Sony realizes mistakes, the time is still not right for an all digital console!

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twesterm said:

The time is absolutely right for an all digital console, you just have to actually do it right. The Go was a fantastic idea, Sony just did a poor job of doing.

If you want all digital to be a success, just look at Steam. Make every game available day one, make it cheaper, and have constant sales and bundles. From what I remember of the Go, not all games were there, games weren't day one, and games were as expensive or more than the physical copies. It's no surprise the Go failed.

I would love for them or someone else to give digital distribution only another go because when I travel I hate carrying around 10-20 games.

That can't work for Sony or any company in their position though.  Steam works (and outside US it's not always the cheapest) because it is a single store.  Valve are running their own store and can do what they want.  Sony (and MS or Nintendo for that matter) are in a different position.  They must have retail copies too and the retailers pressure them for equality of price - they'd push back if it was always cheaper on PSN or XBLA.

I agree you can have a digitial console, but none of the big suppliers are in a position to offer one easily due to other channels and arrangements.

I guess my view is what Sony is saying is that the time isn't right for Sony to have an all digital console.