Most other software companies in the EU have arranged themselves with software re-sales. In fact, software re-sales have been quite common before some clever lawyer types thought of putting anti resale clauses into EULAs. I don't see why games should be treated differently than any other type of software. Although I don't…
I don't see how getting rid of physical media would hurt or kill consoles. Personally, if the next console cycle is all digital download, I would be likely to purchase even more games, like I do on steam, because I do not have to drive to the store to get them. You can't resell steam games either, but steam is a hugely…
@Overlord the reason why the console makers are so reluctant to give up discs and go totally digital is that it essentially kills off the console as a distinct product. your console becomes "just another internet connected device" like your tablet, laptop or phone. all those devices can play games and run software. in the…
Being Steam on the discussion, have you ever wondered why steam prices are higher than retail?. Being digital, they should be cheaper, but that's not the case. For that reason, i don't see with good eyes a platform with "only digital download games". What the heck, i also want a drive to play blu-ray videos! The majority…
I'm paying 60+€ (including taxes) for ~7-9mb of download, and ~450kb+ of upload. And I live in a place where i can't opt for a better connection. What should i do? man, i know it can't be helped, so i end dealing with it. Nobody put a gun on your head and force you to buy a new xbox. Just don't buy it if you don't like its…
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…
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…
The problem also is, Digital Distribution, always on and all the content that is supposed to be online connected...well considering, that the internet is close to collapsing in terms of capacity. In Germany the main ISP (Telekom you might know T-Mobile, thats those guys) talks about reintroducing Bandwith Budgets,…
This attitude that people who buy used games are "cheating" developers out of money is irrational. In the US (as well as the EU, I'm sure), people have the right to resell their property. A person buys a disc, that disc is their property and they have a right to resell it. What perplexes me is that the games industry (i.e.…
Note sure if this was posted: http://www.techspot.com/news/52004-fud-alert-always-connected-xbox-720-rumors-are-mostly-paranoia.html Basically, it seems like now the entire "On" feature indicates to the case of networks for your 'background' stuff, like Social apps, etc. Basically, the same stuff we currently have? Not…