EA: "We're Going 100% Digital"

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Damnyouall said:

The bulk of you are misunderstadning this; it's pretty obvious they meant BOTH digital and physical.

Anyway, what the sheeple applauding digital distro don't get is that they don't own any games bought via download.
They have none of the property rights that physical purchases come with. Digitally distributed console games can't be given away, sold, touched, or even backed up, and they are locked to one specific console/account. You can never get back even a single cent of the moeny you paid for a DD game, and if your gaming console breaks down (say 10 years from now) you can't just buy another FunBox 3 and transfer your game there. Once the original distro channel is gone, you are S-O-L.

Exclusive digital distro also means that there is no pricing competition, because there is only ONE distribution channel.

You have to be pretty damn daft not to understand this.

Things are definatly changing on that front. Those in the EU have all of those rights for digital content.

http://www.lo-ping.org/2012/07/03/eu-court-ruling-allows-for-re-sale-of-used-games-by-end-users-you/

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=145105&page=1#