Promising PS4 Horror Chernobylite Secures Physical Release

Physical good!

@kingbreww yeah, physical sure is cheaper. Just look at Awesome Pea Collection, you're looking at probably $60+ for a used copy, or you can just get both games digital for $1 each, that's the full price.

physical is waaaaaaay cheaper there's no question.
of all the games I've bought this year at a discounted price I'm actually making money selling them lol. It's not a huge amount, but it's better than buying digital games and getting $0 back for my purchases... digital will never happen 100%. It just won't.

@Milktastrophe there’s always exceptions to the rule, hence the phrase exceptions to the rule. If you actually believe this is the case for the other 99% of new games there’s something wrong with you. The awesome pea collection hahahahahahana. Seriously 😂😂😂

I’m just glad you guys already decided what’s best for everyone so I don’t have to think for myself

@kingbreww 100% agree. I've only bought digital when I didn't want to wait for delivery.

@Ort what’s best is a personal preference, this is just what’s smartest

First I’m hearing of this. What type of horror game is this? Third person with combat like RE? or is it more a ‘hide from enemies’ like Outlast or Layers of Fear?

I'd take physical over digital any day but sometimes the digital sales such as those on the PS Store (sometimes) are a bargain. They're the reason I've got a 100+ game backlog!

I have a good mixture of both. I’ve got more digital games than I ever thought I would though. Many I’ve bought on sale but I have a few that I just bought out of convenience. The new BF for example I’ll probably buy digital as I’ll play it loads alongside whatever else so it saves me changing discs

American Fugitive, Bugsnax (PS4 & PS5), Blasphemous, Ghostrunner (PS5) & Spiritfarer are also getting Physical Copies too, in case anyone is interested.
All are on PS4 with the exception of Ghostrunner.
American Fugitive - August 27th
Blasphemous - July 20th
Spiritfarer - July 27th
Ghostrunner - September 28th
Bugsnax - September 30th
Highly recommend them all, however I haven't yet played Spiritfarer but have heard good things.

I understand that there are benefits to digital media. But I just wouldn't feel like I owned it. I like opening upo my storage boxes, and seeing my game collection boxed away. And that I might have game with are now rarer than hens teeth to find.

@JustPlainLoco

Thanks for the heads up. I had Blasphemous on preorder but wasn't aware Spiritfarer was getting a physical release too.

Other than price and the option of resale, is there any point to owning physical copies anymore?

Increasingly, broken games are released requiring Day one patches and more future updates/patches to repair bugs, all requiring online.
The days of buying a retro console and just playing a game from disc will soon be gone.

Remember that Tony Hawk's game that only had the tutorial on the disc?

No matter how much anyone opposes it an all-digital future is inevitable.

@YepYepYep It gives people the option to actually still buy a game that's been delisted for whatever reason? (E.g Transformers Devastation, Deadpool, Original Dragon Quest 11 with better graphics)

Allows people to access 1.00 versions of games that have had patches that make the game function worse (See Last Guardian on PS5)

Loan games to friends

Still have access to the games if you no longer have access to your account

I feel I should at least point out a relevant fact about tge digital/physical media debate that most peoole seem to completely overlook.
Insisting on pysical versions of media that could be delivered digitally, is contributting to the continued destruction of the planet and climate change. From the plastics used for the disc and the box, to the inks used to print it and the fuel used to ship it around, the supply of physical discs is not a good thing for the planet. Its a sign of the times that so many people who argue for psyical discs would also state they support saving the planet without realising the irony.
Much of the blame should be laid at the door of the format holders and publishers, who have kept digital prices much higher than they need to and thus slowed adoption. With prices being as they are I certainly dont blame people for saving a few pounds.

I would still urge people to consume media digitally where they can and I'd point to other adavantages of digital games consumption as benefits which may help: My machine is always whisper quite, if your console is going to develop a fault its normally the moving parts like the drive that go, and I dont have to stand up and insert any media to play titles and switch freely as I please (which is a bigger deal as you get older!). Its also worth pointing out that all that plastic and effort is usually just a ticket for you to download the current version digitally once you insert the disc anyway!

I realise im lucky in that I can afford to buy my games digitally and ignore the increased cost, and in no way do I wish to dis those that need to watch those costs. If however, you could easilly afford the costs too, please consider making the change and helping reduce our wastefull impact on the planet. If just one person makes a change as a result of thinking about this it will be worth the no doubt negitive responses Ill get for raising the issue!
Peace and happy gaming to all.

I'm not comfortable with any game/film that makes lite (sic) of the Chernobyl disaster.

@TripleKing333
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for physical precisely for the reasons that you listed and I'm very disappointed at the way that the industry is inexorably creeping towards all-digital.

Games are so frequently broken or incomplete at launch that the 1.00 disc version will be completely worthless once PlayStation cease online support/updates for the games because of their age.

Buying an old ps5 and disc games in ~25 years time will be nothing like buying an old ps1 and discs today. I very much doubt you'll be able to just plug it in, pop in the disc and play.

@Titntin
You raise a very good point that I don't really need to elaborate on.

The desire for physical media is related to ownership. Back in the day when you bought a game you owned the game. Nowadays when you buy a game (especially digitally) you just purchase a license to download and play it. It's more like renting because if you erase it from your hard drive you only "own" the digital copy of a game for as long as the distributor continues to make it available to download.

A disc is theoretically "for life" but as you rightly pointed out discs will increasingly become nothing more than a digital key to download a game. A gift card essentially.

As much as I desire physical media I have to admit that resistance to an all-digital future is futile plus it's undeniably better for our planet.

Last week we were selling digital ps5 to 3 customers and all said "we are waiting for disc ps5s"... and all my friends say so.

For me, it depends from game to game. Huge games, where I expect to play for hours, I take definitely physical. Small games (Mortal Kombat, Final Fight, Overcooked etc.), where I expect to play for a few minutes, I like rather digital.