Spazzy_D said:
Walkthrublazer3 said:
Spazzy_D said:
Walkthrublazer3 said:
What I find appalling is that people actually paid full price for a downloadable game. They literally got less content for the same price. I guess it's true that " a fool and his money are soon parted"
Bet they wish they went with the physical.
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Don't agree with that sentiment, a downloadable game is not less content, unless you really like cover art. I do agree it costs them nothing to manufacture so it should in theory be cheaper, but many people do not mind paying convenience fees for products (have you ever bought a cold soda at a check out line instead of buying a much more cost effective 2-liter in the store?) and downloadable games have the added benefits of not taking up room and be re-downloadable, meaning you can't break of lose them.
Sucks for the people that paid $40, but you pay for something if you think it's worth the price, if a company changes prices on you it's their perogative.
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Digital copies do contain less content then physical copies.
1. Physical copies come with a case, physical instruction manuel, and the physical copy of the game.
2. Digital games come with none of the above and there by offer you less content.
3. Owning a physical copy allows for more freedom with the game. You don't like the game and wanna sell, well you can do that. You wanna let your friend borrow the game, well you can do that too.
4. Digital copies don't offer these luxuries.
They make not take up physical space but they do take up more memory space. So the people who bought this game for full price are actually paying more in the long run since they'll end up having to buy/use up more MB/Gigabyte space.
I do agree that there are benefits to going digital like you stated. I just think that it's a waste of money to pay the same/more for less content. If people prefer to pay more money just cause their to lazy to go out and buy a physical copy that's their choice.Because of this I feel no sympathy for these people. I guess Sony is smart enough to realize that there are lazy people out there who they can make a quick buck off of.
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While I do agree with you concerning pricing (digital should be less), I still don't consider a case and cartridge extra content. I case could be made for an instruction booklet, but it's like saying that a canned soda has more content then a fountain soda. The things you mentioned add nothing to the experience of playing the game, which is why people play games. It's just a delivery method. This is especially true of portable games, where many people just store (or throw away) the case and put the games in a carrying case. Extra stuff isn't extra content.
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Its apples to oranges. When you drink a soda you have consumed the product, and you can't get any further value from it. When you play a game it does not self-destruct right after you finish it. You can resell that game and recoup a portion of the money you spent to buy the game. You can even hang on to the game and sell it years down the road as a collectible and actually profit from it. This can not be done with a digital game.
Even if you could not resell it you are still getting less for the same amount of money. I encountered this recently when we started selling Diabo 3, and several customers refused to purchase the digital version after we ran out of the physical copy. We explained to them that it was an online only game and that disc did not matter, but they still believed that they were entitled to an actual case and game for their 60 dollars, and I agree with them.
