BenVTrigger said:
disolitude said:
BenVTrigger said:
disolitude said:
They just want to be ahead of the curve.
In 2-3 years, retail based sales should be dwarfed by digital. And since there will be no selling, trading or sharing of games on digital any time soon, EA can relax and play the good guy now to reap the benefits later. |
Not happening.
Maybe in 6-7 years.
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I'm not so sure. So many other eletronic entertainment devices are going this route. Smart TVs, cellphones, tablets, PCs...
Once people see that downloaded games auto update while disk based games update when you insert the disk...
Once people see how fast app switching works for digital while for disks you have to wait for loading and switch manually yourself...
Once people see that PS4 offers game streaming to the Vita any tiem anywhere, but only for games you bought digitally, while CD games you have to put the disk in and play from home...
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I agree digital has some awesome benefits.
The main issue in the way is bandwith caps. A modern next gen AAA game is a 20+ GB download. That is a massive chunk of many peoples monthly allotment.
We arent as close to full digital in the console space as some think. The Massive MS backlash is a testament to this.
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I don't know...next gen = current PC gen in reallity. Very few games cross the 10GB install size, even if they are 30 GB in size.
And top end steam games are between 6-10 GB in download when it comes to install files. When the file isntalls it becomes 20-30GB. Crysis 3 isn't more than 10 GB and that game has crazy high end textures and its very doubtful that next gen games will look better than Crysis 3 maxed out.
And yes, I agree that masses arent ready. I am...but I can wait I guess :)
