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Are you excited for the digital future?

Yes, no more swapping discs or damaged discs 23 12.78%
 
Maybe, not decided 29 16.11%
 
No, I prefer physical over digital any day 128 71.11%
 
Total:180
NobleTeam360 on 07 June 2013
JusSayian said:
Its the digital age people, we cannot live the past forever.

Oh but people love to live in the past because the future is so scary and unkown. 



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S.T.A.G.E. on 07 June 2013

We always knew it was coming, but its not time yet and MS tried to force it down everyones throats. Its not time just yet.



BenVTrigger on 07 June 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
We always knew it was coming, but its not time yet and MS tried to force it down everyones throats. Its not time just yet.

I find the general beliefe among internet users that Sony isnt 100% on board with pretty much everything MS is doing is.......strange.



EricFabian on 07 June 2013

I never have problem to buy thing on-line. But I still buy books, cds, dvds, blu-rays and games. I love have a physic copy of anything



S.T.A.G.E. on 07 June 2013
BenVTrigger said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
We always knew it was coming, but its not time yet and MS tried to force it down everyones throats. Its not time just yet.

I find the general beliefe among internet users that Sony isnt 100% on board with pretty much everything MS is doing is.......strange.


Yes, because they are misinformed or want to believe that somehow Sony is just as bad as MS when they've said since February and continued in May to say they had no DRM. They are going to go digital though, but unlike MS if anyone can continue the format race its Sony because they create hardware. Nintendo doesn't depend on digital either. People have not let go of their need to have a physical copy of their product with the ability to own the product and lend out or resell it at their leisure. MS forced the hand of the people and the people reacted, but then again...most of MS decisions with the 360 have been an omen of the future when it comes to consumer relations and I even called it and was called crazy. I tend to have a good eye for character in people, MS might not be a person but it is a company and they've never been any better than AT&T in my eyes, which is anti-consumer with monopoly in their sights at all times. 



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thranx on 07 June 2013
BenVTrigger said:

So to anyone whose been paying close attention to the industru the past 6 months one thing has become abundantly clear. The death of the retail disc is close to reality. Both MS and Sony are ready and want it to happen but are keenly aware that the infrastructure doesnt allow it quite yet.  That being said this is the last generation for disc based content.

1. Both Sony and MS are investing heavily in cloud based technology. Sony is pursuing the streaming option with Gaikai and MS is investing in cloud computing

2. DRM. Its coming to both consoles and a LOT of it.  MS will do this through mandatory installs and online authentication while Sony will use their watermarked disc trademark. According to Giantbomb Activision, EA, and Ubisoft are demanding it on both consoles and neither MS nor Sony will tell them no. Those publishers are far too large to simply ignore.

3. The heavy emphasis on integrating online into every experience,  including single player. Things like livecasting your games and DVR recording and sharing them with friends encourages the community to always be connected and to invest in the digital space.

4. Profit. MS and Sony arent blind. Theyve seen Steam and the IOS store and realize just how profitable cutting out disc manufacturing and retail would be.

So what do you think? Are you excited to go fully digital or dreading it.


I am. I game mainly on steam because of its easy to use and access any where. Now that that is coming to consoles I am excited too. I wish they would of made a model without any disk drive at all.



radiantshadow92 on 07 June 2013

its coming and now is not the time...



DigitalDevilSummoner on 07 June 2013

selling me a license instead of the real thing is a deal breaker wherever it comes from



scottie on 07 June 2013

And PSP:Go is proof that we are generations away.



DigitalDevilSummoner on 07 June 2013

you know what, i just realized MS fans are trying to counterbalance two uneven things again like they did with the rrod and the ylod
 But (once again) when it comes to DRM the PS4 and the Xbone are not on the same page. Sony won't require that.