fordy said:
cablebox said:
fordy said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
fordy said:
But at what cost? |
There is no cost. Theres nothing digital downloads can do to be superior to be superior to physical disc. Once the disc is gone the rights to ownership and full DRM can be formed. DRM Paywalls, taking profit from Gamestop and second hand money from gamers, it all had to go. We had to fight off Microsoft. This is one of the greatest victories with millions of voices in tune against Microsoft.
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Yeah, let's forget all about the convenience of not having to need to use the disc once it's been installed, since DRM handles the whole copy check for you. Anything to put Microsoft in a worse light to you guys, right? Hey, what they did WAS short sighted, but if you truly think that their only intention was to screw over consumers, and blurt it out in such an open and honest way, then that makes your own argument even more shortsighted than Microsoft was....
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Download digitally problem solved, no cost to you, more choice for me |
As I've mentioned in other threads, Microsoft's vision was more likely to be able to have a seamless integration of physical media and digital distribution, since this generation is most likely going to be similar to a transitional phase from one medium to the other. Why do you think I called their idea short-sighted?
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The mighty cloud is still there ain't it? What's so hard in putting your disc in the drive if it's so annoying just download it from xbl. People keep saying digital is the future yet the biggest digital platform out there, Steam, only has 54 milion users, and it took 10+ years to reach that number. The internet infrastructure is not even there yet in NA so many people still have slow internet and would not be able to download their games in reasonable amount of time.
