Swag Saturday: Final Fantasy spinoff pack (PSP)

by Ben Gilbert { Oct 10th 2009 at 7:00PM }

If you're like us, you're ready for The Future of Digital Entertainment™ and want to get rid of all that silly, antiquated physical media still laying around the house. We're using some for coasters (something's gotta hold our Zima!), some for Halloween treats later this month, and some for Swag Saturday giveaways.

We're hoping that you're not like us and are instead hungrily searching for your chance to win a copy of both Dissidia Final Fantasy and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (on UMD, of course). Leave a comment below letting us what you're going to do with your physical media when the future is upon us and there's no turning back. We'll choose one winner at random after the comments are closed 24 hours from now. See you in the future!

Leave a comment letting us what you're going to do with your physical media when the future is upon us and there's no turning back.
You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec, presumably based on the longstanding feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys)
Limit 1 entry per person per day
This entry period ends at 7:01PM ET on Sunday, October 11
At that time, we'll randomly select one winner to receive Dissidia Final Fantasy ($40 ARV) and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII ($20 ARV)
For a list of complete rules, click here

Gallery: Final Fantasy Dissidia

Gallery: Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core - March 08

Tags: crisis-core, crisis-core-final-fantasy-vii, dissidia, dissidia-final-fantasy, final-fantasy, final-fantasy-vii, giveaway, joyswag, psp-go, square-enix, swag-saturday

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 18)

Brandon @ Oct 10th 2009 7:01PM

When the physical media is gone, I will push a hoop with a stick down a dirt road and call it good.

roger @ Oct 10th 2009 7:23PM

I'll just buy up all the cheap games for sale on physical media while others can pay full price for licenses to games they will never be able to sell back.

Traceur_Ryuk [All Digital until December] (PSN: Ryuk_shinigami) @ Oct 10th 2009 7:30PM

inb4 attention whores that reply to the first comment.

Sly @ Oct 10th 2009 8:23PM

no you aren't since you are one.

pax copia @ Oct 10th 2009 8:28PM

What will I backup my data on when physical media is gone? Clearly not snips, snails & puppy dog tails because those are just as tangible as BD-R. So what exactly or where exactly will all of the data "in the future" live when physical media is gone? Will we be forced to store it in daydreams and nightmares?

esposch @ Oct 10th 2009 8:36PM

This isn't an entry, but I'm surprised so few people have said "rip them into digital format." That's what I do with all my UMDs.

Sly @ Oct 10th 2009 9:34PM

i do that too.

Darkfocus @ Oct 10th 2009 9:40PM

The Future is Physical Media!!!
So I'll still be using it =D
Where you trying to imply something Joystiq ; /

SimbaDogg @ Oct 10th 2009 10:48PM

i'm going to kill myself

The 500th Person @ Oct 10th 2009 11:31PM

WARK

Evildude @ Oct 10th 2009 11:41PM

Count me in, I guess I'll start playing with ball and jacks again

Punkrawk Bbob @ Oct 11th 2009 9:17AM

Happilly continue using it and replaying old titles I used to love, like I already do. When DRM starts coming with time constraints (good for 2 years, 6 months, etc at a reduced price that people will jump on). I love going back to old titles I've already beaten and giving them another go.

Zexion_VI @ Oct 10th 2009 7:01PM

I will put it in a safe and store it in my basement... FOREVER.....

mgsrocks1 @ Oct 11th 2009 5:13AM

You do know that it will degrade over time right? If I was you I would put in a safe and send it to space. Sounds dumb? Perhaps but I think it will work. :P

Solace @ Oct 10th 2009 7:02PM

I'm going to eat it! OM NOM NOM NOM!

Complex @ Oct 10th 2009 10:32PM

I'm going to poop it.........

Lucas @ Oct 10th 2009 10:59PM

A large fondue pot, and a gigantic block of government cheese, using Wiimote attachments as utensils.

nbskid @ Oct 10th 2009 7:02PM

I'll keep on playing it on my active devices. MUAHAHAHAH!

Jeff Mukau @ Oct 10th 2009 7:02PM

I will make a time machine out of the physical media and then stop Sony from starting to go down this dangerous path. Which of course will eventually lead to the destruction of the world.

DriveBy @ Oct 10th 2009 7:03PM

I'll throw it at the guy who thought the PSP Go was a good idea.

Number_Zero @ Oct 10th 2009 7:03PM

Why I am still gonna play my physical media on my old systems. Why would I throw out hundreds of dollars of games?

BPMOmega [XBL, PSN, Steam] @ Oct 10th 2009 7:05PM

I will keeps them... My precious...

jinn35 @ Oct 10th 2009 7:05PM

frisbees

Daniel @ Oct 10th 2009 7:07PM

I'll stockpile them all on a shelf, so that years from now Joystiq will do a feature on my "retro" gaming collection.

Ryan M. @ Oct 10th 2009 7:07PM

I'm going to cremate the physical media and spread its ashes over the roof of a local Gamestop.

knuckles_006 @ Oct 10th 2009 7:07PM

keep it, I still have my NES cartridges

Aardmadrox @ Oct 10th 2009 7:08PM

I will take them out the plastic case and sell each mini disc to Janet Jackson as nipple jewelry! Yeah!

coolj @ Oct 10th 2009 7:08PM

loath it.

Roger @ Oct 10th 2009 7:08PM

Well since earth will likely be abandoned by then; I will hide them inside a mall. That way the only people able to get them will be space cowboys of the smoker and bald variety.

DarkArcon @ Oct 10th 2009 7:13PM

okay sarcastic comment time... PLAY THEM

Wiizer ($299) Having BC On Your Launch Console? (Priceless) @ Oct 10th 2009 7:09PM

I'M GOING TO USE IT TO START MY OWN TRAVELLING DOG FRISBY CIRCUS!!!

Dark @ Oct 10th 2009 7:09PM

Keep them so I can still play them, ofcourse :D

Solarick @ Oct 10th 2009 7:09PM

stuff it in a box and put it in the basement

justinslot @ Oct 10th 2009 7:09PM

I still have all my laserdiscs. My physical media shall be buried with me, like when a pharaoh took his servants with him to the underworld.

mahouneko @ Oct 10th 2009 7:10PM

I will preserve my physical media for posterity so that when dipshits come out who praise the awesomeness of a new game without knowing the classics that it was based on, I can at least pull it out and slap the system + game in their face.

aaronx_x @ Oct 10th 2009 7:11PM

feed the robots.

Kurifurisan @ Oct 10th 2009 7:11PM

I'm going to create works of art to display on my wall.

Sadistic Freek @ Oct 10th 2009 7:12PM

When I was younger, I sold my Sega Saturn along with the games I had for it to my friend(two of which are still my favorites: Nights into dreams, and Albert Odyssey). I regretted that decision for many years, and have since bought the items from ebay. I will never sell a system, nor game ever again, and will instead keep them no matter how obsolete.

Markez @ Oct 10th 2009 7:12PM

coasters!

rohan @ Oct 10th 2009 7:12PM

take my psp with those 2 games, go into my vault and say good bye to the sun

Saikisen @ Oct 10th 2009 7:12PM

I still haven't gotten Dissidia yet so of course I'm going to pop it into my PSP 2000's UMD drive.

As for crisis core, well I'll leave it in its beautiful packaging =]

Jerk Face @ Oct 10th 2009 7:12PM

They make bitchin' coasters.

JeremyR @ Oct 10th 2009 7:14PM

Well, considering I still have an Atari 2600 hooked up to my TV, I think it's safe to say I will be keeping my physical media until it wears out.

But just for the sake of this contest, I would say that I would use it for target practice. (Actually do that with old demo discs). I can put most my shots into a cd or dvd, I don't think that will be possible with a UMD though. (Much less a DS cart)

Actually, thanks to waggle and digital distribution, I think I'm probably just going to quit gaming in the future.