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WoodenPints on 29 June 2015
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The Fury said:
Yes but it would have to be significant. £45 for a new disc release would be £30 digital. The main reasons are that I cannot exchange it and there is no packaging.

£30 - £35 on new releases would make me go 100% digital.

SWORDF1SH said:
WoodenPints said:

Well If the pricing was different and more competative would you consider buying more games didital?

With the current gen I have wanted to buy more games digital but the pricewall has always stoped me from doing so, Here in the UK retail is usually £39.99 or£44.99 and and the digital equivlent is £49.99 and £54.99

The most extreme example i saw was Final Fantasy Type-0 on the PS4 ( not sure if X1 was same) This was £34.99 retail or £54.99 digital.

I would really like to see some more competative digital pricing and if they released all digital games for £34.99 and retail at £44.99 I would probably buy most of my games as digital and since I wouldnt resell it down the line it would make the publishers more money in the long run since selling it after 1-2 months giving someone a pre owned copy takes away from a full price £44.99 sale. 

Refering to console digital prices as steam is already good for PC gaming prices.

Yes. I buy more digital games than on disc, a lot more. But I never buy a new(ish) digital release that costs over £40. It's just more convenient, (Streaming is even more convenient which is why PS Now will do ok despite naysayers).

No you can't sell your games but I it's cool that all your games are always there, no scratches, no faulty discs, no transporting, available to download what ever machine you logon to.

The convinience fo not swaping disks all the time when your playing 2+ online games regularly and working on a singleplayer game is great but that convinience is still to overpriced.

I imagine the future will lean towards every retail gameincreasing in price to £49.99 and £54.99 and eventual matching digital prices and not the other way around unfortunatly.