eNamrah on 07 June 2009
| mike_intellivision said: Microsoft will need to tread carefully here. If stores can't make money selling the software, they might not sell the low margin hardware. Also, given that broadband is not universal, that some providers have ridiculously low download caps (as low as 5G per month -- which would be one game), and that there is limited hard drive capacity, this is a supplement and preparedness for the future we all know will eventually get here. The question though is when. Mike from Morgatown Paying $5-$10 for a DL title is one thing. Paying $50 is something else. I really wonder how many console owners today will do that. |
All of the games shown in that video are in the platinum hits collection; meaning they retail <$30 new. The retail sale of those games has for the most part dried up and I can't imagine retailers making much profit from them. I don't suspect you'll see new releases on this service. Gamestop, with their sale of these games used, will probably take a bit of a hit from this service and that's fine with me.
