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I was fortunate to be an 'early supporter' and bought a year pass for Nitro the month it was announced. I guess I get access to their game library for free until 2021. 

I don't need a subscription to play the free games on Steam. I also prefer to have my own copy of a game that won't disappear if I stop paying a monthly fee.
 
I don't really need a another platform for launching games either. 
 
No problem with Steam getting some competition, it's in dire need of updating but not sure this is it. Maybe the Chinese alternative to steam, whatever that's called...

I try and keep my media subscriptions down to a minimum and would rather own the licence or the game rather than having access dependent upon an active subscription.  Not a fan in general of services either by subscription or via streaming and I wouldn't want gaming to be dictated by these in the future. I am all for competition in the industry but I am already sick of things like multiple launchers and the last thing I want is subscriptions to manage on top.  

Having had a look at the list of games they are offering, nothing really stands out to me to warrant another subscription.  Plus if these games was purchased at their lowest historical low price, would they even be worth the price of Nitro for a year?

The new era of gamers expect a shit ton with regular updates to games, thus subscription services I can only start seeing this becoming very popular in the next 5 years but maybe not the norm.
 
Parents are willing to pay microtransactions based on if the game is free but a model of paying out each month for parents where monthly money available is so important to most families, I can't see people conforming to this model. It's far easier to make a decision to give a few quid ad-hoc although it's probably more sense to pay out an average payment each month.
 
Discord is an extremely powerful model for text chat and after using for a while it is a great WhatsApp alternative. I'm just not sure on this. Feels a bit too big of a bite of another market currently.

I work as a Personal Assistant and Support Worker for a Social Worker.  It's a unique experience.  Without being a social work student you're getting a first hand look at everything, whilst contributing in a small part.  My primary role however is to provide support for a Social Worker who is dual impaired in eyesight and hearing.  Unfortunately, my job is up in a couple of years and I can choose to either forge a new working relationship with another client, which will prove difficult or my ideal plan of turning Twitch streaming into an income of some form.
 
I just wanted to say this explains why you're all such a well rounded bunch of people.  You all do really interesting, worthwhile and essential jobs here.

Lee has raised the possibility of reviving Clash of Clans as the FG mobile game of choice so let’s have a quick expression of interest...who’s up for it?
Do you just want to play Clan Games or Clan Wars as well? How many CoC accounts do you have (I know that’s sad but at one point it was the only way to reach some achievements)
 
CURRENT ROSTER
 
Plumbers Crack (3)
Kylebees
ChrisTheGreat (3)
GazzaGarrett
Bo7h B4rrels
 
Post up if you’re interested and I’ll amend the roster

I normally don't give games of this type a second glance, but I thought I'd satisfy some curiosity and I'm so glad I did.  This game is seriously addictive and I like games that don't make you jump through flaming hoops, or the gaming equivalent, to earn rewards and experience.  I could quote Path of Exile as a bad example of that.  I'm not really invested in the story of MS2 at all, but the gameplay, interspersed with mini-games and other tasks you can perform keep me coming back for more.  Anyone else here play and what do you think of it?

Hi @jordie1892.  I just joined up myself.  It sounds like you're a legend around these parts 😎.  Well it's good to meet you!

I’m going to download it this week and give it a try.


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Hi @jordie1892.  I just joined up myself.  It sounds like you're a legend around these parts 😎.  Well it's good to meet you!

JORDIE’S BACK!


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Welcome back Jordie! 

Hi fella...about time you changed that avatar, you can’t possibly look that young after all these years!

Wassup y'all?
 
I realised its time for my yearly appearance on the forum to say hi! 
 
For those that don't know me, my name is Jordie, I'm 23 from the UK. I joined this forum back in 2013, though have been involved in this wonderful community since 2009. I haven't been gaming much (at all) over the last few years,  nor participating on the forum, instead taking some time to focus on the real world. Regardless, it's always nice to come back seeing familiar names.
 
I don't want to make any promises that I'll be a super active member, nor that I'll be online too often, but with Fallout and Red Dead 2 coming out, I'm more likely now than ever 😂.
 
How are you all doing?

Digital in my case.  I had to breathe some relief that I had Duke Nukem 3D Megaton Edition on Steam, before Gearbox decided "hey, we don't want you to have that anymore".  I found my Duke Nukem Atomic Edition disc while tidying my room, it was scratched up beyond recovery.  Digital if you're careless like me 😀.

😲 Well I'll be damned.  I didn't know whether to believe this is real or not?  If we've come this far then the future is already here.  Roll on Holodecks and characters you can touch!

Cropped up on the BLOPS game thread, but I thought I'd split it out. 
 
Personally I favour digital because I have 2 PS4 systems that use the same license at the same time, effectively I can buy 2 copies for the price of one.  Also I don't have to lean forward and remove a disc (very hard work).  And there is no chance of loss/damage.
 
What are your thoughts?

Forgot to add an option for @Amnotright, My drive is broken.

At present, you can't sell or buy used digital games. That's the only thing i can see in favour of disc.


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I prefer digital over physical for the same reasons also I can preinstall digital and play it on release day. Different strokes though, some people like a to have a stack of cases but I find it a pain in the arse

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I prefer digital on PC nowadays as it's cheap keys on the latest releases but with console, I prefer physical as I do like to collect some classics plus I can trade games in. I bought Spiderman for £48, finished it and traded it in for £41 10 days later for instance, so I could get another full priced game already in the knowledge that I've got my money's worth out of a game which I finished and will never play again for just £7.  
 
Digital prices on console are outrageous though - £60 is disgusting for new games especially if you can get a physical version for £40. It's convenient if you hate disc-swapping and clogging up space plus you can get some cheap deals through the XBL/PSN stores in the sale but it really adds up on new titles especially if they have a season pass, meaning a new release could cost upwards of £100.  There is also not many games worth collecting these days on the current gen and as we've seen with Black Ops 4, the disc versions contains literally fuck all of the game so going forward, they'll be worth sod all. 
 
I do have some amazing collections of classic games particularly big box ones on PC that are worth decent money but the way gaming is going; digital will probably soon take over even on console. Retailers are also reluctant of buying up large stocks of products because they don't want to inject too much money in stock that may have to be sold at a loss months later or turn dead - GAME are still sitting on countless copies of Football Manager 2014, Battleborn and Evolve for example. They'd rather have minimal game stocks with most being pre-orders and then money being put into high-margin goods such as console bundles and peripherals which are the big sellers this time of the year.
 
As long as streaming games doesn't become a norm; I'll be happy with digital on mainstream titles on PC and physical for major console exclusives. I'd struggle to spend more than £40 on a new game so new PSN titles is a no-go for moi. 

For me if it’s a single player game I would like the disc. It’s future proof if you ever want to go back and play it again in the future when you want to go back and play old games like you would with ps2 games as an example now 

Physical copy for myself.
The reason is simply down to cost. I can buy a disc copy for £10 cheaper than digital. And when I'm done I can then sell the game. This means that, on average, it costs me £25 for a game. Compared to £60 for a digital copy. Why would I not want to save £35?

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Depends on the platform.  I couldn't imagine having my entire Steam library as physical products, so PC is always digital.  Plus even buying physical PC games nowadays, normally just provides a Steam code in the box.
 
Consoles I really like physical but I don't buy many of these anyway.  The VITA I also like physical but most of my games for VITA are from PS Plus.