IGN is stupid

Khfan60 wrote:I stopped reading at hardcover book and CD.

sheep wrote:I like having a physical copy of the things I own. Like books and music and games.

Can't has those? Don't want. kthnxbai

HAL 9000 wrote:You know, they have safeguards against that type of thing, Sym. For example, I bought copies of Fallout 2 and Arcanum on gog.com. If my hard drives ever die on me, or I have to reformat or whatever, I can re-download anything I've already paid for, for free.
I'm sure the big names are going to go this route soon, and when they do, they'll be ready for situations like that. Otherwise they'd have a fuckton of pissed off customers on their hands.
Shrug. I'm indifferent. If it's a system of purchasing that they want to stick with, then it'll only improve over time.

Frostbyrn wrote:

What if their Network gets Hacked and all the personal Data gets wiped so they cant tell who downloaded/Brought what

And dont say it cant happen just look at what happened with PSN

Rainbow War wrote:Well. Some of my bought XBL games have disappeared from my game library. Like Doom and Yaris.

Metalzoic wrote:I've been looking forward to total digital download for a long time now.

I can't wait for systems to come out (probably next gen) that let you download all titles and not just dlc, arcade or older releases. The day I never have to buy another physical copy is the day I never buy another physical copy.

I don't care if physical copies exist for those of you that prefer that, but you better believe that this industry is going to push towards complete digital download as quickly as possible. They would be stupid not to.

-They keep nearly 100% of the money their product generates.
-They gain nearly 100% of the game rental market (700 million annually)
-They lower manufacturing costs and overhead.

If they market it right they can probably sway the majority of those that hate the idea.

Just sitting here I can think of several ways to make buying DD instead of physical the better alternative.

-Release the DD version the day the game goes gold. Physical version releases 1 month later.
-Realease the DD version for $10 less than the physical version.
-Early DLC access for the DD version.
-DD rentals that cost less than the average physical rental.
-If you rent a game via DD and decide to buy it, money you already spent on the rental is applied towards the purchase of the full game.
-Give pre-order bonuses only for the DD version.

Etc...

Metalzoic wrote:I've been looking forward to total digital download for a long time now.

I can't wait for systems to come out (probably next gen) that let you download all titles and not just dlc, arcade or older releases. The day I never have to buy another physical copy is the day I never buy another physical copy.

I don't care if physical copies exist for those of you that prefer that, but you better believe that this industry is going to push towards complete digital download as quickly as possible. They would be stupid not to.

-They keep nearly 100% of the money their product generates.
-They gain nearly 100% of the game rental market (700 million annually)
-They lower manufacturing costs and overhead.

If they market it right they can probably sway the majority of those that hate the idea.

Just sitting here I can think of several ways to make buying DD instead of physical the better alternative.

-Release the DD version the day the game goes gold. Physical version releases 1 month later.
-Realease the DD version for $10 less than the physical version.
-Early DLC access for the DD version.
-DD rentals that cost less than the average physical rental.
-If you rent a game via DD and decide to buy it, money you already spent on the rental is applied towards the purchase of the full game.
-Give pre-order bonuses only for the DD version.

Etc...

Lover de la Chunk wrote:I agree with this and it would be awesome but next gens harddrive has to have a good amount of memory to accomplish that. But then again there is the offline gamers who don't have the option.

53 Chunks have been Loved wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if they did try to put something like that into place as long as it's not a complete rip off like games on demand. "But it's 5$ in store. OH WELL YOU'LL PAY 35 EXTRA FOR CONVIENCE YOU SONOFABITCH." I wonder how many games on demand even sell.

Symbolic wrote:It looks like were split on this one. But what REALLY irks me about the article is how they talk about future developers sending out games in DLC installments like that is a good idea. To me that is a bad thing waiting to happen, and would probably be abused from day 1. Hell its already happening. We are already getting reamed to death, and if games become reliant on DLC and episodic content were all fucked.

Symbolic wrote:

Symbolic wrote:It looks like were split on this one. But what REALLY irks me about the article is how they talk about future developers sending out games in DLC installments like that is a good idea. To me that is a bad thing waiting to happen, and would probably be abused from day 1. Hell its already happening. We are already getting reamed to death, and if games become reliant on DLC and episodic content were all fucked.

This was my main point, which only Zillah addressed. Just quoting in case you missed it. This is my main concern with the article. DD would still suck for me, but I could deal I think as long as they really safeguard the shit out of it.....the PSN thing has left me a little untrustworthy.