if MS really think downloads are the future?

does that mean the next Xbox might not come with a disc drive and you buy games from live?

it seems like the logical step to me for them since they have been talking up digital distribution for a while now and games cant be much bigger then HD movies which are already on XBL

they have even gone as far as to say "shiny Discs" will be old news when it comes to movies in 12-18 months

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=34141

could it happen and MS go with Downloads only for the 720 ?

Lol it was all talk. Damage control. I'd rather take up shelf space than HDD space, as someone mentioned in a different thread.

Lol it was all talk. Damage control. I'd rather take up shelf space than HDD space, as someone mentioned in a different thread.

deluxemando

Steam is doing just fine.Demetri_OS

Steam is HORRIBLE but i succumb because of Half life :(

[QUOTE="Demetri_OS"]Steam is doing just fine.wdave92

Steam is HORRIBLE but i succumb because of Half life :(

[QUOTE="wdave92"]

[QUOTE="Demetri_OS"]Steam is doing just fine.Miles0T0Prower

Steam is HORRIBLE but i succumb because of Half life :(

Hey you have your own opinion i just have steam because it was forced down my throat to play half life 2

I think that microsoft will focus on download service and improve the marketplace. That doesn't mean that next xbox won't have some kind of disc drive.

Original xbox had dvd drive but MS didn't really focus on it.

I think that microsoft will focus on download service and improve the marketplace. That doesn't mean that next xbox won't have some kind of disc drive.

Original xbox had dvd drive but MS didn't really focus on it.

Antti88

i wouldnt mind seeing digital game downloads for the next xbox.

but they are gonna have to have some kind of super new HDD that can hold at least 10 TB of data and it'll have to be cheap to build.

thats the only way movie and gamedownloads can move forward. if i cant have a hard copy i at least want a copy stored safley on a HDD for as long as i want it there.

a DL is pointless what if you dont like the game in the end how do you trade it in for a new one? CommanderTy

you don't. that's the brilliance of it.

Once they figure out a way not to piss off the retail outlets, you can bet your ass everybody is going DD. It's the perfect way to stop Gamestop and other second hand stores from making money off of their property without them getting a cut.

Trust me, THEY ALL want to do it.

does that mean the next Xbox might not come with a disc drive and you buy games from live?

it seems like the logical step to me for them since they have been talking up digital distribution for a while now and games cant be much bigger then HD movies which are already on XBL

they have even gone as far as to say "shiny Discs" will be old news when it comes to movies in 12-18 months

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=34141

could it happen and MS go with Downloads only for the 720 ?

niall077

Me and my buddy talked about this. We think the future IS downloadable games, movies, EVERYTHING. 1000gigs is not going to be expensive come 5 years. Heck, it's not even that expensive at the moment. The "disk" era is nearing it's end..

[QUOTE="CommanderTy"] a DL is pointless what if you dont like the game in the end how do you trade it in for a new one? Hewkii

you don't. that's the brilliance of it.

*Looks at itunes and STEAM*

yup, theyll be fine

Hell yes.. It is the future.. ITs a huge hit on the pc.. And countries are already increasing their internet infastructure to run even faster then ever.. Take into a ccount of preloads.. And you could have been playing Halo 3 at 12:01 am of its opening day by not waiting in line..

Not to mention we have things in the terabytes, and flash cards are becoming amazingly immense in size...

[QUOTE="Miles0T0Prower"][QUOTE="wdave92"]

[QUOTE="Demetri_OS"]Steam is doing just fine.wdave92

Steam is HORRIBLE but i succumb because of Half life :(

Hey you have your own opinion i just have steam because it was forced down my throat to play half life 2

Have you not used it in awhile or something because now it kicks ass. Yeah the unlocking for HL2 or whatever was stupid and I hated it at first too. But now it's an easy convienent way to buy tons of games and have them run under a unified friends list and such.

Ok yeah good for MS and the gameing companies but still you buy a ****Y game and your stuck with money lost its dumb CommanderTy

which is why demos for every game are needed and why you should never be the first one to buy a game.

[QUOTE="CommanderTy"]Ok yeah good for MS and the gameing companies but still you buy a ****Y game and your stuck with money lost its dumb Hewkii

which is why demos for every game are needed and why you should never be the first one to buy a game.

Lol it was all talk. Damage control. I'd rather take up shelf space than HDD space, as someone mentioned in a different thread.

deluxemando

how is it impossible? game on steam will be done if you leave it overnight.

your talking as if hdd space is scare, 500gb of hdd space and you don't care about 10 gig games, anyway steam has a great way of keeping sizes down, hl2 ep1 and 2 use only around 300mb if you have the original hl2. game on hdd is much more conventet than dozens of cases wasting shelf space

It is the future. But you won't see downloadable Xbox 720 games. At the current time, it'd be next to impossible. They've never said such a thing, so it's being taken out of context.BioShockOwnz

Not yet. Technology to protect consumer rights who purchase DL content is not there yet to be mass adopatable, or they come up with a cheap way to back up/make your own physical media to compensate.maabus99

steam has it all sorted, but other ones aren't that great yet, linking game to your account works much better than activations

[QUOTE="Demetri_OS"]Steam is doing just fine.wdave92

Steam is HORRIBLE but i succumb because of Half life :(

steam owns the dd world, and retail sales can't match it anymore. its awesome keeps all your games up to date, lets you easily jump straight into the game with a single click as well as having friends and servers lists

[QUOTE="Hewkii"]

[QUOTE="CommanderTy"] a DL is pointless what if you dont like the game in the end how do you trade it in for a new one? CommanderTy

you don't. that's the brilliance of it.

why do you care, you get next to nothing for old games anyway