Yeah, it beats the old days when we still had analog downloads.
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Would you buy a Digital Download only ps4/ xbox1 ?
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Yeah, it beats the old days when we still had analog downloads.
I agree. Games in the future should come on Solid State Drives.
Dolphin_Butter
Member
Probably not right away due to download sizes and all that. Maybe down the line when bandwidth caps and speeds increase. I do like the convenience of having everything on one hard drive though.
careless mango
Member
Discs do not equal disks.
Xv Elite vX
Banned
Very well said.
I really want to go the diskless route, but I find it hard to let go of the past. No cool cases! What would we do? I wish the digital copy came with a gift box or something that would be mailed to you for your puchase and it would contain posters/art/music etc. and of course you recieved one with all purchases.
Another thing that makes me want to go D1D is because it is a large support to the developers who make us games, which in turn allows them to work on more or better ones. Lastly because of game swapping. I have 145 Xbox 360 games and having them all accessible can be very room consuming. It would be nice to swap with no disk, like my steam or arcade games.
swordsman720
Banned
My first choice is the physical, than the digital version.
Think for the retro purpose, and with digital version the HDD can die on you and you can't not redownload the game again because the server is long gone>>and so gone is your purchases.
Think for the retro purpose, and with digital version the HDD can die on you and you can't not redownload the game again because the server is long gone>>and so gone is your purchases.
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Only if digital game prices PS4 are actually reasonable.
Jokes and Riddles
Neo Member
No.
And Vinyl is making a comeback. People still like tangible things.
And Vinyl is making a comeback. People still like tangible things.
papersleeves
Member
If it was the only option and that the price would be adjusted, then I guess I would.
lightchris
Member
That's the reason why I think physical media will never go away entirely. Books won't at least. Maybe music neither. And maybe even games won't.
apples and oranges. People like the distinctive sound of music on vinyl.
AppleBlade
Member
Yes, I have already gone pretty much all digital on games, movies, music, and books.
I'm hoping to, if they don't gouge us on prices for downloads. Microsoft and Sony need to ensure publishers don't take the piss when it comes to prices, set a limit on what you can charge for a standard edition game.
A standard console retail game sells in the UK for around £40, some retailers can get £45 near launch for games like CoD, but even that quickly drops.
There are also 29 games that are £40 - £49.99 on the PSN.
Xbox Live isn't much better (only screenshot one because they don't have a list that includes all the prices that I can find):
I was looking forward to going digital next gen, at least on the Xbox, because you could have bought a disc based game from anywhere at any price, and still got all the benefits of digital. But that isn't around anymore.
I really don't want to continue with gaming based around discs, it is so cumbersome and clunky that I just can't be bothered with it. I've repeated this a few times, I have over 300 games installed on my PC that I can launch and start at any time. THAT is convenience and ease of use. I want that on my consoles at reasonable prices.
Sony price their own games reasonably on the PSN, e.g. £39.99 for The Last of Us on launch day, you could probably get it a little cheaper at retail, but I would have been happy spending the extra £2 - 3 or so to get the digital copy.
A standard console retail game sells in the UK for around £40, some retailers can get £45 near launch for games like CoD, but even that quickly drops.
There are also 29 games that are £40 - £49.99 on the PSN.
Xbox Live isn't much better (only screenshot one because they don't have a list that includes all the prices that I can find):
I was looking forward to going digital next gen, at least on the Xbox, because you could have bought a disc based game from anywhere at any price, and still got all the benefits of digital. But that isn't around anymore.
I really don't want to continue with gaming based around discs, it is so cumbersome and clunky that I just can't be bothered with it. I've repeated this a few times, I have over 300 games installed on my PC that I can launch and start at any time. THAT is convenience and ease of use. I want that on my consoles at reasonable prices.
Sony price their own games reasonably on the PSN, e.g. £39.99 for The Last of Us on launch day, you could probably get it a little cheaper at retail, but I would have been happy spending the extra £2 - 3 or so to get the digital copy.
Trent Strong
Banned
So now one in 30 million people have a vinyl collection instead of one in 60 million?
EdwardTivrusky
Member
No, not unless there was a price incentive and my ISP removes my cap so that i could download gigs of data without being throttled.
I buy games on disk so i don't have to spend hours downloading 9gb of data.
Ask me again in 5 years though and my answer may be different depending on the state of my broadband.
I buy games on disk so i don't have to spend hours downloading 9gb of data.
Ask me again in 5 years though and my answer may be different depending on the state of my broadband.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
No. If both of them went digital only, I would skip both of them. I really do not want an all digital future only. I prefer to have physical discs, you need a fast internet connection just to purchase games and digital distribution prices are rarely reasonable. Motorstorm Apocalypse is about $9.99 on Amazon, yet $59.99 on the PSN store still for example. I do like having the option for DD in addition to discs though.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
No, I like to sell my games when I feel like I've completed them and experienced all they have to offer.
matrix-cat
Member
Like others have said, if Microsoft and Sony are the only vendors for the games, never. I live in Australia, and I import all my console games from the UK for about $55 each. For comparison, MGR Revengeance costs $99.95 on Games on Demand. Crysis 3 costs $109.95.
Adding to that, my max internet speed is about 1mbps, and I'm limited to 200GB a month. So a lot has to change for an all-digital console to ever be viable for me.
Adding to that, my max internet speed is about 1mbps, and I'm limited to 200GB a month. So a lot has to change for an all-digital console to ever be viable for me.
Sloane_Ranger
Member
Nope. And I have great internet. I simply enjoy buying the disc in a store, or ordering it online - and then keeping it for my collection or lending it to a friend.
nope, not throwing away the flexibility of having physical media for a locked digital download that costs the same
digital games would have to be at least 15 dollars cheaper day 1 for me to want them over a disc that i can sell back, give to a friend, lend to a family member and have sitting on my shelf looking sexy
digital games would have to be at least 15 dollars cheaper day 1 for me to want them over a disc that i can sell back, give to a friend, lend to a family member and have sitting on my shelf looking sexy
Fushichou187
Member
If it could sync with my Steam library and came boxed with a fleshlight attachment. Sure, what the hell.
In all seriousness though, neither is getting my dollars for a digital platform unless the pricing practices in their closed ecosystems show some parity with PC offerings.
In all seriousness though, neither is getting my dollars for a digital platform unless the pricing practices in their closed ecosystems show some parity with PC offerings.
von Stroheim
Member
No. Disk based with available hard drive install.
Also, I like books on paper. Paper!
Also, I like books on paper. Paper!
shinobi602
Member
Not a chance.
NullPointer
Member
Absolutely, where can I sign up?
I'll never go for a scheme that disables my stuff when offline though.
I'll never go for a scheme that disables my stuff when offline though.
terrdactycalsrock
Member
I could see myself going digital for most stuff. Not at launch though, I expect both services to be sluggish do to traffic. I could be wrong, but I've seen it enough times that I just want to be prepared
Willy Wanka
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No. With the exception of big name Nintendo games and insanely popular titles like Call of Duty and Fifa, I can wait a month after release and get most console games for around half of the RRP at retail. On PSN and GoD, not only are those same games at least £10-15 more expensive at release but they remain at ridiculously high prices for months/years after. Not to mention neither Sony or MS give two shits about my existing library functioning on future hardware. Why on earth would I want to buy into a console that gives those greedy bastards so much control? The day consoles go digital only is the day I go PC exclusive.
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