| AnthonyW86 said: @TX109: You can also rend most games for like $4-$6 for up to a week, so you don't have to invest in anything. And really digital distribution is the future wether you like it or not. I guess you haven't ever tried Steam, it works really well already. Also IPhone games only aswell. Also internet connection speed is skyrocketing, 5-6 years ago i was paying $50 for a 2 mbit/s connection, next month i'm getting a 200mbit/s connection for the same price. Here in my country we already have glass-fiber connections almost everywhere, witch support upto 10gbit/s already, so we will probably be getting speeds in the gbit/s territory in 2-3 years. It's also a much more efficient way to run software, be it games or other programs(windows 8 is already going to be partily ''cloud based'' aswell). It doesn't make sense to have a gaming console in everey home if you can get the same games on a phone or similiar sized device in 2-3 years. |
i have done steam. it ok, but i still much prefer an actual copy of a game . and at least with steam i know my game will always be there and not randomly gone cuz the server shut down...and i don't have the money for an iPhone.
i guess my biggest problem is that its not a hard copy. believe it or not, people actually do like owning their own games. when you pay for these games on Onlive, you just buying a ticket to play them, not the actuall game. as well, how long you have the game is mostly dictated by how long the service provider chooses to stream the game. if i find a game that is truly memorable to me and i want to keep around for a long time, im SOL if the service decides to end the servers for that game.
i still do not believe that this is the immediate future of games. but if it is, then im done with gaming as soon as all the major console makers pick this up. i prefer to own the games i buy. ill go retro and play all the games i missed in the past.
