Barozi said:
kitler53 said:
i think sony/ms should do what they can to make digital distribution advantageous for consumers. a lot of money would be going back into developers if you cut out the retailer, distribution, and returns. some of that can go to pulishers and some can go to justifying an price drop to $40. that should spur increased unit sales which would be good for developers.
furthermore, with the services like xbl and ps+ i think msony should lower their platform royalty. the more games they can get on their device the more compelling the device becomes. shifting their business plan to profit on hardware and services moreso than game unit sales should shift to balance of power from mobile back to console for developers looking to profit off of their unit sales.
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Good for most consumers, but certainly bad for a lot of people who are working for GameStop etc.
Not sure if that's the ideal that anyone (not talking about profit oriented companies) should pursue.
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meh.
my wife's great grandpa was a really rich guy owning a massive business servicing horse and carriages. lost it all when he refused to believe automobiles would ever be successful. i could cry about all the jobs lost in the horse and carriage business but it's hard to knowing how many jobs were created in the manufacuture and maintance of cars.
i've got nothing against gamestop but brick and mortar is doing poorly in all segments (not just video games). if digital distribution doesn't kill gamestop then amazon.com will. ..but amazon employes over 110,000 people and MSony employes a lot to. as long as money is being spent it's going somewhere. the jobs/work doesn't just go away,.. it moves to a different task.
