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sega4life on 05 June 2009
mike_intellivision said:
Microsoft will need to tread carefully here.

If stores can't make money selling the software, they might not sell the low margin hardware.

Also, given that broadband is not universal, that some providers have ridiculously low download caps (as low as 5G per month -- which would be one game), and that there is limited hard drive capacity, this is a supplement and preparedness for the future we all know will eventually get here. The question though is when.

Mike from Morgatown

Paying $5-$10 for a DL title is one thing. Paying $50 is something else. I really wonder how many console owners today will do that.

I know people that live in farm land that would love a service like this..

Don't think retailers will have that big of a problem with it, Steam has been offering Game Downloads for a very long time now, they seem to be doing fine..

I think one of the important things is, people didn't expect 360 to offer Full Game Downloads...



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sega4life on 07 June 2009

 

Add a new article, it shows video of the service in action..

The switch game switching is kick ass, you will see them switch from Bioshock to Mass Effect is almost an instant..



PS4 Preordered - 06/11/2013 @09:30am

XBox One Preordered - 06/19/2013 @07:57pm

"I don't trust #XboxOne & #Kinect 2.0, it's always connected" as you tweet from your smartphone - irony 0_o

eNamrah on 07 June 2009
mike_intellivision said:
Microsoft will need to tread carefully here.

If stores can't make money selling the software, they might not sell the low margin hardware.

Also, given that broadband is not universal, that some providers have ridiculously low download caps (as low as 5G per month -- which would be one game), and that there is limited hard drive capacity, this is a supplement and preparedness for the future we all know will eventually get here. The question though is when.

Mike from Morgatown

Paying $5-$10 for a DL title is one thing. Paying $50 is something else. I really wonder how many console owners today will do that.

All of the games shown in that video are in the platinum hits collection; meaning they retail <$30 new. The retail sale of those games has for the most part dried up and I can't imagine retailers making much profit from them. I don't suspect you'll see new releases on this service. Gamestop, with their sale of these games used, will probably take a bit of a hit from this service and that's fine with me.



Chris Hu on 07 June 2009

Good news I hope MS will come out with a bigger HDD this fall also or lower the 120GB by at least $50. I hope that most of the titles will be around the $20 range or less.



sega4life on 07 June 2009
Chris Hu said:
Good news I hope MS will come out with a bigger HDD this fall also or lower the 120GB by at least $50. I hope that most of the titles will be around the $20 range or less.

Imagine if they came out with a HD holder like the one that holds the 360 HD now, but has a door on the back so you can change out the HD's... would make sense..



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MonstaMack on 07 June 2009

Hopefully the 720 has a terrabyte of hard drive and all games are released in this format then I would probably go all digital. But as of right now I'm content with getting disc copies of games and burning them to the hard drive already. Plus theres no discounts for digital distribution right now so *shrugs*



It's just that simple.

Squilliam on 07 June 2009

I just see this as a way for Microsoft to employ dodgy accounting. The proof is the video itself! Microsoft bought a game from themselves to make it appear that they sold more software than they actually did. OMG I saw it first guys.



Tease.

Chris Hu on 09 June 2009
sega4life said:
Chris Hu said:
Good news I hope MS will come out with a bigger HDD this fall also or lower the 120GB by at least $50. I hope that most of the titles will be around the $20 range or less.

Imagine if they came out with a HD holder like the one that holds the 360 HD now, but has a door on the back so you can change out the HD's... would make sense..

That would be nice.  It would be even better if you could use one of the USB ports to support a external HDD.



Adobo on 09 June 2009

if they could only make those freaking expensive hard drive less pricey...



Goddbless on 09 June 2009

i wish we could use our own HDD I need a 1TB HDD for all the games I want.



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