on 14-02-2012 03:04 AM
Hi all, I've just bought Modnation Racers off the store as I see £24.99 as a reasonable price but just cant get over the size of the download, 19GB so good job I'm on unlimited broadband otherwise my monthly bill would be through the roof. Just a quick heads up to anyone else planning on doing the same
on 14-02-2012 10:10 AM - last edited on 14-02-2012 10:14 AM
Reasonable? It's £17 at Very.co.uk (not shopped around just using this as an example) AND you save 19GB on your HDD ![]()
If its available from a retailer (i.e its not download only) then I never have to think twice about saving my money, and saving important HDD space) ![]()
on 14-02-2012 12:26 PM
I have not yet seen one single game that is more commercially appealing through download than on disk...
Greed fail.
Check out Extreme Golf or Shepherd for the iPhone.
on 14-02-2012 05:56 PM
There are a few PSP games published by D3 publishing and the Sly Trilogy, when it hit the store at £19.99, beat any price I'd seen it at on disc before that point. I have since seen it a little cheaper on disc since then but not by much.
We spend a lot of time complaining about bad prices. We don't do enough celebrating the good prices.
on 14-02-2012 08:31 PM
on 14-02-2012 08:45 PM
I'm a hoarder. I'll never sell a game on, so I'm as happy with download as with disc. I like the advantage of having all the stuff on the hard drive so I'll buy the digital copy if it's reasonably priced. Which ain't that often, as pointed out...
Then there's all the stuff that is digital only...
on 14-02-2012 09:33 PM
on 14-02-2012 09:34 PM
19GB wow.
Great game my asda had it fo £15 last week.
on 15-02-2012 08:29 AM
I so much prefer to have the games on my HDD, what else is the space for? I love being able to scroll through my list of games than fiddle about looking at discs. I try to have just one disc game on the go at a time and leave it in, then have a good selection of other games on my HDD to mess about in.
Disc games are fine if it's a game you'll play, finish and then not pick up again, but a game like ModNation Racers that you'll play with friends and pop in and out of all the time is great to have on the hard drive.
on 15-02-2012 11:48 AM
Kogia_breviceps wrote:I so much prefer to have the games on my HDD, what else is the space for? I love being able to scroll through my list of games than fiddle about looking at discs. I try to have just one disc game on the go at a time and leave it in, then have a good selection of other games on my HDD to mess about in.
Disc games are fine if it's a game you'll play, finish and then not pick up again, but a game like ModNation Racers that you'll play with friends and pop in and out of all the time is great to have on the hard drive.
True, but that space is limited, very limited especially with the size of game installs, patches and save data which is what its mainly for. In the future maybe, but not this gen, or the next TBF. You'd never store a lifetime collection of games on a HDD but you can always put another shelf up, or box them up for storage in the attic ![]()
Plus you cant show your collection off when they're on the HDD. ''Ooh look at my games collection - I'll just have to power on my PS3 and show you the list though'' ![]()
No manual to sniff
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Nothing to take away with you or if you have a party at a friends house. yes, you can download it but thats restrictive and pointless IMO.
Each to their own though. But that's my point of view on digital downloads for a home console.
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