Some of these posts are ridiculously childish such as the "not getting out of the house" "no space in my house" "losing manual, code..etc". Personally I'm at 50/50 with DD, I like physical copies over DD because I feel like I own the games I buy not rent them, If I want to resell my game I want to be able to do that, If I want to play my game in a place without internet or when I don't have internet I have the freedom to do that. Having a physical copy to me doesn't mean "I want it because of the manual" but because of the freedom It gives me unlike the DD counterpart.
Also as I stated in the first paragraph, let me ask you. You don't go out of the house for food? You don't go out of the house to work? You don't go out of the house in your life? It's such a lazy childish excuse I've heard over and over. Also losing the manual and stuff, Don't you take care of the stuff you buy? Got over 70 boxed games in the past 8 years and they're all in mint condition. The no space excuse, some people say no space as if game boxes are big as a closet, I keep my collection in a medium sized printer box, they're not for show sure but they're there when I need them. Find a better excuse.
OK so DD has it's advantages, you get games earlier compared to retail and also sites like GoG you get to play old games you no longer find in retail. GoG is also the reason why I stated 50/50 in the beginning and probably the only DD I buy from simply because you're not forced to download the middle man to play a game (steam, origin...you name it). Currently the only DD service that does it right is GoG, no DRM, no activations, no crap middle man software. I've also used a few DD from Indie companies such as Frictional Games (Penumbra series and Amnesia). Also while I realize it's no gaming company's fault, there's the bandwidth limits that some ISP's apply. For some people isn't a problem but for that small minority it's frustrating especially at a slow speed and if the user downloads more than just game, and with that in mind ask me what's more convenient to those people, a 15 euro DVD Drive which almost everyone has against a weak connection.
Closing comments: As you've probably noticed I'm not entirely against DD. Sometimes I like it, what I believe is that GoG's service DD Done Right (as I call it). I buy my games from companies with services such as those and I like that but when a physical copy is provided I will always prefer it. Also thanks Riboflavin at the comment above, Companies such as Runic Games and Frictional Games make DD an enjoyable experience. There has to be best of both worlds.
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