Poll: Would you stop collecting?

[Cirrus]

Would you stop collecting if ALL video games became download only, through broadband, and there was no physical item involved?

Think it's farfetched? It is discussed in this thread: http://www.digitpress.com/forum/view...er=asc&start=0

I would stop collecting completely. What's the point of digitally owning/collecting games?

[bargora]

I'd still buy "download only" games to play, but probably at the rate at which I buy new sealed games these days--about one per year.

[Gamereviewgod]

I've made my decision that once something is download only, I'm done. I have major problems with things like this. So I download 20 games at $50 a pop and the hard drive crashes. Then what? It's the same reason I don't donload music.

[Stark]

No physical game means there is nothing to collect. Now I have a "collection" of over 4000 MAME roms but I don't consider them part of my video game collection per se. Digital only media has no value in my opinion so that would exclued any games in that format from being part of my collection.

[Gamefaqs]

WELL THATS THE WAY ITS GOING TO BE

read the other topics circus wrote, so like it or leave it. personolly i will still get games this way, if i have too. but who wants this? it sure seems everyone is uposed... still, if a new splinter cell comes out, im obligated, ya know?

[imanerd0011]

If it ever does get like this I will quit collecting new games that's for sure. I will still however collect all the old systems that are out there. By the time games are download only, the PS2 will be considered retro, so I will prolly start collecting that.

[MegaDrive20XX]

No I refuse, I'm not relying on the PC to play games.

I have no problem with it, but I'd rather collect the games in their psychical form

[NintendoMan]

Nope, part of the fun for me is owning the ACTUAL game, case, manuals, etc. It wouldn't be a problem though, since I still need like another 15,000 games to complete my collection. Which I am NOWHERE even close, but half the fun is finding and collecting of course.

[frodo2968]

Certainly not. What's the fun in that? You go online and download a game. No "great finds" anymore, because you of course couldn't get games (the newer ones, anyhow) that way anymore, like at thrift stores, garage sales, etc. No point in collecting, because the size of your collection depends ONLY on how much money you spend.

But really, I cannot in any way see this happening. No way.

[The Manimal]

I would "buy" games to play, but there's no chance in hell I'd try and 'collect' downloads.

[tholly]

id buy the few i wanted to play, but, if you dont own it, its not really collecting

id stick to the "older stuff" and leave the new downloads just to the fun games that i really want to play

[sabre2922]

I also have many "dowloaded" games and roms on emu on my PC but I dont consider them part of my Collection either.

Although I do enjoy them very much especially playing the games of many of the great old machines I used to play as a kid like NES and SNES I have no interest in purchasing a fully downloaded game for full price that exists only on my hard drive or an advanced memory card

That is exactly why the Phantome (if it ever actually existed) would have been a bigger flop than the Virtual Boy. Theres No way in hell any of my friends would pay $50.00 for a game that only exists on a hard drive.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ANYTIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE the average gamer or person for that matter just is not interested in downloadable games maybe 20-30 years from now but PPL DONT COLLECT WHAT THEY CANT ACTUALLY TOUCH OR SEE its as simple as that.
Its like any other collecting hobby be it stamps , comic books , baseballcards etc I mean do ppl want to collect virtual comic books? or baseball cards that exist only on a PC or cell phone? hell NO they want the real thing.

Some on here have tried to argue that its about materializm but its NOT its about enjoying something that you are passionate about something that may take you back to your childhood or help you cope with the stress of everyday life.

[Nesmaster]

I would stop collecting them but probably not playing them. I mean collecting downloaded games, is just the same as colelcting roms in my book. the only difference is you're paying $50 for the download :/

[Xantan the Foul]

I would stop collecting them but probably not playing them. I mean collecting downloaded games, is just the same as colelcting roms in my book. the only difference is you're paying $50 for the download :/

My sentiments exactly.... though I'd probably stop buying them too. I don't pay for downloads, I pirate them. If I can buy something physical at a reasonable price, I'd rather do that.

[anagrama]

eh, I don't buy new games anyway (unless they're called OutRun 2 ) so it wouldn't make much difference to me.

[Flack]

id buy the few i wanted to play, but, if you dont own it, its not really collecting

id stick to the "older stuff" and leave the new downloads just to the fun games that i really want to play

Head, nail, bang.

[Cirrus]

id buy the few i wanted to play, but, if you dont own it, its not really collecting

id stick to the "older stuff" and leave the new downloads just to the fun games that i really want to play

Head, nail, bang.

Right... so in a way, is it kind of a good thing for us collectors... the possibility of having an "end point"? Even now, games are released far faster than I could ever hope to obtain.

edit: actually, a good thing for "completist" collectors.

[digitalpress]

I definitely wouldn't consider it part of any collection, but I'd still play.

[Kejoriv]

I definitely wouldn't consider it part of any collection, but I'd still play.

Agreed. I would probably not buy that many of them if I just had to download it. I love owning the game, box, manual, etc

[PentiumMMX]

I may download a few games (Mostly Mega Man), but I like having the disc\game cart and instructions around.

Other then that, I'd stop collecting except for older systems