I'm just going to get this off my chest right off the bat. I'm not at all against digital downloads in fact I have a 1 Terabyte hard drive plugged into my Xbox One for my downloads. This is nothing to do with pricing or the size of the downloads either.
The problem lies when you finish a game... What do you do with it then? Let it rot forever on the servers, that's what.
The Xbox 360 launched in North America 18 years ago, and is now officially old enough to buy you a drink in Europe.
Great platform, and many of its games (not bc) still hold up well to this day. Like the PS3, I keep a 360 hooked up for those games you can't play any other way.
The last gasp of greatness from XBox, you are missed, except the RROD that was lame, but amazing exclusives until the Kinect dropped.
I really enjoyed my X360, some great exclusives on it. Used to play the shit out ot Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, two masterpieces
A recent trophy list published on the PlayStation Network contains hints that Sony is testing PlayStation PC trophies.
No annual fee Xbox Mastercard in partnership with Barclays US Consumer Bank. Players can earn 5x card points on eligible products at the Microsoft Store.
You know... MS doesn't have to do everything that Sony does.
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Oh God... I can only imagine the astronomical interest rate on this thing lol Much like all "gimmick" mastercards.
I'll give some advice, never have a credit card, never take a loan out and always pay cash.
You'll thank me for it later.
TBH I used to be a huge advocate for physical gaming, but as of late i've been buying half of gaming purchases digitally.
For instance I bought Majora's Mask 3D physically, but bought TLoU Remastered digitally. I bought Bloodborne physically, but will be buying MKX digitally. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided & Final Fantasy XV I will be buying physically, but will be buying Uncharted 4 & Batman: Arkham Knight digitally.
The games I care most about are the ones I want to preserve in my physical game collection, while the ones I care the least about I'll just buy digitally.
Selling digital games is a lovely idea but ultimately not entirely feasible (especially if you sell it back). Why would Sony or Microsoft buy back a game they have an infinite supply of. They could sell it at a discounted price but the product is still new and really that is just a normal sale. I guess a market place could be established but this would be antiproductive for sony and Microsoft on their closed platform.
It is always the pitfalls of going digital but I have stopped caring now. Like you mentioned the convince of downloading it is far easier than going out to get it/getting it delievered (especially when prices are similar to that of retail; something that hasn't truly happened yet and is stalling the digital game revolution). I am finding myself downloading more and more big games
Maybe a loyalty system? Say if you buy 5 games digitally full priced get $10 off of next purchase. That would definitely work.
Lets be fair this has stemmed from trading in this topic and we are spoiled to be allowed to trade games. Instead of trading games I would prefer a game share of some sort so I could borrow a game in my library out in order for one back or some system similar to steams. Where I get access to a friend library when he's not on his system.
This would be better than trading as your games would get used and you and friends would get access to games you wouldn't normally buy and can try.
MS wanted something like this at the beginning of the generation but the world was not ready for this and it cost them big time. But as digital grows we will see something and maybe get those 30 minute plays of a friends games to try games. I would prefer the STEAM way though which is MUCH better.
I'm in 100% support of digital titles aka humble bundle, indiegala, bundlestars
where as you get a bargain irrespective if it's gonna be a 20gb download or not. I also support deals online for keys ie I bought bioshock triple pack for only £4.99
but digital day one titles ie full price it's simply not worth it at least with a physical you can sell or trade on, with digital only your purchase is like the author said just stuck on the server which you wouldn't mind too much if you got 5 keys for £1.99, but a new retail title £39.99 going digital it's something I would never do