Digital VS Physical

[WC4Life]

The Fury said:

Will it work like that? I mean, sure EA and Activision compete with each other for game sales but with prices too? There are few gamers who actually try and consider their purchases between 2 games based on price. People usually either want a game or they don't and then price decides where they get it from. If there is only 1 outlet, the retail price of $50 for Game A vs $60 for Game B is pointless if the customer only wants Game B.

They could make it more appealing to buy digital, whether it's by price or by other options in a highstreet store, then many might consider buying digital which has a better turnover per copy sold, has no '2nd hand market' either. Manufacturing costs will go down as over time they'll need to produce less physical copies.

... but they don't. While PSN has games listed as RRP (£50 plus) and retail compete with each other to release a game at £40 or less, buying games digitally is not appealing.

 

I don't think price is as irrelevant as you say. Remasters are sold at a more competitive price for a reason. Indies work like this too. There is no reason why AAA-titles could not start to attract more people with price. A person could also be interested in 2 games or more at the same time, again price will come into play.

Yes I agree with you digital at the moment is not where it should be. Physical is way better option and I said this in my first post. However digital is inevitable and I don't think it is nearly as bad as people say.