Home Video (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, 4k)

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On Reddit we have r/dvdcollection, r/boutiquebluray, r/4kbluray, r/steelbook, r/vhs, etc but let's start simply with a community to cover all the forms of home video collecting.

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Stop taking physical media fans for granted (filmstories.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The problem is that nearly all games need huge patches after launch, and so it makes physical collecting a bit pointless these days.

In terms of Switch games, several publishers have deliberately being using smaller carts (to save money) and you have to download the rest of the game when you get home with your purchase. I remember the guys who ported Diablo III were proud of the fact the entire games was on the cartridge upon launch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Most (not all) console games run fine without downloads or patches. It's not very common for a game to ship with game breaking bugs to the extent that Cyberpunk 2077 did.

Anyway, it doesn't really matter, because if the Internet disappears due to some disaster, we'll all have much bigger problems than playing video games. And if one of these giant MNCs pulls out of gaming or goes out of business, well, I guess we'll figure it out.