8 TINY Things Video Games Do That Drive Us Crazy
1. Special Editions That Don't Include The Game
Currently in gaming, there exists a divide between those that are more than happy to move into a digital library and those who cling helplessly onto the precious delight of unwrapping a game and putting it on your shelf. There are absolutely good arguments for both sides of the debate so it seems a little unfair to make an entry that lambasts one side of the other.
Surely the point of digital however is that you don't want stuff in your house? And the point of a Special Edition is that you want as much swag as possible? So why, oh why, are the most pricey versions of games not actually coming with a physical copy of the title itself and instead a code?
It's become a worrying trend that special editions are swag bags of memorabilia - statues, steel-books and exclusive DLC - and no actual disc. From a publisher perspective this cracks down, of course, on a consumer's choice to resell. It also, scarily, means that video game preservation moves into dark territory.
What if the game you bought, for whatever reason, needs to be taken off digital storefronts? Or, in fact, if that system's storefront eventually closes? It may seem unthinkable now but it probably felt the way during the days of the PSP, Vita, 3Ds and Wii U stores before they shuttered for good, taking away the games that were exclusive to them.
Outside of a glass cabinet of video game statuettes, nowawdays collectors find themselves with a shelf that is starting to fill with empty steel-books. Suddenly you no longer own this game, even if you have all the special edition guff.