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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
To add to the conversation, there is very little benefit to digital purchases over retail.
1) You don't actually own a tangible product that you can sell, trade, give away, etc. essentially you're paying for the right to play the game instead of playing to own a product.
2) No cost difference on new releases despite drastic cost differences in production.
3) Limited space on hard drives -- The Last of Us Remastered is a 40GB download and is technically a last gen game. They're only going to get bigger. 500GB (or even a larger external hard drive) will fill up pretty fast with download sizes that huge. You lose the convenience. If you can only store 8-10 games (keeping in mind installs and patches), you'll lose the convenience of switching back and forth easily (really the only actual benefit of going all digital). It's much more convenient to get up and switch discs then to wait 2+ hours for an old game you had to delete to re-download.
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I have to argue your number 3. The games on PS4 and X1 install to the HD with or without the disc. The difference is negligible afaik. I have about 15 games installed on my X1 (various sizes) and only recently needed the external HD. Even then I had about 15% left on my internal. Now with a 1TB drive ($60 not a big deal) I could easily fit 10 or more games. How many games do you really need? Even with discs eventually you will run out of room on your HD. Older games can be deleted if need be. Re-downloading is not a big deal to me.
Also the benefit for me is I don't have a bunch of discs that I need to carry around or store. Thats obviously a personal preference. I probably have 50 + games on steam, glad I don't need to find a disc if I decide to install one, just download it. Its easy and convenient.