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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
4-12-2008 @ 7:06PM
Liquid Ocelot (call me Liquid) said...
Going to have to say no. I prefer both, but Wii owners don't even know what downloadable games are. 90% is a bold claim...
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4-12-2008 @ 7:06PM
frankym said...
Digital distribution is the wave of the future
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4-12-2008 @ 7:14PM
Jove said...
if u said by 2010 then i would say no but by 2018 it would make sence. so yes i agree.
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4-12-2008 @ 7:14PM
Jove said...
so wii owners dont know? lol.
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4-12-2008 @ 7:16PM
fragilefilter27 said...
Netflix, XBL, PSN, ITunes, and Steam. I think if anyone should worry is the brick-and-mortar stores. Still you can't beat unwrapping a new game.
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4-12-2008 @ 7:20PM
Syn said...
Hard to say. By 2018 we'll have the next gen systems.
Now if all games are online, the amount of 'buyers' will actually drop. Not everyone has an internet connection as of now. And unless all cities/countries upgrade their current internet/servers, it will actually cause more problems. Hell downloading a demo on PSN at the sametime as thousands of other people, takes forever. Now try downloading an entire game. Id rather own a hardcopy then download an entire game. PS4 better have a couple Terabytes...
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4-12-2008 @ 11:03PM
Dehshizknight said...
Lol, that means they won't have a disk/cartridge drive at all!!!
4-12-2008 @ 7:39PM
MCX said...
Cant wait will we can do away with all monitors and just upload the games directly to our brains and kill the video display industry.
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4-13-2008 @ 4:15AM
Jove said...
lmao
4-12-2008 @ 7:49PM
never$$hort said...
It would be a sad day if physical media completely dies out.. But I think its safe to say that in 2018 DD will definitely be more mainstream.
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4-12-2008 @ 7:54PM
Kspraydad said...
As long as I can archive the games so that when the server that is acting as back up to your download eventually gets shut down I can still own and play the game.
/breaks out his 5.25 floppies for some Loadrunner fun.
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4-12-2008 @ 7:55PM
Ghostbuddy said...
No...
Theres no benefit to the consumer if they buy games online. Theres only negatives.
Digital distribution means no more lending games to and from friends. No more renting games from Blockbuster before buying. Digital distribution means no more backwards capadibility. No more returning a game. It means, if your hardware is stolen, breaks or is destroyed ever single game you bought is lost. Hundreds of dollars out of the window. If your computer gets a nasty virus, and you have to clear everything out. Bang you've lost hundreds of dollars worth of games. Just to play a game your going to have to go through large download times. Game distribution is not casual friendly. People don't want to put there credit card on the net, to buy 60$ games.
The truth is, if this happens it will hurt the game industry as bad as this is hurting the music industry. You might cite apples Ipod as an example to prove digital distribution is the future.
The problem is, the ipod has many advantages over retail discs. For example you get to buy the songs you want, and only the songs you want. The UI is another example. But further more, no one really buys songs for the Ipod. Everyone gets songs free off of lime wire. If the IPOD had no strengths over CDs, the Ipod would of dailed. The IPOD wouldn't of succeeded just because of digital distribution. Things don't succeed just because they are new.
If digital distribution takes over the game industry. Im going to spend as much as I do on games as I do on music now. 0$ a year despite having more songs to listen to then ever. And a lot of people are going to do the same. The game industry will be a wreak.
Maybe im wrong. But I have yet to see one method of digital distribution for games that has an even remote chance of having mainstream potential.
I mean, the only reason I buy any game software through digital distribution is because it cannot be found at retail outlets. I buy DLC all the time. But if that content was available at retail I, and everyone else would pick it up there.
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4-12-2008 @ 8:22PM
never$$hort said...
I agree, we need both options for those very reasons.
4-12-2008 @ 8:27PM
Daniel said...
Agreed. Everytime I hear DD is the wave of the future, I say "ugh" it makes me sick to my stomach. I hate digital download games. It's fine for games like Pain and it does give independant companies (such as the company that made Pain) a chance to shine but as for full games (like Warhawk and Gran Turismo 5P) I don't like the idea of spending that much money on something I don't have a hard copy of. Not to mention I have 100's of games. If they were all DD it would take 100's of GBs of space so for DD's to become mainstream, HD space needs to become much bigger and CHEAPER first.
4-12-2008 @ 11:52PM
rob said...
To Ghostbuddy:
That's not true. Digital distribution, you can still trade with friends. Just give your friends your account and have them download it. It's more trouble, but then again, we don't know how fast internet is by then, so it might be really quick. They can allow a "trial" period like a lot of current programs (example: microsoft vista) that acts like rental, and it could even be free, basically demo, but the full game. I dont understand why there wouldn't be bc, look at virtual console. You can't return a game now. If your hardware breaks, just fix it, and redownload everything from your account. Same with virus. Again, we don't know how fast internet will be by 2018, so maybe download a 50 gig might only take 15 minutes. Game distribution is...obviously casual friendly. If you want to buy a game (even now) you have to go through some form of game distribution, hard copy or digital download. More and more people are putting their credit cards online for things much more expensive than $60. Hell, I pay all my bills online, that adds up to hundreds of dollars a month. Most people's bank accounts are online. Most credit card companies allow online. Most retail stores have online outlets. I don't see the problem with putting money online. And this could even be avoided if Sony or MS or Nintendo just allow "Game cards" to be bought retail, like gift cards. I can see this happening by 2018, but it all depends on the global internet connection. If we all have at least T3, then DD makes sense. If we still use dial-up/DSL/Cable, then absolutely no.
4-14-2008 @ 11:16AM
buzzbean said...
I agree with 90% of what you are saying. DD works for games like pj:m, pain, etc. tiny games you buy on a whim. But if I am paying $60 for a game that I know I will not play forever, I will want to trade, cash in those games. DD, is nice for the instant factor, and most definitely has proven itself with game add-ons. For the guy who gives access to his account to his friends??? I hope you have really trustworthy friends.
4-12-2008 @ 9:21PM
nillaP said...
wut about all of the places like game stop that would suffer
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4-12-2008 @ 9:47PM
massive_98 said...
Well, I'll be part of that 10%. Heck, I'm still buying CDs. Also with jobs being lost left and right we can't afford to lose more to technology.
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4-13-2008 @ 5:22AM
Phizzy said...
'Bought online' doesn't mean downloaded. I buy games online all the time.
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4-13-2008 @ 6:02AM
dragomshaz said...
Its true that digital distrubution will take over the future but then again it has bad sides to it like what ghostbuddy said.I have feeling digital distrubution will have its limit,heck i think it can do it now as digital distrubution is happening now.
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