Original-Gamer.com: "Back in the 80’s, playing games only cost a quarter for every five to ten minutes of gameplay. In the late 80’s & 90’s, retail game sales took over the industry as people would rather purchase a console than play at some arcade in public. Other than the digital revolution for downloadable sales, nothing has changed for game sales other than the fact that more games come out on a weekly basis than anytime previously. What if you can change the way people pay for games?"
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
Alone in the Dark developer Pieces Interactive has been hit with layoffs a month after its release, as per the latest information.
That genuinely, genuinely sucks. The reboot has clear flaws, but it really felt like a solid first step for this team to receive *greater* investment.
After the release of the horrid avatar update, Pokémon GO fans are trying to get items refunded. This has led to some getting threats of being banned.
This buy online concept will only continue to grow. It helps kill used games and gamers pay a little less initially. Next gen it will be paramount.
To be honest this way of doing things could become messy. Developers basically stripping their games to pieces and selling them in bits and on top of that theres DLC.
I'll abandon gaming altogether if purchasing games online becomes the preferred method of distribution. Steam has got it right, pricing structure is amazing.
Digital downloads on consoles are a joke, way over priced and no competition meaning prices will never shift like they do on the high sreet.
I think this model makes a great companion to brick and mortar stores.. However digital sales will not lead to the extinction of physical game sales.. There's just something magical about going to a midnight release, chatting with fellow gamers, feeling the tension build, getting home and ripping open your copy, the smell of a new disc, the sound of the disc loading into the system and the elation when that start screen appears.. Granted there are alot of people that prefer digital but its not a strong enough segment to do away with brick and mortar..
I'm in favour of this, I usually just play the single player of games.