I think Ubisoft missed a huge opportunity on not splitting their "Creed" brand with Black Flag.

I would spin off and launch "Pirates Creed" - Take the Assassin Creed story and a bunch on the mechanics (Less Assassiny more Piratey) and Split away from Assassin's Creed.

Then, Alternate them every other year with "Pirates Creed" & "Assassin's Creed".

X360 mainly. PlayStation is much more liberal in their restrictions on digital. I don't do much with Sony but last time, I just logged in at a friends house, re-downloaded some stuff and it gave him the ability to play it all. (No matter who he was signed in as).

@PurpleMan5000: Agreed, giving customers the ability to play old games they will not make any money is not a good idea. Re-Releasing them through their Nintendo E-Shop for $$$ would be much more likely.

We can't count Nintendo out...we are talking about the guys who CREATED and brought to homes just a few of these standard technologies:

Force Feed Back/Rumble

Analog Control

Motion Control

There is no doubt Nintendo will rise from the ashes. The one thing I don;t really careful is their overall consumer strategy. As we grew up, and got older. Nintendo did not grow with us. Instead, we were forced to out grow them and switch to systems like Playstation One.

I can't find the quote but their Strategy IS and ALWAYS has been:

Why would I cater to a growing , maturing customer base and try to keep up with that when their is a new 12 Year old every year.

The Gaming consumer is the most educated, knowledgeable, informed customer in the world. He knows everything there is to know about the product he intends to purchase. Who makes it, what they have made in the past, Who is the developer, Who is Publishing it. He is a passionate consumer. He is not only invested monetarily, he is invested emotionally.

He not only spends his $60.00, he influences countless others to support his cause (chosen game). You could not ask for a more loyal, supportive customer!!!

That being said, they say hell hath no fury like a scorned woman? Well, they obviously never met a scorned gamer. All of that emotional, vested passion and interest and support, well it works both ways :)

I'm not bad mouthing Steam, I'm just saying PC consumers and Console consumers have entirely different levels of expectation.

Also, I'm sure it has something to do with their experience or their lack of greed but Steam absolutely seems to get it's consumers. With Discounted options for Purchasing and sharing multiple copies with friends and family? They are light years ahead of the best deals and models the consoles offer. (Hell the XBOX One does not even let you Demo before you buy!!!).

However, I switched from PC Gaming to Console gaming long ago. Just for the simplicity, consistency and ease of use. I sit on the couch and press a button. No more video cards, drivers, compatibility issues, all that jazz. I was an avid PC Gamer back in the day.

BUT, Just like the home console technology caught up to the Arcades (and killed them) It seems to be just about caught up with the PC's now.

I don't know where Steam is at in regards to their "Box". As a gamer and a consumer I would really just prefer they Ship and Mouse & Keyboard that work on the Ps4 & XBOX one and release a Steam "App". You would think Sony or Microsoft would be willing to spend an ungodly amount of money and do whatever it took to get Steam on their Platform.

@mexicangordo: I'm speaking as a fan. As a Gamer and a parent I have 3ds's and 2ds's laying around the house. The Wiiu would get much more attention and much more of my money if we could just for example, Use those 2ds's as Controllers for let's say, the New Mario Kart.

I would go out and purchase Mario Kart 8 today for the Wiiu if that was the case...However I am not going to go out and purchase Mario Kart 8 in addition to 3 Pro or 3 Wii Remotes.

I'm not willing to buy additional controllers for the Wiiu. Also, I never understood why they didn't sell the special Wiiu Controller individually. I think people would have bought it.

In regards to 3). Yes, but I can't help but feel those 3rd parties games would have sold better. Let's just take Call of Duty for example, If everyone owned the pro Controller, I think people would have been a lot more willing to play & purchase Call Of Duty on the Wiiu. At the time of (Black Ops 2?) It WAS the ONLY Next Gen system on the market!

At my house...the order goes like this 1 - Being the most used 5 the least.

1) X360

2) PS4

3) WiiU

4) Cell Phones & Tablets

4) Miscellaneous Nintendo Handhelds

5) XBOX One

I was told and have not verified that the PS Vita can be used as a Controller on the Ps4, is this true? I would never buy a vita but if this was the case, It would diffidently be a good reason to consider buying one.

But if the consumers are willing to spend a $120.00 dollars for a game then why are they receiving the discount lower than US/UK Wholesale? So they can make 40-50% Margins but the average retailer in UK and US is only allowed to sell games at a 10-12% Margin? Even using an Import Fee & Tax of 60% they are doubling their money while US and UK Game stores are dying.

I'm not arguing with you, Just makes no sense to me!

There appears to be a Digital Threshold when it comes to pricing.

You buy a .99 cent song, a $1.29 song. A $2.99 - $4.99 app....it goes away, gets deleted , stops working, who cares right? Just buy it again. Not even worth the phone call to support.

But when you start hitting the $14.99, $19.99, $29.99, $39.99, $49.99 & $59.99 price points. People want TRUE ownership. They want something in their hand, to give, lend, trade, sell, whatever.

The real problem with Digital is the fact that companies want to SELL you something....yet they still want to retain ownership of it in some way shape or form after you have paid for it. The reality of it is, you don't ACTUALLY own a single piece of digital goods. It's not yours. It was never yours and it will never be yours.

They need to just be clear about it. Digital product is "Leased". It is not sold, it is not purchased. You pay X Amount for X Amount of Access to it. That is how it has always been and always will be. I wish these companies would just be more forth coming and stop hiding the truth in their EULA's.

@Dannystaples14: That's like comparing apples & oranges. What happened to the PC industry is a whole other story. That's like saying "Origin" worked.

If you want a more appropriate comparison to the Console Market and Consumer well, let's look at that. Ouya was a total flop. Minecraft & the Walking Dead were out for over 2 years digitally, yet when they finally released physical the Discs out sold the digital versions a 1000 to 1.

Another issue is PC Market killed off Used Games in 1994 with the invention of the CD Key - It was sold to the public as a way to stop and deter piracy. The reality of it was to stop and deter Used sales.

The PC Market shortly crashed afterwards and consoles have been dominating ever since. Steam came at the perfect time. I launched when Counter Strike had total control of the shooter genre and was required to download and install steam to access the most popular game in the world. Also, every Big Box Retailer and Game Specialty store STOPPED carrying PC games...