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I massively regret not getting and playing the Collection, so I'm going in to this as a 'new to the series' player.
However as it's by Naughty Dog, I have high hopes
I'll probably pick it up at lunch, can't get Same Day delivery from Prime, I assume they're fulfilling all the preorders today. Game are £5 more than everywhere else so I'll try Sainsbury's / Smyths at lunch.
However as it's by Naughty Dog, I have high hopes
I'll probably pick it up at lunch, can't get Same Day delivery from Prime, I assume they're fulfilling all the preorders today. Game are £5 more than everywhere else so I'll try Sainsbury's / Smyths at lunch.
Orchid1 said:
Can I ask just out of interest why you didn't download a copy? I've not had a PS4 for very long and downloading games still seems strange to me, I've downloaded a few games including this one but I do still wonder if there's any benefit to it versus just buying a hard copy?
PSN download is often the most expensive way to buy IME plus I like having a physical copy, but that could just be down to that's how it always was back in my day It took me a while to stop buying physical CDs for music for instance - if everything crashed, I'd still have the disc was my reasoningBut look at me, I don't even download music now, I stream it via Deezer - radical stuff eh?
Digital are more expensive and can't be sold / swapped / borrowed.
It's useful in the way that you can have the game straight away, although you still need a decent, stable internet connection to download the game then any patches.
If downloads on the PSN store were, say, 75% of the retail version then I'd probably buy them no questions asked. But this game for example is £50 on PSN and £42 in the shop around the corner, and in either instance I won't be playing until about 7pm tonight.
Plus I've always liked having a shelf full of games next to my console / TV, been that way for every Playsation or other console I've owned really, I like having the physical collection.
It's useful in the way that you can have the game straight away, although you still need a decent, stable internet connection to download the game then any patches.
If downloads on the PSN store were, say, 75% of the retail version then I'd probably buy them no questions asked. But this game for example is £50 on PSN and £42 in the shop around the corner, and in either instance I won't be playing until about 7pm tonight.
Plus I've always liked having a shelf full of games next to my console / TV, been that way for every Playsation or other console I've owned really, I like having the physical collection.
smithyithy said:
Digital are more expensive and can't be sold / swapped / borrowed.
It's useful in the way that you can have the game straight away, although you still need a decent, stable internet connection to download the game then any patches.
If downloads on the PSN store were, say, 75% of the retail version then I'd probably buy them no questions asked. But this game for example is £50 on PSN and £42 in the shop around the corner, and in either instance I won't be playing until about 7pm tonight.
Plus I've always liked having a shelf full of games next to my console / TV, been that way for every Playsation or other console I've owned really, I like having the physical collection.
Spot on. Until you can re-sell digital copies of the game, I can see NO reason to buy a digital game. A physical copy can be re-sold and feels much more involved.It's useful in the way that you can have the game straight away, although you still need a decent, stable internet connection to download the game then any patches.
If downloads on the PSN store were, say, 75% of the retail version then I'd probably buy them no questions asked. But this game for example is £50 on PSN and £42 in the shop around the corner, and in either instance I won't be playing until about 7pm tonight.
Plus I've always liked having a shelf full of games next to my console / TV, been that way for every Playsation or other console I've owned really, I like having the physical collection.
There was rumours recently of them introducing the ability to 'sell' digital games for about 20% back of the RRP, so it effectively just blocks or deletes the game and you get some money back.
I think that would be starting point but equal pricing is the first thing they need to address.
I think that would be starting point but equal pricing is the first thing they need to address.
smithyithy said:
Digital are more expensive and can't be sold / swapped / borrowed.
It's useful in the way that you can have the game straight away, although you still need a decent, stable internet connection to download the game then any patches.
If downloads on the PSN store were, say, 75% of the retail version then I'd probably buy them no questions asked. But this game for example is £50 on PSN and £42 in the shop around the corner, and in either instance I won't be playing until about 7pm tonight.
Plus I've always liked having a shelf full of games next to my console / TV, been that way for every Playsation or other console I've owned really, I like having the physical collection.
I contacted EA and SONY about this when looking to buy Fifa 15 a couple of years ago - as it was £44.99 at game and £59.99 on DL - when I asked them how they could justify this they both blamed each other for price setting on the DL format....It's useful in the way that you can have the game straight away, although you still need a decent, stable internet connection to download the game then any patches.
If downloads on the PSN store were, say, 75% of the retail version then I'd probably buy them no questions asked. But this game for example is £50 on PSN and £42 in the shop around the corner, and in either instance I won't be playing until about 7pm tonight.
Plus I've always liked having a shelf full of games next to my console / TV, been that way for every Playsation or other console I've owned really, I like having the physical collection.
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