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Forums - Gaming - X1 and PS4 are proof next-gen is the last generation for retail discs

 

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
arcane_chaos on 07 June 2013

in nintedo we trust?



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yo_john117 on 07 June 2013
ClassicGamingWizzz said:
yo_john117 said:
Guys watch your quote trees.


OT: I absolutely love the Steam model and give me the choice between having a physical disc (for anything) and a digital copy that goes where I go and I'll pick the digital copy every time. I've always preferred digital to physical copies.


but steam makes awsome prices , do sony and microsoft make awsome prices too? i hope they do, 70 euros or dolars for a digital copy is bad :S

I hope so as well. I'm sure they'll have plenty of sales and whatnot...I mean, they're already starting to do so and that's with it still being about 70/30 in terms of physical copies/digital copies.



thranx on 07 June 2013
ClassicGamingWizzz said:
yo_john117 said:
Guys watch your quote trees.


OT: I absolutely love the Steam model and give me the choice between having a physical disc (for anything) and a digital copy that goes where I go and I'll pick the digital copy every time. I've always preferred digital to physical copies.


but steam makes awsome prices , do sony and microsoft make awsome prices too? i hope they do, 70 euros or dolars for a digital copy is bad :S


MS does have a summer sale and a holiday sale. They have good prices during that time, but not as much variety as steam. that can improve though



scottie on 07 June 2013
thranx said:
scottie said:
And PSP:Go is proof that we are generations away.


sony didn't commit to digital with the PSP:Go, it was an option for people who like digital. MS is going all the way, even if you by retail, it will be treated as digital, for everyone.


Very wrong.

 

For years, computers had 5.25", 3.5" disk drives, cds or dvds, and then installed the games to a hard drive. We did not refer to that as digital distribution. The key word is DISTRIBUTION, how the data is distributed, not how it is eventually stored.

 

If you want to have a seperate thread about hard/flash drive storage of games after purchase vs optical medium storage then make your own thread, and I will come agree with you that all consoles in the Wii3/X0/PS5 gen will have that, either as required or as default.

 

PSP:Go only allowed digital distribution, thus it failed miserably. X1 allows both retail AND digital distribution, thus it might be saved. 

 

Regardless of where you keep your data, most people are not wanting a console where they can only get games via download. My house of 6 people recently doubled our download limit, to 200 gb. That means we could each download a PS3 game that fills a blu ray every month and a half, assuming we did no other downloading. Before we doubled our download limit, it would have been 1 game every 3 months.

 

Digital distribution of full home console games will not be suitable for all customers (including those in regional areas/poorer countries) by the time the next gen rolls around. Anyone who abandons retail, will be abandoning most of the market.



ethomaz on 07 June 2013

There is Vinil yet... so I think that will never ends but most people will prefer digital media.