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Originally Posted by Twistedsymphony
physical media distribution isn't going anywhere anytime soon....
Microsoft's own stats show that only about 75% of current Xbox 360 owners are hooked up to Xbox Live, do you really thing they'd be willing to just hand over 25% of their market share to competitors for the sake of Digital downloads?
Business will continue to do what they have always done: whatever will make them the most money.
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But thats it,you have just hit the nail on the head without releasing it. If 75% of current xbox owners are on xbox live,how much easier from there would it be to make games downloadable only. As it is theres quite a few games that are downloadable only,this to me in itself smacks of trial run,does it work & are people buying enough. Microsoft for arguements sake wouldnt be handing over any share,what i magine could happen is game companies release the game to microsoft,sony etc for users to download,for every download the game company gets a percentage. As it is now,from interviews i have read from game developers alot of them are thinking along this line now for the simple reason that what alot of them want to do to the games wont always fit on one disc. Rage is a good example,you needed 2 discs to play the whole game,if the game was downloadable,production costs become cheaper & more profit in the pocket for all concerned. The content on a game disc is increasing & not always because of extra security sectors on the disc,its because the games are becoming bigger,more realistic,more indepth & in some cases alot longer. Dont get me wrong,i prefer to have something physical in my hand,but myself like alot of people will always wonder what will happen next & what effect it will have