Microsoft: We don't want to upset Xbox 360 retailers with Games on Demand

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SvennoJ said:

Adinnieken said:
If for Xbox 8 Microsoft is essentially using the disc as the means of distributing the software, not providing the ability to play from it, than it is likely that not far down the road will be the ability to walk into a store with a USB thumb drive, purchase a game, copy it to your thumb drive, and install it on your computer.

Go into Best Buy, log into a kiosk, stick your thumb drive in, slide your credit card in, and your game of choice is copied to your thumb drive. The only thing you have to do is stick it in your console where the license is tied to your device, and you're off to the races.

I don't think anyone is going to invest in the infrastructure needed for such a kiosk system. It hasn't happened for music, movies or tv shows. Without the ability to resell the used games, shops have no benefit at all to invest in a kiosk system. Psp go kiosks, where are they?

If I as a retailer make ... 10% of each sale on the kiosk why wouldn't I want it?

It saves shelve space.  It saves on inventory I need to manage.  Once people get acclimated, I don't even need an employee to manage it.  Just a kiosk that customers can walk up to, do their business, and leave.