makingmusic476 on 26 April 2012
| MightyGrogg said: This is probably so the publisher can get their profit on retail sales. The publisher is the one who pays for all retail packaging. So they want to see units fly of shelves. If people bought DD instead there would probably be less retail units sold. Publishers would rather have the game sold out at retail first before DD is incorporating into the process. For Sony, they publish more of their games themselves so it probably doesn't effect them as much. Most of the PSVita games released with published by Sony. I still would rather have a hard copy of the game. I can't see how gamers can pay full price ($60) for a DD copy of a game know you can never sell or trade it with a friend. If the game was 1/2 the price it probably wouldn't be as bad. Most games aren't even worth $60 to begin with. |
Actually, this is a reason for publishers to prefer digital distribution. If you can expect more digital sales, you can get away with printing less retail copies, thus saving money on manufacturing and shipping costs.
Of course, retail presence is still fairly crucial when it comes to mindshare and marketing, and retailers are also fighting digital distribution quite strongly, so publishers are trying not to bite the hands that feed them, so to speak.
