Games 2 and 3 on the Spyro Ignited Trilogy to be download/digital only

[KBG29]

Cerebralbore101 said:

KBG29 said:
Get ready for this to happen more and more. Sony reported that full game sales were at 43% digital in Q1 2018. Not long before we hit 50, then 60, and 70, and so on. Physical games are going to be a very rare and niche thing in the time PS5 is wnding down, and PS6 is ramping up. Casual consumers care more about value and ease of use than physical.

Putting half the game as digital is just the latest in the old scheme of making "Used Copies" worth less. Microsoft tried to charge us $10 per used game sale, when this generation started. Steam makes its games impossible to sell for a very good reason. Video Game companies don't want to have to compete with disgruntIled consumers, who bought their product. So they're using tactics like these to build a moat around their company, protecting it from competition. Left unchecked, all corporations want to eventually become a monopoly with economies of scale so large that no new company could ever dream of competing with them. Once competition is gone they can charge the consumer whatever the heck they want.

Sorry, but I don't buy into the evil corporations hype. 

All I can say, is games have never been cheaper, or fallen faster n price than they have this generation, and companies are not closing their doors right and left like we saw last generation. In my eyes, that's good news for consumers, developers, and publishers.

Additionally, I have never had as much value for my purchases as I have with digital this generation. My games go with me everywhere on all three ecosystems. 

You have more choices than ever. Day One Digital or Retail, Flash Sales, Free 2 Play, Subscription, or Gift/Barrow. I can't  recall a better time to be a gamer.

This move by Activisin is just part of the growth of the industry. Every other medium has gone through it. There are those that hate the death or limited availability of news papers, Vinyls, manual transmissions, and many other things. You either got stick to your limited access to new or move on. Either way, find peace with yourself.