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I think the hidden gem there is that all games will be available digitally. Once they figure out how lucrative their equivalent of Steam sales can be, that shou
by jacquesc 13y ago
I think the hidden gem there is that all games will be available digitally. Once they figure out how lucrative their equivalent of Steam sales can be, that should start driving the cost of games down and also really hurt the used game market (which Microsoft and publishers are still eager to kill).
When you download a game, you can't lend it. You can resell it. Yet no one seems to care (status quo and all). But I think it's the natural progression of things, the next-next gen will be all download (well, we all said that last time too..)
- eclipxe 13y agoOriginally, you WOULD be able to lend it...now you can't
- cobrausn 13y agoSteam actually may enable digital game sharing - if you aren't playing your game, you would be able to share it with a friend who could play it while you are not (similar to how a physical game copy would work). But you would have to be 'always on' to verify that you are not playing at the same time they are. http://www.gamespot.com/news/steam-may-allow-game-sharing-report-6410433 http://www.gamespot.com/news/steam-may-allow-game-sharing-re...
- chc 13y ago> Once they figure out how lucrative their equivalent of Steam sales can be, that should start driving the cost of games down This seems pretty unlikely. Microsoft already has a large slice of its catalogue available for download on the 360 — and it's almost always cheaper to buy the disc. To illustrate, I will look up a random game that I did not know the price of before this. Saints Row: The Third costs $49 on the Xbox Marketplace. On Amazon, a new copy costs $29. Discounting lucrative titles just isn't how game companies work, and it especially isn't how Microsoft works.