PSP Go: Digital Distribution Killer?

[steverhcp02]

silicon said:

steverhcp02 said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:
Iwata said that pure digital is a few decades away

No doubt. Until we have insanely large flash drives, like 500gb AT LEAST of internal memory as well as online anywhere, DD on portable devices and even home distribution wont become the standard.

People look for functionality and ease of use. When either of those are slightly compromised it will be viewed as either gimped or insufficient.

That said, steps need to be taken, the PSPgo is a step in the right direction but its still so niche, obviously by the sales, but ushering in users to DD is always good, but nowhere near becoming standard.

Iphones are portable DD devices. Are there any smart phones that aren't DD only?

 

It will be a few decades away for HD gaming though.

They also have online anywhere function as well as not needing large memory for files.

You sort of made my point indirectly. I dont know anyone who uses their iphone exclusively as their pod and phone. They use an ipod in their car or while listening to music because they dont want to drain battery life and not have access to their phone features while driving (red lights, etc)

With phones youre talking about PHONES, people use them to call or text people, it has a distinct primary function, nobody buys a cell phone to use it to play tetris or to tune their guitar, they are simply accessories. When talking about DD in gaming youre talking the backbone of the hardware. ALL games being DD would require vast improvements to flash memory as well as online anywhere capability and then youre dealing with sellbacks of your product. With phones youre spending 4 dollars or 8 dollars on a game to use sparingly.

With DD for gaming, it will take innovation and something i dont hav ethe answer to, to convince people to spend 30 or 40 bucks on a game they can never trade, let friends borrow or take to friends houses. There are a lot of hurdles.