Physical copies of digital downloads

mentalblok · May 2, 2020

Is there any mechanism in place for the sale of physical copies of games that I have already added to my account digitally other than going out and physically buying the discs and paying again for the same game ?

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RetroGeekGirl

Is it a digital download or the physical copy?

RGG

4297f9a3-1dfb-4130-8

No, I'm afraid not. Digital and physical purchases are completely separate things.

Daft Badger

If it's not in your download history it's possible you had the physical copy of the game & not a digital copy.

If it was the digital copy then it will be in your download history as long as you are using the same account that downloaded the game in the first place.

Dirgee367

Do you have a physical copy or digital download?

LegendOfGta

All I'm saying is that physical copies of games are still being used today; this is why we shouldn't "do away with them" for digital copies. "If it ain't broke, DON'T FIX IT".

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You are more likely to have something terrible happen with a digital version rather than having a physical copy. Physical copies are more stable and are more "insured" as far as protection than a digital copy, which is really just streaming the files right
to your hard drive. With physical, you have all the information conveniently on one disk which you simply have to put into the CD/DVD-Drive. If somethign goes wrong with the digital copy's original download, what are you going to do? You have no way to physically
repair the problem in regards to a physical copy.

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This is why having digital copies only and doing away with physical copies altogether would be a terrible idea.

Physical copies of digital downloads