Thrallia on 08 June 2009
| richardhutnik said: I am curious if digital distribution will forced increased replayability in games. If you want to discuss that concept, please pop in on the thread here: http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=76235&page=1 In regards to concerns here, I think digital downloads can be fine if you have the following things involved with them: 1. Provide download stations in stores, so people can bring either a portable, or a device to get downloads. You could have a way to keep a large number of games still in stock this way. Stores wouldn't have to guess to what to stock or not. These stations provide a way for people without broadband to get games. 2. Provide a way to download a game again, for no charge, if it had to be deleted to clear out space, or the storage medium fails, or whatever else is happening. How about a situation where you want to try a game at a friend's place so they get hooked? The license enables this. Also, allow people to carry their games from an older generation platform to a new generation one. 3. Provide sufficient online documentation, so that players don't necessarily miss the manuals. 4. Make sure that there is an inexpensive and legal way to do download rentals for games, for titles with limited replayability. The rental revenues get split so the developers get a cut, along with the publishers, and the console makers who run distribution channels. 5. Allow people to gift their licensed title to someone else, when they are done with it, particularly if they repurchase the title as part of a bundle with other games. 6. Since people actually are stuck with the games, make sure the game acts as a platform to enable replayability, so you can keep returning to the game. My take here is, so long as consumer needs are addressed, do we really have to have games on physical storage medium? I don't see it is needed. I DO see that consumer concerns do need to be addressed though. |
In the case of all of that, I would be secure purchasing games for download...I'd still prefer a disc, but wouldn't be as frustrated if they went away.
