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@GunslingerPanda said:

Let go of your materialistic shackles, friend.

Some of us prefer to own the physical product.

Digital is never forever, Servers will never last forever. Being materialistic has nothing to do with preferring to own your product over "renting" it.

@BigSocrates said:

A physical disc can be lost/broken/stolen, while a digital distribution account will always be there for you (assuming there aren't problems with the major services, which there have not been so far.) Updates will always be available. If you buy a game on disc and it gets patched and you want to reinstall it in a few years, those patches can be hard to find. With a digital distribution company you get the latest patched version.

Plus you can buy games at 3 am when you're sick and just want something to play, and you can get great sales without leaving the house. My steam list has like 73 games in it and I have paid full price for 0, getting most for at least 75% off. Meanwhile on the console side the discounts aren't that great, but if not for digital distribution we wouldn't have Braid or Super Meat Boy or Bastion or any other number of truly great games that are too niche for a full retail release.

You also can't resell those digital items for any kind of money, they never gain value. Services can and do go down. Physical media can be stolen/broken/lost? So can your PS3/360/PC. Yeah you can get access to that stuff again if you have internet service which is another huge complaint. What about people who don't have broadband in their area? This is why Digital media won't be taking over any time soon is because of broadband and capped bandwidth. There is a reason the average consumer prefers to own physical media and there is a reason i don't buy digital unless it's the only option or it's so cheap it would equal out to a "rental" Because you are never 110% guaranteed to own this stuff forever and i am 110% guaranteed to own my physical products until they are stolen (which i am insured for, so no loss) broken (which is impossible unless a bull runs through my house) or lost (which is also impossible unless it climbs off my shelves and runs away)

I just prefer physical. The guarantee of me owning it puts a calm over me and it's totally fine if you don't like physical or if you don't like digital. It's all personal preference but this notion of digital taking over is a pipe dream until blazing fiber is installed everywhere with unlimited data. There is a reason CDs still sell like crazy, why DVD and Blu-Rays still sell like hotcakes and why rental places like Redbox make ungodly amounts of money. Physical is easier to deal with.

I guess Heath Slater will now be our benchmark for great hair.

@Demoskinos said:

A botchamania youtube video in a news article on Giantbomb? My life is complete. THANK YOU BASED GERSTMANN.

This is easily my favorite article on any game site. I have ALWAYS judged tech and especially the quality of a wrestling game from his hair. RIP HHH's hair.

@SlightConfuse said:

crowd reaction is amazing

Who ever came up with this storyline and and whoever is in charge of writing the anger management stuff seriously needs a raise because it's easily the funniest and best stuff i have seen in the WWE in a good long while. Also Punk and Heyman? Punk is walking out champ again :)

@Milkman said:

I don't know if people are tired of me bitching about how bad ROH is now but I looked at the card for the iPPV they have coming up in a couple weeks and got angry. Adam Cole just won PWG's Battle of Los Angeles and in ROH, he's facing Mike Mondo. People like Mondo and QT Marshall get booked for PPVs while Colt Cabana can't get a single match. I know the "IWC" likes to think that Jim Cornette is a genius but he's destorying Ring of Honor and it makes me sad. The only thing that gives me hope is ACH vs. Kyle O'Reilly, which is one of the only smart booking decisions they've made all year and will be awesome.

Honestly other then a specific match here and there i haven't watched or cared about a ROH ppv since gabe left back in what? 2008?

@TheHBK said:

Triple H is the measuring stick for Hair Tech.

I base my sole opinion on every WWE game on the water bottle/spit tech and his hair.

Almost every day of last month i spent $5 on 2 12oz redbulls (local gas station has 2 for $5)

Couple of bags of Gardetto's through out the month

Couple of bags of Haribo Gummy bears through out the month

Batman Begins and The Dark Knight steelbooks from bestbuy (after trade n save)

That's about it. I don't really buy candy/snacks (other than Gummy Bears/Gardetto's, don't buy fast food, don't rent movies etc)

TellTales The Walking Dead series.

It's the only game that has ever gotten real emotional responses from me.

I don't partake in the ignorant fanboy debates so no.

I plan on buying the Wii-U, PS4 and XBOX 3 and i plan on enjoying all 3. I prefer to enjoy games rather than argue about them. I am worried about my wallet getting destroyed though.