| Persistantthug said: The reason you will NEVER have a fully Dig Dist video gaming console is because retail demands their software cut. Retail cannot be cut out of the loop, because retail controls and manages the distribution of consoles. Ergo, no retail = no consoles. The day when retail can be cut out of the console distribution role and can't demand software.....that will be the day we as gamers won't need consoles anymore for gaming. |
Honestly larger retailers probably couldn't care that much about the lost of software, sure smaller ones are at risk of losing out of a lot of money but larger ones can take that hit. Retailers aren't able to threaten to not sell their consoles, because then they would just be out of even more money and lose out to the retailers that decide to. Even if they all did, which wouldn't make any sense, the console makers could sell the consoles online directly to consumer through shipping. The retailers are lucky that there are still retail titles available. Even Gamestop was quoted recently that "console makers could have cut them out of the loop a long time ago." (not exact quote, just as close as I can remember)
Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(
