| Killiana1a said: Depends on how you look at it. In the long run we are all dead. In the short run, Blu Ray is the obvious choice, but don't place your bet just yet because Microsoft may go all DD next generation and try to win it by offering a comparable console to the PS4 along with $30-50 software due to no physical media costs. The PS1 and PS2 were smash successes because they banked on future media formats. CD for PS1 and DVD for PS2. Sony has not had such luck with Blu Ray and the PS3. They have not had the luck this generation because digital distribution was well established by the time the PS3 arrived and tried to win this generation via Blu Ray (Steam was 3 years old in 2006 and Netflix was 9 years old in 2006). What Sony has dealt with this generation is 2 competing transitional, future media formats (Blu Ray and DD). Sony never dealt with this during the PS1 and PS2 eras. There are other factors involved in the PS3 placing 3rd, but discussing them would be going off-topic. What you can count on are businesses always trying to cut out the middleman. Physical media via DVD and Blu Ray present middlemen between the company and the consumer, thus driving up the cost of production making the product less profitable and more expensive for the consumer. Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft would be completely ignorant to just resign themselves to Blu Ray next generation. Xbox Live and PSN have reached a level where it is conceivable and possible to sell each and every game DD. Personally, I prefer physical format because it means I "own" it instead of renting it from a server. Furthermore, if gaming goes all DD and your hard-drive crashes, then what would stop Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo from charging you full price for every lost product or adding in a lost and found fee for something you already bought? |
I know some video games shops that won't support the next Xbox then...
They will know Helgan belongs to Helghasts
