exdeath
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*** COUGH *** PC games *** COUGH ***
No speculation needed. Just look over there -->
Microsoft was too abrupt in their approach, and it's difficult to tell where the screaming really came from. Was it the average gamer, or was it the hardcore among us as well as entities like GameStop? Tough to say and it would be mostly speculation. What we do know is, it's less and less a factor.
All MS and Sony need to do is sit back and watch digital sales skyrocket. Then they won't even need to make a case for it. We've already watched this happen, folks (PC games, movies, music). No need to dissect it.
Except physical ownership of a stand alone always works no matter what physical media has been a staple distinguishing feature of consoles from PCs since their debut beginning with cartridges. PC games have generally always been worthless and disposable and non shareable. PS4 vs almost failed Xbone launch showed where consumers stand on the issue.
Back when we were sharing and swapping NES carts, PC software had long already been restricting use and attempting to lock the software to one PC.
Digital only consoles isn't going to fly until the issue of consumer rights and property ownership is embraced by game publishers and/or the pricing model of games changes drastically.
Even before 99 cent mp3s, CDs and DVDs are only $9-19, not $59-$69. So yeah, a lot needs to change. You can't point at $9 CDs turning into 99 cent MP3s and think the same model is going to work with $59 games that are still $59.
Consumers would have laughed at iTunes too if music was still $15 for 5 MP3s that they didn't get to choose.
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