Most of us gamers don't really care how we play our games as long as we are playing and having fun. According to gaming stats, most games these days are bought digitally on consoles. Gaming on PC is pretty much 100 percent since the gaming outlets don't sell physical discs for PC anymore. According to Digital Entertainment and Retail Association (ERA), 89.5 percent of games were bought digitally. It is scary that just about eleven percent of games were bought physically. It is scary because I and a few other gamers love to buy our favorite games on a disc. We love to own physical games as they look nice when you collect and put them together. To me, it is nice to own physical games as those game-disc boxes show cool cover art and they show a good summary of the game's story and combat. Video games are art and the best way to showcase them is by actually owning them physically.
Now, to be honest, I'm not a big collector as I don't buy all the games physically. I buy only my favorites or the games with really cool cover art. At times, I buy games digitally on the Xbox and PlayStation stores, and other times, I play games via subscription services such as Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus. So yes, I don't limit myself to buying games physically only. However, I will be very upset when game developers and publishers stop producing physical games. I honestly think it will happen with how most gamers are consuming their games and how Xbox sometimes skips physical releases of first-party and multi-platform games.
Does PlayStation skip physical releases? I'm not so sure if they do, but I know they have physical releases for NieR Automata and Guilty Gear Strive. Don't really care about NieR Automata (good game, just not for me) but I really wanted a physical release of Guilty Gear on Xbox, as I really like that game and the box art is fire. If you are wondering why I won't get a physical release of Guilty Gear on PlayStation, it is because I play my multi-platform games on Xbox due to Xbox being my preferred console and I love my achievements points.
Hi-Fi Rush, a game from Xbox first-party studio Tango Gameworks, can't be bought physically. You can buy the standard and deluxe editions at GameStop, but that's just the digital version (excellent job, team Xbox). Also High on Life, is not an Xbox first-party game but it was released on Xbox and PC last year and is not available to be purchased physically. Kinda sad if you ask me but I'm really hoping physical games don't go away, but how can we prevent that? We can only ask, so let me try.
"Xbox, I really appreciate all that you have done for gaming and your fans, but please don't be one of the reasons why physical games go extinct. We gamers would love to see you support us who love to own and collect physical games. I am glad you guys are not skipping physical releases of the upcoming small title games like Afterimage and Asterigos: Curse of the Stars. I look forward to buying them on day one and enjoying them to the fullest."
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