| Killiana1a said: Thinking about it, it is more than just cutting production and distribution costs. It boils down to one word: CONTROL. If DD is the future with every game, movie, and piece of music on DD, then the control of ownership goes from the individual to whoever is owning the servers housing the digital content. I am not some Baby Boomer luddite who is uncomfortable with "new technology." As a member of Generation Y or Millennial, I have grown up with the ever changing technology of our times, yet I still place value on physical ownership of what I purchase. Furthermore, with monthly fees and whatnot if you decide to cancel, they could wipe your account information from their servers within a day or months, then if you ever decide to reactivate you will be forced with paying for everything all over again because they control the content. This aspect is very concerning and is the main reason why I am not fond of DD as the future. |
You raise a good point, it does offer the publisher more control, but more than that it adds higher profits and gets rid of the second-hand market. Because of this, DD needs to offer more value to the end user before it can become mainstream.
I'm a little confused on your point about paid monthly subscription and cancelling your account. All the digital download services I use for games (don't know about music and film) are free (except the actual purchases). Even X-box Live still lets you download games with a Silver membership. And how many companies actually get rid of account info? I thought they were obliged to keep your info on record, even in an "inactive" state. Account details don't exactly take up much space.
Anyway, new laws have to come into effect to clarify all this about digitally downloaded products. It's all fairly new and the laws are still a bit wishy washy.
