@SexyPorkins said:
Saw this earlier today and this is fantastic news! I've gone all digital, so pre-loading is a great feature. Cannot wait for this game.
What are you going to do when the next Xbox comes out and support for Xbone is eventually removed? They won't keep supporting old systems and old networks forever. Out with the old and in with the new eventually.
I know it's hard to imagine now, but eventually the Xbone will be an older, antiquated machine. It won't happen at first, but it will happen like we saw with the original Xbox. Is the future and your console digital purchases just something you don't worry about?
It's not just the DRM I worry about with these DD purchases either. Games are being treated like borrowed licenses, and these DD games are almost reaching the point of buying an extended rental (at retail prices?!). These money grabbing companies are venturing over from PC to the consoles as well. If this doesn't change, then we need legal help. Perhaps there needs to be some law that is finalized. to protect consumers. These greedy companies having the ability to adjust a Terms Of Service (TOS) on the fly (even games we already own) doesn't seem legal in the first place.
I only buy digital when there is no retail option and this is the main reason why, plus I have family and friends that like to borrow and trade games with me. As a game collector I also like owning physical just in case I ever want to sell/trade/lend/gift games too. Plus, the HDD is so small, it's just going to force another HDD purchase in the future sooner which means more money consumers spend to buy memory.
Companies make BANK with digital. They have us store their game, they save money on shipping, no packaging, no disc, no instructions, no having to give a slice of profits to retailers ($10-$12)...and yet they still charge full price to consumers in hopes they go for it. I just don't see the upside for consumers (other than DD is easy), but I see the upside for companies big time and they do to.
I would understand digital users if I saw the companies gave back. Games releasing at $40-$45 instead of $60 at retail. Companies would still make a huge profit based on how much they save, but instead they are selling DD games at $60 (!?) and somehow people are eager to clamp down and give up the rights to lend/gift/trade/borrow, etc. I just find it peculiar because I too own an Xbone and I don't see the "going all digital!!!" upside and the future is bleak when new machines release and get established mid-generation.
Consoles =/= PC. The support chain and is completely different. Consoles are static hardware with closed off networks. You can buy DD games on PC from a variety of DD retailers (GOG, Greenman, Origin, Steam, etc), consoles let you buy DD only from the main company like Xbox. There is no real incentive to drop or compete with DD prices on console.
When I sit down and think about the upsides and downsides of physical and digital in a fair manner, I can't see why a few users are so intent on trying to promote the DD console vision as it's only bad news for consumers in the long run. We pay more $$$, companies save money, they don't pass the savings to us (not even partial), we get less physical content, we store their games on the HDD, and we are beholden to these mega-companies networks to support the networks and these games in the long-term. When that support is removed as the future and technology will dictate, that seems like a nightmare scenario with $1000s of dollars down the toilet.
The only thing I've been able to put together is ever since the mega-flop of the original Xbone vision to push digital (rejected by the masses), I think there are some super fans that are eager to show support for that original and poor vision despite the 180 turns by the company?
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