"djmt1" (djmt1)
05/06/2015 at 12:44 • Filed to: None
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"djmt1" (djmt1)
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So the digital age is here upon us and isn’t it great, well it is now for me. At the start of this gen, digital games (in the UK at least) often carried a 25% premium over their disk counterparts but now they seem to be cheaper by at least 10%. I’m wondering whether or not this is a UK thing probably thanks to inflation & exchange rates or have publishers finally come to the senses and given a real incentive to go digital. Some old British stuff for your time.
misfitmascots
> djmt1
05/06/2015 at 12:48 |
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Here in the US digital is the same price as disc.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> djmt1
05/06/2015 at 12:48 |
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Most of what I’ve gotten has been at par with ordinary new, or (when on sale) substantially less. I can’t recall digital games commanding a premium except when they’ve been out for a while and the used market has tanked the value of disk copies by a lot in comparison. That’s been offset by a recent obsession at MS (I’m a Xbone use) for sales, sales, and more sales a la Steam.
MarquetteLa
> djmt1
05/06/2015 at 12:50 |
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Just buy used PS4/XB1 games on Amazon. Seriously, I’ve had great success with that.
As far as new releases go, it seems like disc and digital versions are priced exactly the same here in the U.S.
Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> djmt1
05/06/2015 at 12:54 |
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I buy digital because me and a friend can go halves and download the game to both of our consoles. Makes them pretty cheap.
I thought they were overall still more expensive, GTA 5 was £55 when we bought it digitally and about £43 on disc at amazon.
Nibbles
> djmt1
05/06/2015 at 12:58 |
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Most games are comparably priced, though XBL likes to throw more discounts around than most retailers
That being said, the disc is only there for the license (you install the entire damned thing on the HDD) so there’s very little point to buying physical.
cazzyodo
> djmt1
05/06/2015 at 12:59 |
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I don’t buy often but in the past (PS3) my buddy and I would split the cost on expansion packs and then download them across both our consoles. GTA took FOREVER to download on PS4 but I figured it was worth it in some way...hasn’t freaked out yet.
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djmt1
> Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
05/06/2015 at 13:01 |
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How does that work? Do you get to use a digital copy on 2 systems offline on the PS4.
As for the price things. They are usually £50 for third party and £40 for first party on the Xbox One but last year pretty much everything was £55 to £60. I just bought digital copies for both Project Cars and The Witcher 3 for £40 where they are both £45 at my local game.
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djmt1
> Nibbles
05/06/2015 at 13:03 |
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Halo MCC took me 3 weeks to download on my connection. I should of bought physical.
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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> djmt1
05/06/2015 at 13:06 |
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Na we went halves on GTA 5 and play online together on seperate accounts. Takes a little bit of trickery but it works.
Project cars is £45 on PS4, maybe XB1 and PS4 differ a little.
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Nibbles
> djmt1
05/06/2015 at 13:10 |
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good lord! What kind of connection do you have? My crappy 12mb Comcrap still gets me overnight completion on most dls
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djmt1
> Nibbles
05/06/2015 at 13:18 |
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BT. Best in my area: “5mbps”. Reality:
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Nibbles
> djmt1
05/06/2015 at 13:23 |
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Holy shit snacks, batman!
PNW Hoon
> djmt1
05/06/2015 at 13:50 |
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I have been buying all digital, partly because I was super drunk on the Xbox cool-aid while I was working there. I don't think I have gotten the best prices available since I see cheap stuff on the xbox reddit is mostly physical (and on amazon). But I love not needing to find a disc when I want to play something. It's at it's best when having people over and being able to flip though different games.
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> djmt1
05/06/2015 at 14:26 |
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In the U.S. new releases are $60 for digital DL or disc. You can save a lot by going to used discs, as they drop pretty fast at Gamestop for a lot of titles. A lot of times you can get a month or two old game for about half price for a used disc where the download stays at regular price. That said the convenience of digital is great because you don’t have to screw around with discs and don’t have to worry about the disc getting scratched or otherwise destroyed. The other benefit of digital is that for most titles you can download it ahead of time and when the release date rolls around you can start playing it immediately instead of having to wait and pick it up from the store.
SlickMcRick
> MarquetteLa
05/06/2015 at 16:42 |
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I like the ability to resale games when I’m through with them so discs are still the way to go for me.
lonestranger
> djmt1
05/07/2015 at 14:01 |
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I’ll throw in my $0.02 CDN. Here in Canada, digital and disc are identically priced, just as they are in the U.S.
Unfortunately, AAA games are usually $69 CDN here, whereas they’re $59 USD in the U.S. They were $59 CDN until sometime last year.