The nextbox and bluray. Do you want it???

[endimion]

ctalkeb said:

endimion said:

still even treating them the right way.... disk sinc CD rom and to BR disk are all bad support compare to other form of storage available... in term of space it takes, longevity, capacity I mean the only think cool is that they are shiny and fly well beside that it is a crappy format and always was.....

yeah I know.... but if they go all digital they'll have to find a way to allow transfer of ownership or they'll have to have their game really cheap from the begining.... and I don't see how other parties get something when iot comes to a service you provide.... for all we know they could just team up with eBay or Amazon and have them handle that part.... I'm pretty sure it's less complicated than it seems from a legal and technical stand point... but the real problem is will it be benifical to them compare to the current situation... or not.... people who do use the second hand market to buy or sell... use it anyway... so if it doesn't cut into there new game sales why not....

 

but It won't happen yet.... until the law changes though... because it is bound to change one way or the other... either we get ownership of the digital copie and can transfer it or they'll have to cut the price and put it as a rental with no return date.... but things can't stay the way they are forever...

1: Discs are cheaper per bit, and they will remain so for the foreseeable future.

2: They don't have to do anything of the sort. What they'll want to do is to make sure that Microsoft (or Sony, or Nintendo) is the only shop in town, and they           won't allow resale. Even now, you have companies that barely allow you to lend a gimped copy of a game to a friend.

3: Yeah, sure. It's "bound to change". Because you want it to?

Actually, I think they might get in trouble with anti-monopoly laws if they went single-store DD only. Someone with a law degree around?

not because I want it to, because laws in the digital industry are barely seeing the light of day.... the current situation is not due to bad past laws really but more to rushed ones to ensure a legal ground on something new... or just not existing at all and therefore not really clear on the status quo.... most of the agreements you accept, are half arse attorney crap with no current status they writte down to cover there steps in case it does become an issue....

the question of ownership rights will arise if things really go digital... there is no way consumers and consumer association seat here and accept what is today... and if entertainement because really fully digital it won't be in there interest either (for the companies) because there is no way people consume the same volume if they can't resale it or get it for cheaper....

they won't be the only store in town... first like you said for monopolistic reason but also because being a monopole is a good deal on the short run..... especially when it comes to entertainement.... even if did happen they'll have to change... monopolistic situation are a lose lose situation for every party at some point unless you are backup by a governement..... USSR style....

about BR still I don't believe that format will ever reach the DVD status... and replace it..... we'll see people having smartphones with media players and internet capabilities all over soon enough... buying there media online or at a media ATM at the store.... and will stream it from there pocket device to any screen... before BR makes any major impact in the mainstream +50 housewife.....