People don't realize that Digital Downloads have been around since around the time the DVD first arrived on the scene. So you can't really call .06% market share after 10+ years starting
DD is well and truly established within the PC space.
Games like L4D will have sold more direct than at retail. Do you really think retail stands a chance in areas of high piracy such as China and Eastern Europe?
They get shafted, clearly. Or maybe people without internet aren't EA's "target audience" so they don't care.
Clearly you're not an American if you don't have over-priced "high-speed" internet that literally operates dozens of times slower than cheaper internet in Asia.
They get shafted by SecurROM anyway. Nothing changes for them, here. Download speed isn't really much of an issue, look at what Steam does - you can "preload" the game weeks before it gets released so on release day, you only need to download a few kilobytes to unlock it.
No they haven't, they only eased up on it a little bit by releasing the tool to "deactivate" machines when you uninstall the game (which should be part of the uninstaller, really). They still use it in their games and it still requires an internet connection.
I was misinformed, I thought they'd dropped SecuROM from their retail releases as well, but it's only their Steam releases which are devoid of that cancer.
I have no idea why they still bother with SecuROM, it just doesn't work. Still, at least they're not Capcom, which have an exclusive agreement so that SecuROM must be used in all their PC releases. Idiots.
I think its only a matter of time before we see even more of this. I personally am not a big fan of large DDs. But mainly because I live in the middle of nowhere, with horrible IPs.
piracy is keeping prices high, hopefully this will lower prices.
dd is starting. this is definitly going to effect blueray in the future.
what about people without internet, or with slow connections
Wonder if you get to go to the store and buy the empty case that has the instruction manual in it along with the code to download the game.
Personally I like to actually have a book in my hand telling me the controls etc opposed to reading them from the screen.
"EA Sports president Peter Moore has told VG247 that the firm is moving away from PC SKU discs entirely."
Peter Moore? the same guy that worked for M$? ohh I see.
It looks like he's working part time with M$ lol