oniyide said:
When you say limited, what do you mean? Because people have been saying the same thing for books, newspapers, music, movies for years and none of those are limited. I can go to the store and get those just fine. Well except maybe books, but theres Amazon for that. video game files are much bigger than anything i listed and bandwidth needed...a lot of people are just not there yet. SO if the video game industry wants to really go ahead with that, they are going to see the install base shrink like never before. FYI MS isnt ahead of anyone, SOny already had an all digital game machine. |
Well when you especially look at the younger generation they are a generation that is much more into digital entertainment. Its the older generation that is much more used to physical media. If you have noticed Even many newspapers are operating in the red, because of very low subscription count. Many of them are going more towards online offerings. Physical media of movies is still fairly strong in some aspects and blu ray has helped with that, but look at your average rental shop like blockbuster, family video, hollywood video, ect. Many of them are going out of business. In my area 10 years ago we had dozens of them. Now maybe just a few if that. It may be somewhat slower for Movies, but more and more people are turning to streaming and digital options. Going digital is not only more convenient for consumers but it can be more profitable for the distributor in many cases, because it cuts out a layer. Instead of Developer, Publisher, Platform, Retail it becomes Developer, Publisher, Platform. Cuts out cost of retail. As gamers get more used to digital gaming they will realize how much more convenient it is. Therefore the same thing that is happening to movie rental stores will happen to game retail. Its sad for those retail industries, but conveinience always seems to win out. Especially with the younger generation.
