A Boxless Industry - Digital Downloads 37
Next Generation is running an article entitled Gaming's Digital Future, discussing the reality that digital downloads are likely to be commonplace in the industry in the near future. Today they've polled publishers for their opinions, with developer and distributor opinions later in the week. From the article: "While the digital distribution of music took that industry by surprise, and Hollywood is still figuring out the best way to utilize digital distribution for movies; the videogame industry has embraced digital distribution as a new revenue stream for videogames new and old, at least on the PC side of the games business."
The end of the stores and the end of publishers (Score:5, Insightful)
What purposes will a retailer serve? From the article:
We believe that retail stores will continue to be a key distribution channel for games for the foreseeable future as consumers are still interested in the social experience of shopping to purchase their games.
I go to EB for the 'social experience'? Please. I don't think the other shoppers I run into there, much less the staff, are well known for their 'social skills.' It's not like you're ever going to meet a girl in there.I'd much rather set steam to download in the morning and it's ready when I get home from work.
a day late... (Score:2, Insightful)
I prefer boxes (Score:4, Insightful)
Old Games (Score:1, Insightful)