[QUOTE="thusaha"]The end of retail version is near.Jd1680a
PC games at brick and mortar stores are coming to an end. The retail box will be still avaliable on the internet. It had better be, because I won't drop $40 or more without physical proof I own the game.
RPS doesn't represent the PC gaming world, not even a fraction of it, of course, people that go on RPS would vote DD, but in reality, even tho DD is becoming more and more used, retails have a higher lead. And retails will "never" disappear, maybe from stores but not online (the main reason we don't see many retail PC games in stores in many countries - in Europe at least)
Seems to be up from about 26% in 2007, but that was a PCGA survey.aliblabla2007
Yeah, that was JUST a survey of rockpapershotgun voters. Kind of unrepresentative of the full market out of there, sort of if Valve did a Steam survey about 'who buys digital' and then announced that 100% of people buy DD. :D
nah! it won't happen. Not every country get cheap mega/gigabit internet speed. US isn't world. but it is sure, DD has come a long way and it'll grow more.
i sure hope not :( i like having pyshical copies for collection purposes and installing and reinstalling is alot faster for me. but as long as there is online retail like amazon i should be ok :D besides games are much cheaper online then at the stores or DD like steam.
[QUOTE="aliblabla2007"]Seems to be up from about 26% in 2007, but that was a PCGA survey.Makari
Yeah, that was JUST a survey of rockpapershotgun voters. Kind of unrepresentative of the full market out of there, sort of if Valve did a Steam survey about 'who buys digital' and then announced that 100% of people buy DD. :D
Quite true. This is mentioned in the article at least.
I hate digital distribution. Can't sell the game after you're done. I'm trying to get rid of my Steam account on Craigslist, since I have no way of selling the games on my account any other way.
I hate digital distribution. Can't sell the game after you're done. I'm trying to get rid of my Steam account on Craigslist, since I have no way of selling the games on my account any other way.Dogar230
I agree...I buy all my games either at the shop, or through ebay. Then I sell them on ebay. I hate waiting for the game to download....and I like how the box looks on my shelf. POWER to THE RETAIL BOXES !!!
[QUOTE="Dogar230"]I hate digital distribution. Can't sell the game after you're done. I'm trying to get rid of my Steam account on Craigslist, since I have no way of selling the games on my account any other way.FelipeInside
I agree...I buy all my games either at the shop, or through ebay. Then I sell them on ebay. I hate waiting for the game to download....and I like how the box looks on my shelf. POWER to THE RETAIL BOXES !!! Yes. I use amazon though, as it's more reliable and the bidding component annoys me.
I have to say, I also prefer the retail box over a downloaded game. Id rather have a physical dvd in hand as proof that I own it and after i am done playing it, I can sell it again. Unfortunately, this is exactly what the industry doesnt want us to do: the ability to re-sell our games. Re-selling games means zero income to the game industry so they want to prevent that somehow. Steam is a perfect example of a "DRM" scheme that actually works but it infuriates me that I cannot sell a game that I now longer want to even play. I do have a steam account, but only will buy games on steam that i know i would most likely keep playing forever (TF2 never gets old)
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