Today is the big day in the states for the psp go. I just checked out the psn store and there is a nice selection for go users with some big omissions like crisis core and dissidia. The psp minis are only about 5 games and some of them are iPhone games converted by gameloft for the psp. Curious how the launch goes in Japan and elsewhere. I just know that I'd be disapointed if I expected to play some game I saw in stores but went home to download it and it wasn't there.
I really wanted one, but me having 2 psp's , i just couldn't get my self to spend 250 on a less capable one :shrug:
digital distribution games are fine but when they are the only option for a device then i don't see it working at this moment. digital distribution only on devices may work in 10+ years but right now. For me at least i like to be able to purchase physical media for games and other stuff first and depending what i'm getting i may go digital distribution.
One of the reasons it is so expensive is because unlike the PSP, the Go requires retailers to make a reasonable profit margin as they aren't going to make any profit from selling games... Hopefully retailers will soon work out that the profit margin of the Go is less then the games they sold on the PSP are and stop selling it...
Exactly what i meant to say, except the timing comment. I honestly don't think digital distribution will "catch on", specially for games. I see that happening with music and movies, but not for games. Are you comparing me to this idiot? Let's hope for that then. Or something like PSPgo's dying and people losing their games (that would make people see how digital distribution can be a pain...)
What I don't understand is why they couldn't just make an external UMD drive that would allow you to transfer games from UMD to the PSP go. If they had that, it might be worth it to get one. I suppose that might cause some piracy issues, though. Still, you'd think with all the complicated software that the thing uses, there must be some way to eliminate even that problem.
Well it's already been estimated that 50% of PC games are sold through digital distribution, only a matter of time to be honest.
PC games are distributed on a platform that is primarily connected to the Internet in the first place. Online console connectivity still hasn't reached that high yet. People are fine paying for the digital distribution of movies and music because they usually only have to pay $1-15 for a piece of media in that case. But if we talk about a "full" game, that is.. something that would retail for $30-60 in stores, then people demand a physical copy. This is probably because that's a higher range of money to spend on a (luxury) item and people want to make sure they can make some money selling it if they don't want it anymore.
I'm 100% against digital distribution. It's a dumb ass idea that befits only the idiots and media companies. The end user is going to be in shit street when their console breaks. What about selling on games you no longer want. you can't, can you? what about buying used games on the cheap. Oh, wait, you can't do that. And what about the thousands of stores that use the 2nd hand market to provide jobs? Digital distribution is the work of the devil! Anyone that honestly believes it's the best way forward in all areas is an idiot! yakumo
Some say that there are legal reasons as to why you can't rip and dump the ROM of a UMD yourself, even if you were given official tools. These reasons are probably of the contractual type since licensing agreements are usually very specific with regards to all aspects of publishing a title and the amount of control the end user is allowed to have theoretically. Other than that, just imagine what would happen if a person had this device and some bad intentions to go with it. It could turn pirate-ugly.
a lot of small-time projects have turned profitable thanks to digital distribution. People who wouldn't have a shot in a physical-medium-only market are now making their own games. I think that's a benefit of digital distribution in that it allows almost anyone to make a small bleep in the market. That said, I think traditional concepts of ownership are by default irrelevant to intellectual property rights. What people are being charged on digital distribution methods is the intellectual property itself, since the medium is free, hence why they can profit more/sell cheaper if they choose to. This small "benefit" in price derives from the fact that there's not a need for physical publishing, which in turn takes away the benefits of physical media. Traditional concepts of ownership only apply to physical media, hence why it doesn't need to be the same way with digital distribution. You could sell your old copy of 60$game because you paid too much for it in the first place when you bought it new. Now you can get the same game for 30$ dollars, which saves you the bother of having to ever sell it! So, depending on how you want to analyze this, there's certainly unique benefits for each type of distribution. To be honest however, the biggest winners of digital distribution so far seem to be publishers, but I think it's a very convenient way of buying games without ever leaving the house and it saves a lot of space, so I still approve of it for some titles. I wouldn't ever buy Burnout (or any full retail game) in DL form though.
I wish we could unlock the powers of Mr. Stolar and use them for good. Like in Boondock Saints where they pull the guys' father out of jail as a weapon.
A friend of mine got one, but I refuse to get it because of the price and the fact I don't like the idea of digital distribution for any system. The only ones I will download are things like the Minis and other cheaper PSN games that would be pointless to put on UMD or Bluray because of how much content there is. I'm also happy with my 1000 model system right now. I was actually surprised though the store I work for isn't going to be carrying the Go. We'll take used ones in, but that's it. I can't wait for the first person to come in with like 10-15 games on their system and gets pissed because what's on the system doesn't matter. I did like an interesting thing a friend came up with. Basically he thinks the reason they have the Go so expensive is to try and boost 3000 sales.
LOL Obama caught a lot of shit for saying that he hopes that Obama "fails". So I was making a joke about your PSP comment. But yes, I hope it crashes and burns also. I'm very much against digital distribution.
Wow, you can tell that already? You must be some sort of God! Not to sound like a dick, but the DSi's store is pretty underwhelming. I woudln't say it's crushing a system that's been out for less than 24 hours...
