There’s an emotional side of this conversation that also deserves a mention. The feeling of walking into a store, picking out a new movie or an old classic you want to watch, taking it home, and adding it to your collection… it’s something that can’t be replicated.
I have an extensive video game collection, and to me, it’s more than a pile of discs and cases – it’s a physical manifestation of my love, nostalgia, and reverence for the art form. The same goes for 4K discs, and I’m looking forward to adding more to expanding my collection in coming years.
I really connect with this. There is huge value in curating your own personal collection, whether that's films, music, or anything else, as opposed to paying someone else to do it for you based on algorithms or just paying for access to the exact same collection as everyone else. It's an expression of who you are as a unique individual, and I love when I can go to a friend's place and dig through their bookshelf or physical game collection and have an insightful conversation about it. We can't talk about their Netflix or Spotify account in the same way, it just doesn't even come close to replicating that feeling.