Like the hat?MemberOct 25, 20176,541EDIT: *CONSOLE SPECIFICALLY*I had to pack up a bunch of my games for storage and it made me start to wonder if I really want to keep getting all this junk. I keep telling myself "oh its so I can sell it if I wanted!" but I never sell any of my games. I'm starting to lean toward going all digital, though it makes me nervous especially since I'm primarily a Nintendo player.I know there are a lot of arguments to be made for staying physical, and there are plenty of other threads to do that. I want to hear from those who have gone all digital already, or those who went all digital but transitioned back to physical. Do you have any regrets? If you could go back, would you still be all digital, or would you go back to physical? Are you just in the digital boat now and you figure you might as well stay even if you have some regrets, or do you think all digital is worth it still?Last time I tried going all digital was with Wii U when it launched because of the whole digital deluxe program thing, but even there I ended up going back to physical for most stuff and with the end of the Wii U eShop I am glad I can still theoretically go back to playing my Wii U games (if I hadn't bought most of them again on Switch...)The main reason I went physical on my Switch is so I can share my games with my kids on their own systems, but with Nintendo doing their game sharing with their virtual game cards thing I am once again tempted to go digital. The convenience is definitely a good thing. Even on stuff like my Wii U and 3DS I ended up installing homebrew to rip my games to SD/HDD to have them all easy access.Last edited: Today at 7:53 PM KhanimusAvengerOct 25, 201745,148Greater VancouverIm not all digital (well, I am on Steam). But I have significant digital libraries across consoles that certainly dwarf my physical investment. If we're at the point where a disc drive isn't a sure bet to be included with hardware, or in Nintendo's case, there are games that just aren't going to be explicitly on the cart at all? Then c'est la vie.AnoregonMemberOct 25, 201715,9830 regrets, but answers are likely going to largely skew based on if people are primarily PC or not. I haven't even had a disc drive in my past few PC builds. I have a digital PS5 and a Series X and I've never used the disc drive in the series X.gary!MemberJan 17, 2024180Like the hat? said:it made me start to wonder if I really want to keep getting all this junk.Click to expand...Click to shrink...if you're thinking it, you probably don'tplus, it sure feels like physical is becoming less relevant with the switch 2 so the decision will be easier to makeGenesiusMemberNov 2, 201819,964I've been all digital since 2014 on PS and Switch and haven't had a problem.But I also don't try to share games with other people, which I imagine is one of the bigger headaches. I still have access to any delisted games on my PS5. I think the only ones I don't are PS1 classics I bought on the PS3, which is a bummer, but not the end of the world.RosebudTwo PiecesMemberApr 16, 201850,246Digital since last gen on every platform and no regrets at all808s & VillainyMemberOct 27, 201745,872I've been all digital on Nintendo since the 3DS. No regrets really.kowhiteMemberMay 14, 20197,052I regret buying my first few games on Switch physically.I don't regret digital purchases.KaitosTens across the board!ModeratorOct 25, 201718,228NoneZyroxOne Winged Slayer Corrupted by VengeanceMemberOct 25, 20175,122Last physical game I bought was like a decade ago. Zero regrets. Advance.Wars.Sgt.MemberJun 10, 201810,123Not in the least, but ESPECIALLY as a big Nintendo player.I will not go back to the pre-3DS days where I had to carry multiple cartridges with me when I took my handheld anywhere. Being able to play a slew of games on the system by merely toggling to the next game is a godsend tbh.AyllieMemberApr 3, 2018119No regrets but also not a collector or big on replaying games so worries about losing my library etc don't really applyHello SnakeMemberNov 25, 20202,694CanadaStarting with PS5 I decided to go all digital, because I wanted to be ready for when they eventually made digital only PlayStation. I didn't want to have a PS5 physical library that was useless on future consoles. I haven't regretted it at all.NidaMemberAug 31, 201914,666Everett, WashingtonI went Digital when Amazon stopped the pre-order deal where you got $10 off. Once the price met parity I no longer saw a need for physical releases.LewiePMemberOct 26, 201719,530I regret buying a lot of Wii U games digitally lol. There was no kind of discount/upgrade path for Switch, and even Switch 2 for IE BOTW.I was all in on Wii U digitally (at the time living in a country with no Wii U physical games available), and with every Switch port announcement I was more and more irritated that Nintendo wasn't throwing me a bone when I supported them during what was possibly their lowest hour. Even just a minor discount on Wii U ports to Switch would have placated me.Obviously they don't actually owe me anything other than the games I bought for the system I bought them for, but ultimately I didn't get a Switch early on in the lifetime due to having played all the Wii U games that got ported to Switch (which made up a lot of the library), and borrowed a friend's Switch for Odyssey. Then I was waiting for a Pro, and that never happened, so I'm in this odd position of being a huge Nintendo fan but the Switch was the first system of theirs I didn't own since the SNES.I'm an outlier, but I have my Switch 2 preorder locked.CulexMemberOct 29, 20178,878So much more convenient. I bought a 512gb card and have everything on it: never having to switch game cards is worth itmrmooseMemberNov 13, 201722,739I'm making a really big assumption here that my digital purchases are going to be honored by Nintendo down the line, but I've been leaning towards digital with the switch since it's easy enough to "share" a game between a primary and secondary console. Add to that that so many titles are digital only anyway, and this coming gen is going to see a lot of physical games that are just glorified license checks, which removes a major reason to stay physical. Now stick tariffs on physical games only and I think the choice is made for me, I don't like looking at game cases THAT much.Anustart9 Million ScovillesAvengerNov 12, 20179,588Digital only is the best. Switched back in like 2015 or so. I don't have useless boxes, carts or disks that need storing.SupersonicHypertonicMemberApr 20, 20223,248I'm fully digital since the PS4 and now Ps5. It's been pretty good with no regrets. I regularly find good deals (even if it's a year or more after release), I have no issues of keeping games as I archive my fave ones to external HDD (4TB) and and it's very convinent overall compared to discs which still requires installs and updates just like digital.I'm about 50/50 on switch. It's more convenient to be digital but worrying about sd card storage sucks, if I could connect an external hdd to the switch dock it would solve that problem. Deal wise it's cheaper online for indies or even the only way to get indies but for 1st party titles there's very little difference as they hardly lose value. However I like having the physical carts in hand so if push comes to shove I would prefer physical games for switch when convenient.JumbiePrimeMemberFeb 16, 20192,468BklynSome regrets. Whenever I go through my library on PS and see games I'll never touch again I could sell them , even if it was for like $5, or give them away if they were physical . Now they are just wasted money Jakenbakin"This guy are sick" and Corrupted by VengeanceMemberJun 17, 201814,141Nah. I can access my library with ease, don't have a million game cases taking up space, I share my library with my cousin, it's a good time.zero_suitMemberOct 27, 201713,034Not really.CabalDrive-in MutantMemberOct 25, 20171,536United StatesAll digital other than some retro games I own. Zero regrets personally. I love being able to just download and play whatever without worrying about discs.ByakuraShinra EmployeeAvengerOct 25, 20171,807CanadaI got back and forth a lot of going all digital vs. sticking to physical. So I guess with that being the case i constantly have this regret loltjh282MemberMay 29, 20191,033For all intents and purposes fully digital. The games I have physical I'll keep for a long time but it's only a few old "classics" so doesn't take up enough space for me think of it as a junkDakkonMemberOct 27, 20175,136Been digital only for a long time since PC only player, it's only been for the best and I'd argue there's actually no good argument for physical only outside of you can resell them and even then I'd rather just have the deep sales with easy refunds that Steam has than that. Definitely no regrets.No DepthMemberOct 27, 201720,353Been all digital across platforms for around 15 years now.Not one regret.Rinku_MemberMay 4, 20231,905Pretty much all phys on Switch outside of indies and a few sales. Likely mostly digital with the Switch 2 unless physical prices become more reasonable, the game key shit is also just absurd. I think I might try buying cross gen switch games and eating the upgrade price if/whenever I care to play the games at higher fidelity. Gonna be real sad to give up physical on Nintendo,PS5 it's probably about 50/50, which I'm comfortable with. I largely only buy physical for bigger games that would take way too long to download. And I don't game anywhere else unless minecraft on my mac counts.ThisIsMyDogKyleProphet of Truth - One Winged SlayerMemberOct 25, 20172,539Fully digital on Switch and no regrets, it's especially nice because I could fit my entire 250+ Game library on a single 1 TB micro SD, though I'm betting that ends with Switch 2 average game size going up. I never had to share games but the virtual game card thing seems pretty nice.Jaded AlyxEditor-in-chief at SpecialCancel.comVerifiedOct 25, 201739,518None whatsoever.It's also saved me an extraordinary amount of money as physical games aren't sold where I live. The alternative was importing. The last game I imported (other than something like Ring Fit Adventure) was Kid Icarus Uprising. RPGsandFGCsMemberJun 30, 2024613CaliforniaNo regrets at all. I moved to all digital on the Switch since I thought it was important for my portable console to have access to any game I wanted at any time without juggling carts or packing certain carts if I went out of town etc. Worked out exactly as planned, save for one SD card upgrade there.Mattmo831Featuring Mattmo831 from the Apple v Epic caseMemberOct 26, 20206,290I've been all digital since 2013. Haven't bought a single physical copy for any console and I own all of the Big 3 + PC.I have absolutely 0 regrets. I never resold games anyways, and most games I want I buy at launch so wouldn't get a discount there anyways. + sales happen often enough on platforms where I can get sales I can share games with my family at home by making my account the primary. Never have any issues, and I prefer the convenience.StoofUncle Works at NintendoMemberOct 25, 20175,120Been about 95% digital ever since the New 3DS came out, no regretsRhaknarMemberOct 26, 201750,564when you get to my age you don't have videogame purchase regrets, because you are fully aware that none of it matters and you'll never actually play all the games in all the systems you bought.actually that's not true, I do have some regrets... RDR2 day 1 and I never played it, and SMT5 on Switch and I never played it AND then they released the upgraded version on other consoles which I ended up buying on PS5 (on sale) making the switch version pretty much useless on top of unplayed ;_;but going back to the topic on hand, if the next Nintendo console doesnt carry over the library, it will be a bummer for sure, but by then ill be like early 50s (if the world hasn't blown up by then) and I'm sure I'll have other things to worry about.BasilZeroMemberOct 25, 201739,441OmniNo regrets100% digital on switch, PlayStation, Xbox and PC Last physical game I bought was ffxvi which was July 2023So almost two yearsOP OPLike the hat?MemberOct 25, 20176,541honestly part of me likes the idea of games that I'll never play again just fading away into the background instead of sitting on my shelf and me telling myself I should play them again (some honestly for the first time)HououinKMemberDec 17, 2023276Occasionally, but in general no.I much prefer the ease of digital, and as somebody into minimalism I like that I don't have plastic clutter around.The only occasional regret is when I don't care for a game that I bought full price. Recent example being AC Shadows as I just don't really like it much and bought it because I really wanted a historical Japan game.KirbivoreOne Winged SlayerMemberOct 25, 20175,318Honestly, with how Playstation has been going, I regret having my physical collection more. If that ps5 breaks, I'm basically done with Playstation sooner than later.Last edited: 50 minutes agoOreillerMemberOct 25, 20179,608None whatsoever.bananabMemberOct 27, 20173,580Over the last few years, I've come to dislike the sight of my physical collection altogether. Big plans to get rid of it all. I went all digital for 3DS and Switch, and am lately mostly focused on Steam, so I'd be quite happy to never buy a physical game cart / disc or any other sort of junky plastic collectible ever again. Reflecting SkyMemberMar 17, 20242,185Used to be a staunch defender of physical games, even having vowed to "stop gaming if physical games are meaningfully abandoned by publishers". lolBut my attitude kinda changed over time with the Switch. I find changing its game cards an incredible nuisance, almost as if it was done by design. Plus, outside of the first-party games, there were a numerous favorite third party games that didn't get updated prints over time, and so I saw less value in getting games physically.Changed to digital a year and a half ago and didn't regret my decision as I also have access to games that aren't released in the physical format. Sold the vast majority of my physical Switch games in a pristine condition fairly recently, and I later bought a lot of digital games for the sum I received. No regrets. Lots of free space, convenience, getting the digital-only titles I used to skip out of principle...I like it.Taco_HumanMemberJan 6, 20184,821MAI still buy physical because I share with my nieces and nephews. They can't buy four copies of a new game. I'll play it, pass it along.CinnamonMemberJan 18, 20231,110I only regret buying any Wii U games digitally. None of that digital library transferred over to the Switch.TubaZefMemberOct 28, 20173,710BrazilNo regrets.The PraiseworthyMemberOct 30, 201710,276Absolutely no regrets going digital 100% with my gaming consoles.I just wish I've done it sooner lol.chadbobanMemberMay 27, 2020421Considering that I live in the Caribbean and not the US, digital is the much cheaper option for me cause I get to pay US prices for games. Physical copies here tend to be about 50-60% marked up compared to US and they NEVER go on sale.ButtonbasherMemberDec 4, 20175,563Switch third party digital sales can be ridiculously good.jotun?MemberOct 28, 20175,064No problems yet. We'll see if that changes when we get a Switch 2 and try to manage more than one Nintendo consoleSofNascimentocursedMemberOct 28, 201724,520So Paulo - BrazilNo, not a one.edit: I do play on PC though.vixolusProphet of TruthMemberSep 22, 202069,164None at all. I buy *console* games digitally when I feel like it but also have Game Pass which is obviously all digital and I have no qualms with not "owning" a game or "renting" it much the same I don't regret buying a ticket to see a movie and move on with my life instead of owning a blu-ray of it. PC is of course all digital.If I had a Switch I would consider physical (for Nintendo games specifically) bc of resell value but that's about it.