>>718888231
>buy hard drive
>download a billion games (for free) and put them on hard drive
>as long as hard drive doesn't die, I get to play all my games any time and I own them
>takes up a small amount of space, don't need an entire cabinet just to store all my games
>can copy and share them with others without having to lend it
>worst case if the hard drive dies and I wasn't backing up like a retard, I can download them again
I think the only reason people prefer physical is just for the novelty of having a disc. Having the game downloaded is superior in every way. Not to mention a lot of new physical discs don't even have the game on them, they just have a code that lets you download it from the distributor servers.
Obviously tying yourself to a platform that has the power to take your games away and ban you from being able to play them is a poor decision if you care about longevity, but you can just pirate them instead to solve that problem.
