[quote name='captaintek3304']Servers for games shut down all the time. Titles are always being removed from marketplaces when their rights expire. These things do happen, its not like people are just making it up. Knowing the latest stance on backwards compatibility, I would not be surprised if next gen systems don't play current gen games. And at that point, the downloads will be removed for new games.
If I have a disc version, I can play it for as long as I want. If I lose the disc, break it, scratch it up, or if I'm stupid enough to leave it on the floor to be stepped on...those are all things I have control over and can help avoid by not being an idiot and taking care of my shit. If a digital distribution service shuts down, I have zero control over it. And unless I've saved my digital games to an uncorruptable hard drive, I'm always at risk of losing them and never getting them back. With hard discs, I can always get a copy. Even if I have to pay an arm and a leg for the rare games, the option is still there.[/QUOTE]
Again, there are pros and cons to both formats. I can play my PSOne digital classics on my PSP or my Vita. I'd like to watch you stick your old PlayStation disc on the PSP and play it. Digital copies don't take up any physical space, can have superior load times and can be downloaded on to other consoles without having to carry anything around or go to a store. And even a two year old can come up with a simple redundancy plan to keep their games safely backed up. I have several delisted XBLA games safely copied away, and unless two drives fail at the same time nothing is going to happen to them, and I won't need Xbox Live at all. There are good things about discs too, but I'm tired of people coming into threads with digital content and saying the same crap. 99% of gamers do not care about having a copy of a mass market game to last until the end of time and aren't worried about Xbox Live Armageddon. Lasting as long as their Mountain Dew powered attention span is plenty. So unless you've got a disc deal that's cheaper than this deal, stop raining on the digital parade.