Discman vs Cartman - which superhero are you?

GPXGPX
in Collector's Corner
As collectors, we have basically 2 choices:

1. The heavier, hard outershell-casing of the roms ie. carts.

2. The lighter, thin circular things, in various guises - cds, dvds, blurays ie. discs.



So the question is, are you a collector due to preference to 1 or 2 of the above? Or you collect both with more preference of one over the other? Or maybe you don't mind either, as long as the games are good?

 

Comments

  • dry_bowserdry_bowser
    I definitely prefer cartridges. CDs scratch easily even if you are super careful. I also recently saw a video that discs degrade by themselves over time (disc-rot). Cartridges appear to be longer lasting.
  • empireempire
    Carts for life
  • ne$_pimpne$_pimp
    Cart
  • gunpeigunpei
    Game-only works with cartridges, not so much with discs. Although carts that don't have labels on any thin edge are annoying to store/display alone.
  • DarkToneDarkTone
    Carts.



    The...... the carts.
  • brokenkevinbrokenkevin
    Carts
  • GoldeneyeGamerGoldeneyeGamer
    Carts; much easier to get working than discs, much easier to store by itself, etc.
  • GlovesGloves
    I'm honestly split down the middle. My biggest two collections are ps2 and NES. I've always had a thing for RPGs, so followed the good ones through the years, and that's meant moving on over to the Ps1 in the late 90s and forward.
  • MrWunderfulMrWunderful
    Downloads for me
  • VGS_OptOutVGS_OptOut
    I actively dislike discs as a medium, due to their fragility. No matter how careful you are with a disc, it WILL scratch through the course of normal use, there is no way around that. I don't like discs.
  • TWarwick07TWarwick07
    Carts for sure
  • Uncle MeatUncle Meat
    Carts, Barb.
  • stinkomanstinkoman
    Carts. Disc rot has been real enough for me already.



    My biggest turn off for disc collecting though is they don't feel unique. This all boils down to childhood nostalgia and thinking for me though. As a kid I would see Nintendo, or Genesis Cart shape and design, I know its special to that particular hardware and only that hardware can play those games. Though as a kid I knew CD games only would work with there specific systems, but it didn't stop me from feeling they all felt sorta generic and could do the same things.
  • NintendoAge ModeratorNintendoAge Moderator
    Make this into a poll.



    Carts for me. I grew up with family members that treated disks like shit, and it really did a number on my trust in that format.
  • GPXGPX
    Originally posted by: barrelsAndRivets

    Make this into a poll.



    Carts for me. I grew up with family members that treated disks like shit, and it really did a number on my trust in that format.





    Good idea, poll has been added!
  • NESking80NESking80
    Carts, way less fragile than disks, and easy to display loose.
  • TrevorTrevor
    Carts
  • zfleming54zfleming54
    I started as a stern cart-only buyer but have now become mostly pursuing disc games. I still am a fan of Switch going back to carts or cards, whatever they call them...
  • cradelitcradelit
    carts..  discs are just harddrives to me.
  • WATA GRADED WEBSITEWATA GRADED WEBSITE
    Carts!
  • MrPeaPodMrPeaPod
    Originally posted by: Gloves



    I'm honestly split down the middle. My biggest two collections are ps2 and NES. I've always had a thing for RPGs, so followed the good ones through the years, and that's meant moving on over to the Ps1 in the late 90s and forward.



    I'm right there with you. I love carts but they are just so damn expensive now. Ps2 and PS3 I can still get a dime a dozen.

     
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