PS3 Fanboy

Exactly, that's why I hate it when people on message boards keep complaining that they aren't showing off any merchandise when the games aren't the point of the conference!!!

Andrew, Is it possible to acquire Sony's free engine to say the budding game developer?

James,

The problem lies on the fact that not every indie developer has the chance to get a contract with a company to publish his/her game...

The chances of an indie developing studio to be able to afford a devkit are higher than the ones of the studio being able to get a contract to publish their game...

Also, there are many ways nowadays to see how a game is, there is written and video reviews, hell, you can even find gameplay videos in YouTube and so on. There are many games on the PSN that offer a demo, hey, there are some games for which you just can't really give a demo, was there a demo for Shadow of the Collosus?

And digital distributed games are cheaper than their retail counterparts...

So in general, digital distribution IS a "pro" from almost every angle...

im with Noshino

ive purchased a few PSN games before without playing demos but i still did it with confidence that i was purchasing good games. that's because of sites like this giving extensive updates and reviews along with sites like YouTube giving me gameplay videos and even videos of actual people who bought the game playing it and telling us how it is.

u do have a point about not being able to resell games you dont like but i see being a more educated buyer as a better solution to the problem. i dont buy anything new without researching it to death (reading reviews and watching videos mostly) and recently ive purchased a great HDTV, PS3, and Smartphone and couldnt be happier with all of my purchases. if you know how to get the most out of the internet, buyers remorse is for the most part a thing of the past.

I hear both sides, but I've got to agree with James simply because if I'm buying it then I want to own it. In terms of physical media vs. digital I think it boils down to this:

If I own the disk then I can decide if I keep it or resell it. I like getting something back when I'm done with it. I've resold lots of games that helped pay for the next ones. I would do the same with any product if it was worth the time and effort. Trading games is easy and allows me to continue my "addiction" :P to gaming! Having said that, I'm referring to games like Warhawk or Shivering Isles, not the $10 PSN titles.

Now on the other hand with DD, I see one other potential positive that is not being addressed and that is future consoles. I'd like to think that everything we download, along with our PSN accounts, will simply transfer to the PS4 when the time comes. I'd love to "take" all my d/l's with me by either having them "attached" to my account or by the h/d. I've been thinking a lot about how this would work and am really excited about DD possibilities and how they would tie in with future consoles. Also, I sure as hell like launching directly from the h/d. Yep, no getting off the couch to swap discs out everytime I want to play something else.

Ultimately, I'd choose the physical media right now if I had a choice (e.g. Warhawk, Shivering Isles) since I can get real value for it down the road and I don't have to worry about data corruption or my hard drive crashing in the future. DD is coming for better or worse...

Please Sony release it. Ill save my lunch money and you can have it.

who are these credit cardless people you speak of? i dont have a credit card and still buy stuff on the PSN. if you have a bank account, most banks will let you get a debit card which is much better than a credit card in my opinion. it basically takes the money right out of your bank account when you make a purchase rather than putting it on credit for you to pay back later.

(this is all assuming of course, you dont know what a debit card is, no offense of course lol)

Sony is solving this through the use of pre-paid cards.