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How is gamestip still even a thing? I havnt bought a physical game disc in years.
I try to buy physical copies since it generally costs the same and I don't have to worry about losing it due to some licensing bullshit or account issue in the future. Other retailers like Best Buy and Target don't really stock many games anymore either so it's about the only place left to buy them.
That's a fun theory, but the discs have so little to do with most gaming these days anyway I think you are just as likely to get hosed due to some licensing or account bullshit with a disc as you are without. Seems less and less games work just from the disc every year.
Yeah the real fix is probably gonna be the stop killing games movement, since it seems like the issue is more that publishers seem to have forgotten what a purchase is and less so the difference of physical vs digital.
You’re much, much better off buying a GoG digital copy if they sell it, and backing the installer up.
Physical disks have DRM, and most of my old physical disks are useless now. New ones are likely even worse.
By fleecing rubes it seems.
Thankfully for Gamestop, the market of people interested in buying physical game discs is larger than you alone.
Most of GameStop's inventory has shifted to being gaming accessories, trading cards, and merch anyhow, so game sales are less important to them than they used to be.
RIP ThinkGeek
There are people who are stuck in the circle of selling back old games to help pay for their next game.