Internet connections are getting faster and faster every year, digital downloading services are raking it in hand over fist, and a growing number of games are choosing to release without the benefit of a retail component.
Most recently, the Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Network have provided the impetus for even greater leaps and bounds in the growth of the digital downloading industry.
All these things considered, it's easy to assume that retail may very well become a thing of the past very soon.
Not quite, says Bo Andersen, President and CEO of the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA).
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It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.
Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
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They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.
They're scum.
"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."
Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.
Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.
But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?
Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.
The day DD are required for consoles and there is no boxed version available, is the day I quit gaming. I love my boxart, manual and disc
DD is a good compliment to physical copies, but I don't think it'll ever replace them.
"virtual" content has no resale value and cannot be shared physically (only copies).
Here's an analogy.
Say you were offered an actual 100$ bill you can hold in your hands or 100$ worth of stocks. Which would you choose?
I don't think Digital Downloads will ever replace boxed copies, mainly because their are a lot of companies out their who think it's real cute to cap downloads. Until that problem is remedied and everyone finds it more convenient then boxed copies will still be good. Plus if you don't like it you can return the boxed copy, I don't think/I don't know [though I'm certain] you can't return a Digital Download