Feylic said:
nightsurge said:
Feylic said:
nightsurge said:
Feylic said:
Wow, hello 3 years ago. Didn't MS say that Digital Distribution would be the main form of getting game in about 18 months, like 36 months ago? |
No, they did not say this. I don't think they ever even began speaking about DD until last year.
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Wrong again, http://playstation.joystiq.com/2008/03/14/microsoft-predicts-blu-ray-irrelevance-in-12-18-months/
Though it was only 2 years ago, not 3. They've still missed their mark, and it doesn't look like DD will be taking over any time soon.
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Not really. They never said DD would be the main form of getting a game. In fact the 12-18 month thing is purely related to when he thought the decline in Blu-Ray would be. That DD discussion was focused on HD video content and such, not games.
"Going forwards, digital downloads is really where it's at," Lewis told GamesIndustry.biz. Xbox Live Video Marketplace currently supplies downloadable HD rentals of movies and television shows. Sony's PS3 does not currently feature a similar service.
"Before very long we will look back wistfully at shiny discs as something that was somewhat a historic phenomenon in a way that we kind of think about vinyl or VCRs today," Lewis stated. While the Microsoft-backed HD DVD format has "died" in the next generation format wars, Lewis believes that Blu-ray will follow the same fate. When will digital distribution take dominance? "I think that's going to be the case in the next 12-18 months."
Not one mention of games via DD.
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Yea, but look at your original reply. MS was definately thinking about DD a long time ago. And if they are talking about discs being a thing of the past, where will games come from? Just because he didn't lay it out for you, doesn't mean they were not thinking about DD of games at all.
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Ah, I see. Yes I meant games DD, obviously. And I realize this, but the article most definitely does not prove your original comment by any means. That's all I'm saying. They were talking about DD for movies and stuff long before they began talking about it for games as well.
