I don't care for the box, nor for the (un)safe payment, but I need CD/DVDs for archiving my HD is only 40GB anyway, but even if I had a greate HD and faster internet connection, I wouldn't want that...

I like the boxes plus there are a million spyware "MEEPS" on my Hdd so i like the idea of cathin the bus down the street when ur bored and buyin a game.
PLUS the older 1 dollar dos games ALWAYS come in boxes.
There are always a millioin dos cd games there for a few buks
oops :ot:

I want the boxes :D and the manuals. Yeah, some games come with little 10-page leaflets they call manuals, but others still have neat stuff in the box. And I really like that.
That and having the game CDs with those pretty drawings on them.

:cheers: True, very true :D

I wouldn't buy games that way 'cause, on my 3.92 GB hard, it's becomes almost impossible to keep install kits on it, so the digital delivery in my opiniion :not_ok:
(Also I can't buy games due to the lack of money :cry: )

I think its a nice option to have but I personally prefer having a box... it makes my purchase more 'real' for me. If I can touch it take it where I want and what not it feels a lot more personal than if it is simply a downloaded file.

Agree with you there. I never bother to read (or find) PDF / HTML manuals included in games, but always use the paper ones as bedtime reading :)

And even though I was one of the few people that actually bought HL2 on DVD, I still had to wait forever for it to install, check all its protections, update, etc, etc just because it used Steam. I can't imagine how much longer it'd take just downloading if I got it through Steam.

Plus, digitally delivered games aren't as easy to borrow, lend, offer as gifts or just plain show off :bleh: And no connection is "ultra" enough to get today's games which are GBs in size in some minutes, which is how long it takes me to go to the store and buy a game. Specially since it also depends on the distance between server and user and how hogged the server's connection is with all the downloads.

#4 mainly.

I dislike it, and think its a verry dumb idea.
1.Dls take FOREVER
2.You never know if the site your looking at is fake
3.It doesn't discourage pirating, it encourages is, for example, I could go into the Guild Wars website and dl the game, then, using a friends account, I could play it for free, I wouldn't need to buy the game or anything
4.The Box is cool
5.NO MANUAL, ok so theres probly a .pdf file, but come on, it just isn't the same
6.Not everyperson who buys games has a credit card, I don't but I still play and buy games.

I agree with you, 310%.