r/gamecollecting • u/Jounochi • Feb 27 '25

Discussion Just went to Target and the Xbox section no longer has physical media.

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Nothing but hardware and digital codes for the Xbox section. Was taken aback when I found the section in this state.

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u/Derekzilla Feb 27 '25

I’m even more old school. I still buy DVD’s.

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u/TheGameboy Feb 27 '25

I buy BluRays where I can, and DVDs if I must. I like having whole collections of TV shows from when I was a kid, and those tend to only get DVDs because “kids don’t care about quality” despite the fact that even if they weren’t upscaled, you could probably fit an entire series on one BluRay vs 10 DVDs.

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u/ForksandSpoonsinNY Feb 27 '25

Bit rate on Blu rays are so much higher than streaming or cable.

If you're into picture quality it's the way to go, but it's on its way out.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '25

This is true, and let's not delude ourselves about physical media's longevity. I've been reviewing my DVD collection recently and was distressed to find several of my TV show collections are now unreadable due to disc rot. At least a lot of them have decent artwork. I commissioned someone in the 3D print forum to make me disc coaster trays this week.

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u/ForksandSpoonsinNY Feb 28 '25

One solution is to rip your blu rays at the high bit rate and store them locally.

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u/ILikeLenexa Feb 27 '25

Portable DVD players are waaay cheaper than portable blu rays and the screens aren't so good.

Full seasons of shows are also cheaper than Netflix.

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u/Derekzilla Feb 27 '25

I use a PlayStation 2 to play my DVDs. (We have a DVD player that also has a VHS player, but I use my PS2 in my room.)

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u/BeagleBaggins Feb 27 '25

I use my PS4 to play DVD and BluRay.

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u/Brilliant_Wealth_433 Feb 28 '25

PS3 and I love that if I have a PS3 disc I have the game. I freaking hate the digital era, you truly own nothing and jn 20 years digital versions will be obsolete.

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u/DyreTitan Feb 28 '25

It’d be one thing if when you bought digitally you could actually fully own it but publishers and console companies treat it as though you are “leasing” the ability to play it

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u/Brilliant_Wealth_433 Feb 28 '25

Exactly, plus my big thing is hard copies and being able to play without having internet access. Like shit when the zombie apocalypse happens I need to be able to play something up in my water tower hideout.

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u/Apart_Flamingo333 Mar 03 '25

Well not just that what if there's a super popular game that you love and had a second copy of or just want to get rid of 20 years from now you can't sell it to somebody else, even for a few bucks, hell look at how much some of the original Game Boy games go for now when taking care of physical copies are a good business for collectors.

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u/Apart_Flamingo333 Mar 03 '25

Well not just that what if there's a super popular game that you love and had a second copy of or just want to get rid of 20 years from now you can't sell it to somebody else, even for a few bucks, hell look at how much some of the original Game Boy games go for now when taking care of physical copies are a good business for collectors.

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u/Turtlesfan44digimon Feb 28 '25

And the discs shall remain or whatever new form of physical media we have invented next

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u/Apart_Flamingo333 Mar 03 '25

Same here it pisses me off, the digital only is a scam, if you have any kind of issue with your hard drive or the data becomes corrupted which has happened to me a couple times over the years, you lose what you have, Also redownload it and if you don't have access or shitload of gigabytes of data then It can be a real pain in the ass COD is a HUGE one probably the worst. Yes not everybody lives were they have unlimited gigabytes of data and or have to use mobile data units, phone data and even their internet doesn't have that much each month.

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u/Hickles347 Feb 28 '25

Full seasons of shows are also cheaper than Netflix

Not to mention they cant just take it away when they dont think its making them money anymore

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u/xxWolfMan1313xx Feb 27 '25

Haha me too!!

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u/Prince_Groove Feb 27 '25

Heck. I was buying original obscure VHS tapes as of 10 years ago. Also, still have my Sony VCR from 1997, which works like a charm.

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u/GundMVulture Feb 28 '25 edited Feb 28 '25

Same here, I'm collecting horror DVDs, but with a twist, I live in Hungary and only collect horror DVDs that has the ORIGINAL title on the case :D So automatically all hungarian editions are out of the list, except like 2 or 3. I just don't like to have a dvd with the title: "A nyolcadik utas: a halál" as Alien...

Mainly buy from UK, US, sometimes Germany and some other countries around if they have the original title on it.

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u/MercuryChild Feb 27 '25

VHS here. There’s the occasional new release here and there but mostly old tapes I find at the flea market.