HollyGamer said:
That's in the past. In the future digital will be yours. The same thing like your money using ATM / Digital money etc. |
Actually I’d say it will be the other way around. More streaming is more subscription based gaming. Subscriptions are rentals; if you stop, your access to content stops. You are also bound to the whims of the distributer, effectively enslaving yourself. I wouldn’t trust any publisher or distributor with my digital purchase.
This future would also greatly diminish the value of a game. With all the streaming options, movies, shows and especially music are of no value to me anymore. I’d never purchase any of those media digitally, because I’m renting them for a small fee.
Now in those areas I still have a choice. If I want to buy a bluray, I can. That’s why I’m not necessarily against Netflix-style services for gaming. If someone wants to rent their games in such a way, let them. However because I’m more invested in gaming than I am in music, I want to own my stuff because I want to be sure I can actually play it sometime in the future.
So if the only option in the future becomes streaming, where a game may or may not be available a decade later, or a digital ‘purchase’ that ends up being lost or unsupported or doesn’t work anymore for whatever reason, I’m out. I’ll also stop gaming. There are enough games out already to last a lifetime. I need assurance. I have games laying around that are almost 45 years old now and still work like the day they were bought. Can I do that with my new digital games?
