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nitekrawler1285 on 30 July 2014
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VanceIX said:
nitekrawler1285 said:

Cause GwG games are really old.  Outside of PS3 most of PS+ is indies which are cheap.  Give those services 5-7 or so years. It took years to train mobile owners to no longer outright pay for the games.  If publishers want to train console customers as well it might take more years as the roof was much higher in the first place.    

Let's completely ignore the impact that Digital has had on every entertainment industry and think that wont apply to games.  Especially not with these types of services.  

As a consumer looking for instant gratification this is good for you. For me this is not.  Do not tell me that digital hasn't already affected the types of games that even get to retail and effect my ability to purchase them because it already has.  Look at Vita.  

 

Vita is a horrible example. Retail games aren't available for Vita since it is a failed console, and this comes from a hardcore Vita owner. Digital has nothing to do with the downfall of retail games on Vita.

And GwG has had some great games recently (Dishonored for next month). And it took no time at all to train mobile users to get games for free, since games were pretty much always free. 

And digital has been a boon for the entertainment industry. Without digital, we wouldn't have Netflix, Kindle, or Steam, all of which are in most ways superior to their physical counterparts.

Same with any console.  I can't go buy a copy of Rogue Legacy, Mercenary Kings, BroForce, Towerfall: Ascnencion any platform physically.  I can't get physical copies of games that play like that anymore.  They haven't risked physical releases  of low and mid tier content.  Those games are digital only.  This digital trend has already affected my ability to purchase the kinds of games I want in the way I want to purchase them. So please stop trying to pretend otherwise.

Just 1 or 2 months shy of it's 2 year anniversary Dishonored is old news.  It took 3 years to train mobile market to prefer free.  Appstore opned July 10, 2008 and the following article is dated July 7th 2011 http://www.flurry.com/bid/65656/Free-to-play-Revenue-Overtakes-Premium-Revenue-in-the-App-Store#.U9kth_ldV_A  Probably only happened so fast because the floor or ceiling on app prices never were as huge as with console games.  

I loathe Steam and don't think it's better at all.  Yes I have a steam account. If kindle had the kinds of books I read that might be a useful argument with their cool digital lending policy and everything.  I can only give you that Netflix is better than cable for me personally of your trio and that's only because of their investments in premium content on top of their mass of other not so good stuff as of late.   Even you said it's superior in MOST ways. I've already ceded it's great for you or others.  I'm a customer that cares about more than upfrong cost and convenience and this isn't for me even though it does indeed affect me as it will affect the type of content made in the future.