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Avinash_Tyagi on 23 November 2009

Steam is ok because there are alternatives to steam, most games on steam can be obtained another way

Digital only will fail, make it an option and people will be ok with it



 

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NJ5 on 23 November 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Steam is ok because there are alternatives to steam, most games on steam can be obtained another way

Digital only will fail, make it an option and people will be ok with it

A company would have to be insane to make a sudden retail -> DD only transition. That's obviously not gonna happen.

It has to be a gradual process, as happened (and is happening) with music and movies.

 



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Avinash_Tyagi on 23 November 2009

^Sony tried to a degree with the GO



 

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NJ5 on 23 November 2009

They didn't discontinue the normal PSP, so it was not a sudden transition to DD. It's just part of an attempt to do a smooth transition.



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Onyxmeth on 23 November 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Steam is ok because there are alternatives to steam, most games on steam can be obtained another way

Digital only will fail, make it an option and people will be ok with it

There are alternatives to PSP DD also. It's just the device that is DD only. That doesn't explain why the Go fails where MP3 players succeed.

The problem that console/handheld DLC has is that they don't allow for competition. That is the difference between Steam and PSN. Steam is one of countless avenues on the internet to get games through DD. If it was only Steam, then PC DD wouldn't be nearly as successful as it is now. When Sony realizes that they need to get Amazon.com, Gamestop.com, and even new upstart companies involved, that's when this might take off. 

I think the real issue though is getting this while avoiding the piracy problem that is associated with an open digital market.



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Avinash_Tyagi on 23 November 2009

^This is it does explain why Go failed, as Go was DD only, the normal PSP is still selling because of the option.

Why do MP3 players succeed, because most people don't buy music, for every MP3 that sells on Itunes, you can bet there are probably hundreds or thousands of illegal downloads



 

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NJ5 on 23 November 2009
Onyxmeth said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Steam is ok because there are alternatives to steam, most games on steam can be obtained another way

Digital only will fail, make it an option and people will be ok with it

There are alternatives to PSP DD also. It's just the device that is DD only. That doesn't explain why the Go fails where MP3 players succeed.

The problem that console/handheld DLC has is that they don't allow for competition. That is the difference between Steam and PSN. Steam is one of countless avenues on the internet to get games through DD. If it was only Steam, then PC DD wouldn't be nearly as successful as it is now. When Sony realizes that they need to get Amazon.com, Gamestop.com, and even new upstart companies involved, that's when this might take off. 

I think the real issue though is getting this while avoiding the piracy problem that is associated with an open digital market.

Interesting view, but I don't think they have to allow an open online market to make a successful DD system.

They just have to price games competitively, which should be easy to do since they don't have to pay retailer's fees to distribute online. That alone should kick start DD adoption. This also (partly) takes care of the concern that DD games are not possible to resell.

Frankly I think even in Steam, many games are overpriced. For example right now I can buy L4D2 on Steam for 50 €, or for £24 from Amazon UK. Obviously I'm not gonna buy it from Steam.

 



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scottie on 23 November 2009

Indeed NJ5, Apple by no means endorses an open system, and the app store is doing very well for its self



0cton on 23 November 2009

yes Bluray Discs smell awesome!
people hate digital cause games cost money, admit it every phone out there is digital (iphone, nokias n-gage windows mobile etc)
and even psp piracy was "digital" with isos and such.



Dgc1808 on 23 November 2009

Short answer: No



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