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LipeJJ on 09 February 2017

Lol, I've been hearing this since 2008... really. Every year it's the same thing.. at this rate this will only happen in 2040. Gee, maybe by that time we'll be streaming instead of buying the game digitally (as it is today).



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VAMatt on 09 February 2017

MS tried to move in this direction a few years ago and people balked.  They even introduced a very consumer friendly idea - resellable rights to digital games.  So, it appears to me that consumers are not quite ready to go all digital.



JWeinCom on 09 February 2017
spemanig said:
JWeinCom said:
Very impressive that he managed to predict that the same thing that happened to the music industry, book industry, and home movie industry would happen to another industry that was reliant on physical media. Great job there Miss Cleo.

This video wasn't about predicting anything. It's about presenting evidence to an argument many people don't want to believe.

KBG29 said:
I have been all digital on console for about 7 years now. I have no problem paying $60, because I find greater value in having all of my games available on all of my consoles all the time. Plus there are times when some games are cross play with Vita and PS3. Overall I find much more value in digital than physical.

I also typically buy the top tier sku of all games I purchase. To me I would rather, Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft make another $10 off my game purchases, than see prices drop. I was already paying $60 before, so the price is fine. I would prefer to give the manufacturers the money for better services, games, OS features, innovative new things like PSVR, and R&D for new consoles and peripherals.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

I got the wrong idea from the title I guess.  I didn't actually click the video, cause I think Colin's kind of a douche and didn't really want to give him the hit.



Frogger on 09 February 2017
VAMatt said:

MS tried to move in this direction a few years ago and people balked.  They even introduced a very consumer friendly idea - resellable rights to digital games.  So, it appears to me that consumers are not quite ready to go all digital.

As digital sales rise dramatically every year since then.



LipeJJ on 09 February 2017
Mar1217 said:
LipeJJ said:
Lol, I've been hearing this since 2008... really. Every year it's the same thing.. at this rate this will only happen in 2040. Gee, maybe by that time we'll be streaming instead of buying the game digitally (as it is today).

I'll probably be playing SAO in a full immersive VR headset by then :P

Or that.



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Normchacho on 10 February 2017
aLkaLiNE said:
Goodnightmoon said:
Colin Was Right is the most pretentious title a section can have, but it fits with the character I guess. This news have been all around for days, Gamestop is outrageously shitty indeed, glad they are not in Spain anymore.

I literally came in here to post your same thoughts on what Colin titles his podcast. "Colin was right"? Lol. Get off that fucking high horse, even a broken clock is right twice a day.

The name is an inside joke. If one of the other guys made a prediction that ended up being true Colin would claim it was he who made the prediction (in jest) and it became a running joke amongst their fans.



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Goodnightmoon on 10 February 2017
Normchacho said:
aLkaLiNE said:

I literally came in here to post your same thoughts on what Colin titles his podcast. "Colin was right"? Lol. Get off that fucking high horse, even a broken clock is right twice a day.

The name is an inside joke. If one of the other guys made a prediction that ended up being true Colin would claim it was he who made the prediction (in jest) and it became a running joke amongst their fans.

I already had the impression of Colin being kind of a pretentious guy from time ago, even if i don't hate it or dislike it, he is just a bit pretentious, and now he creates a section called this... yeah i can't help but think there is a conection between my impression of Colin and this title, he was the one that decided to call it that way and he is a guy with big ego, you can see that from a mile away.



Paatar on 10 February 2017

If digital music like iTunes and movie streaming like Netflix and Hulu didn't cause CDs and DVDs to stop, nothing will cause physical games to stop. If anything, it'll be more of an early access digitally, and physical later. Similar to how you can watch a movie in the theaters and a few months later, the disc comes out.



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potato_hamster on 10 February 2017

Anyone who thinks Colin is pretentious and takes himself too seriously should probably watch at least the opening for KFL2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l6IHWmvlHE



archer9234 on 10 February 2017
Intrinsic said:
I agree, but my issue really rests with physical media. I think right now its being still pushed as the primary distribution model is just doing more hard for the industry than good. Everything around it right now is just really shady.

In a perfect world.... hell, in a world that makes sense.... A brand new game should cost no more than $40. With $30 going to the publisher and $10 going to the platform holder. The $20 right now on top that that right now goes to manufacturing and package costs and "paying the middle man" will just not be there.

There are benefits to buying physical, and as such those that want those benefits should have no qualms paying $60 for their games and in fairness they are paying an extra $20 just to reap those benefits.

It will be really interesting. A lot of people champion physical media, but I can't wait for the day that a new game is released on the PS/XB stores for $40 and its physical equivalent is $60 at retailers. I would be curious to see which sku of the game will sell more.

Would you sell your game for 40$. Because it would make sense. Or sell it for 60$, and get more money. Be honest.