NPD report reveals a huge global increase in Digital Game sales

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oldschoolfool on 01 April 2013

I don't get it. I mean I'll buy stuff like zen pinball and small games on PSN,but I won't buy any big games digital. I like to trade it in,when I'm done. It's hard to trade a digital copy of something. I also don't really feel like I own the game,If I buy it digital.

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kitler53 on 01 April 2013

by revenue i'm about 50/50 digital now. all vita games are digital. psn games on ps3 are digital. but i still buy disc based games on disc and they are more expensive.

..i don't quite know yet but i think i'm going to go full digital next gen. sort of depends on how easy sony makes it to go full digital and what kind of sales and offers are availible.

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archer9234 on 01 April 2013

I like physical. I prefer to have a perminate source were I control it. But the world will go digital only. And I don't really mind it. But I'd like both options.

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Scisca on 01 April 2013

pezus said:

"Even Nintendo has embraced digital distribution for the 3DS and Wii U"

And the Nintendo bullying continues

Dude, don't take the ridiculousness to the other extreme. This statement is 100% legit, you can't disagree that Nintendo has been a few years (a gen?) behind Sony, MS and PC and only recently managed to catch up in this department. I'm pretty sure when it comes to the volume of sales it's still nowhere near PSN, Live and Steam+GoG levels.

Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!

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SxyxS on 01 April 2013

i buy ca. 15 games a year and sell most of them after finishing as most games are worth to be payed full price but not to be collected.
Buying those games digitally i would lose 300-500euro every single year as I can't sell them.
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theRepublic on 01 April 2013

Scisca said:

pezus said:

"Even Nintendo has embraced digital distribution for the 3DS and Wii U"

And the Nintendo bullying continues

Dude, don't take the ridiculousness to the other extreme. This statement is 100% legit, you can't disagree that Nintendo has been a few years (a gen?) behind Sony, MS and PC and only recently managed to catch up in this department. I'm pretty sure when it comes to the volume of sales it's still nowhere near PSN, Live and Steam+GoG levels.

All 3 just started this past gen. You can argue the success of each all you like, but the Wii had a digital store.

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