The Fury said:
Sorry, I didn't like th use of the term 'evolved'. Just because I prefer a physical disc which can be traded in if the product is not to my liking should not mean I am not evolving with the industry. This said, I understand your point and in essence my next comment extends on Arkaign's long post above. I highly doubt publishers, developers and even MS themselves want people able to buy a game once then have 10 people be able to play that game by sharing it. It's very detrimental to the industry. 1 Person buys and recommends it to their friends all who could be on their 'family list', 10 play (in turns but they still play) or 1 person buys it and recommends it to their friends = 4 people buy based on this recommendation. The game company will want the latter. If you take into account the idea that you suggest (indirectly), if I can allow more than one people to play the game I buy then you could have 3 people 'game share' for the price of 1 copy essentially, spliting the cost between 2 of us is indeed cheaper but the developer again makes less money. 1 sales instead of 3. Whatever is produced will have many restrictions to stop people doing such a thing. These restrictions might mean the idea won't be practical and thos justification of paying over the price digitally for a game will be lost. |
I was not meant as an insult to anyone, and I apologize if it came through as such. What I meant was that the industry is evolving all the time, if it is in a good or bad way is another matter. I believe the evolution towards digital only is good for the industry as a whole, and escpecially us consumers. Just look at how much further the smartphone/tablet market has come in terms of pricing compared to the traditional console market. I don´t think all of the things in digital is good, like for example those "free" games that tries to do micro transactions to even get somewhere, but overall it has been good for consumers.
The thing with Family Sharing, according to how it sounded from the start, was that you and me would still need to have a copy of the game if we wish to play it online together. Also, you could not play my game if I was playing it, so a natural restriction would occur. Of course there are problems with it, but I don´t think alot of people would have thought PS+ with free games would have been possible a few years ago, yet here we are :).
EDIT: Also, look at what XBLA did for prices of games. Being able to buy such high profile games on XBLA for so little money (much less than I bought games for in the end of the 80´s) is amazing and a true testament to how good digital only can be for us gamers.
