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Physical vs. digital

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 08:30:00 No.29627156 View View Reply Original Report

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Fuck guys I'm torn. I've been downloading most of my 3DS games, save for a select few, and want to play it right when it's available with the rest of you, but actually owning a physical copy is appealing too. Make decisions for my life /vp/.

Pic not necessarily related, just a great fucking Pokemon.

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Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 08:44:48 No.29627238 Report

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i dont see many reasons for a physical copy. digital just means you dont have to worry about losing a small cartridge, and its always on your system

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 08:49:45 No.29627260 Report

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>>29627156
It's really up to you. There's no real difference, you either physically own the game or you own it on your 3DS. Some people just prefer one to the other.

I'm a fan of both but I've gotten every 3DS Pokemon game digitally so far so I don't wanna break the trend. If playing it ASAP is your top priority then digitally is the way to go. Waiting for your physical copy means starting about twelve hours later than everyone else, unless the stars align and you get your copy early. Unlikely, but it's happened before.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 08:52:31 No.29627279 Report

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>>29627156
I'm oldschool so I like having a physical copy in my hands. I'm also not 8 years old so I don't have to worry about losing my cartridge

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 08:53:39 No.29627283 Report

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Physical so you can sell it later on once it's worth more than you paid like HGSS

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 08:55:36 No.29627291 Report

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>>29627156
I vote physical copy. Can't beat the feeling of actually having it, plus you can trade/sell it later unlike digital. And I'm pretty sure you'll lose those digital games if the 3ds breaks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 09:09:41 No.29627379 Report

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>>29627291
Nah you can redownload if you put the account on another system and call Nintendo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 09:17:02 No.29627419 Report

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>>29627379
Good to know.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 09:17:40 No.29627422 Report

Quoted By: >>29627545 >>29627599

physical: able to share the cartridge, easier to use a 3rd party system to hack/cheat.

digital: pretty much no chance at hacking, "sharing" is harder due to having to system transfer. Not even actually sharing that way either.

The cartridge gives you more control and freedom, but the digital one gives you a game that can't be damaged or lost.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 09:19:35 No.29627431 Report

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>>29627156
There's no reason to go digital, for fucks sake, it costs even more that physical at the end of the day.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 09:24:32 No.29627455 Report

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>>29627431
How so?

Even on Amazon where the game is cheaper shipping bumps it up to over $40 unless you have Prime.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 09:36:24 No.29627529 Report

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>>29627156
>he STILL hasn't hacked his 3DS

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 09:38:53 No.29627545 Report

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>>29627422

>digital: pretty much no chance at hacking, "sharing" is harder due to having to system transfer. Not even actually sharing that way either.

>he doesn't have a hacked 3ds

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 09:43:36 No.29627593 Report

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>>29627156
My 32GB SD card is full. Half my games on cartridge. Nintendo have shitty digital policies and a bad track record with future-proofing digital content. So no, fuck digital.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 09:44:21 No.29627598 Report

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>>29627156
Get both

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 09:44:29 No.29627599 Report

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>>29627422
>digital: pretty much no chance at hacking
You are literally retarded.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 09:45:51 No.29627614 Report

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>>29627455
Depends where you are in the world. Here in New Zealand, it's fucking expensive - you can get it about $10 cheaper in stores - but I just import my games from the UK (or sometimes Australia, in the case of Pokemon) and it's another $20-$30 cheaper. Granted, that's NZD, but anyway, digital is fucking expensive. Why would I spent $90 on a game that I could spend $55 on instead?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 10:35:29 No.29628109 Report

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>>29627156
depends. i like having them digitally because then i wouldn't have to deal with cardridges. but my local marked always breaks street date about two or three days so i can play it before anyone else so i just get physical all the time

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 10:50:17 No.29628285 Report

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>>29627156
You can just copy the save over to the cart when you get it

Unless you're too stupid to have not hacked your 3DS, that is

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 10:53:34 No.29628324 Report

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>>29627455
I live in a country where our eShop is empty so we have to purchase it from the US store. It's cheaper to buy physical here.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 10:54:47 No.29628335 Report

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>>29627614
I'd say you're pretty much the exception dude. In most places physical and digital have the same price. Well, unless you're buying used games

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 11:21:19 No.29628578 Report

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>>29628335
From what I've heard, most European regions don't have the exact same prices between physical and digital games (unless you're stupid enough to buy it at full price from certain horrible retailers).

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 12:19:08 No.29629210 Report

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Brazil got cucked by Nintendo so stores don't sell games anymore

So I have basically no option besides digital or online shipping which is more expensive

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 12:22:30 No.29629257 Report

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Until Nintendo has an actual account system, only go physical.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 13:21:09 No.29629870 Report

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>>29629210
pirate it

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 13:29:10 No.29630001 Report

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>>29627156
I would say go for physical because as many people have stated on here, you can sell/trade it for other things

true that, it is a great mon

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 15:10:58 No.29631200 Report

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>>29627455
My brother has Prime. I had him get it and it ran me $31 with shipping.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 15:14:45 No.29631236 Report

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>>29627156
>preorder physical sun or moon
>obtain moon or sun using Super Legal and Legitimate Techniques™

cool

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 15:21:13 No.29631311 Report

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>>29627156
>Digital
>Play the same time as everyone else so a smaller chance of getting spoiled
>If your 3DS breaks you can transfer it to a new one
>Don't even have to pay for it because the .cia will leak as soon as someone gets the physical game or as soon as it goes live on the eShop servers

Physical
>...

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 15:22:32 No.29631332 Report

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I prefer physical since I have every other main pokemon game physical and my autism will not allow me to have empty spaces on my pokemon shelf.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 15:35:32 No.29631479 Report

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Physical for the version you want more, then pirate the other.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 15:38:34 No.29631504 Report

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>>29627156
I always get physical copies of Pokemon games, however I'm pirating Sun which will be my "beta" file and Moon will be physical and the game I'll trade all my bros to.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 16:21:21 No.29632039 Report

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>>29627156
Well physical copies have the benefit of always being able to work as long as you have a functioning console, but can be broken. Not only that but with physical, you don't have to hack your 3ds and risk bricking it to alter your game however you need to and can just use a power save but it does force you to carry it around if you wish to play it along other games and have the risk of losing it and everything else on it, but you can also sell it whenever you don't want it
Digital is a bit more finicky, but just as good as you can keep it on your 3ds at all times without risking loosing a tiny cartridge, so it's much more convenient, but to hack it you have to hack the entire 3ds which can be fucked over if done wrong, and then you would lose everything unless you bought a new one and got help from Nintendo themselves, but you still would loose all of your data
So physical if you are confident enough
Digital if you want a much safer approach

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 16:25:55 No.29632105 Report

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>>29632039
>buying proprietary hardware to have a limited amount of cheats, and still have a risk of bricking your cart

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 16:31:54 No.29632188 Report

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This seems like the appropriate thread.

What's the difference between the official pokemon guide for sun/moon and the collector's edition?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 16:34:59 No.29632228 Report

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>>29627156
I'm doing one of each for SM. I like the convenience of digital, but I want to use my other 3DS to be able to trade

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 18:12:44 No.29633804 Report

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why is her pussy so huge?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 18:13:52 No.29633827 Report

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Actually preordered a physical copy so what to do.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 18:15:22 No.29633854 Report

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>>29627156
Buy one physical, pirate the other. Ain't difficult.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 18:17:29 No.29633881 Report

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Just preorder at Gamestop and then go to the midnight release. You'll be playing the game like 10-20mins after it comes out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Nov 2016 18:18:20 No.29633898 Report

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>>29631200
Because you're using someone else's Prime. If you aren't able to do that and you have to get Prime yourself, even if you just get it for a month so you can buy the game with it, that's another ten bucks added onto the price of the game. Making it $41, which is more than the digital version.

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