In recent years, many companies have chosen to launch their games only in digital format. This is the case of studies that are starting, that need to save costs and that's why just getting to Steam, PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store or the Nintendo eShop gives them life because they don't have to make huge investments. Now, what happens to those users who only contemplate buying video games in physical format?
Don't worry, you can keep playing them
Examples like the recent Stray, which is coming out this July for PC, PS4 and PS5, or Among Us, born in digital stores for mobile phones, have brought back to the present day all those games that were planned with a single digital release to, later and thanks to the success achieved, arrive in physical format, be it a Blu-ray disc, DVD or cartridge for Switch. So if you think We are going to remind you of several examples that began to be sold only in digital stores and, as the months went by, they also ended up reaching the stores of a lifetime. Do you remember?
Damn Castilla
We could consider him the father of this fashion. the clone of Ghost'n goblins made in Spain he won the prize of having physical editions specials that delighted the gamers most attached to having a box, a disc or a cartridge to use with their consoles.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
The success of this launch, which arrived a few weeks ago in digital format, has been overwhelming and has helped earn the possibility of having it physically with some amazing editions being marketed by Limited Run. Without a doubt, a game that deserves to be on display on our shelves of great games in recent years.
souldiers
This Spanish game, created by a indie study located in Madrid, it also reached its goal of being distributed in physical format thanks to the Pixel Love company, which has versions for each of the consoles for which it came out. This is PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.
Riverbond
This fun title released three years ago He also managed to make the players fall in love, despite the fact that it was only marketed in a strictly digital format. Its isometric graphics, its game mechanics, unbridled action and a good price did the rest. Now, how could it be otherwise, the popular outcry led to its materialization finally being won in a physical game that you can still buy on the Limited Run website.
Unpacking
This wonder called Unpacked es one of those games that mark one, First, because of its simplicity, because of the very basic idea that it offers but which is tremendously fun and, at times, relaxing and exciting. The thing is about ordering different rooms in a house that changes as our protagonist grows: first her playroom in her parents' house and later the different floors that she is occupying in each phase of the vital progression of she. Student residence, shared apartment, own house with a partner, then the children arrive... His success and popularity allowed him to earn his physical edition.