akuma587 on 06 August 2008
Sqrl said:
Digital distribution is better in every meaningful way, the only downside is a psychological one. Physical media can be lost, broken, stolen, etc..where as digital can be re downloaded at any time. If your console gets stolen there is no games for them to take also, you just remove your console from your account and re-attach it to your new console and voila you only lose the console and not the 20 games you own.
The only thing holding this back right now is bandwidth for most consumers, but that will get much better in the next 10 years and I would be surprised if we weren't downloading the majority of our games by 2018 when the Xbox 1080 launches =)
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So me having to delete and redownload 10+ Gig games is a psychological barrier? Maybe if I had a T3 connection, but I don't, so it is definitely more than a psychological barrier. This is why I am waiting for the Blu-Ray release of Siren: Blood Curse.
Digital Distribution will be a solution 10 years from now, IF we have some serious investment in the bandwidth infrastructure in the U.S., which I frankly don't see happening unless you live in a heavily populated area. I know the city council in this town won't even allow fiber optic to be put in some parts of the town due to backroom deals with the local cable company.
People have to remember that games are only going to get larger too, so we need a corresponding increase in bandwidth, not just a temporary one.
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