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With Microsoft's reportedly _digital only_ plans for Xbox's future [now leaked](https://www.eurogamer.net/its-a-good-thing-microsoft-now-says-its-adorably-all-digital-future-plans-are-outdated), Xbox boss Phil Spencer had to be quick to dismiss the information as _outdated_, as physical collectors and preservationists were already staring to panic on social media. Regular readers will undoubtedly know I'm mostly a physical kind of guy as well---see [is collecting physical games worth it part III](/post/2022/10/is-collecting-physical-games-worth-it-part-iii/)---although no panic attacks were induced here, as I don't care about Xbox.
With Microsoft's reportedly _digital only_ plans for Xbox's future [now leaked](https://www.eurogamer.net/its-a-good-thing-microsoft-now-says-its-adorably-all-digital-future-plans-are-outdated), Xbox boss Phil Spencer had to be quick to dismiss the information as _outdated_, as physical collectors and preservationists were already starting to panic on social media. Regular readers will undoubtedly know I'm mostly a physical kind of guy as well---see [is collecting physical games worth it part III](/post/2022/10/is-collecting-physical-games-worth-it-part-iii/)---although no panic attacks were induced here, as I don't care about Xbox.
The Xbox plan leak wasn't the first to try and push cloud-based gaming: hello, Stadia---hey, where are you going? Okay, [bye, Stadia](https://killedbygoogle.com/)! Yet it reminded me yet again why buying and playing physical games has, for me, many advantages over a digital purchase. Unconventional advantages that I see rarely mentioned, beyond the obvious preservationist perspective, which, if you factor in DLC, patches, and sometimes even required online connections, is more of an illusion than anything else. Most of these reasons to still buy physical games can also be applied to DVDs so I generalized the title to _media_. Here's why I still like buying tangible things.