Digital distribution is a good thing

[haxxiy]

Andrespetmonkey said:

haxxiy said:

In theory it all seems nice and good, like pretty much every technology out there, but tell me the last time you saw something escaping the grasp of greedy companies and their antics.

Just some of the possible unfortunate consequences of digital-only distribution:

1 - always online gameplay
2 - limited lifespan for games
3 - paying extras for unlocking content
4 - in-game advertising
5 - account hacking
6 - killswitch in case of mods or cheats
7 - one copy per player is mandatory

And so on.

We've seen Digital Distribution as the norm for PC gaming for years, there are very few gams that require 1. 2 and 4 hasn't happened, measures are taken to prevent 5, 3 has happened anyway, not sure what you mean by 6. 7 in an unfortunate con, but like I said the pros outweigh the cons imo.

Yeah but we are talking about consoles here, who should implement cloud-based storage much earlier than PCs. It would make most of what I mentioned possible if not likely depending on the economics of the market.