alexd Feb. 12, 2025, 12:10 a.m.

Does anyone still actually own their games anymore? Digital vs Physical in 2025

Been thinking about this after my steam library went down for maintenance yesterday. Like fr what do we even "own" anymore? Got 200+ digital games but can't play half my collection offline, meanwhile my bro still playing his ps2 games from 20 years ago without issues. Digital convenient af but starting to feel like we just renting everything these days πŸ€”

10960 Feb. 12, 2025, 2:16 p.m.

Lawyer here. Yall should read them digital licenses sometime. Spoiler: you never owned any of it πŸ€“

Sail hob Feb. 13, 2025, 5:42 p.m.

doing 6 month research project in antarctica rn. my physical games collection the only thing keeping me sane fr

duos 3322 Feb. 15, 2025, 8:20 p.m.

lost my entire ubisoft library cause someone hacked my 2fa. support be like "skill issue"

biowolf Feb. 17, 2025, 11:53 p.m.

Traded my gaming chair for a shelf of ps1 games. Who's really winning? (my back hurting tho)

okk Feb. 19, 2025, 3:44 p.m.

had to explain to my kids why they can't play their favorite game cause "servers sunset"

Prince Decereved Feb. 20, 2025, 6:32 p.m.

This conversation aged me 20 years fr fr

Dree Feb. 22, 2025, 1:37 a.m.

Using my old games as backup during power outages. Modern problems require retro solutions

rase_94 Feb. 24, 2025, 10:46 p.m.

carnival wifi got me completing dark souls with carrier pigeons speed fr

Dns_Kobra Feb. 26, 2025, 4:04 p.m.

Some discord mod deleted our server's game share and 3 years of saves gone just like that πŸ’€

mati Feb. 28, 2025, 7:22 p.m.

yall remember lan parties? now we need internet to play solo games

QWER@123 March 2, 2025, 11:13 a.m.

split screen gaming was the peak and nobody can tell me different

317 March 8, 2025, 8:39 p.m.

My gaming budget went from buying games to buying hard drives to store games i can't play

robertoo March 15, 2025, 10:07 p.m.

teaching game history at community college. try explaining to zoomers why cartridges were revolutionary

evgarf March 21, 2025, 2:19 a.m.

Digital games really said "i'm not like other girls, i need constant validation from servers"

61 mkr Faxa March 27, 2025, 8:52 p.m.

Offshore oil rig worker here. Physical games the only entertainment when you're living that no wifi life

Ald April 3, 2025, 1 p.m.

got locked out of my steam deck during family vacation. my cousin's gameboy still going strong

frankin April 9, 2025, 7:42 p.m.

emotional damage πŸ’€

sabina_25 April 14, 2025, 11:21 p.m.

my gaming room went from cool display shelves to looking like a data center

ayn April 18, 2025, 10:51 p.m.

Petition to make "checking server status" an olympic sport fr. Saw that gamerant article about physical advantages and it's making too much sense now. We really living in the worst timeline

220011ppmmbb April 26, 2025, 11:32 a.m.

Spent more time downloading patches than actually playing. Speedrun community in shambles

kristi4555559g May 1, 2025, 12:03 a.m.

they call it "games as a service" but the only service i'm getting is depression