consoles that have been fully connected for the past 2 generations. (By that I mean the availability of digital purchases across the full game spectrum, in addition to connected multiplay.) I generally buy digital now, as long as the price isn't too far out of line with discs' from Amazon or other online outlets. As a result, only 2 of my games on the new gen are discs. The rest are all digital. The convenience is that seductive, and so far, nothing has happened to make me regret it.

I understand about places with lousy internet service--slow speeds and stupid caps. Fortunately for me, I don't have these issues--so far. I dread the day that Roadrunner decides to cap our bandwidth, or they get acquired by a greedier business. Then again, we can get FiOS in this area now from another provider. Competition is a wonderful thing.

The world is big. Even in developed not everyone has access to fast broadband.

Digital will never take off 100% here in the UK. The prices of games on the PS store can be twice as much as the physical version.

What's the logic with digital being more expensive though? Should be cheaper than retail. Big advantage of a disc is you can easily delete it make some room for other games and when you fancy playing it again reinstall it in minutes later on and play where you left it before.

And way higher prices for digital than physical...

It's also cheaper to go with physical in the UK, especially with EA games, who charge £55-£60, when most retailers charge £40-£45.

About 95% of my purchases are physical. Aside from the occasional HUGE discount on PSN like the recent battlefield 4 with premium bundle for only $18, the only digital games I buy are those that are digital only. The rest I buy on disk.

I only bug digital if I can't get physical.

However with my Vita I prefer buying digital over lugging game cartridges around.

But with my 3DS I prefer physical copies over digital.

I have no idea why I do that.

Convenience plays a big factor. Especially when you're cycling through games. I like having physical but prefer Digital copies of most of my games after being a long time PC gamer.

I'm also going the digital route more lately.
With two system, it's easier to manage my games with a digital license than it is to drag around discs.

Although, I still would like to own the physical copies of the games. I typically buy them when they are cheap 8-12$ and keep them in their packaging.

100% here. When this gen is over, I do plan on purchasing the disc versions that are available at a very cheap price just so they can sit on the shelf.

You just can't beat a 2tb 2.5 inch drive that fits in your pocket, with all your games on it. I'm gonna need to buy another in about 2 years.

I swear 2 tb isn't enough even with the physical discs... Hoping sony follow suit on the external hdds like ms followed suit on the no consequence hdd change

But 80% is even bigger. Physical isn't going nowhere.

Exactly. 20% is minor piece of a very large pie!

i have started to buy most of my games digital

all of my purchases are digital downloads for videos and games. i hate that i can't download my movies/tv shows to my xbox one harddrive :(

Its not that "massive" when you consider 80% aren't digital.

I rarely buy digital, when I can go to Best Buy and get Brand New games Day 1 for $48 instead of $60, and on top of that get a $10 rewards coupon for a future purchase.

The only times I buy digital is when there's a sale, or a key site has the game for dirt cheap.

Otherwise it makes no sense value wise, especially when I have multiple consoles to buy games for.

After counting Reward coupons and the discounts, I can buy 6 brand new games from Best Buy, at the same price as 4 digital games ($240). And when I'm done with the game I can give it to a friend or sell it.

If you account share you're essentially getting a game for half price. That's where it makes a lot of sense value wise.

I don't trust anyone enough to account share except my uncle, so that's out of the question for every platform except Xbox.

But please explain how it works.

I use to do it on PS3, but it got blocked. And I use to family share XBLG on 360 (I believe it was $120 for up to 4 members or something, so $30 each).

So how does account share work?

Yup! Switching discs when someone invites you to play XYZ when you are playing ABC is a pain! This is why I tend to buy my MP-games in digital format, I can drop in whenever I get an invite and not have to flip out the disc.

I did all of my Black Friday shopping online. But 4 of the 6 games I either bought for myself or someone bought for me were physical. Of the two that weren't, I bought the Wolfenstein standalone digital because PSN had the best discount, and the other title, Yu-Gi-Oh, is digital only. All the games I bought for others were physical. Shopping digitally doesn't mean you're buying digital products.

Every Black Friday and cyber Monday game I bought online was a physical copy of a game sent to me in the mail. Very few Black Friday deals were actually digital games. Most were physical games.

That's great that both of you are telling me your personal experiences for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Taco Tuesday, I have no doubt that many did the same.

You both kind of proved my point also, many more consumers have access and spend more online. And you will see this 20% number increase year after year. These huge company's see this and will focus more on their online services, especially for the next consoles.

"You both kind of proved my point also..."

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