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| Lostplanet22 said: This is the kind of discussion that I had in the 90's about the music industry =p. So few believed that buying music would be popular and now they are even selling Itunes cards everywhere because downloading music is that popular. I believe that all games can be available digital and that we will see an decrease of available games at the retail stores that again will give a boost for downloading games. Nothing is so nice as trying to find a game for months and then find out that you can download it on XBLA/PSN and have it in an hour :). |
Music doesn't compare. Picking and choosing your songs instead of the whole album is the biggest draw for downloading music. Buying 1 or 2 chapters of CoD for $2? Don't think so. I still buy cd's, love the cases, sounds better and is easier then connecting an ipod or pc to my sound system.
They can all be digital but it will be a while before downloading a 30gb game will be as popular and easy as downloading a 3mb mp3. And nothing is as nice as browsing through the discount section or 2nd hand section to find a game you forgot all about and taking it home for $10.
I also wonder how the selection of old games will be maintained on digital services. Movie services don't give me much hope. Every time I look for an older movie I can't find it on Zune, PSN, NetFlix or my local on demand provider. Luckily Amazon still has a big selection, shops don't stock a lot anymore either.
