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xl-klaudkil on 08 August 2016
Leadified said:
Shenmue III on PS4 is getting a physical release for backers in the $60 tier.

I can almost guarantee it will also get a normall retail release. 



 

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Leadified on 08 August 2016
xl-klaudkil said:
Leadified said:
Shenmue III on PS4 is getting a physical release for backers in the $60 tier.

I can almost guarantee it will also get a normall retail release. 

Hope you're right, fingers crossed for now.



KLXVER on 08 August 2016
Intrinsic said:
So basically this is a console gamer thread?

Anyways. Its just a matter of time. Physical copies of games arent going to be around for ever. It just makes no sense why they would remain.

Look at it this way, if EA sells 20M games across the PS4 and XB1 in a year. They would have need to make at least 25M physical copies of those games. Now if each disc including its packing and distribution to the store costs around $4/disc, that's $100M spent on discs in just the one year.

And some think that's still going to stick around?

Look at any game that has a physical and a digital version released at the same time. Now name one of those where the digital version has sold more...



Intrinsic on 08 August 2016
KLXVER said:
Intrinsic said:
So basically this is a console gamer thread?

Anyways. Its just a matter of time. Physical copies of games arent going to be around for ever. It just makes no sense why they would remain.

Look at it this way, if EA sells 20M games across the PS4 and XB1 in a year. They would have need to make at least 25M physical copies of those games. Now if each disc including its packing and distribution to the store costs around $4/disc, that's $100M spent on discs in just the one year.

And some think that's still going to stick around?

Look at any game that has a physical and a digital version released at the same time. Now name one of those where the digital version has sold more...

Are you really being serious?

Ok how about this. 3yrs into the life of the PS3/XB1, hoe many physical releases had a day one digital release too?

This gen, there has been times when the digital release even are available in some countries before the physical release, every single game made since the start of the generation has both a physical and digital release and in truth, there are actually more game available digitally on both consoles in this gen than any gen before it. 

My point (albeit moot now cause it was based on what this thread originally seemed to have been about) was simply that in time, digital sales would become the primary distribution model and physical sales will be getting phased out.  And if u simply look at where we are now, you will see its already started. 

By this time into the PS3/360 life "digital sales" wasn't even a topic at all. Now it's makes up over 20% of most game sales. And that number rises every year. 



KLXVER on 08 August 2016
Intrinsic said:
KLXVER said:

Look at any game that has a physical and a digital version released at the same time. Now name one of those where the digital version has sold more...

Are you really being serious?

Ok how about this. 3yrs into the life of the PS3/XB1, hoe many physical releases had a day one digital release too?

This gen, there has been times when the digital release even are available in some countries before the physical release, every single game made since the start of the generation has both a physical and digital release and in truth, there are actually more game available digitally on both consoles in this gen than any gen before it. 

My point (albeit moot now cause it was based on what this thread originally seemed to have been about) was simply that in time, digital sales would become the primary distribution model and physical sales will be getting phased out.  And if u simply look at where we are now, you will see its already started. 

By this time into the PS3/360 life "digital sales" wasn't even a topic at all. Now it's makes up over 20% of most game sales. And that number rises every year. 

There are too many people who collect games for that to happen anytime soon. Just look at CDs, DVDs and Bluray. Physical media is far from dead.



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xl-klaudkil on 08 August 2016
KLXVER said:
Intrinsic said:

Are you really being serious?

Ok how about this. 3yrs into the life of the PS3/XB1, hoe many physical releases had a day one digital release too?

This gen, there has been times when the digital release even are available in some countries before the physical release, every single game made since the start of the generation has both a physical and digital release and in truth, there are actually more game available digitally on both consoles in this gen than any gen before it. 

My point (albeit moot now cause it was based on what this thread originally seemed to have been about) was simply that in time, digital sales would become the primary distribution model and physical sales will be getting phased out.  And if u simply look at where we are now, you will see its already started. 

By this time into the PS3/360 life "digital sales" wasn't even a topic at all. Now it's makes up over 20% of most game sales. And that number rises every year. 

There are too many people who collect games for that to happen anytime soon. Just look at CDs, DVDs and Bluray. Physical media is far from dead.

Physcial games are waay to big to be dead,Heck there more games coming out physical then there where in the 7th gen.



 

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KLXVER on 08 August 2016
xl-klaudkil said:
KLXVER said:

There are too many people who collect games for that to happen anytime soon. Just look at CDs, DVDs and Bluray. Physical media is far from dead.

Physcial games are waay to big to be dead,Heck there more games coming out physical then there where in the 7th gen.

True. Especially when it comes to indie games. In the 7th gen we might get a collection of them, but very rarely single releases.



xl-klaudkil on 08 August 2016
KLXVER said:
xl-klaudkil said:

Physcial games are waay to big to be dead,Heck there more games coming out physical then there where in the 7th gen.

True. Especially when it comes to indie games. In the 7th gen we might get a collection of them, but very rarely single releases.

Did you know.

There are almost 100 physical indies on ps4? Both already released and upcoming. 



 

My youtube gaming page.

http://www.youtube.com/user/klaudkil

KLXVER on 08 August 2016
xl-klaudkil said:
KLXVER said:

True. Especially when it comes to indie games. In the 7th gen we might get a collection of them, but very rarely single releases.

Did you know.

There are almost 100 physical indies on ps4? Both already released and upcoming. 

Thats awesome. I would like a physical release for The Binding Of Isaac.



xl-klaudkil on 08 August 2016
KLXVER said:
xl-klaudkil said:

Did you know.

There are almost 100 physical indies on ps4? Both already released and upcoming. 

Thats awesome. I would like a physical release for The Binding Of Isaac.

Agreed!  That would be amazing. 



 

My youtube gaming page.

http://www.youtube.com/user/klaudkil