Sony Is Working Towards “a Future Where Consoles Could Disappear” as it Tackles Cloud Gaming

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CDiablo said:

tuscaniman99 said:
To everyone saying they won't support digital media for games, you will support it or you won't game anymore. Simple as that. Do you not play games on your phone? Do you listen to mp3s? Do you have Netflix? The sooner gaming goes the way of digital the sooner is becomes more affordable.

Im not sure why you think game prices would lower if this transformation happens. Have you seen prices on PSN/XBL? Most are the same/much higher than retail or used. When in a closed enviroment like consoles there is no reason to have competitive pricing.

The prices on XBL/PSN are a consequence of the current situation where they have to support the retailers of physical media as until physical media is dead they are still reliant on them to push the hardware and the majority of games, if they compete with the retailers by undercutting RRP then they destroy their own physical retail partners. This was one of the big reasons why MS just recently brought out game codes that retailers can sell for digital copies, allows them to push forward on the digital front without having to destroy the outlets they are still dependent on.