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oniyide on 09 September 2014
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The Fury said:
oniyide said:
The Fury said:

In order for a digital console to occur the consoles will need competition in their market places. At the moment MS, Sony and Nintendo currently only have their own shops which fix prices for as long as they can (Titanfall is sill £55 on Xbone Store, £20 in shops). If retailers were allowed to set up their own competing stores from the Xbox Menu to compete then prices will come down and a digital only console could happen.

PC gaming is cheaper for a few reasons (lack of having to pay console commission is one) but also because good competition is in place to have great deals and offers as well as competative pricing for new titles. Console stores have none of this, it's RRP or nothing.

I got Winter Soldier last week, best Marvel movie made yet. I also bought 2 graphic novels recently, I'm never going to read those on a ipad or phone, the idea of that is laughable.

And how likely is that to happen? I personally wouldnt hold my breath on that, which was my point to the other guy.

Not going to lie i have bought a few graphic novels digtally, only cause they were cheaper, arent options great?

I think it is as long as the commission is still present (so they get money anyway) why should they care? Normal disc based sales include console commission, it's no different. Main console shops would obviously make more money as they are direct and for both retailers they can reduce the cost due to lack of packaging. The reason why a current single shop system fails is that there's no competition on console so they can fix prices (even sales are 'fixed') evne then the prices are the same or more than high street retailers.

Let's put it this way, the largest UK retailer in the UK is GAME, I prefer to buy from them if I can because I can get points on my reward card. If GAME did a shop on PS4/Xbone, I would look into using them more because of the reward scheme, as long as the prices were competitive. PS Store/XBL would then compete and do deals to entice me to buy from them instead. 

And yes options are great, we have the freedom to choose why type of medium we purchase our content, and here's to it remaining that way.

but thats just the thing. I dont think the big three will even ALLOW it to get that far. You really see MS or hell even Nintendo, ESPECIALLY Nintendo not having a single shop on their consoles. Maybe im just being cynical and you are right.