Dying Light's troubles got me into opening this thread and ask the question.....
In case you didn't know, Dying Light has had some strange disc production problems, causing the physical disc to be postponed in PAL regions for a whole month (February 27 instead of January 27). Game will be available digitally as scheduled, and on disc in the Americas.
Now, this certainly is not good for WB (the publisher) as they will miss a perfect launch window with no major releases to compete with, thus losing revenue and marketing exposure (being #1 on sales charts brings some nice free publicity). However, it will probably entice some gamers that would have bought the disc to purchase the game digitally, to play it during this slow period, as the end of February already gets busier (not much busier, but PS4 gets The Order which will definitely eat into DL's sales).
My question is mainly directed at people who prefer physical discs, as I noticed many shy away from buying games digitally. Of course, all gamers are encouraged to participate.
Getting to the question ---- Would you be more enticed to buy a game digitally if:
a) It became a common practice to release the digital game earlier (a week or two earlier). Dying Light did this accidentally, but Sony released Infamous: Firts Light on disc two weeks after the digital release on purpose. Similar will be done with Resident Evil Revelations 2, while we already have it commonly done by Telltale with The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us.
b) The game is cheaper digitally (10-15%) - I have read some comments where people would be willing to go digital for a discount.
c) Digital copy included some cosmetic DLCs that the physical disc would not (character skins, wardrobe, vanity items etc) - So nothing that would give gamers advantage over one another, but still something that a portion of gamers spends money on.
Or any combination of a), b) and/or c).
Personally, I already buy everything digitally, but I think that either or all of these would sway some gamers.
