Digital or Physical?

[Mr.WorldWide]

I know most games sold these days are entirely digital and Civ 6 requires Steam to play but it's nice to get something physical for the money you spend and game boxes look as nice as books on a shelf. So do you plan on buying a physical edition of Civ VI or are you going entirely digital?

 

[X_nemesis_X]

Digital. I'm not much of a collector. I don't have a single Blu-ray. I dislike having too many things lying around.

 

[Krajzen]

Physical, usually I buy digital copies but I reserve physical ones for Special Elite Games, and civ is among them. Sometimes I just love to touch a box (well that sounds kinda awkward when put that way)

 

[X_nemesis_X]

Physical, usually I buy digital copies but I reserve physical ones for Special Elite Games, and civ is among them. Sometimes I just love to touch a box (well that sounds kinda awkward when put that way)

Hey, whatever floats your boat [emoji6]
If I ever got a collector's edition it would be civ. Loving it since 2nd grade

 

[DeutschDachs]

I was completely fine with the digital version until they announced the Collector's Edition so now I'm physical.

 

[raen]

With Steam you have it forever, no more ruined dvd/cd. I now bought them with discount, from civ III to civ V.

But also pre-reserved the collectors edition, so I have civ games all in box

 

[darko82]

With Steam you have it forever, no more ruined dvd/cd. I now bought them with discount, from civ III to civ V.

Box games have steam keys in most cases.

I prefer box games now. I did not care about it before, though, and I threw away the orginal Civ III big box made of cardboard. What a mistake! It is very hard to get it now. Box games are more valuable.

 

[MistyRonin]

Physical, usually I buy digital copies but I reserve physical ones for Special Elite Games, and civ is among them.

Pretty much the same. I like to keep a collection of my fav games in boxes (and that includes all the civ games I owned).

I still keep the tech tree in paper that came with the civ 2.

 

[darko82]

Maybe someone still has that Civ III big carboard box? If you don't need it, you can hand it over to me.

 

[MrRadar]

I stopped buying physical copies quite some time ago. So much shelve space saved! But this time I went for the physical Anniversary edition. 25 years of engagement deserves some tangible memento

 

[Ryika]

With Steam you have it forever

Well.. for as long as Steam exists. Which might be "forever" within the boundaries of our lives, but still. No guarantee.

@topic:
The only time I ever regret only buying digital (and having been a kid who did not take good care about video game disks in the past) is when I see the AVGN's Nerd Room. Just can't decorate your apartment with a digital library.

On the bright side, this means that there's tons of space for other stuff.

 

[Vasire]

Where is the option "both"? It is Civ that we are talking about. I will buy digital just to play it on day 1.
But I will also order a physical copy which (thanks to their marketing policy) I have to order from Singapore if I want to have an English version. And it takes a month to get here.

 

[criZp]

If the box looks cool and there is no steam midnight launch then I might just go for the boxed one, even if I didn't buy a boxed game in forever.

 

[Haggbart]

Digital. Because there is finite shelf space, and my gf would just put it in a box anyway

 

[dturtle1]

Physical FTW....support your Brick and Mortar Stores .....and my internet is slow...
Also, i havent bought a single game in like 4eva that didn't require steam or Origin, or some other 3rd party online store. I still buy physical, unless i buy it on a whim in a steam summer sale. Any game that i actually want and has a physical release I buy from my local EB, or other supplier if EB's price sux

 

[ww2commander]

As mentioned, all the 'keepers' I prefer in a boxed edition. Civ series have always had a place on my shelf.

Looking at my Civ2 boxset still brings back fond memories of days when games needed little 'bells and whistles' to standout

 

[Gintoki89]

I was completely fine with the digital version until they announced the Collector's Edition so now I'm physical.

This.

 

[Acken]

I just buy digital these days. Things on shelves just take the dust at home.

 

[Dark_Jedi06]

Only went with a physical copy because I wanted the awesome collectors edition...otherwise I'm pretty much exclusively digital with my PC game library at this point.

 

[rastak]

Both. Allow me to explain. I ordered the 25th anniversary edition because with Amazon prime I literally got it for less than the digital version. I plan on buying two copies for lan play so I'll also be ordering the digital version for my second copy.