If the industry goes digital then I choose PC

This isn't a flame post; it's intended as a legitimate point. We all know publishers would love a digital market; it would end pre owned sales and it would allow them greater control over pricing. I for one think PSN and Xbox Live are way over-priced for the most part. New games are generally priced fairly but older ones fail to drop to a low enough price in comparison to their boxed cousins.....except PC is different.

Steam in particular is a fantastic platform. It offers great prices at times (total steal at other times) and easily outdoes the boxed market (as it should given the lower manufacturing costs). Get Games and D2D have their moments too and yes, I'm aware how some companies feel about Steam monopolising the market. When the market (and it will) goes digital, it might be time to give up on Xbox and PS3 and go back to PC so I (and others) can avoid being completely ripped off.

I'm not forgetting the publishers / developers in this but realise that MS and Sony's inflated prices don't equal more profit for them - they'd be happy just to see the end of the used sales market. Now, I'm off to buy Kane and Lynch 2 for £3.75 off Steam (not the best game ever but it's worth it for less than the price of renting a boxed copy).

Peace out. Try not to kill me, if you disagree - just state you points.

I agree.

One major difference is that DD on a console means a completely closed of enviroment, while on the PC there will still be competition.

Steam can't start ripping people off because D2D among others are practically hoping for them to do such a thing.

And it would be an understandable choice. Quite wise, in fact.

I just don't see how this belongs in a forum and not your blog.

Shhhh ... just convert covertly, more gamers switching to PC would be a bad thing.

PC gaming needs to stay small, or it will suffer the same fate of the consoles and all we'll get are rehashed FPS and terribad 3rd person action games.

if the industry goes digital I choose retro gamingohthemanatee

You can go digital and retro now with Virtual Console. Nintendo saves the day.

You can go digital and retro now with Virtual Console. Nintendo saves the day.

LovePotionNo9

the sooner it all goes digital the better imo. i see no need any more for plastic disks and cases. it will go a that way one day. not if.. when.

Damn right! It's faster for me to download pretty much anything. The 15min walk down to the gaming store is a waste of time

When i can download 7,5gb in 10 minutes.

This isn't a flame post; it's intended as a legitimate point. We all know publishers would love a digital market; it would end pre owned sales and it would allow them greater control over pricing. I for one think PSN and Xbox Live are way over-priced for the most part. New games are generally priced fairly but older ones fail to drop to a low enough price in comparison to their boxed cousins.....except PC is different.

Steam in particular is a fantastic platform. It offers great prices at times (total steal at other times) and easily outdoes the boxed market (as it should given the lower manufacturing costs). Get Games and D2D have their moments too and yes, I'm aware how some companies feel about Steam monopolising the market. When the market (and it will) goes digital, it might be time to give up on Xbox and PS3 and go back to PC so I (and others) can avoid being completely ripped off.

I'm not forgetting the publishers / developers in this but realise that MS and Sony's inflated prices don't equal more profit for them - they'd be happy just to see the end of the used sales market. Now, I'm off to buy Kane and Lynch 2 for £3.75 off Steam (not the best game ever but it's worth it for less than the price of renting a boxed copy).

Peace out. Try not to kill me, if you disagree - just state you points.

d_black

I agree, and this is coming from someone who no longer owns a capable gaming pc. The only problem I can see with this is the revenue that the publishers/developers would bring in. Gamers are already adjusted to the deals on Steam. What this does is create a "wtf, $50! That's way overpriced" attitude. Now, $50 might be an exaggeration, but point being is that things could reach a point where gamers would no longer be willing to spend more than they become accustomed to spending, for games. For example, Nintendo. Nintendo surely has a lot of employees that need to get paid. Not only that, but surely there's a reason for the big Ns success. I don't doubt they put a ridiculous amount of time into R/D for a lot of their games, considering they all typically succeed.

Damn right! It's faster for me to download pretty much anything. The 15min walk down to the gaming store is a waste of time

When i can download 7,5gb in 10 minutes.

Robbazking

[QUOTE="Robbazking"]

Damn right! It's faster for me to download pretty much anything. The 15min walk down to the gaming store is a waste of time

When i can download 7,5gb in 10 minutes.

ianuilliam

Not to mention...

You could rip all your downloaded games to vinyl if you must have analoguemarkop2003

I'm confused. Vinyl is a superior formate to CD.

[QUOTE="LovePotionNo9"]

You can go digital and retro now with Virtual Console. Nintendo saves the day.

locopatho

[QUOTE="Robbazking"]

Damn right! It's faster for me to download pretty much anything. The 15min walk down to the gaming store is a waste of time

When i can download 7,5gb in 10 minutes.

ianuilliam

Shhhh ... just convert covertly, more gamers switching to PC would be a bad thing.

PC gaming needs to stay small, or it will suffer the same fate of the consoles and all we'll get are rehashed FPS and terribad 3rd person action games.

haberman13

[QUOTE="ianuilliam"]

[QUOTE="Robbazking"]Some people have cars.

Heirren

Not to mention...

You could rip all your downloaded games to vinyl if you must have analoguemarkop2003

I'm confused. Vinyl is a superior formate to CD.