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DarthVolod on 31 May 2012
Walkthrublazer3 said:
Spazzy_D said:
Walkthrublazer3 said:

What I find appalling is that people actually paid full price for a downloadable game. They literally got less content for the same price. I guess it's true that " a fool and his money are soon parted"

Bet they wish they went with the physical.


Don't agree with that sentiment, a downloadable game is not less content, unless you really like cover art.  I do agree it costs them nothing to manufacture so it should in theory be cheaper, but many people do not mind paying convenience fees for products (have you ever bought a cold soda at a check out line instead of buying a much more cost effective 2-liter in the store?) and downloadable games have the added benefits of not taking up room and be re-downloadable, meaning you can't break of lose them.

Sucks for the people that paid $40, but you pay for something if you think it's worth the price, if a company changes prices on you it's their perogative.


Digital copies do contain less content then physical copies.

1. Physical copies come with a case, physical instruction manuel, and the physical copy of the game.

2. Digital games come with none of the above and there by offer you less content.

3. Owning a physical copy allows for more freedom with the game. You don't like the game and wanna sell, well you can do that. You wanna let your friend borrow the game, well you can do that too.

4. Digital copies don't offer these luxuries.

They make not take up physical space but they do take up more memory space. So the people who bought this game for full price are actually paying more in the long run since they'll end up having to buy/use up more MB/Gigabyte space.

I do agree that there are benefits to going digital like you stated. I just think that it's a waste of money to pay the same/more for less content. If people prefer to pay more money just cause their to lazy to go out and buy a physical copy that's their choice.Because of this I feel no sympathy for these people. I guess Sony is smart enough to realize that there are lazy people out there who they can make a quick buck off of.


Digital doesn't really even have the advantage of convinience since services like Amazon will just ship you the game on release day anyways without you having to drive to your local Gamestop or Walmart. You could argue that you would still have to wait for the game to show up at your door, but I get all my stuff around 10:00 a.m. which is early enough for me.

Unless you are living in a one room studio apartment you really don't need to worry about space for your games. If you are considering digital games then I would probably infer that you are not a game collector so just get a few shelves for your games, or throw the case out and just get a binder to put all of your discs in until you sell or trade them. Also, digital games take up a fair amount of hard drive space which can add up quickly. I install all my games on my Xbox 360 and I often have to delete old installs to make room even on a 320 gig. You could argue that I could just redownload, but why not have a backup disc at no extra cost?

Really there is no advantage to digital on the consumer's end which is why the only digital games I buy are XBLA titles or phone games which only cost about 5-10 dollars. The highest I have ever payed for a digital game was 20 dollars, and that is the most I will ever spend (and I have only bought 2 games at that price point). The disadvantages to digital are too numerous, and the advantages are nonexistent.



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blkfish92 on 31 May 2012

I don't see to much of an issue, but they should make digital copies cheaper regardless.



           

NintendoPie on 31 May 2012
Jay520 said:
I bet Sony planned on releasing the game at 35.99, but decided to release it initially at 39.99 to steal $4 from gamers. I reckon this is how Sony plans to recover their losses.

You should apply for Sony saying, "You need my help, badly."



JoeTheBro on 31 May 2012

All first party PS Vita games are 10% on downloads. Stop freaking out about this accidentally not being applied at first. The article is very misleading.



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Ajescent on 31 May 2012
JoeTheBro said:
All first party PS Vita games are 10% on downloads. Stop freaking out about this accidentally not being applied at first. The article is very misleading.


It makes a better headline to accuse Sony of trying to rob people.



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cusman on 31 May 2012

I bought it for $35.99 from PSN

I don't need the digital product to be priced any different than the retail version. It's not like the retail copy comes with a manual or anything else. It is just less convenient and has the benefit that you can sell it to Gamestop, Bestbuy, or Amazon for a few of your original bucks back.



superchunk on 31 May 2012

I don't see why anyone is complaining about the price.

At launch digital or retail should be identical. That's the value of the game... not the cost.

However, over time digital models should apply better sales than retail due to lower costs or overhead.



DarthVolod on 31 May 2012
Spazzy_D said:
Walkthrublazer3 said:
Spazzy_D said:
Walkthrublazer3 said:

What I find appalling is that people actually paid full price for a downloadable game. They literally got less content for the same price. I guess it's true that " a fool and his money are soon parted"

Bet they wish they went with the physical.


Don't agree with that sentiment, a downloadable game is not less content, unless you really like cover art.  I do agree it costs them nothing to manufacture so it should in theory be cheaper, but many people do not mind paying convenience fees for products (have you ever bought a cold soda at a check out line instead of buying a much more cost effective 2-liter in the store?) and downloadable games have the added benefits of not taking up room and be re-downloadable, meaning you can't break of lose them.

Sucks for the people that paid $40, but you pay for something if you think it's worth the price, if a company changes prices on you it's their perogative.


Digital copies do contain less content then physical copies.

1. Physical copies come with a case, physical instruction manuel, and the physical copy of the game.

2. Digital games come with none of the above and there by offer you less content.

3. Owning a physical copy allows for more freedom with the game. You don't like the game and wanna sell, well you can do that. You wanna let your friend borrow the game, well you can do that too.

4. Digital copies don't offer these luxuries.

They make not take up physical space but they do take up more memory space. So the people who bought this game for full price are actually paying more in the long run since they'll end up having to buy/use up more MB/Gigabyte space.

I do agree that there are benefits to going digital like you stated. I just think that it's a waste of money to pay the same/more for less content. If people prefer to pay more money just cause their to lazy to go out and buy a physical copy that's their choice.Because of this I feel no sympathy for these people. I guess Sony is smart enough to realize that there are lazy people out there who they can make a quick buck off of.

While I do agree with you concerning pricing (digital should be less), I still don't consider a case and cartridge extra content.  I case could be made for an instruction booklet, but it's like saying that a canned soda has more content then a fountain soda.  The things you mentioned add nothing to the experience of playing the game, which is why people play games.  It's just a delivery method.  This is especially true of portable games, where many people just store (or throw away) the case and put the games in a carrying case.  Extra stuff isn't extra content.

Its apples to oranges. When you drink a soda you have consumed the product, and you can't get any further value from it. When you play a game it does not self-destruct right after you finish it. You can resell that game and recoup a portion of the money you spent to buy the game. You can even hang on to the game and sell it years down the road as a collectible and actually profit from it. This can not be done with a digital game.

Even if you could not resell it you are still getting less for the same amount of money. I encountered this recently when we started selling Diabo 3, and several customers refused to purchase the digital version after we ran out of the physical copy. We explained to them that it was an online only game and that disc did not matter, but they still believed that they were entitled to an actual case and game for their 60 dollars, and I agree with them.



WiiBox3 on 31 May 2012

I don't see what the issue is. If a company lowers a price of something that doesn't mean they need to give a refund to everyone who already bought it.



Ajescent on 31 May 2012

Just a question: Did anyone pay back Sony when they accidentally gave away free games when they weren't meant to?



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Xbox One: What are you doing Dave?