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[Alianjaro]

I guess it's to make it seem worth more buying on eShop?

Yeah that was my point, I don't get why they want to make us buy the games on the eShop. Anyway, it's Nintendo, they're pros, they should know what they're doing.

[YoshiGamer9]

Yeah that was my point, I don't get why they want to make us buy the games on the eShop. Anyway, it's Nintendo, they're pros, they should know what they're doing.

If they did they would better online servers... AC3 online crashes a lot and miiverse is so kiddy THAT I got a notification saying I said "bad words" I called someone an idiot...

[Leigh_u69]

Download are good ie no dice etc etc but they need too be cheaper.... End off

[Eggplante!]

The biggest thing I'm upset about with digital-only is going to be the lack of collector's edition content. I mean, sure you might pay extra for DLC or a season's pass or something, but what about that cool journal from the game, or statuette, or even that gold Wii Remote? Gone

[umegames]

3. You can pick your region so that you pay less tax. For example I live in B.C. & usually pay 12% tax, by selecting the neighboring Alberta I was able to only pay 5% tax.

I've been tempted to do that, but isn't that illegal? i would like to know why i pay tax with nintendo but not sony.

Anyhow, i actually prefer download, but now and days I've gotten away with needing to have a shelf collection of games. I like the ease of access via download, but i also like being able to trade in the games when I'm done. For this reason, i welcome the day games become all digital, so i can eliminate wanting to trade in games.

[Falconberg]

I've been tempted to do that, but isn't that illegal? i would like to know why i pay tax with nintendo but not sony.

Anyhow, i actually prefer download, but now and days I've gotten away with needing to have a shelf collection of games. I like the ease of access via download, but i also like being able to trade in the games when I'm done. For this reason, i welcome the day games become all digital, so i can eliminate wanting to trade in games.

It probably is illegal & I normally wouldn't have done it, but when I bought my wiiu points card they charged me 12% tax for it. I didn't want to have to pray full tax twice so I changed my region. I still payed 17% tax though when I should've only payed 12%. So if the law wants to get on my case they can suck beans.

[umegames]

It probably is illegal & I normally wouldn't have done it, but when I bought my wiiu points card they charged me 12% tax for it. I didn't want to have to pray full tax twice so I changed my region. I still payed 17% tax though when I should've only payed 12%. So if the law wants to get on my case they can suck beans.

lol hilarious, but i see your point

[Coggit]

I will nearly always buy retail for the following reasons:

• ALWAYS cheaper. - Okay, so since I got the premium, I get 10% back, but ZombiU, for example, is currently £35 in GAME and £49.99 on the eShop. So even with the 10%, it isn't worth it.
• You can return the game - so, I enjoy playing through Darksiders 2 at the moment. However, it's not a game that has a lot of replay value in my opinion, therefore when I've finished it, I will be able to sell it on for £20-25, something you are unable to do with games bought from the eShop.
• I like having boxes

[Eggplante!]

It probably is illegal & I normally wouldn't have done it, but when I bought my wiiu points card they charged me 12% tax for it. I didn't want to have to pray full tax twice so I changed my region. I still payed 17% tax though when I should've only payed 12%. So if the law wants to get on my case they can suck beans.

Not sure what you mean here since Wii U games that you buy online are not bought with points. Also, if you are talking about Wii games you buy for points, you don't pay tax twice since you pay in points, so if a game is 800 points, you pay 800 points, not 800 *1.12 or whatever your tax rate is. You would have paid tax on the 2000 points you bought, for example, but not twice.

[Falconberg]

Not sure what you mean here since Wii U games that you buy online are not bought with points. Also, if you are talking about Wii games you buy for points, you don't pay tax twice since you pay in points, so if a game is 800 points, you pay 800 points, not 800 *1.12 or whatever your tax rate is. You would have paid tax on the 2000 points you bought, for example, but not twice.

Quite right. it wasn't a points card. It was $60 worth on the eshop, which they charged me tax for. I found out they weren't supposed to though & yesterday they gave me my money back for it.

[TheUltimateWaddleDee]

I never sell back my games, so I don't have a problem with digital. If the games are huge, like Smash Bros though, I go retail. Another thing, people say that you don't own the game when you go digital, but you only own a license to play it. Is the company going to take it back from you or something?

[Malazan777]

Retail for me mainly because of price and lack of space on hard drives. What's the score with the wii u crappy hard drive size anyway?
When it comes to trade ins I'm not overly bothered as I've discovered recently the shop Game offer rubbish price on wii u games, offered me under £20 for epic mickey 2 even though it's £49.99 new in their shop.

[Gamejunkie]

I never sell back my games, so I don't have a problem with digital. If the games are huge, like Smash Bros though, I go retail. Another thing, people say that you don't own the game when you go digital, but you only own a license to play it. Is the company going to take it back from you or something?

The same applies to physical retail games and not just digital games.

[Eggplante!]

I never sell back my games, so I don't have a problem with digital. If the games are huge, like Smash Bros though, I go retail. Another thing, people say that you don't own the game when you go digital, but you only own a license to play it. Is the company going to take it back from you or something?

They're not going to take it back from you or anything, but the argument is being made about whether or not you will always have access to that game. Let's say Nintendo goes bankrupt or decides to stop offering certain games on its online store. (Get around the fact that those things probably won't happen, but we've seen worse and weirder things happen). If you have paid for a game and are granted a license to use it but Nintendo no longer offers  it, you can't redownload it, which means you've effectively lost the money you've paid for it. The same thing would not happen with a physical copy unless it requires a constant internet connection to servers to verify its authenticity, though game companies are moving away from that now anyway.

The same applies to physical retail games and not just digital games.

That's actually not true. No, you don't own the physical assets of course, or every gamer would have a 0.00001% ownership of Modern Warfare 3 or Super Smash Bros. or any other game. But you do own an always playable copy of the game that cost you probably the same price as a digital copy would have.