Would you rather own or play every game you want?

[Polygon]

While playing the games is why most of us have them I fear that the game industry is banking on more "plays" than "owns" in the gaming marketplace. The digital download trend is increasing in momentum, from XBLA/PSN to Steam and others, in the future we may not have this choice to make. The results of this thread seem to indicate that it might not be that big of a problem, however the collector in me (and many of us) has a problem of spending the same money, or more, with no physical media to OWN.

For me, that is what makes this such a difficult question to answer. As it stands right now....I'd probably say own(can we still watch gameplay vids on youtube? lol)

I don't think that this thread indicates anything like that at all. It put the stipulation that you could play every game or own every game but NEVER play them. I would say that I would rather own a physical copy of the game every time. I absolutely despise the move to digital distribution.