poklane on 06 March 2014
It's not really a feature, but huge improvements in digital purchases:
- Games start to expensive. Most 3rd party games are €70,- (€10,- more than at retailers). Sony games are €60,- which is the 'normal' price, but shouldn't digital games be cheaper than that? Or compare it to Steam: South Park: The Stick of Truth is €39,99 on Steam, but €59,99 on PSN! AC4 started at €70,- on PSN, and €50,- on Steam... Plain bullshit if you ask me! IMO, digital games should start at €49,99. Hell, I'd be happy with €54,99!
- All digital games need to feature pre-order and pre-download. I'm going to buy inFAMOUS, but I can't pre-download it here in the EU, so I'm obviously not gonna download 24GB when the store updates... So I am going with the physical version.
- Prices for games take too long to go down. Tomb Raider was still at it's full price 1 year after release. Bioshock: Infinite is still €59,99!
- A lot of times, digital purchases lack pre-order bonuses. Maybe it's also a good idea to always include pre-order bonuses in the digital version, even if the person in question doesn't pre-order it?
- If a game is availlable on both Playstation 3 and Playstation 4 (or Xbox 360 and Xbox One), give the user the option to buy both versions for an additional €10,- to €15,-! DLC (including Season Passes) also should be cross-buy, but for free!
- And if I can just throw an idea in there: people with the digital version should get the game 1-3 days earlier. That'd be awesome!
We all know Microsoft and Sony would really like to push digital purchases, and these additions would be great! I think Sony made some great steps with digital by starting PS+'s Instant Game Collection, but it's time that Microsoft and Sony step their game up!
