Console Gaming

So recently I’ve been having this constant thought of wanting to either fully transition digitally or stick with physical games. And for the life of me I cannot make up my mind. Both are great in there own ways, but there’s something about physical that is holding me back and just piling on with the digital wave.

For me the concept of the physical and all the great benefits it holds are very hard to be beaten by digital in some ways. The 3 majors being owning and having control over my collection, being able to resell if needed, and curating a nice shrine of games I’ve collected over the years. Not to mention I can see and hold what I’ve spent my money on.

I had a great childhood, and a lot of my memory’s stem around gaming and getting that cool physical copy of a game or a new console on birthdays or Christmas. And even today, that feeling still exists with stuff I pick up. It’s a feeling that can never be achieved with digital and that sucks. I’ll never forget the birthday I got a Wii and a copy of Mario Galaxy, something that was a complete shock I never thought would happen!

It’s sad knowing when I have children in the future, they’ll likely be opening up card board with 15 characters on it to redeem. They’ll never get to experience the joy and excitement a physical copy holds.

Maybe I’m thinking about this too deep, and I need a shift in perspective towards where things are most definitely headed. And that’s Digital.

Even with my strong soft spot for Physical, I really don’t hate the Idea of going Digital, but only with PC (Mainly Steam). It does have its advantages, cheaper games, no storage space for physical games needed, and very convenient.

I’ve had a few PCs over the years and they’re great, some of my favourite games are on the platform (CS:GO, WoW and Tibia) I’ve easily played over 10k hours on just these games alone. What didn’t fully catch on for me though was committing to going digital, which resulted in me dipping in and out of PC Gaming around 2019. I did over the years pick up some very cheap games on steam sales. But knowing the benefits of physical, I always struggled committing to just going all out physical.

PC would be my choice of going fully digital, I don’t trust any other platforms unfortunately. DRM, I know, but Steam I can personally see living up until I die anyway.

Has anyone else gone through this dilemma and what direction did you end up going In? Maybe it’s time for me to hang up the boots about caring about physical so much anymore. The only things I’d definitely be keeping would be my WoW Collectors Editions. Maybe even having some physical CS:GO Knife to Display… Less is more I guess.

I appreciate If you read this far!