I just think its too soon, we don't have super fast Internet yet, or not atleast freely available in most areas, it's expensive and most places have a slight intermittent service with data caps also. Most features on these consoles are gonna rely on a good connection and a huge monthly download amount aswell. They also…
I was about to make a huge rebuttal since I consider GIFing out of a discussion to be poor form, but having read that last post I realised that we were discussing like 3 different concepts using very confusing language to tie them together when they should not be. I don't recommend anybody to mix together: -the nature of…
at first i think your right but it will not take long for the major hardware manufacturers to offer competing products and services. the general purpose computer market dwarfs the console market many times over. if they market some of them for games the publishers will fly to get titles on those machines because its a far…
360 is my favorite console of this generation, and the new xbox is definitely the one I'll be purchasing next gen. With that said, I've had spotty internet service in the past(who hasn't?), and don't look forward to having it be a requirement. It's great if the system CAN be always on in the sense that stuff is updated…
Even in Oslo, Norway, one of the countries with the highest quality of living, with excellent infrastructure, there are areas without decent internet services. I won't even talk about my current residence, Shanghai, China. But the guy needs to leave his high tech campus if he thinks that everyone who may be a potential…
A statue is a product, a painting is a product, because they are unique and singular in their existence. Data flowing over a network is not a product, it's actually a conversation. If a game is a product (i.e. discreet property), then a speech is a product, a conversation is a product, a dance is a product. Do you see what…
you need to re-tune your bullshit detector, its a huge lie. its also bullshit that mobile networks can't handle the same internet traffic. these networks were designed to do just that. the large isp's are making a killing with mobile data now. they want to charge you the same rate on on your "internet" connection that you…
it will not kill the AAA game market it will kill the monopoly that microsoft and sony have over the distribution network. thats what the console really is. both the consumers and the producers are locked into the physical platform. with digital downloads there is no difference between the distribution network of an xbox…
@Overlord This is getting a bit overblown the way you're describing it. The creators of a game are making a product. Their workers are being paid for a service but at the end of the day they are putting out a product that I am paying money for. If you want to split hairs between downloading a game off steam vs going to…
There's no way I believe that prices will go down with the loss used games. Maybe as costs shift to digital like the pricing of Steam, but not as a generality. I just don't trust the big business to lower prices for any reason if they could help it. They're fundamentally different activities. A standard game is more like…