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Conina on 11 April 2015
enlightenedmaster said:
Conina said:
enlightenedmaster said:
physical distribution should just die on the PC

Because choice is a bad thing and everyone has access to broadband internet?

this is not a democracy,its developers comfort as to where they put their games and most are going digitally

and if in 2015 you want to play games and don't have an internet connection,i guess you are living under a rock

It's neither your decision to let physical releases die, it's the decision of the publisher. Physical and digital releases aren't mutually exclusive.

And don't worry, I have a fast internet connection (50 Mbit/s). I'm just (pre?-)downloading 62 GB (GTA V)... and the Rockstar servers suck! Should have chosen Steam.

But that's not the point... not everyone has the option for fast internet connections. Should they move in another town just to download some games?



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enlightenedmaster on 11 April 2015
Conina said:
enlightenedmaster said:
Conina said:
enlightenedmaster said:
physical distribution should just die on the PC

Because choice is a bad thing and everyone has access to broadband internet?

this is not a democracy,its developers comfort as to where they put their games and most are going digitally

and if in 2015 you want to play games and don't have an internet connection,i guess you are living under a rock

It's neither your decision to let physical releases die, it's the decision of the publisher. Physical and digital releases aren't mutually exclusive.

And don't worry, I have a fast internet connection (50 Mbit/s). I'm just (pre?-)downloading 62 GB (GTA V)... and the Rockstar servers suck! Should have chosen Steam.

But that's not the point... not everyone has the option for fast internet connections. Should they move in another town just to download some games?

its not mine but i can have an opinion

i think fast internet connection is available most places today

and even if anybody has a slower connection,they can wait a little bit

 

i ould not buy a pc physical disc as i like to have all my collection in the same format

 

i am actually for hard copies as you don't know when a site will shutdown but when everything is digital then i also went digital



Conina on 11 April 2015
enlightenedmaster said:

i think fast internet connection is available most places today

That's only true for most cities (and even there many people have strict data caps in some countries), but not for many smaller towns.

 

enlightenedmaster said:

and even if anybody has a slower connection,they can wait a little bit

"A little bit" can be days or even weeks with slow internet connections.

 

enlightenedmaster said:

i ould not buy a pc physical disc as i like to have all my collection in the same format

i am actually for hard copies as you don't know when a site will shutdown but when everything is digital then i also went digital

That's your choice, but please let other people with other preferences make their own choices. And please even try to see beyond the end of your own nose!



MikeRox on 11 April 2015

Again, most physical PC releases are actually a steam game still. :p



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Conina on 11 April 2015

But you can install (most parts of) the game from the disc, even if a Steam account is necessary, which reduces the data to download immensely.



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enlightenedmaster on 11 April 2015
Conina said:

That's only true for most cities (and even there many people have strict data caps in some countries), but not for many smaller towns.

thats a person's personal problem like there are no game shops in small towns either

"A little bit" can be days or even weeks with slow internet connections.

so wait

That's your choice, but please let other people with other preferences make their own choices. And please even try to see beyond the end of your own nose!


i didn't say other people had to go with my choice





crissindahouse on 11 April 2015

How do they measure the digital market for single markets? As example, if I buy a Humble Bundle living in UK, does Humble Bundle give theses numbers to those who collect the data for UK? I kinda doubt that...

Do they even count these kind of bundles at all anywhere? Not even sure about this. 



Barozi on 11 April 2015
crissindahouse said:

How do they measure the digital market for single markets? As example, if I buy a Humble Bundle living in UK, does Humble Bundle give theses numbers to those who collect the data for UK? I kinda doubt that...

Do they even count these kind of bundles at all anywhere? Not even sure about this. 

as with all things that are hard to count, surveys.



Conina on 11 April 2015
enlightenedmaster said:
Conina said:

That's only true for most cities (and even there many people have strict data caps in some countries), but not for many smaller towns.

thats a person's personal problem like there are no game shops in small towns either

They still can order retail games at Amazon or other shops... most countries have working postal systems.

 

 

That's your choice, but please let other people with other preferences make their own choices. And please even try to see beyond the end of your own nose!

i didn't say other people had to go with my choice

Yes, you did. "physical distribution should just die on the PC" were your words. If physical distribution is dying, it takes that choice of people prefering retail games.







enlightenedmaster on 11 April 2015
Conina said:

Yes, you did. "physical distribution should just die on the PC" were your words. If physical distribution is dying, it takes that choice of people prefering retail games.


i didn't say people had to follow me

man just leave it,relax

my comments aren't gonna kill the physical PC game industry