What about the swag. Back when if you preordered a harvest moon game you got either a chicken, bubble cows, or sheep plush/keyring/themed playing cards
Oh, man, do I ever miss the feelies. The first computer game I really got into was Ultima IV, with its map and cool spellbook and little ankh. I yearn for the days when games came with manuals that you wanted--and needed!--to read. Stupid digital copies!
QUOTE="LRangerR, post: 42979, member: 3730"]
Honestly I think that digital-only copies are a cancer to the gaming industry. There are a couple of games i can no longer play anymore because they have changed from the version that i purchased. Who's to tell what else is being changed? It is a very serious problem to freedom and humanity that isn't yet universally recognized, yet I have been opposed to digital releases from their outset.
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I totally agree. I hate having to use Steam to play a game I bought, I hate having to download major releases, I hate not being able to buy secondhand/resell/loan/borrow games freely. "Very serious problem to freedom and humanity" might sound like hyperbole, but I feel like it *is* a real issue, too.