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Dikitain posted...

I just picked it up today not because I heard the news, but because I saw it is currently only $3.75 on Steam. Glad I did.

You know, I can't remember if I have the physical or digital version. I really need to figure that out since, if I only have the digital, I probably should buy it on Steam while it's still available as a backup... although, tbh, I'm not sure I enjoyed it enough to justify doing that. I might just be falling prey to the scarcity.

Dikitain posted...

On the one had, the games last WAY longer then they would in the physical sense, and no I am not talking about things like disk rot. I mean that a digital game will be on a storefront for years while a physical game will only be in print for a month or two on average. Even de-listing is kind of a rare thing and most games will be available in some form for pretty much ever. Also, digital games always tend to lower in value over time while physical games can go up and down depending on demand and rarity.

Does de-listing mean you also lose the ability to re-download a purchased copy?

And the thing I don't like about digital is that it's only as good for as long as the platform exists which, as we've seen with movies, is no guarantee. (Although UV users made out fine for themselves since I think all of their titles connected to VUDU.) I know that there's no guarantee of permanent ownership with physical copies either (breakage, theft, loss, etc), but it seems like it's more in your hands.
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