Maybe I'm getting old and lazy, but changing discs/cartridges is such a chore (Especially with GaaS games and sports, fighting games)

[Richardbro]

As I get older I find it such a chore to keep changing discs and/or cartridges. I would rather download and install a game then change discs. The older I get the more digital gaming seems much more pleasing.

I have not changed my Switch cartridge in months since animal crossing is in there and since I play animal crossing daily (changing cartridges daily is annoying).

Anyone else feel the same?

 

[Hippopuncher12]

I'm 39, I don't care that I take 30 seconds changing a game. Physical for life baby!

 

[Neoxon]

I can somewhat relate since I change between Animal Crossing & Ring Fit Adventure every day, but I still like actually having the cartridge/disc.

 

[Captain Tuttle]

I'm with you OP, you have my axe

 

[sanstesy]

It literally takes 15 seconds to switch catridges/dics. I still buy lots of digital games for other reasons but that is barely an argument.

 

[entremet]

It's not lazy. I seriously don't know how physical only folks do it. It's so annoying. Smart resume on Series X is so nice as well.

I've always preferred the digital jukebox aspect of digital.

Also, what's nuts is that your game is installed in the HDD lol. Discs are just DRM checks.

 

[leng jai]

I mainly find it annoying for multiplayer games and racers. Like if I'm just going to play one or two races or a round of CoD I'm not going to be bother if I have to put the disc in.

 

[Deleted member 19533]

I definitely like digital for convenience, but I buy physical for many games. Digital for games I frequently hop into, like fighters, or games where the disc will be useless due to DLC, also fighters, are games I get digitally. I will, however, often buy a complete edition that includes everything for cheap years later.

 

[Tohsaka]

I only ever play one game at a time and then move onto another one once I finish it, so it's not an issue for me.

 

[Fjordson]

I don't mind it, but it's rare that I have to take a disc out.

As a single-player only guy, I'm usually focused on a specific game for days or weeks at a time until I finish it.

 

[RoboPlato]

That's why I'm going mostly digital these days. Switching between games (especially on the new consoles) is so much faster and makes it feel like I have more direct access to my library at all times.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Same, i haven't started Yakuza yet because i rented Melody of Memory and figured i'll just beat that first.

 

[Nameless]

Runs counter to the glorious push towards lighting fast booting/switching between games.

Things also exist in my rotation via bite sized 10-15 min chunks, something that's rare when you're juggling a physical collection.

 

[leng jai]

This is only an issue for me on PS5 and Switch really. Everything on PC is digital and Xbox is basically a Game Pass box.

 

[azfaru]

Yup. I was so happy when Destiny 2 came out so I could ditch my physical Taken King and go all digital. I know I'm losing out on a lot of savings with digital only but convenience wins out. And I almost feel guilty saying that lol.

 

[eraFROMAN]

I actually really dislike touching physical media too much, so I feel it. Would rather have regularly played games at the touch of a button rather than having to dig out the case with the game inside (I keep physical in a drawer. Organized, but cumbersome, especially with Switch where I'm commonly in a different room.)

 

[Vincent Grayson]

I'm with you 100%.

I'm the kind of person with a dozen different books stacked up by my bed, in the middle of eight different TV shows, especially with Game Pass and F2P and just being an adult with money, I'm in the middle of an untold number of games, along with yeah, say fighting games and various MP FPS titles, where sometimes I just want to play a few rounds. I'm long past wanting discs at all.

 

[kinoki]

It's like having a remote. Sure, I could walk to the tv and change the station. But, I have a remote... why bother? (Never going back to physical media.)

 

[CloudsFromSpace]

I'm heavily weighing the value of getting the Seagate Card for the XSX, for basically this reason. I want to be able to have the big service/multiplayer games on hand and still be able to conveniently pop in to single player games.

 

[Deleted member 17289]

saving money beats being lazy.

 

[Snake Eater]

Digital convenience trumps saving a few extra $$ for me

 

[Deleted member 80231]

It's not lazy. I seriously don't know how physical only folks do it. It's so annoying. Smart resume on Series X is so nice as well.

I've always preferred the digital jukebox aspect of digital.

Also, what's nuts is that your game is installed in the HDD lol. Discs are just DRM checks.

Click to shrink...

My PS Store is crowded. Especially of PS+ games that I will never play but somehow I still grabbed. Physical has the convenience that I can do a clearance anytime I want. Yes, it takes space. But I decide how much. I think I must have sold like... half of my PS4 collection in 2020 year? 8 to 10 games, at the very least.

Seeing games on a shelf also motivates me to replay them at times. A couple of months ago, for example, I went back to Nier Automata. For that reason, I only keep games that I like enough that I think I'll want to replay them some time in the future.

In any case, putting a disk inside the console takes like, what? 15 seconds? I don't see how annoying that can be, really. We all gonna end up like the humans in the Wall-E movie if standing up from your couch for less than half a minute is such a huge deal.

I do buy digital for multiplayer games, like Monster Hunter: World. Mainly because I tend to get those on PC.

 

[Ciao]

I find myself playing whatever disk is in the console instead of what I wanted to play, sometimes.

 

[Lobster Roll]

Convenience =/= laziness. I want to change physical discs while gaming about as much as I want to lower the windows in my car with a crank handle or shift gears manually.

 

[Rosebud]

I find myself playing whatever disk is in the console instead of what I wanted to play, sometimes.

Click to shrink...

That's what I used to do before going 100% digital lol

 

[wisdom0wl]

OP, my man, you have my sword in this endeavor

 

[Gabriel Hall]

Switching out discs and cartridges is a ritual I happily continue. I can't deny the convenience of digital libraries on Steam or quick-resume on my Switch, but I will always treasure that gratifying shift when I replace the game in my system with another.

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

I recently made sure I can control all the light in my flat with my phone. I'm not going to put with changing discs.

 

[julia crawford]

I'm more than ok with it really. I like stopping for a second and engaging with the hardware. Like changing film on a camera.

 

[s y]

That's why you buy those types of games digitally

 

[shaneo632]

Interesting, I can't really relate to this at all. My PS5 is at my feet and changing discs takes maybe 20-30 seconds. But I also tend to play games "one and done" and stick to a single physical game at a time for the most part.

 

[Remark]

Pretty much games I know I'll play a lot I buy digitally like long RPG's or GaaS titles but SP experiences like TLOU or Spiderman I buy physically since I know I'm a one playthrough type of person.

 

[carlsojo]

That's what I used to do before going 100% digital lol

Click to shrink...

Me too, 100%.

 

[Epitomage]

trade off of having control over what I do with my games, switch in particular, after finishing is a trade off I'm willing to make in exchange for having to fuss a few times more than once a day with swaps.

however, multi cd players are old tech and I've always wondered if it would really be such a size restriction or hassle to engineer a console that could have like, maybe two or three discs in at once on rotation.

but overall, I generally choose which genres of games I'm willing to buy physically (or from which devs/pubs), and which I would prefer to have on the fly, and so far that's been working nicely!

 

[LightKiosk]

Anyone else feel the same?

Click to shrink...

I've felt this way for years.

When I switch games during game nights with the fam, we sometimes switch platforms and digital makes it so easy to just load up the other console and hop into said game seamlessly.

 

[JusDoIt]

Digital is a must for a fighting game fan.

 

[Nameless]

Digital has been just as transformative to my gaming habits as it was for music and movies. I consume more, discover more, and play precisely what I'm in the mood for most of the time. Some weeks I might play a dozen plus different things. That never happened when I was buyin6 physical games.

 

[tapedeck]

I think as we move towards almost instant loading for games and very fast boot ups for systems...taking the time to change out discs will seem even more out of place and 'time consuming' lol. That said I still plan to buy certain games on physical media for XSX/PS5.

 

[TeenageFBI]

I came to this realization a decade ago, maybe more. I only kept up with physical releases on older Nintendo consoles since their policies regarding digital rights were so backwards. They're handling it better with the Switch.

 

[____]

All digital from here on out for those reasons

 

[dose]

It takes like 30 seconds if that to switch discs. Seriously not an issue.

 

[Dekuman]

Most GaaS games I'm familiar with (Fortnite/Warframe) don't even have physical. There may be physical boxes at stores, but they always only come with digital codes. the games themselves are free to download.

The problem seesm to be GaaS games that also require a $60 purchase. On the whole , I strike a balance between games I want digitally (always on my Switch) vs games I want to own physically.

Almost all first party games I prefer to own physically.

 

[molnizzle]

I came to this realization a decade ago, maybe more. I only kept up with physical releases on older Nintendo consoles since their policies regarding digital rights were so backwards. They're handling it better with the Switch.

Click to shrink...

Same. Can't imagine using physical media for anything other than ripping to my digital library. Changing discs seems so archaic.

I never bought a single physical game for PS4 or Xbox One. Those disc drives might not even work for all I know.

 

[Jeronimo]

What does getting old have to do with it? Discs are less convenient and storing them takes up unnecessary space.

 

[Kyoufu]

Digital is the best. It's not about the inconvenience of changing a disc, for me it's all about being able to access whatever I want at any time, without any hurdles. Remote Play with a digital library is great, for example.

 

[Deleted member 2834]

I unironically pay extra for digital editions because changing discs is too annoying. I had the choice to buy Borderlands 3 for 10€ in a store or for 20€ in the PSN store and I gladly paid the 100% premium just to avoid the disc swapping.

Digital versions are superior in most ways I care about.

 

[zaxil456]

I was literally just thinking about this yesterday lol.

Trust me, I'm 24, it ain't an age thing. With digital games and near-instantaneous load times, something as simple as changing discs feels like a mission.

 

[Atlas_XIX]

Unless your disabled or morbidly obese changing discs should take no time at all.

 

[Megawarrior]

Low key starting to buy games twice.....like i cant do MH World, SFV, and Rhythm games on disc no more but I need a physical copy.

 

[Vertpin]

Just recently went digital. Can't go back.