osed125 said:
The backlash came from all over the internet, not only gamers. Practically all mainstream sites made fun of the Xbox One. If this was gamers only, nothing would have changed, at least imo. If EA comes with something like DRM in the future, they will continue with it. The backlash will come from the gamers only, not the mainstream audience. It will be just like gamers complaining about on disk DLC. |
oh i agree, i was just commenting on EA's cowardice
oniyide said:
they'll never see this if there internet is not up to par. and for alot of people it isnt. |
PC gaming seems to do fine world wide
disolitude said:
Why are these people buying an Xbox One and a PS4 in the first place then? Social media and game sharing, multimedia features, multiplayer skewed games, app multitasking all of which require internet in one way or another... Do people buy PCs and tablets if they don't have internet these days? I don't think so and those devices sell 100s of millions of units per year. |
theres internet and then there's internet. THere is a major difference between DL a 20gig plus game at a reasonable speed and time and just dicking around on FB, which most people could do with the crappiest wifi with the crappiest PC or tablet. im sure alot of people cant do the former.
| disolitude said: They just want to be ahead of the curve. In 2-3 years, retail based sales should be dwarfed by digital. And since there will be no selling, trading or sharing of games on digital any time soon, EA can relax and play the good guy now to reap the benefits later. |
Except now steam is talking about sharing and trading games, and Sony is setting up a digital auction house.
JGarret said:
If the future is indeed all digital, if it is indeed an inevitability, then would it really have been worth it to potentially damage the Xbox brand in a big way by attempting to hasten an inevitable process? |
Because people don't understand the benefits and aren't ready for change they don't understand.
Within 5 years you will have the same Call of Duty games hitting Apple TV, gazillion android devices, Xbox One and PS4 and god knows what else. All of them will be bombarding the users digitally and offering awesome perks if you buy digitally and for less money too because they don't have to deal with retail at all. Xbox and PS consoles will try to maintain the "premium gaming platform" as long as possible to justify higher price, but people aren't stupid...
Its already happening - http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/20/4447802/xcom-enemy-unknown-ipad-iphone-hands-on
theprof00 said:
Except now steam is talking about sharing and trading games, and Sony is setting up a digital auction house. |
Good for Sony and Steam. I can see this being another thing Sony starts trumpeting over Microsoft now lol.
Mayb they've realised if they offer their digital games $10 cheaper they will cut used sales in half, whilst making just as much money on each digital sale as they would retail.
thranx said:
PC gaming seems to do fine world wide |
There's still the annoying downloading times. I have 3 MB of internet speed and it took me like 13 hours so to download The Witcher 2 (which is 13 GB iirc). As a "core" gamer I really don't mind (plus I got it on the cheap), but for most people waiting this long is really cumbersome and it will take time adjust.
Nintendo and PC gamer
osed125 said:
There's still the annoying downloading times. I have 3 MB of internet speed and it took me like 13 hours so to download The Witcher 2 (which is 13 GB iirc). As a "core" gamer I really don't mind (plus I got it on the cheap), but for most people waiting this long is really cumbersome and it will take time adjust. |
these consoles can play while they download. You donwload like 1 GB and youre good to go...
disolitude said:
I'm not so sure. So many other eletronic entertainment devices are going this route. Smart TVs, cellphones, tablets, PCs... Once people see that downloaded games auto update while disk based games update when you insert the disk... Once people see how fast app switching works for digital while for disks you have to wait for loading and switch manually yourself... Once people see that PS4 offers game streaming to the Vita any tiem anywhere, but only for games you bought digitally, while CD games you have to put the disk in and play from home... |
Except it's not an all or nothing proposal.
Why are you defending inflexibility?
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