Disk Games vs Games on Demand

[Solid]

Which do you think is better? Buying a disk copy of a game for your Xbox 360 or downloading it for the same price?

I'm stuck on this. I want to get Saint Rows 2 for $20 on Games on Demand for the 360 but I've heard that downloaded games from it are slower. Is this true?

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[Moriarty]

For me, No. But it could be true for you if you dont have alot of space.
Also you usually need atleast 5gb for most GOD(inb4greatoverdeemer) games though.

[Qwepir]

discs scratch.

[Rekuddo]

Downloaded games are much faster then being read from a disc.

[Slugger]

Downloaded games are much faster then being read from a disc.

This is why I installed l4d on my Hard Drive so it uses little amount of the disc.

[Solid]

I have like 101GB of freespace on my Xbox.

[MasterBlockMan]

Buy on the disc. Games on demand takes a hell of alot of time.

[Slugger]

Buy on the disc. Games on demand takes a hell of alot of time.

Discs scratch and by a hell of alot of time do you mean download or load times?

Load times are faster from the hard drive and quieter than a disc

[Katamari007]

Games on demand takes a hell of alot of time.

Get better internet

[Hiiro3293]

Downloaded games can't be returned and take up hard drive space, Disks scratch and break, and might be corrupt   if a downloaded game is corrupt you can just re-download it... depends on your personal style, I personally like disks cause in 50 years they might be worth something for those collectors

[Sabbin]

discs scratch.

Take care of your loving discs and they won't.

[M]

Get better internet

The average american home has faster internet than my government. I'll take discs, thanks.

This is as a general rule; I used a workaround to install Red Faction: Guerrilla into Steam (installing it from my friend's disc, then copying it into steamapps/common/ and telling Steam to verify its game files) because downloading games off Steam is sloooooow. I still haven't installed most of the games I own on it despite having barely under a terabyte of space left.

[dawngaward0110]

Sometimes when I buy a game, i'm like: "Aw forget i need the disc. Like why cant it be without it's loving installed on my computer"
It just confuses me. It's just plain annoying in my eyes.

[Carzo]

I'm a very materialistic person and enjoy game cases and such(I take care of my discs, they don't get that scratched, so that's not a problem), but downloaded titles are nice and convenient.  

When it comes down to it though, if I could either go buy a game disc or download it, I'd go buy the disc.

[tikitai]

The average american home has faster internet than my government. I'll take discs, thanks.

This is as a general rule; I used a workaround to install Red Faction: Guerrilla into Steam (installing it from my friend's disc, then copying it into steamapps/common/ and telling Steam to verify its game files) because downloading games off Steam is sloooooow. I still haven't installed most of the games I own on it despite having barely under a terabyte of space left.

l4d2 took an entire afternoon
:U