Why they need to offer these games for download

Instead of having you copy them off the original cd:

My breath of fire 3 apparently has enough damage that a certain area of the disc is unreadable. The catch? This data happens to be in the last area of the game, and is required to finish it. I just hit 62.5 hours of playtime. Ugh.

Options? Get the disc resurfaced for $6-10. Gamble that one of the $20 “good” copies on half.com are undamaged enough to finish. Try one of the “like new” copies for $35. There are no “New” copies anywhere.

Games going out of print sucks.