Board 8 > Can anyone explain why a physical video game is $25 but the digital copy is $60?

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Forceful_Dragon 10/29/19 6:09:42 PM #1:	nt --- ~C~ FD https://imgur.com/dGDfxaw <cite>Forceful_Dragon posted [p:929401753] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>nt</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GANON1025 10/29/19 6:12:31 PM #2:	Convenience fee --- https://imgur.com/G17qCv1 <cite>GANON1025 posted [p:929401845] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>Convenience fee</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeydude15 10/29/19 6:14:59 PM #3:	Someone has already paid for the physical disk and box to be made as well as the storage for it before it sells. At some point it becomes more profitable to just get rid of it for whatever price they can rather than hold onto until it sells for it's full price so it becomes cheaper. Digital copies this doesn't happen for so they can just leave it at $60 forever if they want. --- Yawn <cite>hockeydude15 posted [p:929401934] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>Someone has already paid for the physical disk and box to be made as well as the storage for it before it sells. At some point it becomes more profitable to just get rid of it for whatever price they can rather than hold onto until it sells for it's full price so it becomes cheaper. Digital copies this doesn't happen for so they can just leave it at $60 forever if they want. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mac Arrowny 10/29/19 6:16:37 PM #4:	Yeah, physical copies will often get discounted to liquidate them. --- All the stars in the sky are waiting for you. <cite>Mac Arrowny posted [p:929402004] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>Yeah, physical copies will often get discounted to liquidate them.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Forceful_Dragon 10/29/19 6:17:58 PM #5:	It's damn ridiculous is what it is. It should not cost MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH to have a version that won't require switching a cartridge/disc to play. --- ~C~ FD https://imgur.com/dGDfxaw <cite>Forceful_Dragon posted [p:929402048] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>It's damn ridiculous is what it is. It should not cost MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH to have a version that won't require switching a cartridge/disc to play.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pjbasis 10/29/19 6:19:17 PM #6:	Taking up space is a cost digital games don't warrant. --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png <cite>pjbasis posted [p:929402091] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>Taking up space is a cost digital games don't warrant. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LeonhartFour 10/29/19 6:19:37 PM #7:	physical copy master race --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/080/145/638.png https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq <cite>LeonhartFour posted [p:929402104] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>physical copy master race</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mac Arrowny 10/29/19 6:20:41 PM #8:	Forceful_Dragon posted... It's damn ridiculous is what it is. It should not cost MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH to have a version that won't require switching a cartridge/disc to play. And it doesn't, at launch. --- All the stars in the sky are waiting for you. <cite>Mac Arrowny posted [p:929402155] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>Forceful_Dragon posted...</cite> <quote>It's damn ridiculous is what it is. It should not cost MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH to have a version that won't require switching a cartridge/disc to play.</quote> And it doesn't, at launch.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CassandraCain 10/29/19 6:20:51 PM #9:	At least psn often has some pretty good sales hint: black friday approaching --- I don't kill... but I don't lose either. <cite>CassandraCain posted [p:929402161] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>At least psn often has some pretty good sales hint: black friday approaching</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Forceful_Dragon 10/29/19 6:24:40 PM #10:	CassandraCain posted... At least psn often has some pretty good sales hint: black friday approaching Yes, but I got the itch to play more Civilization so I was gonna get civ6 on my Switch and these are the prices I was greeted with. I would really like the digital copy, but not for a 140% mark up. I have no confidence Nintendo will have sales on their digital games. Screw me I guess. --- ~C~ FD https://imgur.com/dGDfxaw <cite>Forceful_Dragon posted [p:929402302] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>CassandraCain posted...</cite> <quote>At least psn often has some pretty good sales hint: black friday approaching</quote> Yes, but I got the itch to play more Civilization so I was gonna get civ6 on my Switch and these are the prices I was greeted with. I would really like the digital copy, but not for a 140% mark up. I have no confidence Nintendo will have sales on their digital games. Screw me I guess.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DoomTheGyarados 10/29/19 6:31:03 PM #11:	Ouch. Got civ vi on steam last week for 19 --- Sir Chris Doom The Kanto Saga - Animated Series - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hH4wNFCrLM <cite>DoomTheGyarados posted [p:929402564] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>Ouch. Got civ vi on steam last week for 19</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Forceful_Dragon 10/29/19 6:51:18 PM #12:	Yeah you can get Steam keys pretty reasonably. Switch keys however are nonexistent. I'll probably just get it for steam when I get a new PC next month. --- ~C~ FD https://imgur.com/dGDfxaw <cite>Forceful_Dragon posted [p:929403360] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>Yeah you can get Steam keys pretty reasonably. Switch keys however are nonexistent. I'll probably just get it for steam when I get a new PC next month.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NBIceman 10/29/19 6:56:01 PM #13:	LeonhartFour posted... physical copy master race --- https://imgur.com/UYamul2 Spurs - Yankees - Eagles - Golden Knights <cite>NBIceman posted [p:929403548] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>LeonhartFour posted...</cite> <quote>physical copy master race</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ninkendo 10/29/19 7:14:42 PM #14:	LeonhartFour posted... physical copy master race --- https://imgtc.com/i/iJnhdkc.gif https://imgtc.com/i/j45EVGx.png <cite>ninkendo posted [p:929404212] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>LeonhartFour posted...</cite> <quote>physical copy master race</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bane_Of_Despair 10/29/19 7:16:06 PM #15:	LeonhartFour posted... physical copy master race --- You were the cancer, that's all you'll ever be ...and when the Clouds cleared,Advokaiser stood alone as CBX Guru Champ <cite>Bane_Of_Despair posted [p:929404265] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>LeonhartFour posted...</cite> <quote>physical copy master race</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xiahou Shake 10/29/19 7:28:53 PM #16:	The "physical master race" is going to be having a rough time adapting when physical media is relegated to a hipster vinyl-esque scene in a couple more console gens, lol. On topic though we may see this start to change in the next gen if the ideas of digital re-sale avenues being thrown around by decision makers right now end up being acted on. That of course would come with its own slew of problems - we ought not to be trying to apply laws written for physical goods to digital ones, but legislators will probably take a while yet to figure that out. --- Let the voice of love take you higher, With this gathering power, go beyond even time! <cite>Xiahou Shake posted [p:929404798] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>The "physical master race" is going to be having a rough time adapting when physical media is relegated to a hipster vinyl-esque scene in a couple more console gens, lol. On topic though we may see this start to change in the next gen if the ideas of digital re-sale avenues being thrown around by decision makers right now end up being acted on. That of course would come with its own slew of problems - we ought not to be trying to apply laws written for physical goods to digital ones, but legislators will probably take a while yet to figure that out.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lopen 10/29/19 7:29:31 PM #17:	LeonhartFour posted... physical copy master race --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! <cite>Lopen posted [p:929404820] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>LeonhartFour posted...</cite> <quote>physical copy master race</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LOLIAmAnAlt 10/29/19 7:32:19 PM #18:	What game are we talking about --- lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll <cite>LOLIAmAnAlt posted [p:929404943] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>What game are we talking about</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
StealThisSheen 10/29/19 7:34:36 PM #19:	Xiahou Shake posted... The "physical master race" is going to be having a rough time adapting when physical media is relegated to a hipster vinyl-esque scene in a couple more console gens, lol. People have been saying this for years and it hasn't happened yet! In a "couple more gens" I'll be like 50 so I probably won't even care by that point --- Seplito Nash, Smelling Like the Vault since 1996 Step FOUR! Get Paid! <cite>StealThisSheen posted [p:929405033] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>Xiahou Shake posted...</cite> <quote>The "physical master race" is going to be having a rough time adapting when physical media is relegated to a hipster vinyl-esque scene in a couple more console gens, lol. </quote> People have been saying this for years and it hasn't happened yet! In a "couple more gens" I'll be like 50 so I probably won't even care by that point</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pjbasis 10/29/19 7:36:41 PM #20:	Xiahou Shake posted... we ought not to be trying to apply laws written for physical goods to digital ones, Yeah this is the rivalrous vs anti rivalrous problem that software has always had. --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png <cite>pjbasis posted [p:929405121] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>Xiahou Shake posted... </cite> <quote>we ought not to be trying to apply laws written for physical goods to digital ones,</quote> Yeah this is the rivalrous vs anti rivalrous problem that software has always had. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ninkendo 10/29/19 7:37:48 PM #21:	I too will be 50ish by then Far too old to change my ways physical for life --- https://imgtc.com/i/iJnhdkc.gif https://imgtc.com/i/j45EVGx.png <cite>ninkendo posted [p:929405163] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>I too will be 50ish by then Far too old to change my ways physical for life</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LeonhartFour 10/29/19 7:38:43 PM #22:	Xiahou Shake posted... The "physical master race" is going to be having a rough time adapting when physical media is relegated to a hipster vinyl-esque scene in a couple more console gens, lol. keep telling yourself that bro --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/080/145/638.png https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq <cite>LeonhartFour posted [p:929405195] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>Xiahou Shake posted...</cite> <quote>The "physical master race" is going to be having a rough time adapting when physical media is relegated to a hipster vinyl-esque scene in a couple more console gens, lol.</quote> keep telling yourself that bro</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xiahou Shake 10/29/19 7:50:40 PM #23:	LeonhartFour posted... keep telling yourself that bro Ultimately it doesn't really matter, lol. The way I want things to be is already an option, and you guys also having the option to have things your way isn't slowing progress down. I just think it's funny to see such ardent defense of a data medium that is pretty clearly being outmoded. --- Let the voice of love take you higher, With this gathering power, go beyond even time! <cite>Xiahou Shake posted [p:929405633] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>LeonhartFour posted...</cite> <quote>keep telling yourself that bro</quote> Ultimately it doesn't really matter, lol. The way I want things to be is already an option, and you guys also having the option to have things your way isn't slowing progress down. I just think it's funny to see such ardent defense of a data medium that is pretty clearly being outmoded.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LeonhartFour 10/29/19 9:30:59 PM #24:	Xiahou Shake posted... I just think it's funny to see such ardent defense of a data medium that is pretty clearly being outmoded. reads topic title thinking emoji --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/080/145/638.png https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq <cite>LeonhartFour posted [p:929409389] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>Xiahou Shake posted...</cite> <quote> I just think it's funny to see such ardent defense of a data medium that is pretty clearly being outmoded. </quote> reads topic title thinking emoji</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Corrik7 10/29/19 10:58:29 PM #25:	Forceful_Dragon posted... nt I tell people all the time that physical is cheaper than digital if you aren't buying day 1! --- Xbox Live User Name - Corrik Currently playing: Division 2 <cite>Corrik7 posted [p:929412691] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>Forceful_Dragon posted... </cite> <quote>nt</quote>I tell people all the time that physical is cheaper than digital if you aren't buying day 1! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Forceful_Dragon 10/29/19 11:10:44 PM #26:	I can see that! It just seems so counterintuitive. --- ~C~ FD https://imgur.com/dGDfxaw <cite>Forceful_Dragon posted [p:929413118] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>I can see that! It just seems so counterintuitive.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bane_Of_Despair 10/29/19 11:14:58 PM #27:	Xiahou Shake posted... LeonhartFour posted... keep telling yourself that bro Ultimately it doesn't really matter, lol. The way I want things to be is already an option, and you guys also having the option to have things your way isn't slowing progress down. I just think it's funny to see such ardent defense of a data medium that is pretty clearly being outmoded. I feel like you're just taking what's obviously a fun little jab and taking it waaaaay too seriously? --- You were the cancer, that's all you'll ever be ...and when the Clouds cleared,Advokaiser stood alone as CBX Guru Champ <cite>Bane_Of_Despair posted [p:929413253] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>Xiahou Shake posted...</cite> <quote>LeonhartFour posted...</cite> <quote>keep telling yourself that bro</quote> Ultimately it doesn't really matter, lol. The way I want things to be is already an option, and you guys also having the option to have things your way isn't slowing progress down. I just think it's funny to see such ardent defense of a data medium that is pretty clearly being outmoded.</quote> I feel like you're just taking what's obviously a fun little jab and taking it waaaaay too seriously?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xiahou Shake 10/29/19 11:41:01 PM #28:	Bane_Of_Despair posted... I feel like you're just taking what's obviously a fun little jab and taking it waaaaay too seriously? Totally! I was just a smidge bored at work and looking for an excuse to ramble about a topic I like --- Let the voice of love take you higher, With this gathering power, go beyond even time! <cite>Xiahou Shake posted [p:929414154] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>Bane_Of_Despair posted...</cite> <quote>I feel like you're just taking what's obviously a fun little jab and taking it waaaaay too seriously?</quote> Totally! I was just a smidge bored at work and looking for an excuse to ramble about a topic I like</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Forceful_Dragon 10/30/19 12:04:36 AM #29:	Personally, I enjoyed the use of the word "ardent". --- ~C~ FD https://imgur.com/dGDfxaw <cite>Forceful_Dragon posted [p:929414879] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>Personally, I enjoyed the use of the word "ardent".</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pjbasis 10/30/19 2:18:04 AM #30:	I mean you're never gonna be able to replace the part of human psychology that grows attached to objects. So it's not even a surprise people would defend it. --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png <cite>pjbasis posted [p:929418228] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>I mean you're never gonna be able to replace the part of human psychology that grows attached to objects. So it's not even a surprise people would defend it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Surskit 10/30/19 11:25:50 AM #31:	Xiahou Shake posted... The "physical master race" is going to be having a rough time adapting when physical media is relegated to a hipster vinyl-esque scene in a couple more console gens, lol. Vinyl sales have been steadily increasing and they put a ton of work into almost every vinyl press, though? Vinyl has never sounded, been packaged, and looked better. If gaming goes down the same way I'd consider it a positive. --- .-#Elements of Water#-. <cite>Surskit posted [p:929428636] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>Xiahou Shake posted...</cite> <quote>The "physical master race" is going to be having a rough time adapting when physical media is relegated to a hipster vinyl-esque scene in a couple more console gens, lol.</quote> Vinyl sales have been steadily increasing and they put a ton of work into almost every vinyl press, though? Vinyl has never sounded, been packaged, and looked better. If gaming goes down the same way I'd consider it a positive.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Forceful_Dragon 10/30/19 5:52:36 PM #32:	But don't you pay more for vinyl than a digital album? Or is that wrong? --- ~C~ FD https://imgur.com/dGDfxaw <cite>Forceful_Dragon posted [p:929444159] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>But don't you pay more for vinyl than a digital album? Or is that wrong?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DeepsPraw 10/30/19 6:00:57 PM #33:	physical games are worth less because they are worthless literal pieces of garbage plastic --- pepsi for tv-game <cite>DeepsPraw posted [p:929444472] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>physical games are worth less because they are worthless literal pieces of garbage plastic </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mac Arrowny 10/30/19 6:02:20 PM #34:	Forceful_Dragon posted... But don't you pay more for vinyl than a digital album? Or is that wrong? Depends if the vinyl is on sale. This topic is using a sale price vs. regular price, right? --- All the stars in the sky are waiting for you. <cite>Mac Arrowny posted [p:929444523] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>Forceful_Dragon posted...</cite> <quote>But don't you pay more for vinyl than a digital album? Or is that wrong?</quote> Depends if the vinyl is on sale. This topic is using a sale price vs. regular price, right?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
StealThisSheen 10/30/19 6:17:15 PM #35:	Mac Arrowny posted... Forceful_Dragon posted... But don't you pay more for vinyl than a digital album? Or is that wrong? Depends if the vinyl is on sale. This topic is using a sale price vs. regular price, right? Not necessarily. The game he's talking about is starting to dip in price overall for physical since it's been out for awhile and they're trying to move stock. --- Seplito Nash, Smelling Like the Vault since 1996 Step FOUR! Get Paid! <cite>StealThisSheen posted [p:929445116] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>Mac Arrowny posted...</cite> <quote>Forceful_Dragon posted...</cite> <quote>But don't you pay more for vinyl than a digital album? Or is that wrong?</quote> Depends if the vinyl is on sale. This topic is using a sale price vs. regular price, right?</quote> Not necessarily. The game he's talking about is starting to dip in price overall for physical since it's been out for awhile and they're trying to move stock.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Forceful_Dragon 11/01/19 4:15:47 PM #36:	I want it so much gosh dang it. --- ~C~ FD https://imgur.com/dGDfxaw <cite>Forceful_Dragon posted [p:929529807] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>I want it so much gosh dang it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LeonhartFour 11/01/19 4:43:19 PM #37:	get physical --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/080/145/638.png https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq <cite>LeonhartFour posted [p:929531065] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>get physical</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
metaIslugg 11/01/19 6:28:19 PM #38:	CassandraCain posted... At least psn often has some pretty good sales hint: black friday approaching Yea this is more my experience. I don't like digital but when they're half the retail price it's hard to say no. <cite>metaIslugg posted [p:929535538] in Can anyone... [t:78120147]...</cite> <quote>CassandraCain posted...</cite> <quote>At least psn often has some pretty good sales hint: black friday approaching</quote> Yea this is more my experience. I don't like digital but when they're half the retail price it's hard to say no.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Board 8 > Can anyone explain why a physical video game is $25 but the digital copy is $60?