This better not be true. Not everyone has fast Internet to download a 10+ GB game in the future.
Microsoft, don't screw this up, you've done well with the 360.
Microsoft, don't screw this up, you've done well with the 360.
how did you work that one out?The next gen games are going to cost a lot more, no matter what type of storage they use.
Games from within this generation have gone up from 50 to 60 dollars so I guess he's just following a trend.how did you work that one out?The next gen games are going to cost a lot more, no matter what type of storage they use.
games are going to stay the same price, are you seriously thinking games are going to cost more than $60 or whatever the standard price is for AAA games
Eh, Nintendo supports SD cards on the DSi/3DS, USB on the Wii and the same charger for DSi/3DS. Their proprietary formats are usually for necessity, or fee dodging. Not usually blatant cash grabs like the stuff the vita is filled with.Removing the disc drive doesn't remove physical media. It just removes the disc format (which is a problem in some way for nearly all consoles this gen). Now if only everyone would understand that making a propriety disc format (Nintendo especially done this) isn't the way to go. After DVD/BluRay-drives have been added to consoles, it removes one extra device from my TV stand :3They'll be cutting out a huge chunk of their market by removing physical media, not everyone is fortunate enough to have a capable internet connection
Do you see DVD or BluRay loading on the Wii? Do you see (non-modded) USB/SD loading on the Wii for retail discs? Do you really see game loading on the DSi/3DS? I'm talking about retail games, not the DSiWare or VC titles currently available on the store. That's my point. I don't see SD cards being cheap when the consoles launched for that matter (well the 3DS yes, but still).Eh, Nintendo supports SD cards on the DSi/3DS, USB on the Wii and the same charger for DSi/3DS. Their proprietary formats are usually for necessity, or fee dodging. Not usually blatant cash grabs like the stuff the vita is filled with.
I could understand cartridges costing more than DVD's, but cartridges are also more expensive than blurays, with the added licensing fees from Sony? Or more expensive than making a proprietary disc format?But if they use expensive storage, they'll cost more on top of costing more.The next gen games are going to cost a lot more, no matter what type of storage they use.
I think we have acheived a place in time where this is completely possible. I dont see why not.
It's not a quote and we don't know the wording of the original, so it may have been disk and somebody simply typed disc when passing the info on because they don't know the difference.Disc drive, as in a drive you put discs in.Disk drive as in hard disk drive, or as in optical disk drive?
Wasn't that exactly what companies wanted? Erase the second hand market, so everybody buys brand new? (leaving aside the recoup costs part)Think about it this way. Games are expensive. You know that. I know that. Most people I know sell their games to recoup some of the cost of the purchase so that they may buy more new games. Pretty good system right? Right.
Following me so far? Good. Now, if there was no way to resell your games, (like if MS went completely digital) That means no way to recoup the costs, which also means less sales overall. Less sales means 3rd parties go somewhere else. 3rd parties go somewhere else means a dead console.
Wasn't that exactly what companies wanted? Erase the second hand market, so everybody buys brand new? (leaving aside the recoup costs part)Think about it this way. Games are expensive. You know that. I know that. Most people I know sell their games to recoup some of the cost of the purchase so that they may buy more new games. Pretty good system right? Right.
Following me so far? Good. Now, if there was no way to resell your games, (like if MS went completely digital) That means no way to recoup the costs, which also means less sales overall. Less sales means 3rd parties go somewhere else. 3rd parties go somewhere else means a dead console.
Won't happen only way is if it all around the world internet was offerred with much more bandwith.
Won't happen only way is if it all around the world internet was offerred with much more bandwith.