LogFAQs > #932275660

I've always been a strong physical person for three reasons.

1) You get games cheaper.
2) You can sell games after for more money and buy them back for just a few bucks years later.
3) I like physical media.

But I realize I get about 50 games in a generation (and about 15 for whatever nintendo's console is). PSX, PS2, PS3, PS4. It's really adding up. I don't want to have to store and lug around hundreds of video game for my entire life. I've gotten to a point where if sony decides to completely shut off their service, I'd be fine with my games being lost because I am viewing them more as a consumable whose whose quality is partially based on the time it was made (because games expand upon other games and copy popular mechanics and refine genres). Though I do love going back and playing old SNES games, I see how modern games have added upon the formula.

I've noticed my time has also been going to more collecting. For all media it takes up time to research, organize, arrange, and acquire and that more time gets put into collecting than actually using what I bought these days. I'd rather go deeper into less, and I feel digital can help me with that. I actually bought a digital photo frame and am displaying my favorite scenes from games and game covers since I boxed up my physical collection as I 'adjust' to not having physical media around.

I do feel emotional getting rid of physical media, but buying physical doesn't seem like it'll be a sustainable practice for me unless I pay for more space to store things I no longer use. Some things I go back to, but that's easily repurchase-able.