Cartridge Club Debate #1 - Physical v. Digital

Two members of the CartridgeClub debate the pros and cons of Physical Games and Digital Games.   Panel Eric Twitter: https://twitter.com/MightyQDawg | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMightyQDawg Seigi Twitter: https://twitter.com/seigiac | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQnJN0t7-fIH1S2obV_fXIg | Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/bonus-barrel/id966204381?mt=2 Derek Twitter: https://twitter.com/dege13 | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy8DbRGsv97NaYrOXz7xfBw Player 1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/CartridgeBros | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CartridgeBros | Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/la/podcast/cartridge-club/id955994396?mt=2 Main Topic: Physical Games (Eric) v. Digital Games (Seigi) Sub Topics: 1. Cost 00:03:24 Q: As a gamer on a budget where will I find the better value for my dollar and why? 2. Storage 00:21:06 Q: How do you rate the time, effort and space associated with maintaining a collection within your media of choice? 3. Flexibility 00:40:38 Q: Do you find unlimited stock through digital distribution is better or worse than the tangibility and lending your games? 4. Accessibility 00:51:59 Q: Which presents less risk to gamers with large collections of games; deterioration of circuit boards, memory chips and save batteries or the shutting down of servers and failing of drives that house their games? 5. Industry 01:05:17 Q: What challenges or benefit does your media type offer to developers? What about publishers? 6. Distribution 01:21:23 Q: If the industry shifted heavily in favour of your type of media as the sole method of distribution, what effect would this have on retail outlets, both online and physical?