Astralzero

I'm a similar age to you, and my gaming hardware history was quite similar to yours, yet my view is the complete opposite. Physical media is inefficient and unreliable. Discs can break, they can be damaged, and that means that you can have problems installing games when you only have a copy on disc, discs can be lost and the boxes take up space in your home. I honestly don't understand this obsession with being able to hold something! I wish movies were