KylieDog said:
Ail said:
By the way, one of my prediction for next gen is starting to happen this gen on the PS3.
All the major releases of the last months have been available for preorder and day 1 digital release on the PSN..
They are even starting to offer discount for preorder, only for PS+ members though, and those discounts don't yet match up what Best Buy and Amazon are doing .
And it looks like it's only going to get better as most of the next big releases seem to be headed for the PSN too... |
Well in SCEE regions digital releases are usually 125-150% of retail prices and never have discounts until they years old. Digital never going to take off when like this. Nobody going to pay £50-60 for a game when day one they are £40 in shops, offer all the benefits of a physical copy like lending to friends, taking with you to friends, reselling etc plus prices in europe, UK especially drop very fast, new releases drop from £40 to £20-25 usually within 4-8 weeks, sometimes even faster and even lower.
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In US you get pre-order discounts ( typically 10$) but price in almost every shop on release month is the recommanded price ( 59.99$) so there isn't as huge of a gap between digital and physical..
I actually really wish I had gotten Madden 13 digital instead of Physical ( didn't think to check the PSN before I went out to buy it) because I foresee playing it a lot over the next months and it would save me the hassle of switching disc all the time..
PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !
PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !
