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As an ex-EA employee, I think I know the real reasons. They're Target, Walmart and Carrefour. The packaged game industry is still beholden to retailers.
by trimbo 14y ago
As an ex-EA employee, I think I know the real reasons. They're Target, Walmart and Carrefour. The packaged game industry is still beholden to retailers.
- bentcorner 14y agoAs an Xbox customer I always wonder why MSFT doesn't sim-ship their games on their Games on Demand service (and, why their GoD prices are never competitive). I guess it's the retailers.
- teamonkey 14y agoSony do day1 downloadable releases for most major titles. Probably the biggest reason I've played more games on my PS3 than on my 360 in the last year.
- Tuna-Fish 14y agoShelf space on retailers is still the most important way to advertise. After Steam hit brick & mortar PC sales hard, the retailers are now ready to immediately and harshly punish any platform that tries to do the same.
- chaostheory 14y agoWhat? Before Steam, brick and mortar PC sales were already down. Even stores like Gamestop and Bestbuy lowered their inventory. At the end of the day people just wanted to pop in a disc and have the game work without worrying about patches, drivers, and expensive hardware config. I feel that this was one of the main reasons for the downfall of PC Gaming back then, besides consoles catching up in terms of graphical quality. While Steam doesn't solve everything, it makes the software portion of config way easier; not to mention the games are way cheaper than what normal retail stores would charge.
- citricsquid 14y agoThere was a discussion about this yesterday in r/games, the general conclusion was indeed the retailers: http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/191dec/all_ps4_games_will_be_available_as_digital/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/191dec/all_ps4_games_...