How to Screw Up a Physical Release by Activision

When word broke out that the original three PS Spyro games would be given a HD remake via the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, fans were thrilled. Ever since the roaring success of the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, fans were hoping that Spyro would get the same treatment. And that is exactly what happened. Excepted Activison being Activision, they managed to screw something up and in this case, that happens to be the game's physical release.

Man, you thought Capcom was bad when it came to mucking up the physical release for retro Mega Man games on the Switch? I'm in the camp of everyone else that feels Capcom just cheeped out by making a portion of the games of the Mega Man Legacy 1 and 2 Collections downloadable. I mean, they crammed 12 Street Fighter games on one Switch card so they've got zero excuse for doing Mega Man and X the way they did on the Switch. In what is yet another way for Activision to remind us all what a crappy company they are, the third party publisher has decided to give the physical release of the Spyro Reignited Trilogy the shaft by omitting two thirds of the game from the physical product. That's right, when you drop down the $40 for the hard copy of Syro, the only game on the disc will be the first entry. The second and third games are available via downloads.

Bravo, Activision, you've one-uped Capcom. At the very least with the Mega Man and X Legacy Collections more than half and half of the games are on the physical versions of the Switch compilations respectively. Activision's shoddy handling of the physical release of the Spyro Reignited Trilogy completely defeats the purpose of buying a physical version of the game. This news has gotten some fans and potential buyers so riled that they've refused to buy the game at all. If they were going to screw Spyro's physical remake over like this, then why even bother going out of the way to make a physical release at all?

I understand all too well that we are rapidly racing towards a dominantly digital driven game industry and that it is important that Activision maintain their horrible company status, but if you're going to do a physical release, don't do it half heartedly, or in this case, a third of a heart. All three Crash games on the N. Sane Trilogy on the physical release. Other than to discourage used game sales and to boost the game's digital sales, I have no idea why Activision would treat such a highly anticipated remake this way. Sure, digital buyers aren't affected but those that love physical game releases are and Activision has spit in those players faces