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Nice. Remote download is the key feature missing from the browser store right now.

 

kowenicki said:
We’re shifting our platform more and more to the digital side – PS4 will be similar to PS Vita in that every game will be available as a digital download, and some will also be available as a disc.


"Some" will be available as a disc. 



What sounds wrong to you with that quote?

 

 



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kowenicki said:

We’re shifting our platform more and more to the digital side – PS4 will be similar to PS Vita in that every game will be available as a digital download, and some will also be available as a disc.


"Some" will be available as a disc.

Which is... totally expected?



Awesome news. As long as the download speed is far superior to the PS3 I should use it a lot. Which of course it will.
It actually would make impulse buys more likely. Now I am crossing my fingers for a rental service like gamefly , but closer to Netflix in terms of digital use. I do not need to own most games as they are either really short or one time play through. Hopefully, they make it happen.

Edit: kowenicki got like 5 quotes.



kowenicki said:
I'm fine with downloads next gen, not arsed about having discs so long as downloads are at least 10% cheaper.

I have no download limit now and a good speed of connection.

Seem to recall many posters did not want this though.


I'd imagine it's a reference to the fact that every game that comes out on a disk will be available digitally (much like on Vita now); but PSN titles (like The Witness) will not be released on a disk.



Excellent! Now every PS4 game will be automatically undertracked. NO MORE SONY FLOPS!

Great strategy by Sony.



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kowenicki said:
I'm fine with downloads next gen, not arsed about having discs so long as downloads are at least 10% cheaper.

I have no download limit now and a good speed of connection.

Seem to recall many posters did not want this though.


How is this differnt to PS3 or XBOX, many games are available only for download



I like holding the box though. Man that sounded so stupid after I typed it. I like this move. Hope the HDD is large enough to support a hefty library of games.

If games are 50GB and the HDD is 500GB, that's only 10 games. This could prove problematic.



kowenicki said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
kowenicki said:

We’re shifting our platform more and more to the digital side – PS4 will be similar to PS Vita in that every game will be available as a digital download, and some will also be available as a disc.


"Some" will be available as a disc.

Which is... totally expected?

Yes I've been saying it for ages.  People disagreed with me and bitched about not having discs.  I'm fine with it.  I'm sure everyone else is now too.... Lol. 

Ah ok. I just wasn't sure what you meant by that post.

op: I prefer DD, but even a TB of storage is not going to fit all the AAA games people buy if they get up to around 50gb. They have to be half that big on average for it to be feasible. 



Well for one, this would make you go over your monthly download cap with your Cable provider very easily. Expect a hike in your next internet bill lol

Also........Sony just invented a fallback crutch for every PS fan to use when a exclusive underperforms.....ugh.



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

kowenicki said:

We’re shifting our platform more and more to the digital side – PS4 will be similar to PS Vita in that every game will be available as a digital download, and some will also be available as a disc.


"Some" will be available as a disc.

Indeed.


PSN only titles will not be available at retail on discs, meanwhile retail disc titles will be available on PSN.



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