averyblund said:
Uhhh... what? I think if the customer is satisfied the company has done their job. And I can't imagine how much the App Store would suck if I actually had to drive to a Best Buy or Apple Store to buy apps. That would totally moronic on Apple's part. Heck I wish all the consoles would let me download their games for a fee and burn them- never gonna happen but I wish it would. I got my iPhone cheaper than the touch I was looking at. Payed $100 which to me seems pretty affordable compared to crap like the Instinct or whatever the knockoff of the week is. The G1 is sexy though- but expensive. ANybody who buys an iPhone at MSRP is either in a hurry or a fool.
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If the customer is satisfied, it doesn't necessarily mean there's nothing to improve. Yeah, App Store would be pretty... stupid if you had to buy a retail copy. However, I'd like having a chance. That said, if/when all consoles become download-only, I might actually reject all consoles. That burn part could make a difference though... Yeah, would probably make me a much more frequent buyer online. I'm just worried about my rights as a customer - the whole affair being easy just isn't enough to make me forget my rights.
It seems you were lucky with you iPhone - still, it's too expensive for what you get and that alone is enough reason to stay away from it (and Apple). Actually the price of Apple's products makes me boycott Apple, especially since there's no advantage in using Apple's products over those of the others. And we seem to agree about your last sentence.
| Plaupius said: @Zkuq "And finally, I really hope iPhone never gets too much popularity among 'real' gamers (you know what I mean, don't say anything about it). It's overpriced and uses digital distribution only; it's bad for the customer, even if the customer likes it." I'm curious as to why you think using digital distribution only is bad for the customer? |
Basically digital distribution means that the customer only has the right to use whatever he has paid for while buying a retail copy is actually owning the product. Of course it depends a lot on the person whether he cares or not, but I'd say it's still worse. Not that I'm always agains digital distribution; nothing wrong if there's no DRM and you can copy it for personal use as much as you like (ought to be pretty much of a hassle with the iPhone even if it was that way, but at least it would be possible), and it's not very bad if it's very cheap (but still slightly worse).
